Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd started Cooper Flagg at point guard in the team's last two preseason games. The move gave Dallas an extremely big starting lineup — as Flagg started alongside Klay Thompson, PJ Washington, Anthony Davis and Dereck Lively II in Wednesday's 121-94 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. However, D'Angelo Russell is also on the roster. The Mavs will need to decide if Flagg or Russell will start at point guard for the season opener on Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs.

“There's a lot of good, positive stories here, and so we have some time to make a decision,” Kidd said following the win over the Lakers, via Tim MacMahon of ESPN.

Turning to the veteran Russell makes sense. He's a veteran combo-guard who is more than capable of handling point gua

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