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Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving on what they mean to each other:
Doncic: “Nothing but supportive of everything I did…Just helped me mature a lot, realize to see the game in a different way, and obviously on the court it’s amazing to play with a guy like him…The leader he’s been but for us, he’s been amazing…”
Irving: “I just think this guy next to me has pushed me to continue to work on my game and continue to develop as a young leader and I think the big word we can both agree on is maturity. Coming into Dallas, I was dealing with a lot…They embraced me with open arms…I knew eventually that I would get (Luka) to open up, this guy’s a big teddy bear at times off the court, big competitor. A teddy bear who likes to compete. He’s still ducking me in dominoes…I just have to sit back and marvel at his talent…I enjoy watching him be a father, I enjoy watching him develop as a person first, and then the basketball stuff will take care of it…Good human being, good young man.”
Doncic: “Nothing but supportive of everything I did…Just helped me mature a lot, realize to see the game in a different way, and obviously on the court it’s amazing to play with a guy like him…The leader he’s been but for us, he’s been amazing…”
Irving: “I just think this guy next to me has pushed me to continue to work on my game and continue to develop as a young leader and I think the big word we can both agree on is maturity. Coming into Dallas, I was dealing with a lot…They embraced me with open arms…I knew eventually that I would get (Luka) to open up, this guy’s a big teddy bear at times off the court, big competitor. A teddy bear who likes to compete. He’s still ducking me in dominoes…I just have to sit back and marvel at his talent…I enjoy watching him be a father, I enjoy watching him develop as a person first, and then the basketball stuff will take care of it…Good human being, good young man.”
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The Mavericks have Kyrie Irving x Anta “Hela” fingers behind each goal for tonight’s game against the Rockets.
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Mavericks guard Walter Clayton Jr. working on threes all the way around the arc before tonight’s game against Houston.
Clayton is shooting 42.9% from three over four games for Dallas this season.
Clayton is shooting 42.9% from three over four games for Dallas this season.
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Zaccharie Risacher on the Mavs exercising their team option on his contract for next season:
“I was super happy…I’m feeling grateful to be in this organization…Everybody wants to win…I’m grateful to be able to be in that environment for like two years, at least (with a smile)…”
“I was super happy…I’m feeling grateful to be in this organization…Everybody wants to win…I’m grateful to be able to be in that environment for like two years, at least (with a smile)…”
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Mavericks forward Zaccharie Risacher when asked defending Shai Gilegous-Alexander and other players of that caliber:
“I like it. That’s why I’m on the court…That’s what I do, and I feel like that’s just the mindset that I have…Want to be impactful, want to win the game, it’s e the challenge…”
“I like it. That’s why I’m on the court…That’s what I do, and I feel like that’s just the mindset that I have…Want to be impactful, want to win the game, it’s e the challenge…”
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Mavericks forward Zaccharie Risacher on being tied for second in the NBA in stocks heading into tonight’s game and his success on defense:
“Feel like it’s a mindset first…We try to play hard…We’re competing…We’ve been guarding…You know you can make a mistake, somebody gonna have your back…”
“Feel like it’s a mindset first…We try to play hard…We’re competing…We’ve been guarding…You know you can make a mistake, somebody gonna have your back…”
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Cooper Flagg on if he and Zaccharie Risacher have talked about the pressure that comes with being the first pick in the draft:
“Yeah, we’ve talked about it a little bit. It’s tough… You definitely feel another level of pressure, and that’s something I think I’ve talked to him about together, just forgetting about the pressure. I told him I know how good you are, we don’t care, nobody here cares that he was a No. 1 pick, we just want him to go out there and play and be who he can be…”
“Yeah, we’ve talked about it a little bit. It’s tough… You definitely feel another level of pressure, and that’s something I think I’ve talked to him about together, just forgetting about the pressure. I told him I know how good you are, we don’t care, nobody here cares that he was a No. 1 pick, we just want him to go out there and play and be who he can be…”
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Cooper Flagg on Zaccharie Risacher:
“He’s brought a lot. Goes back to that competing. I think he has a long way to go, and he has so much growth that he can show offensively with shot-making and he’s super versatile…Impacting the game in so many different ways, and that’s what time. I think we’re 15 to 20 points better with him just doing the little things and the shots will fall, and all of that, I don’t even care about it. But when he just goes out there and competes at the highest level and how he can, he makes us so much better…He’s been huge for us so far, and we’re gonna need him to keep getting better and keep playing with the same fire.”
“He’s brought a lot. Goes back to that competing. I think he has a long way to go, and he has so much growth that he can show offensively with shot-making and he’s super versatile…Impacting the game in so many different ways, and that’s what time. I think we’re 15 to 20 points better with him just doing the little things and the shots will fall, and all of that, I don’t even care about it. But when he just goes out there and competes at the highest level and how he can, he makes us so much better…He’s been huge for us so far, and we’re gonna need him to keep getting better and keep playing with the same fire.”
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Cooper Flagg on the culture in Dallas:
“Goes to Masai as well. The culture, that they’ve come in this summer and tried to build and change the culture around and get guys back to just competing and worried about one thing and that’s just winning. And that’s all we’re worried e can to win…Just thinking about winning and competing over everything else.”
“Goes to Masai as well. The culture, that they’ve come in this summer and tried to build and change the culture around and get guys back to just competing and worried about one thing and that’s just winning. And that’s all we’re worried e can to win…Just thinking about winning and competing over everything else.”
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Cooper Flagg on playing alongside Kyrie Irving for his first regular-season game at the AAC since March 2025:
“It was great. The fans were amazing. I think that was an incredible crowd tonight. So much love, so much support, and I felt great. Felt like home.”
“It was great. The fans were amazing. I think that was an incredible crowd tonight. So much love, so much support, and I felt great. Felt like home.”
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The start of Cooper Flagg’s press conference was briefly delayed as he ordered some food on his phone.
When asked what he was ordering, he jokingly answered “I can’t tell you, it’s a trap question.”
He said he ordered some “very healthy things.”
When asked what he was ordering, he jokingly answered “I can’t tell you, it’s a trap question.”
He said he ordered some “very healthy things.”
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Mavs coach Dusty May when asked about the Aday Mara vs Morez Johnson Jr. matchup tonight:
“You wanna know how two guys come from nowhere to be lottery picks in one year, they competed like that against each other every single day and iron sharpened iron…”
May coached both players at Michigan.
“You wanna know how two guys come from nowhere to be lottery picks in one year, they competed like that against each other every single day and iron sharpened iron…”
May coached both players at Michigan.
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Mavericks coach Dusty May said that Zaccharie Risacher and Marcus Sasser are “lighting a fire” underneath the team.
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Mavericks coach Dusty May on Zaccharie Risacher’s performance:
“I thought tonight he painted a masterpiece…He’s impacting every single possession. The job he did on Shai in the second half, I’ve watched a lot of Shai film, and you don’t see that very often…(Sasser and a fire under us, and it’s been fun.”
“I thought tonight he painted a masterpiece…He’s impacting every single possession. The job he did on Shai in the second half, I’ve watched a lot of Shai film, and you don’t see that very often…(Sasser and a fire under us, and it’s been fun.”
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Dusty May said that if the Mavericks are winning games this year, Caleb Martin will play a part in that.
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