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Cooper Flagg already handled the real rookie tests this season: the expectations, the Dallas spotlight, the nightly scouting reports, the burden of becoming Rookie of the Year before he was old enough to fully escape the “future face” label. On Foul Play With Anthony Davis, he got a different kind of welcome-to-the-league moment: being trapped inside a staged rookie symposium that slowly collapsed into a fake marital meltdown.
The setup involved Mavericks coach Jason Kidd sending Flagg into what appeared to be a routine rookie symposium before the situation devolved into awkwardness and a bickering couple’s argument. The prank was part of Anthony Davis’ TBS show, with Flagg’s mother, Kelly, also involved in helping sell the bit.
