Christian Clark of The Athletic released a piece on Tuesday morning titled “The Mavericks, like the Warriors in 2020, will attempt a two-timeline approach”. The article highlighted the Warriors’ pitfalls after drafting James Wiseman in 2020, and how that relates to the situation Dallas is in. The Warriors failed the attempt at a seamless transition mainly because the players they drafted to do it were not very good. Cooper Flagg is not James Wiseman or Jonathan Kuminga. Still, Clark’s observation leads to an important question nonetheless: it is hard to juggle building two different teams, so why would Flagg, who does not turn 19 until later this year, want to come into a situation that is not 100% committed to his development?

I am not saying Flagg will or should withdraw from the NBA dr

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