On Monday, the Dallas Mavericks surprisingly won the NBA draft lottery and secured the No. 1 pick, which they will assuredly use to select ex-Duke star Cooper Flagg.

After months of anticipation, basketball fans north of the border finally have an answer. The Toronto Raptors will have the ninth overall pick at the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft in June, after Monday’s lottery draw locked in the team order for the top 14 selections. Toronto entered the day with the seventh-best odds (7.5 per cent) of leapfrogging […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The ping-pong balls have spoken: Cooper Flagg might be headed to Dallas to start his NBA career.And a fan base that lost Luka Doncic this season might have a new star to cheer for.The Mavericks won the NBA draft lottery on Monday, giving them the No. 1 pick in next month's draft — and the first chance to take Flagg, the freshman who led Duke to the Final Four in his lone college season and the consensus player of the year.Dallas bucked huge odds to get it done, with only a 1.8 per cent chance to win the lottery coming into Monday. A Mavs team that went to the NBA Finals last season, then scorned its fans by trading away Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, left Chicago with the biggest prize.San Antonio — with back-to-back rookies of the year in Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle — will pick second, Philadelphia will pick third, and Charlotte will pick fourth.Flagg averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists while leading Duke to the Final Four in his lone college season. He shot 48 per cent…

The Dallas Mavericks have hit the post-Luka Doncic jackpot.

When Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks and team governor Joe Tsai pivoted and made the tough decision to tank this season for a high draft pick, it ended up giving them the sixth-best odds.

The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Draft Lottery Monday night and, barring any otherworldly shocking decisions, will select Flagg out of Duke with the first pick.

The Dallas Mavericks now have the rights to Cooper Flagg after winning the NBA Draft Lottery on Monday night and obtaining the No. 1 pick.

A frustrating season where Toronto Raptors fans were torn between a win-now mentality and their hopes of a high draft pick has come to a disappointing conclusion.

Everyone was shocked when the Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA draft lottery, no one more so that ESPN's studio crew.

The Nets head to Chicago with the sixth-best odds to win the lottery — a 9 percent chance of winning the right to select Cooper Flagg.