{"id":542508,"date":"2026-01-17T09:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/542508\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:42:19","slug":"mavericks-provide-updated-status-for-cooper-flagg-ahead-of-next-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/542508\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks provide updated status for Cooper Flagg ahead of next game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/dallas-mavericks\/6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Mavericks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> rookie Cooper Flagg has been listed as doubtful to play on Saturday in the second game of a back-to-back set against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/utah-jazz\/26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Utah Jazz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Utah Jazz<\/a> due to a sprained left ankle.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg suffered the injury in the second quarter on Wednesday during a 118-109 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/denver-nuggets\/7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Denver Nuggets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Denver Nuggets<\/a> at the American Airlines Center. He was ruled out of returning in the second half, recording six points, one rebound, one assist and one block in 14 minutes, 49 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft was held out of action on Thursday against the Jazz, marking his second missed game of the season. The injury is reportedly not a significant concern, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/dal#:~:text=Why%20there%27s%20no%20%27-,significant,-concern%27%20over%20Cooper\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to Shams Charania of ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according to Shams Charania of ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg is averaging 18.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals on 47.8% shooting from the field in 40 games with the Mavericks. He is second in scoring among all rookies and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/stathead\/basketball\/player-game-finder.cgi?request=1&amp;match=player_game_count_season&amp;timeframe=seasons&amp;year_min=2026&amp;year_max=2026&amp;ccomp%5B1%5D=gt&amp;cval%5B1%5D=30&amp;cstat%5B1%5D=pts&amp;season_end=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:one of two first-year players;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">one of two first-year players<\/a> with three 30-point performances.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Western Conference Rookie of the Month has emerged as a leader for the Mavericks, leading the group in points, rebounds, assists and steals. He is the current front-runner to win Rookie of the Year and is also among the leaders in voting for the NBA All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p>Without Flagg on Thursday, the Mavericks cruised to a 144-122 win over the Jazz behind a 26-point performance from Klay Thompson. They led by as many as 38 points after shooting 56.7% from the field, improving to 4-4 in January.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Rookie Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/therookiewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rookie\/2026\/01\/16\/mavericks-cooper-flagg-january-16-ankle-injury-update\/88222776007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mavericks news: Cooper Flagg&#039;s injury is &#039;not a significant concern&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mavericks news: Cooper Flagg&#8217;s injury is &#8216;not a significant concern&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg has been listed as doubtful to play on Saturday in the second game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3793],"tags":[6071,7,225,686,149,4057,187,498,166,6,567,490,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-542508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-american-airlines-center","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-cooper-flagg","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-dallas-mavericks","13":"tag-dallasmavericks","14":"tag-denver-nuggets","15":"tag-klay-thompson","16":"tag-mavericks","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-shams-charania","19":"tag-the-mavericks","20":"tag-utah-jazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115909790599287485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}