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Fullcourtpass: Cooper Flagg says playing against Victor Wembanyama in his first ever NBA game was his welcome to the league moment “He was dunking from everywhere on the court and hitting step-back threes”
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Cooper Flagg says playing against Victor Wembanyama in his first ever NBA game was his welcome to the league moment
“He was dunking from everywhere on the court and hitting step-back threes” pic.twitter.

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Duane Rankin: Asked Jordan Ott why he hasn’t given rookie Rasheer Fleming a chance to guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander considering he has size, length, athleticism. “All things are on the table. Game 1, we liked what we saw. Game 2, he got free a little bit and last game, we tried to put our center (Oso Ighodaro) on him. That’s as much size a we have. Every option is in there. Kind of gone through it all in our heads and then when it unfolds, try the best we can.” Gilgeous Alexander scored game-high 42 points in Game 3 after going for 37 in Game 2.

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Kellan Olson: I asked Mark Daigneault on what allows for him to play/execute such aggressive defensive coverages, and he repeatedly emphasized the personnel instead of any other specifics. In other words, you can have the best scheme around but as he said “it always starts with the players.”
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