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Dallas Mavericks had a 1.8% chance of winning the NBA Draft Lottery, which went into the test Monday; They defied the odds and ended the day with the total election # 1.
The price for any team should be the former Duke Blue Devils star Cooper Flagg. He is considered one of the best young basketball players since he even entered collegial ranks.
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Dallas Mavericks’ Rolando Blackman celebrates after NBA -Vice Commissioner Mark Tatum announced that Mavericks won the first election in the NBA Basketball Draft Lottery in Chicago on Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
For Mavericks was luck on their side. Dallas made the shocking step to trade Luka Doncic for Los Angeles Lakers in February for Anthony Davis. The team still made the play-in tournament and competed to be one of the eight teams to challenge the NBA title.
The NBA world was mute that Mavericks was able to make the top choice. Basketball fans talked about “conspiracy” while LeBron James and Kevin Love added their own reactions to the river.
Maverick’s CEO Rick Welts was responsible for the draft lottery when New York Knicks received No. 1 choice in 1985 – in which theories suggested were “rigged.” He said he spent four years interrupting these theories and will probably also have to debunk the lottery in 2025.
File – Duke’s Cooper Flagg, No. 2, looks back after diving on the ball as Houston’s Terrance Arceneaux, #23, Mylik Wilson, #8 and Milos Uzan, #7, see during the first half of the National Semifinals at Final Four of NCAA College Basketball Tournament on Saturday 5 April 2025 in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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“I’m the only person in this room and the room 40 years ago,” Welts said via the Washington Post. “I was responsible for NBA Draft Lottery 40 years ago when Patrick Ewing won. I have held conspiracy theory stories ever since. This is very surreal, personally.”
However, wells were excited about the possibility of choosing flagg.
San Antonio Spurs received No. 2 selection, Philadelphia 76ers selects third, and Charlotte Hornets gets the fourth election.
Duke’s Knuetppel, Left, and Cooper Flagg smiles at NBA Basketball Draft Lottery in Chicago on Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
After Flagg, the top two prospects were considered the beginners of Rutgers Scarlet Knights – Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper.
