He’ll get the time if he’s good enough. A lot of times rookies bodies aren’t ready for the NBA grind. LeBron got plenty of playing time his rookie year… I suspect we’ll be seeing around 25-30 minutes a game from Cooper Flagg this year, but you never know. The fact he got shut down in preseason so early to work on his body full time sort of shows he has the skills, they just need to prepare him physically.
Well, it’s understandable, he’s only 18 years old. And although he’s the same age as LeBron was when he got drafted, LeBron was on a whole different level. He had the potential to become one of the greatest players in history right from the start. As for Flagg, let’s give him time to reach his potential. Everything is still new, and the hype hasn’t settled yet. But if he can become as good as Luka offensively before his rookie contract ends and if the Mavs stay healthy, that will definitely boost their chances in the Playoffs.
Right, but base on his performance in the summer league, it seems that he has a lot to improved. Although as top pick, he could be a target from other teams to guard him and shut him down. We even have seen videos of him and Bronny going at it and the young James was bodying on Cooper and so he just turn around and do that fade shot. But in the NBA is more of him going to be guarded by big man that he can't pushed in the beginning. So maybe gaining some weight so that he will have a leverage at least when he goes against these experience players. As for Lebron, his really one of those cases, that his body is built differently even in his rookie season. He carry the Cavs that time and taking over games.