NBA Draft Lottery Controversies

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NBA Draft Lottery conspiracy theories don't make sense

The reaction to the Dallas Mavericks winning the NBA Draft Lottery Monday night included surprise, incredulity and misguided conspiracy theories.

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The Luckiest Jumps to the No. 1 Pick in NBA Draft Lottery History

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Wizards Fans Join Chorus Of Conspiracy Theorists Calling NBA Draft Lottery Rigged

Mavericks win NBA draft lottery, earning right to select Cooper Flagg

The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA draft lottery drawing Monday in a major surprise, earning the right to select Duke forward Cooper Flagg, the consensus favorite to be the No. 1 pick and one of the mos...

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Cooper Flagg shocked by ‘crazy draft lottery’ as Mavs jump at opportunity for ‘a fresh start’

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NBA Combine 2025 Participants, Schedule and Players to Watch

Sights and sounds from the NBA draft combine, including words from presumed No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg

The three teams with the best odds at the No.1 pick all landed outside the top three, while the Dallas Mavericks — with the fourth-worst odds at 1.8% — won the top spot.

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Imagining 2025 NFL Draft If the League Followed NBA Draft Lottery System

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Some Sports Fans Are Convinced The NBA Lottery Was Rigged

8 Times The NBA Lottery Has Looked Completely Rigged

The Dallas Mavericks' improbable win of the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery with just a 1.8% chance has reignitedconspiracy theories about the lottery being rigged, and we have eight examples through history where it just might be.

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Identifying the Hornets' winners + losers from the NBA Draft lottery

It was yet another disappointing draft lottery for the ... had just a 1.8% chance of winning the lottery, but somehow came out on top. Despite the controversy, there's nothing that can be changed.

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Kyrie Irving has cheeky reaction to Mavericks' NBA Draft lottery win

The 2025 NBA Draft lottery took place on Monday night with ... who traded away Doncic on February 1 in a move that created plenty of controversy, now have a realistic path to bringing in Flagg ...

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LeBron James sparks controversy in the NBA Draft after Dallas Mavericks land the No. 1 pick

The news that the Dallas Mavericks landed the top spot in the 2025 NBA Draft stirred up a huge controversy within minutes, quickly catching the attention of one of the

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Should the NFL Copy the NBA Draft Lottery? 2-Time Pro Bowler Argues It’ll Fix Growing Problem

The Dallas Mavericks had just a 1.8% chance of landing the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. But in a stunning twist, they beat the odds and the entire lottery system, and walked away with Cooper Flagg (most probably),

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Flagg, the Presumed No. 1 Pick, Settling Into His New Reality Now That Dallas Has Won Draft Lottery

The former Duke star has been considered the presumptive No. 1 pick in next month's NBA draft for some time and now knows that pick is held by the Dallas Mavericks — winners of the draft lottery earlier this week.