The Dallas Mavericks shocked the NBA world by winning the top pick in the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, despite having only a 1.8% chance of landing it. The surprising outcome has sparked rumors that the lottery was rigged,

NBA fans are saying the draft lottery is rigged after the Mavericks got the No. 1 pick, securing the right to draft Cooper Flagg.

Too bad, so sad. That was the prevailing sentiment by ESPN’s Mike Greenberg on Tuesday’s episode of Get Up! After the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA draft lottery with just a 1.8 per

Well, the NBA Draft Lottery gods have a sense of humor. So much for the idea of Cooper Flagg going to a 20-win team. Instead, a statistically improbable Dallas Mavericks-San Antonio Spurs-Philadelphia 76ers-Charlotte Hornets top four upended all our previous assumptions about what might happen in the lead-up to the NBA Draft.

The wait to learn which lucky team is in position to select Duke’s potential superstar Cooper Flagg with the first