The Dallas Mavericks won this year's NBA draft lottery, earning the right to land projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg.

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In one of the more shocking NBA Draft lotteries in history, the Dallas Mavericks won the lottery and earned the right to make the first selection in the 2025 NBA Draft. The Mavericks posted a record of 39-43,

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Cooper Flagg has been heralded as a generational NBA draft prospect for the last 12 months, and he seems on the verge of heading to Texas after the Dallas Mavericks improbably won the NBA draft lottery to earn the first pick in the 2025 NBA draft.

The Dallas Mavericks’ win in the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery sparked another wave of conspiracy theories suggesting that the league rigs the draw to benefit certain teams.

When LeBron James chose the Miami Heat on July 8, 2010. When Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors on July 7, 2016. When Kobe Bryant dropped 60 points in the final game of his career on April 13, 2016. When Luka Doncic joined the Los Angeles Lakers just this Feb. 2 certainly meets the criteria, too.

Despite the excitement surrounding the recent NHL and NBA draft lotteries, the NFL is reportedly not considering moving to a lottery system to determine its draft order.