Just three months after trading Luka Doncic to the Lakers, the Mavericks will have the chance to draft a new franchise player in top prospect Cooper Flagg.

It was a surprising turn of events because the Mavs were slotted 11th in the NBA Draft lottery order. They moved up 10 spots, which according to CBS Sports Research is the biggest jump by any team in lottery history. The 1.8% is the 4th-longest odds by winner since lottery began in 1985. Here is the full 2025 NBA Draft order.

The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA draft lottery on Monday evening—just months after shockingly trading Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers—and sent conspiracy theorists into a tizzy, not dissimilar to the response after the New York Knicks won the inaugural lottery back in 1985 and ultimately selected Patrick Ewing.