The basketball gods chose to bail out Nico Harrison.
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.
It’s the first time the Mavericks have ever had the No. 1 pick, and they can now use it to draft Cooper Flagg as the new star and face of the franchise.