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The Dallas Mavericks had 1.8% chance of winning the NBA draft lottery when entering the event on Monday; They challenged the chances and ended the day with the overall choice n ° 1.
The price of any team was going to be the former Duke Blue Devils Cooper Flagg star. He is considered one of the best young basketball players since he even went into the collegial ranks.
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Dallas Mavericks’ Rolando Blackman famous after the Deputy Commissioner of the NBA, Mark Tatum, announced that the Mavericks won the first choice of the NBA basketball recovery lottery in Chicago on Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP photo / Nam Y. Huh)
For the Mavericks, luck was on their side. Dallas made the shocking move to negotiate Luka Doncic at the Los Angeles Lakers in February for Anthony Davis. The team has always done the game tournament and argued to be one of the eight teams to challenge the NBA title.
The world of the NBA was stunned that the Mavericks were able to obtain the first choice. Basketball fans spoke of “conspiracy” while LeBron James and Kevin Love added their own reactions to the fray.
Mavericks CEO, Rick Welts, was in charge of the recovery lottery when New York Knicks received the n ° 1 choice in 1985 – in the “rigged” theories. He said he spent four years demystifying these theories and will probably also have to demystify the 2025 lottery.
File-Cooper Flagg de Duke, n ° 2, comes back after soaking the ball as Arceneaux de Houston, # 23, Mylik Wilson, # 8 and Milos Uzan, # 7, look at the first half in the national semi-final at the San Antonio NCAA, the NCAA university basketball tournament on Saturday, April 5, 2025 Antonio. (AP photo / Eric gay, file)
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“I am the only person who was in this room and in the room 40 years ago,” said Welts, via the Washington Post. “I was in charge of the NBA recovery lottery 40 years ago when Patrick Ewing won. I have been making stories of conspiracy theory since. It’s very surreal, personally.”
However, Welts was enthusiastic about the opportunity to select Flagg.
The San Antonio Spurs have received the choice n ° 2, the Philadelphia 76ers will choose third place and the Charlotte Hornets will have the fourth choice.
Kon Knueppel, to the left of Duke, and Cooper Flagg smile at the NBA basketball recovery lottery in Chicago on Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP photo / Nam Y. Huh)
After Flagg, the two best hopes were considered first -year students of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights – Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper.
