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With the 1st pick in the 2025 NBA draft, the Dallas Mavericks select...

1. DAL
2. SA
3. PHI
4. CHA
5. UTA
6. WAS
7. NO
8. BRK
9. TOR
10. HOU
11. POR
12. CHI
13. ATL

Should have just started this thread series at #3 overall. 1 and 2 is Flagg and Harper.

Jerry Lucas wrote:Should have just started this thread series at #3 overall. 1 and 2 is Flagg and Harper.

ya, I was thinking about that, but we have time between now and the draft.

Who voted Know Kuneppel is trolling but also think Nico is that incompetent lol

DG88 wrote:Who voted Know Kuneppel is trolling but also think Nico is that incompetent lol

possible he mixes up the white guys

DG88 wrote:Who voted Know Kuneppel is trolling but also think Nico is that incompetent lol

Incoming Kon votes!!

Jerry Lucas wrote:Should have just started this thread series at #3 overall. 1 and 2 is Flagg and Harper.

I'm taking Tre Johnson at #2.

DG88 wrote:Who voted Know Kuneppel is trolling but also think Nico is that incompetent lol

InKonpetent

Psubs wrote:

Jerry Lucas wrote:Should have just started this thread series at #3 overall. 1 and 2 is Flagg and Harper.

I'm taking Tre Johnson at #2.

It's not who you would take, it's who you think the team with that pick will take.

Spurs aren't going to pass on Harper for Tre Johnson.

Derik Queen

I believe that Dallas will trade the #1 pick to Boston for Jayson Tatum. I think the Celtics use this Tatum injury to rebuild on the fly. I think Brown, Tatum, Porzingis, Holiday and White all fine new homes and Boston tries to be the next OKC

And with the number #1 pick...the Boston Celtics select Cooper Flagg from Duke University

DG88 wrote:Who voted Know Kuneppel is trolling but also think Nico is that incompetent lol

PushDaRock did it

Coopa

DG88 wrote:Who voted Know Kuneppel is trolling but also think Nico is that incompetent lol

Nico is not incompetent. I've heard Nico plans to trade AD back to the Lakers this summer in a 3-way trade:

Lakes: filler to Dallas
DALLAS: AD to Lakers
Adam Silver: 2026 1st overall pick, to Mavs

Where’s the option for trade down to the pick #9?

mtcan wrote:I believe that Dallas will trade the #1 pick to Boston for Jayson Tatum. I think the Celtics use this Tatum injury to rebuild on the fly. I think Brown, Tatum, Porzingis, Holiday and White all fine new homes and Boston tries to be the next OKC

And with the number #1 pick...the Boston Celtics select Cooper Flagg from Duke University

essentially means Dallas punts on next year. Do they really want to do that considering AD's age?

Jadoogar wrote:

mtcan wrote:I believe that Dallas will trade the #1 pick to Boston for Jayson Tatum. I think the Celtics use this Tatum injury to rebuild on the fly. I think Brown, Tatum, Porzingis, Holiday and White all fine new homes and Boston tries to be the next OKC

And with the number #1 pick...the Boston Celtics select Cooper Flagg from Duke University

essentially means Dallas punts on next year. Do they really want to do that considering AD's age?

Kyrie is done for next season as well. May as well tank the next season for another high lottery pick then return the following year with a big 3 of Kyrie/AD/Tatum plus another lottery pick that may or may not be traded for more win-now pieces.

Jerry Lucas wrote:

Psubs wrote:

Jerry Lucas wrote:Should have just started this thread series at #3 overall. 1 and 2 is Flagg and Harper.

I'm taking Tre Johnson at #2.

It's not who you would take, it's who you think the team with that pick will take.

Spurs aren't going to pass on Harper for Tre Johnson.

But why not?

Harper may never shoot over league average from 3. Fox-Tre-Castle is a nice trio to pair with Wemby. Sure you offer the #2 to trade down to 3 or 4, but the Spurs moved up in the lottery so really it's all bonus.

Just because all the mocks say that Harper is BPA, doesn't mean he is BPA. I can only say that Flagg at #1 is BPA in that spot.

It's not like reaching for Darko or Marvin Bagley Jr. or Markelle Fultz.

Jerry Lucas wrote:Should have just started this thread series at #3 overall. 1 and 2 is Flagg and Harper.

I find oftentimes the "consensus" #2 overall tends to be the wrong pick. Sometimes, vastly so. I wouldn't be so certain Harper should go 2nd. The last 25 #2 overall picks have about a 40% hit rate on the correct selection, despite most of them being a "consensus" #2. So while Harper probably will be the 2nd overall, I don't think you can just gloss over it - people might actually vote for the "right" #2 pick if it's not Harper.