As of now, Mavericks star Anthony Davis isn't concerned. “We were playing a lot of isolation basketball, we’re not gonna win games like that. We got guys that are capable of doing it, but we don’t want to play like that…We gotta be able to move the basketball from side to side and get good looks."

After an up-and-down debut for Cooper Flagg, Charles Barkley warns the Mavericks about the current experiment with the rookie. As the “Inside the NBA” crew is now on ESPN from TNT in the past, Barkley would talk at halftime about Flagg being scoreless and how his main job is initiating the offense.

Why did “Inside the NBA” criticize the usage of Cooper Flagg in his NBA debut, saying he was in a miscast role?

The Spurs won their first opener in four seasons and finally beat their Southwest rivals, the Dallas Mavericks, who had defeated them in two straight season-opening games.

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Both the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks could be without multiple key players in Wednesday night's matchup.

With playmakers like Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg on the roster, Dallas could give opponents fits throughout the campaign. On Tuesday, head coach Jason Kidd was asked about the team’s length and whether that attribute makes the Mavericks the NBA’s strongest team.