Rob Mahoney

He's been asked to do more as a part of that.

And I think even while all that has been true, has had a better all around season in terms of what he's been able to put on the floor.

I say that for a bunch of different reasons.

I mean, he he handles the ball more than Khan while turning the ball over less while setting up his teammates more.

I think in terms of the scoring pop, we've seen it of late, but really it's been there all season in terms of what kind of score he can be.

And productivity-wise has been a notch above, understandably, given his role.

I just don't think you can boil a race like this down to Khan and his circumstances, where he gets to benefit from lamello ball, no-look passes that pass him open.

Cooper Flagg is his own point guard, basically all the time.

And to the extent he's ever had one, it was like, here's Ryan Nembhardt,

go forth and try to score buckets.

I'm ultimately moved by Cooper's all-around game, the differences in their role.

And when you think about it from a usage perspective, I mean, Cooper Flagg is at a level of usage that's like Shangoon, Durant, Karl-Anthony Towns.

Konka Nipple is at a level of usage that is like Jaime Jaquez, Anthony Black, Evan Mobley.

These are not the same expectations.

They are not the same...

in terms of what these guys have to produce for their teams.

And just to get real...

intangible with it i guess in terms of the qualifications i think we have to acknowledge that flag has walked into a situation that is just worlds different from what con like there was no universe in which cooper flag gets to be the con canipple go out and play hard for a team that struggles earlier in the season basically no one will care i mean that's just a summary of all the things you said before i mean yeah the circumstances are very different yeah

But I think the circumstances around the Mavericks because of all the Luka stuff, and this is, I'm granting a very intangible argument, but there's been so much noise and so much chaos around everything boiling up with that team that it does, I think, get a little tick in Khan's direction if the other stuff wasn't enough for you already.

Four to five percent is not marginal in usage.