Flagg is fresh off a consensus National Player of the Year campaign where he averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 4.2 assists over 37 games, leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four. Drafting Flagg would position him alongside veterans Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis on a roster that reached the NBA Finals in 2024.

NBA rumors suggest Cooper Flagg is excited to join the Dallas Mavericks after landing No. 1 pick in 2025 NBA Draft.

Unbelievably, Dallas experienced the ultimate lucky break of drawing the No. 1 pick and consensus top selection Cooper Flagg of Duke. This marked the first time in 17 draft lottery attempts that the Mavericks vaulted to a higher pick than the odds projected.

Zach Lowe, a notable NBA insider, spoke out about the media room's reaction to Dallas winning the lottery. “Everyone was dying of laughter, muffling their laughter," he said.

Paige Bueckers was selected first overall in the WNBA Draft in mid-April by the Dallas Wings, the first sign of basketball hope for Dallas. Assuming the Mavericks hang onto their first pick to select Cooper Flagg,

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.

While everyone expects the Mavericks to take Cooper Flagg with the number one pick, it's not a guarantee according to one ESPN NBA analyst.

The Dallas Mavericks have officially won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery in the latest stunning turn of events for the franchise after trading superstar Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers just three months ago.

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.