Cooper Flagg has been diagnosed with a left midfoot sprain, the Mavericks announced (Twitter link). Flagg injured the foot in Tuesday’s game against the Suns and underwent an MRI, which revealed the sprain.
The team notes that Flagg will miss Thursday’s matchup against the Lakers as well as Friday’s Castrol Rising Stars game in All-Star weekend.
Tim MacMahon of ESPN reports (via Twitter) that Flagg is not expected to miss additional time following the All-Star break.
The star rookie has played in 49 of the Mavericks’ 53 games this season, averaging 20.4 points along with 6.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 34.1 minutes per game.
Let the tank commence..
Exactly what I was thinking it’s time to tank again. Do the Mavs have picks they will they lose if they win more? They didn’t deserve Lively and he’s been injured it’s all about Karma.
Dude, stop saying teams don’t deserve draft picks because they made bad decisions. That’s what lottery teams are. Teams that made decisions.