The Dallas Mavericks are thanking their lucky stars after landing the No. 1 overall pick in this year's NBA Draft, a move that likely wouldn't have happened if they didn't trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

The team is only in a position to draft that prospect because it was bad. It takes a few years to get good. Keeping a good team together is expensive and not really possible indefinitely in the current CBA environment.

Who shined in scrimmages? Whose measurements were a surprise, for one reason or another? And who may be headed back to school?

On Monday night in Chicago, Cooper Flagg's future was sealed. The Dallas Mavericks, after a tumultuous season in which the franchise traded away iconic star Luka Doncic, overcame long odds to win the top pick in the NBA draft, and the right to select star Duke wing Flagg.

Jason Kidd believes Cooper Flagg is a perfect fit for the Mavericks, who won the No. 1 pick months after trading Luka Doncic to the Lakers.

After the NBA Draft Lottery, Cooper Flagg shared who he believes is the best player in the league right now. Despite being close joining the Dallas Mavericks, he did not name franchise favorite Luka Doncic.

Flagg was stone-faced the night of the draft but was far more positive and optimistic speaking to reporters at the NBA Draft Combine.

The Dallas Mavericks have become the NBA’s most unpredictable headline-makers in 2025. Just months after shocking the league by trading away generational talent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in February,