{"id":613163,"date":"2026-02-20T06:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/613163\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T06:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:59:30","slug":"jason-kidd-offers-injury-update-for-cooper-flagg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/613163\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kidd offers injury update for Cooper Flagg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 19, 2026, 6:55 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/dallas-mavericks\/6\/\" data-autotag=\"e6751d65-4a81-4131-973c-176d23467b30\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> rookie forward Cooper Flagg will not play Friday on the road against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/minnesota-timberwolves\/16\/\" data-autotag=\"ac5e47f0-6bd5-488e-9fd0-a3a235704d6f\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> due to a foot injury, coach Jason Kidd said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Flagg was diagnosed with a left midfoot sprain suffered on Feb. 10 during a 120-111 loss to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/phoenix-suns\/21\/\" data-autotag=\"5b1d8499-f4c6-4857-a8e9-6d2e8a35bac3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Phoenix Suns<\/a>. He was sidelined for the Mavericks&#8217; last game on Feb. 12 and for the <a href=\"http:\/\/therookiewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rookie\/2026\/02\/13\/2026-nba-rising-stars-76ers-vj-edgecombe-mvp\/88671042007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rising Stars Game<\/a> on Friday at NBA All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The No. 1 overall pick, who is day-to-day with the injury, was spotted in a walking boot while attending a Duke home game on Saturday. He was no longer wearing it on Thursday and was seen running at practice in a video taken by Christian Clark of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Flagg is averaging 20.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 steals on 48.2% shooting from the field in 49 games with the Mavericks. He leads the rookie class in scoring and has the most 30-point games by a rookie since Victor Wembanyama in the 2023-24 season (7).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 19-year-old was named the Western Conference Rookie of the Month for the third straight time. He and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/charlotte-hornets\/5312\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>\u00a0guard Kon Knueppel are the only two players to win Rookie of the Month this season, beginning in October and November.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Flagg was initially expected to be available to play after the All-Star break, but the 6-foot-8 forward will need additional time to recover from the injury. He will miss his sixth game of the season on Friday against the Timberwolves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 19, 2026, 6:55 p.m. ET Dallas Mavericks rookie forward Cooper Flagg will not play Friday on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[72400,7,686,149,4057,166,6,72761,72762,72404,72468,72598,72464,72952,72445,72553,72406,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-613163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-dallasmavericks","13":"tag-mavericks","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-sstssportsnbarookie","16":"tag-sstsnrookie","17":"tag-tagbasketball","18":"tag-tagcharlotte-hornets","19":"tag-tagcooper-flagg","20":"tag-tagdallas-mavericks","21":"tag-tagminnesota-timberwolves","22":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","23":"tag-tagphoenix-suns","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116101668316561180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613163","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=613163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}