Everybody mad and I’m just sitting here like… “Good business move by the NBA.”
NBA Draft Lottery night is one of the most stressful for a franchise in contention for the No. 1 pick. I mean, damn, you have teams who tank their seasons just to have the opportunity to have the chance to get the top selection. (RELATED: ‘Shut Up, Dude’: Reporter Flames Warriors’ Draymond Green After ‘Angry Black Man’ Comments)
Things were a little more intense in this year’s edition of the draft lottery, as Duke’s generational star Cooper Flagg is up for grabs. Here were the odds for teams to grab the No. 1 pick:
- Utah Jazz: 14.0%
- Washington Wizards: 14.0%
- Charlotte Hornets: 14.0%
- New Orleans Pelicans: 12.5%
- Philadelphia 76ers: 10.5%
- Brooklyn Nets: 9.0%
- Toronto Raptors: 7.5%
- San Antonio Spurs: 6.0%
- Houston Rockets (via Phoenix Suns): 3.8%
- Portland Trail Blazers: 3.6%
- Dallas Mavericks: 1.8%
Well, somehow despite only having a 1.8% chance, it was the Mavericks who walked away with the top selection and most likely Flagg. And this is fresh off the incredibly high-profile Luka Doncic trade to the Los Angeles Lakers that once upon a time had the Mavs looking like they were going to collapse.
But nope … Dallas is now sitting pretty with a roster that will most likely include Flagg, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson. Yeah, it’s pretty sexy, so sexy that it has many fans thinking the draft lottery is rigged, and let’s be honest, it is.
THE MOST RIGGED NBA DRAFT LOTTERY IN HISTORY!!!!!🤬#NBADraftLottery #NBA pic.twitter.com/iCLm1ztrLa
— 37 (@MainooMagic_) May 12, 2025
AD gets traded to the Lakers in 2019 — Pelicans miraculously land the No. 1 pick.
Luka gets traded to the Lakers in 2025 — Mavericks immediately land the No. 1 pick.That’s checkmate for NBA Lottery rigging. https://t.co/CGqWVogmYY
— Ari Wagner (@AriWagner_) May 12, 2025
Adam Silver made Nico Harrison trade Luka to LA to get the NBA ratings as they were tanking, and in exchange for that they rigged the lottery so Dallas gets Cooper Flagg
Nothing can convince me otherwise at this point pic.twitter.com/Aoc7Wy42UK
— Joel Penfield (@jtpenfield) May 12, 2025
The NBA draft lottery is so rigged… The spurs can now flip the #2 pick to the Bucks for Giannis… The Mavericks get redemption for the Luka Trade lmao pic.twitter.com/7BWsji5FQj
— FlightMike (Mikerophone) (@TheFlightMike) May 12, 2025
Adam Silver rigging the NBA Draft Lottery EVERY season pic.twitter.com/z6cuQgkxpn
— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) May 12, 2025
LeBron after the NBA draft lottery. pic.twitter.com/t3nFLPz8fp
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) May 12, 2025
NBA 100% rigged this draft lottery to reward Dallas for agreeing to the league-administered Luka trade. You cant make this up
— Mikey (@MMcC_86) May 12, 2025
IS THE #NBA DRAFT LOTTERY RIGGED…? pic.twitter.com/Io4QJmTJks
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) May 12, 2025
Mavericks have won the NBA draft lottery.
Is the NBA rigged?
Get a star player to a top market in a trade that made no sense and then suddenly they get the 1st pick with a 1% chance at it? pic.twitter.com/3UXgh5bpOx
— NFL Notifications (@NFLNotify) May 12, 2025
The chance of that Draft Lottery resulting in the exact top three of Dallas Mavericks getting #1, San Antonio Spurs getting #2, and Philadelphia 76ers getting #3 was 0.0133%.
That is 1 in 7,532 odds. The NBA lottery is rigged. pic.twitter.com/wro3sOlcbt
— Daig Muse⚡️ (@DaigMuse) May 12, 2025
Good time to be a conspiracy theorist, for sure, but I can’t help but to admire how good of a business move this is from the NBA — kudos.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
