A: Or is it insanity to suddenly veer from a coalition of leadership that has produced visits to the conference finals in three of the past six seasons? The Heat’s approach has been that the light at the end of the tunnel is not as distant as it appears. The record over the past six years stands as evidence. These are not stumblebums.

The Kings entered the draft lottery with just a 3.8 percent chance of their pick landing in the top four and thus conveying. Otherwise, they would owe it to the Atlanta Hawks as a result of the 2022 trade that landed them Kevin Huerter.

While the Oklahoma City Thunder are busy with their Round 2 playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, the 2025 NBA draft lottery was revealed. The randomness always creates chaos. It happened again as the Dallas Mavericks landed the No. 1 pick and will likely add Cooper Flagg.

ESPN's Chris "Mad Dog" Russo isn't among those who think that the NBA Draft Lottery is rigged. He also likes the idea of holding a lottery so that teams compete in a tanking match and try to lose every game possible just to get the draft's top pick.

The NBA Draft Lottery provided plenty of fireworks on Monday night. The Dallas Mavericks received the No. 1 overall pick despite having just a 1.8% chance of doing so. Perhaps just as shockingly, the San Antonio Spurs obtained the No. 2 pick, with the Philadelphia 76ers getting the third overall pick.

There are two rounds in the draft. The first round features 30 picks and the second round has 29. There are typically 30 picks per round, but the New York Knicks were docked their 2025 second-rounder after the league found they had tampered with Jalen Brunson leading up to 2022 free agency.