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Chicago hosted NBA’s annual draft lottery on Monday night. Despite entering the lottery with 1.8% odds, Dalla’s Mavericks landed the top choice to the upcoming draft.
Dallas Wings won WNBA Draft Lottery and landed the top election last month’s draft.
Paige Bueckers was the first player from the board.
The former Uconn basketball star said she was shocked by Mavs’ luck in the lottery.
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Paige Bueckers will be interviewed by ESPN after being selected with No. 1 Overall choice of Dallas Wings in the 2025 WNBA draft at the shed at Hudson Yards in New York, NY, April 14, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta/Imag images)
“That was another thing that I didn’t think was real at first,” BUEKERS said, according to Dallas Morning News.
Bueckers said there was reason why Dallas’ NBA franchise landed no. 1 choice.
“But I think God makes no mistake, so it happened for a reason,” she suggested.
Duke Standout Cooper Flagg is broadly projected as the top view of this year’s NBA draft.
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The Charlotte Hornets Once again was finished well below the .500 mark, ending the 2024-25 season with less than 20 wins.
A draft view during the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery at McCormick Place in Chicago May 12, 2025. (David Banks/Imag images)
Washington Wizards, who held the second total election in last year’s draft, could also not win more than 20 games this season.
Dallas Wings Guard Paige Bueckers looks at a game between Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets at the American Airlines Center in Dallas May 13, 2025. (Jerome Miron/Imag- Pictures)
Despite the defective items and relatively strong odds of landing the top election, the hornets and wizards choose under the top three.
The NBA Lottery Odds has noticeably flattened over the last few years, making it more unlikely teams that hit the reset button will end up being rewarded with the rights to a top three elections.
