T he Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, bringing hope to a fanbase that had seemingly lost it all after the Luka Doncic trade. This is the first time in franchise hi

The Dallas Mavericks land the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery with 1.8% odds, the 4th-lowest to win the drawing since it was instituted in 1985.

Kurt Helin, Raphielle Johnson and Noah Rubin wrote up their picks for the 2025 NBA Draft after the Mavericks won the draft lottery on Monday night.

The Dallas Mavericks pulled off the improbable on Monday night, jumping from No. 11 to No. 1 in the NBA Draft Lottery. It was simply an incredible rise for the Mavericks, who had a 1.8% chance to land the top pick prior to the festivities.

It's a good question, and it also involves projecting when Kyrie Irving comes back from his ACL tear. So let's assume Flagg is a Maverick and Irving returns a few months into the 2025-26 season. Let's run through the projected lineup:

After the Dallas Mavericks somehow won the 2025 Draft Lottery, they will be on the clock to select one of the hottest prospects in NBA history but how will the rest of the first round selections look like?

In his lone season at Duke, Flagg led the team to a Final Four appearance while also being the team leader in points (19.2), rebounds (7.5), assists (4.2), steals (1.4) and blocks (1.4). Flagg was also named the ACC Player of the Year and the 2025 Naismith Men's College Player of the Year.

The Mavericks felt that Doncic didn't give them the best chance to win a title — despite the fact that they made the NBA Finals just a year ago — constantly repeating the phrase "defense wins championships" as the explanation for the deal.

The Dallas Mavericks had less than a 2% chance of winning Monday's NBA Draft Lottery and yet that is exactly what happened.  That wasn't the only surprise at the top of the draft though as San Antonio now has an interesting choice to make at No.

The organization that inexplicably gave away Luka Doncic in a trade deadline deal entered Monday night with a 1.8% chance of winning the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery — and they got it. The Dallas Mavericks have the No. 1 pick, an ending to the lottery that will provide years of fuel for the conspiracy theorists around the league.

Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is hoping to get the chance to speak with Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis this offseason.