Overview
- Dallas won the NBA Draft Lottery against just a 1.8 percent probability to claim the No. 1 overall selection.
- Cooper Flagg, an 18-year-old Duke forward and 2024-25 college player of the year, averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists in his lone collegiate season.
- Flagg’s two-way, positionless skill set is positioned to anchor the Mavericks’ post-Doncic rebuild on both ends of the floor.
- Rutgers guard Dylan Harper went No. 2 to the San Antonio Spurs and Baylor’s V.J. Edgecombe was taken No. 3 by the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Duke guard Kon Knueppel and Rutgers forward Ace Bailey completed the top five at Nos. 4 and 5 to the Charlotte Hornets and Utah Jazz respectively.