NBA Draft Lottery: Fans annoys that Mavericks get top selection

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The Dallas Mavericks had a 1.8% chance of winning the NBA design of the draft truck to the tortur on Monday. They opposed the chances of winning and ended the day with the overall selection of number 1.

The price for every team should be former Duke Blue Devils star Cooper Flagg. He has been one of the best young basketball players since he even joined the Collegiate series.

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Rolando Blackman from Dallas Mavericks celebrates after the deputy NBA Commissioner Mark Tatum announced that the Mavericks won the first election in the NBA Basketball Draft Lottery in Chicago on Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

For the Mavericks, luck was on their side. Dallas took the shocking step against Luka Doncic with the Los Angeles Lakers against Anthony Davis in February. The team still made the play-in tournament and competed for one of the eight teams to challenge the NBA title.

The NBA world was amazed that the Mavericks could achieve the top election. Basketball fans spoke of “conspiracy”, while LeBron James and Kevin Love added their own reactions to the fight.

Rick Wordens, CEO of Mavericks, was responsible for the design of the lottery when the New York Knicks received number 1 in 1985 – in what theories had proposed, was “manipulated”. He said he had spent four years to expose these theories and would probably also expose the lottery in 2025.

File -Dukes Cooper Flagg, #2, looks back after he withdraws the ball as Houston's Terrance Arcenaux, #23, Mylik Wilson, #8, and Milos Uzan, #7, in the first half in the national semifinals of the NCAA College Basketball tournament on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in San Atonio in San Antonio, in San Antonio has. (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 about Washington Post. “I was responsible for the NBA design of the NBA 40 years ago when Patrick Ewing won. I have had conspiracy theoretical stories since then. This is personally very surreal.”

However, Welts was enthusiastic about the opportunity to choose flag.

The San Antonio Spurs received number 2, the Philadelphia 76ers will have the third and the Charlotte Hornets.