The NBA 2025 draft was successfully held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Wednesday evening. However, he had his share of excavations of fans throughout the procedure.
One came just when the NBA commissioner Adam Silver went on stage to roll the ball. A fan was heard in the program expressing his dissatisfaction with the Dallas Mavericks winning the first global choice of the recovery lottery.
“Dallas was faked,” shouted the fan of the stands.
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Dallas jostled the chances by winning the first overall choice despite a 1.8%chance. He beat Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards and the Charlotte Hornets, who had entered the lottery in May with the best odds at 14%. Jazz and Wizards, holders of the two worst records last season, finished the selection of n ° 5 and n ° 6, respectively.
After the Mavericks, the San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers and the Hornets selected then.
In the approach of the project, Silver has moved to shoot down speculations according to which the lottery was channeled to promote the mavericks. They were involved in a earthworks creation contract last February after sending the superstar Luka Doncic to the Lakers in exchange for a package which included Anthony Davis. This decision attracted a considerable flak for all districts.
The executive of the NBA said that what had happened was the lottery system entirely without any favors to a team and in accordance with its goal of discouraging the Tanking teams to have a better chance of obtaining the first choice in the NBA recovery.
Cooper Flagg feels blessed to be selected n ° 1 by the Dallas Mavericks in 2025 NBA Draft
The Dallas Mavericks used the first global choice at the NBA draft to select Cooper Flagg, a versatile striker, who felt blessed for the occasion that had been given to him.
The former Duke out -of -competition spoke about it after being selected n ° 1 in the project of procedure on Wednesday, stressing that it is a “dream come true” for him to play in the NBA, in particular selecting himself.
“I feel incredible. It is a dream come true, to be honest,” said Flagg. He went to say: “I am really excited. I think I continue to say that I am excited to be a sponge, to go down there and to learn, to be surrounded by guys from the renown temple and just to be able to learn from them. It will be an incredible experience. I feel so blessed to be in the position I am.”
Flagg spent a season in Duke before declaring for the draft of the NBA. In 37 games with the Blue Devils, he collected on average 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 interceptions and 1.4 blocks. He helped school reach the Final Four of the NCAA and was appointed player of the National College of the year 2025 and an All-American from the first Consensus team.
In Dallas, he joined a team trying to pass the Luka Doncic era with a group of players led by All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis.
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