This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/mavericks as Cooper Flagg doesn't need to save Mavericks yet. The Dallas Mavericks are expected to feature Cooper Flagg as a big part of their team from the minute the ball tips in the 2025-26 season.

And with Kyrie Irving still rehabbing his torn ACL, the Mavericks could use Washington's outside shooting alongside Flagg and Klay Thompson to create some kind of Big 3 of outside shooters, and by the time Kyrie returns to the team, the points per game will have skyrocketed for Dallas.

Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg is ranked as one of the top 100 players in the initial batch of overall ratings in NBA 2K26 unveiled on Saturday.