Mavericks' Cooper Flagg gets sweeping NBA Rookie of the Year declaration
Dallas Mavericks star Cooper Flagg got some huge NBA Rookie of the Year praise from Coach Jason Kidd.
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This means that awards voters are likely going to be decided in the next week or so. A contentious honor that people are debating over is the NBA Rookie of the Year award. Only two contenders are being considered by the end of the season: Dallas Mavericks' Cooper Flagg and Charlotte Hornets ' Kon Knueppel.
Without a shadow of doubt, Coach Jason Kidd knows that his player stands above his former Duke Blue Devils teammate. Kidd knows Mavericks' Flagg is NBA Rookie of the Year Look, the Mavericks head coach has been here before. He had to share the NBA Rookie of the Year award with Grant Hill back in the 1994-95 season.
It was a tight race and voters could not decide between one or the other. However, Coach Kidd does not think it will happen for Flagg and Knueppel. He posits that his rising star has separated himself from the competition far more than people think, via Christian Clark of The Athletic.