The Dallas Mavericks won this year's NBA draft lottery, earning the right to land projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg.

Cooper Flagg and Ace Bailey were among the top projected picks in the latest 2025 NBA mock draft from ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo. After the Dallas Mavericks won Monday's draft lottery, the team was expected to add Flagg at No.

The "NBA is rigged" crowd exploded on Monday night after the Dallas Mavericks won the lottery with a 1.8% chance of getting the first pick. After trading away Luka Doncic and squeezing into the lottery by one game,