Cooper Flagg will end up missing his first All-Star weekend after all.<\/p>\n
The Dallas Mavericks rookie underwent an MRI on Wednesday that revealed a left midfoot sprain, the team announced. He will now miss the Mavericks’ game with the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday and won’t participate in the Rising Stars game at the Intuit Dome on Friday to kick off All-Star Weekend in Southern California.<\/p>\n
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Utah Jazz forward Ace Bailey, who went just four picks after Flagg in last year’s draft<\/a>, will replace the Mavericks star in the contest, the league revealed Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bailey will slot in on Team Melo with head coach Carmelo Anthony.<\/p>\n Like Flagg, Bailey was a one-and-done in the collegiate ranks<\/a>. He spent last season at Rutgers and entered the draft as a highly touted prospect. But some pre-draft drama, which later resulted in Bailey parting with his controversial manager<\/a>, saw him slightly slip to the Jazz at No. 5 overall.<\/p>\n Unlike Flagg, though, Bailey wasn’t necessarily a focal point of his team’s lineup from the jump. While he’s started 37 of the 48 games he’s played in, his usage rate (18.7%) is noticeably lower than Flagg’s (24.7%).<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n That said, Bailey has still shown promise, particularly of late. He’s averaging 11.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game while shooting 44.9% from the field, including 34.3% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n He’s gone for 20-plus points on seven different occasions. Four of those outings have come in the past 12 games.<\/p>\n Recently, the 19-year-old became the youngest Jazz player to reach 500 career points<\/a>.<\/p>\n