Dallas Mavericks, NBA Draft and Overall Pick
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The Mavericks had the winning numbers. The team with just a 1.8% chance at winning the No. 1 pick won, against virtually all the odds
With not much excitement entering the offseason, the Mavericks received an unlikely jolt on Monday night, rising from No. 11 in the lottery odds to secure the top pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Suddenly, the franchise is in a position to select an elite talent with Duke's Cooper Flagg projected as the first name to go off the board in June.
"After making the biggest leap in NBA draft lottery history to land the No. 1 overall pick, the Dallas Mavericks plan to select Duke forward Cooper Flagg and will not entertain the possibility of trading away the pick for a proven superstar, sources told ESPN," the report reads.
The Dallas Mavericks had only a 1.8 percent chance of winning the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, but that was not the unlikeliest jump in lottery history.