{"id":777,"date":"2025-08-21T15:26:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/?p=777"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:28:18","slug":"blake-griffin-has-high-praise-for-mavericks-rookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/blake-griffin-has-high-praise-for-mavericks-rookie\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Griffin Has High Praise For Mavericks Rookie"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_463276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-463276\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-463276 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Oklahoma City Thunder v Los Angeles Clippers\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2025\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-901384080-scaled-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-463276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Praise from one No. 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/sports\/nba\/\">NBA<\/a> draft pick to another.<\/p>\n<p>Blake Griffin is about to start his career as a sports broadcaster, which means even more people are paying attention to his opinions on the game.<\/p>\n<p>And he has a big one about the incoming Dallas Mavericks rookie, Cooper Flagg.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin thinks that Flagg is the real deal and believes that he is a truly \u201ccomplete\u201d athlete.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe is the most complete player we\u2019ve seen come into the NBA in recent memory,\u201d Griffin said, via Fullcourtpass.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;He is the most complete player we&#8217;ve seen come into the NBA in recent memory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blakegriffin23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@blakegriffin23<\/a> on Cooper Flagg<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PostMovesShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PostMovesShow<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wd8Mye6DNP\">pic.twitter.com\/Wd8Mye6DNP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fullcourtpass (@Fullcourtpass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fullcourtpass\/status\/1958332162039583180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s big praise from Griffin, but it\u2019s well deserved for Flagg.<\/p>\n<p>Most people view Flagg as one of the best draft picks in recent memory, someone who can be a generational talent who will play in the NBA for years.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks have high hopes for Flagg, and they will put him to work right away.<\/p>\n<p>He was already coming into a large workload, but it may be even bigger because the Mavericks will be without Kyrie Irving in the new season.<\/p>\n<p>That means that Flagg could be tasked with scoring more often and might have to carry a heavier load.<\/p>\n<p>But he won\u2019t be alone, and the Mavericks have been compiling a strong lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Flagg blew everyone away during his time in college, and there has been heat around his name for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Expectations are sky-high, especially because of comments like this from Griffin.<\/p>\n<p>But if anyone can live up to the hopes around him, it\u2019s Flagg.<\/p>\n<p>He rightfully earned his place in the draft, and now he is aiming for Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/blake-griffin-has-high-praise-for-mavericks-rookie\/\">Blake Griffin Has High Praise For Mavericks Rookie<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images) \u00a0 Praise from one No. 1 NBA draft pick to another. Blake Griffin is about to start his career as a sports broadcaster, which means even more people are paying&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/blake-griffin-has-high-praise-for-mavericks-rookie\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blake Griffin Has High Praise For Mavericks Rookie&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":780,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions\/780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}