Overview

• The Phoenix Suns bolstered their interior defense by trading for Charlotte’s Mark Williams and using the No. 10 pick on Duke center Khaman Maluach.
• Phoenix moved up to the No. 31 pick in the second round by sending the No. 36 pick and two future seconds to Minnesota, then drafted Saint Joseph’s forward Rasheer Fleming.
• The Dallas Mavericks defied 1.8 percent odds to win the draft lottery and selected consensus top college player Cooper Flagg with the first overall pick.
• The San Antonio Spurs secured Rutgers guard Dylan Harper at No. 2 to pair with Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox in their young core.
• The Brooklyn Nets kept all five of their first-round selections, drafting Egor Demin, Nolan Traore, Drake Powell, Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf to reload with youth.