Kingston Flemings already has the makeup the Mavericks want around Cooper Flagg

The Dallas Mavericks are looking to add high-character players to help launch the Cooper Flagg era, and no prospect fits this bill better than Kingston Flemings.

Flemings has landed in the top 10 in most drafts as a lightning-quick all-around point guard who can score, pass, and defend. Perhaps most critically for the Mavericks, however, Flemings has been described as nothing short of a fantastic person.

The proof that Kingston Flemings is a high-character player

The first sign that Flemings is the type of person Dallas is looking for comes from his background. His college coach, Kelvin Sampson at Houston, is known for prioritizing character in his recruitment process. While Sampson’s teams aren’t oozing with five-star talent like other blue blood programs, his rosters are full of hard-working players who work well in a team. Flemings fit this description as a high school prospect, and his time in college has only solidified his status.

While at Houston, Flemings made strong impressions on his teammates Emanuel Sharp and Milos Uzan. After first acknowledging his teammate’s obvious basketball talent during media availability at the NBA Draft Combine, Sharp said that Flemings is “really unselfish, he’s very humble, that’s probably my favorite part about him. He’s not an airhead. He’s a great kid. He’s a better person than he is player.”

Uzan had similarly high praise for his Houston teammates, crediting Sampson for creating an environment full of “good dudes,” saying, “That’s the whole team, that’s the whole staff. Just good dudes.”

In his free time, Flemings is known to spend his time at escape rooms and Bible study.

Coach Sampson called the rising star “naive” during March Madness, but clarified that this isn’t an insult: “I mean he really is naive, but that’s part of what makes Kingston special. He has no ego.”

Flemings could realistically slide to Dallas at nine

Flemings would be an ideal character fit alongside Flagg, but for most of the year, he was mocked as a top-six prospect. Recent developments, however, have opened the door for Flemings to slide to the Mavericks at the ninth pick.

Aday Mara’s unreal combine performance, where he measured at a true 7-foot-3 and defied all expectations on his agility drills, has helped bring his stock into the top 10, freeing a top-ranked guard to be picked by Dallas. Flemings himself has experienced a slight drop on big boards after measuring at a slightly underwhelming 6-foot-2.5 barefoot height with a 6-foot-3.5 wingspan.

If Flemings indeed fell to the ninth spot, the Mavericks should not hesitate in selecting him.

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