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The Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery presented by State Farm, which was conducted Monday at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.
The Mavericks will have the first overall pick in NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm, which will be held Wednesday, June 25 (First Round) and Thursday, June 26 (Second Round) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The Mavericks, who had never won the Draft Lottery, will almost certainly select 6-foot-9 forward Cooper Flagg, the freshman who led Duke to the Final Four in his lone college season and the consensus player of the year.
“I am so happy for Mavericks fans,” Dallas CEO Rick Welts said, clutching the envelope with the No. 1 emblazoned on it. “It’s going to really be something special. I can’t wait to get back to Dallas.”
Dallas bucked huge odds to get it done, with only a 1.8% chance to win. San Antonio — with back-to-back Kia Rookies of the Year in Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle — will pick second, Philadelphia will pick third, and Charlotte will pick fourth.
The results for picks 1-4 in the 2025 #NBADraftLottery presented by State Farm:
1. Mavericks
2. Spurs
3. 76ers
4. Hornets pic.twitter.com/RP1X0nHrxT— NBA (@NBA) May 12, 2025
Below are the results from 2025 NBA Draft Lottery presented by State Farm:
1. Dallas
2. San Antonio
3. Philadelphia
4. Charlotte
5. Utah
6. Washington
7. New Orleans
8. Brooklyn
9. Toronto
10. Houston
11. Portland
12. Chicago
13. Atlanta
14. San Antonio
• Complete 1-59 Draft Order
“I didn’t try to think about it too much,” Flagg said on the ESPN broadcast of the lottery about what it’ll likely mean for his immediate future. “It was out of my control.”
Flagg averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists at Duke this season. He shot 48.1% from the field, 38.5% from 3-point range, 84% from the foul line and was The Associated Press’ national player of the year.
And he’s had success against NBA players already. Last summer, when the U.S. Olympic team was holding its training camp in Las Vegas in advance of the Paris Games — where the Americans won gold yet again — Flagg was part of the select team brought in to scrimmage against the Olympians.
Flagg, who was 17 years old at the time, more than held his own in those workouts.
Utah will pick fifth, Washington sixth, New Orleans seventh, Brooklyn eighth, Toronto ninth, Houston 10th, Portland 11th, Chicago 12th, Atlanta 13th and San Antonio 14th.
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Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
