Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg reveals one of his biggest adjustments in NBA: 'It’s the most I’ve lost'

Through eight games in his NBA career Cooper Flagg is getting a sense of what it s like to lose at the highest level The No overall pick hasn t done much losing leading up to this point in his basketball journey and he admits it s a whole different feeling as someone individually learning the approaches of the NBA For me it s the the majority I ve lost since ya know I think ever It s obviously a lot different and you have to adapt to playing a lot more games and get used to that Flagg noted during a press conference I wouldn t say anybody s happy Guys try to stay levelheaded and know that we got a lot more games to go and it s still really early CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM Speaking personally I know it s not fun to just keep losing and losing games so would like to make a change and hopefully start taking moves in the right direction During his single season at Duke last year Flagg only saw four losses While playing for Montverde Academy in Florida after starting his high school career at Nokomis Regional High School in Maine he also didn t lose much as Montverde went on to win a national title and he was named the Naismith National High School Participant of the Year MAVERICKS SELECT COOPER FLAGG WITH TOP PICK IN NBA DRAFT AFTER CONTROVERSIAL LOTTERYBut the Mavericks have gone - to start the - NBA season which includes a Wednesday night loss to the New Orleans Pelicans who had just one win in seven games entering the matchup As it stands on Thursday Dallas is at the bottom of the Western Conference standings in th place Now it doesn t help that the Mavs are also playing without two of their veteran stars alongside Flagg Kyrie Irving has a probable season-long injury while Anthony Davis is already sidelined this season The Mavericks haven t been blown out in their losses but they haven t been able to secure those close-game victories The challenge against the Pelicans saw that situation and it was Flagg who had the ball in his hands with less than seconds left while trailing by two points Flagg had a shot in the lane but he missed his opportunity to tie it up and the Pelicans secured the rebound and the win in the process Flagg finished with points and nine rebounds in minutes on the court We got to a good spot somewhere I was able to get throughout the second half of the battle I got to a good spot put one up on the rim it just didn t fall he explained Flagg has had a good statistical start to his NBA career averaging points and rebounds per tournament He would just like to start winning more while contributing to his Mavericks unit in the box tally It s been fun to be able to compete at a high level he added There s a lot I can look back on and a lot of film to watch and learn from playing against good defenders like that A few good learning experiences and moments to look back on and hopefully improve Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter