The Dallas Mavericks pulled off the near-impossible on Monday night when they won the NBA Draft Lottery on a 1.8% chance. They jumped all the way up from 11th, becoming the team with the lowest odds to win the lottery since the NBA changed the lottery odds in 2019.

The NBA draft lottery once again produced straight-up drama and intrigue this week, with the Dallas Mavericks defying astronomical odds to land the No. 1 overall pick. That got us thinking about the NFL’s draft system that simply rewards the league’s worst teams without any wrinkles.

The Brooklyn Nets have the eighth overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and Oklahoma's Jeremiah Fears could be one of the players in their range.

The San Antonio Spurs landed the No. 2 pick during the 2025 NBA Draft lottery. This put the Spurs in position to land their point guard of the future in Rutgers star Dylan Harper. San Antonio has played around with the idea of trading the pick but if it decides to stay at two, reports claim that Harper will be the selection.

The NBA Draft lottery brought more drama than usual on May 12. For the first time in a long time, the Detroit Pistons weren’t involved in the lottery draft.