The Dallas Mavericks had only a 1.8 % likelihood of profitable the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, however jumped 10 spots to seize the No. 1 decide, the most important transfer by any group in lottery historical past, per ESPN Research.
In earlier years, three different groups — the 1993 Magic (1.52 %), 2014 Cavaliers (1.7 %) and 2008 Bulls (1.7 %) — had a decrease share of securing the No. 1 decide however did not leapfrog 10 spots to beat the percentages.
The Mavericks’ victory was met with quite a lot of shock from the sporting world, however none extra so than LeBron James. The Lakers star despatched out a sequence of laughing emojis seconds after NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum unveiled that the Mavericks had won the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes simply months after buying and selling Luka Doncic.
