No. 1 pick Flag made his debut in summer, making 5 of 21 shots in the whole game, scoring 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals.
Former Mavericks boss Cuban said: "You have to think about Kobe's growth trajectory. It took Kobe a while to really play. I don't want to compare him with Kobe to put pressure on him because they are not the same player. But Kobe was not a fully mature player when he first entered the league. It took him two years to find the feeling."
"I think the difference is that Flag can pass, he can play, he can defend, so you can put him into any N game. In the BA game. He is only 18 years old, so you can play 90 minutes in the summer league. Even if you can tell that he is tired, he still made the right choice. "
"He won't want to do too much because he is the No. 1 pick, want to prove that 'Look, I'm the No. 1 pick, I want to show you why I'm the No. 1 pick.' He played team basketball all the time. And he is only 18 years old. My daughter just graduated from high school last month and he is younger than my daughter."