Cooper Flagg's two-way ability gives the Mavericks an advantage they never had with Luka Doncic as their superstar.
As unfortunate as the Luka Doncic departure was from the Dallas Mavericks, one of the realizations that Los Angeles Lakers fans are running into is that they will need to build a very specific roster around the Slovenian superstar if they want any shot at winning a championship.
In the modern NBA, being a pure one-sided ball wizard can only get you so far, and with Doncic being the offensive guru he is, Los Angeles will be forced to push defense and shooting to make up for his absences: this is one problem the Dallas Mavericks don't have anymore.