{"id":621605,"date":"2026-02-24T09:45:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/621605\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:45:37","slug":"mavericks-reveal-injury-status-for-cooper-flagg-ahead-of-nets-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/621605\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks reveal injury status for Cooper Flagg ahead of Nets 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 forward Cooper Flagg has been ruled out of playing Tuesday on the road against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brooklyn Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>, the team announced.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg suffered a left midfoot sprain on Feb. 10 during a 120-111 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/phoenix-suns\/21\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Phoenix Suns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Phoenix Suns<\/a>. He will miss his fourth straight game against the Nets because of the injury, which also prevented him from playing in the Rising Stars Game on Feb. 13.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said Monday after practice that Flagg looked &#8220;good&#8221; during a workout, according to Mike Curtis of the Dallas Morning News. Kidd has previously indicated that Flagg is considered day-to-day with the injury.<\/p>\n<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. He is second among rookies in total scoring (999) and has the most 30-point games by a first-year player since Victor Wembanyama in 2023-24 (7).<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 overall pick was named the Western Conference Rookie of the Month for the third straight time. He and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/charlotte-hornets\/5312\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlotte Hornets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charlotte Hornets<\/a> guard Kon Knueppel are the only two players to win Rookie of the Month this season, beginning in October and November.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Flagg was initially expected to be available to play after the All-Star break, but the 19-year-old will need additional time to recover. He will miss his eighth overall game on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Rookie Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/therookiewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rookie\/2026\/02\/23\/mavericks-cooper-flagg-february-23-foot-injury-update\/88832492007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mavericks news: Cooper Flagg (foot) ruled out for 4th straight game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mavericks news: Cooper Flagg (foot) ruled out for 4th straight game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks rookie forward Cooper Flagg has been ruled out of playing Tuesday on the road against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,247,42604,473,225,686,149,4057,3716,968,166,23737,6,472,58359,31616,693],"class_list":["post-621605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-butler-university","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-jason-kidd","tag-kon-knueppel","tag-mavericks","tag-mike-curtis","tag-nba","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-straight-game","tag-the-dallas-morning-news","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116124970145635484","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621605","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=621605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}