Mavericks, Spurs, Sixers, Hornets Move Up In 2025 NBA Draft Lottery

[RealGM Wiretap]

The NBA held its 2025 Draft Lottery in Chicago on Monday with the Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers and Charlotte Hornets in the top-4.

Cooper Flagg is the presumptive No. 1 pick with Dylan Harper expected to be selected at No. 2.

2025 NBA Draft Lottery Order

5. Utah Jazz
6. Washington Wizards 
7. New Orleans Pelicans
8. Brooklyn Nets
9. Toronto Raptors
10. Houston Rockets (from Brooklyn via Phoenix)
11. Portland Trail Blazers
12. Chicago Bulls
13. Atlanta Hawks (via Sacramento)
14. San Antonio Spurs (via Atlanta)

Via RealGM Staff Report

[random_hero891]

Stern doing his best to save Nico rigged

[FreeBoosie]

Yeah 100% the NBA is "not" rigged lol

[Twinkie defense]

That's awesome. I was hoping the Basketball Gods would punish the Utah Jazz for tanking

[Twinkie defense]

LOL at the Wizards, too.

[NUMBERICA]

It is honestly shocking that they would even allow this level of appearance of the lottery being rigged. Holy **** ****.

[TheCage4]

This may have been the last straw ladies and gents. I’ve been watching the NBA since 1986, but this, this is nothing more than a scripted soap opera.

Even the WWE has more dignity than this.

[Luv those Knicks]

Now the Luka conspiracy theory makes sense. "Trade Luka to LA, we'll give you Cooper Flagg". Who would say no? I'd say yes if I was GM of the Mavs.

I wonder if the Mavs fans will come back

[Luv those Knicks]

That's awesome. I was hoping the Basketball Gods would punish the Utah Jazz for tanking

I think you mean Adam Silver, and it's not that awesome. I fine with the Jazz not being rewarded. Mixed feelings about the shenanigans as a whole.

[deeps6x]

If we're going to talk statistics and probabilities, the math says there's a 0.012% chance that the top 3 picks played out the way they did. That's a 1 in 8,319 chance. The NBA lottery has been around for 40 years, so you'd have to repeat the entire history of the NBA lottery 200 times for this to ever happen again.

(stole this quote from ontnut)

[Twinkie defense]

That's awesome. I was hoping the Basketball Gods would punish the Utah Jazz for tanking

I think you mean Adam Silver, and it's not that awesome. I fine with the Jazz not being rewarded. Mixed feelings about the shenanigans as a whole.

It's literally a lottery. Odds are that Jazz WOULD'NT get the top pick.

[Jondiggs]

If we're going to talk statistics and probabilities, the math says there's a 0.012% chance that the top 3 picks played out the way they did. That's a 1 in 8,319 chance. The NBA lottery has been around for 40 years, so you'd have to repeat the entire history of the NBA lottery 200 times for this to ever happen again.

(stole this quote from ontnut)

Thank you! If the nba was rigged Utah woulda got the first pick. Society sheep’s love a good conspiracy theory lolol

[TimeisIllmatic]

I guess we are all sheep then if one of the most lopsided trades in NBA history happened in February and then months later, Dallas gets rewarded with the 1st pick.

[Fido]

The NBA continues its practice of rewarding teams for helping the stars with big trades that don't seem to make sense yet result in winning the lottery despite extreme odds (0.0114%). And they expect the rest of us to believe the ping pong balls just fell that way.

It reminds me of a previous employer who had a manager whose personal ipad was stolen from his desk and then a couple weeks later just happened to have his name drawn at the company Christmas party to win not just an ipad, but a newer one than the one he lost. And yes, they yucked it up like nobody had any advance knowledge that he was going to win the prize and acted shocked at the outcome.

[fuller4379]

It is ridiculous that the Spurs won the lottery for the sixth time.

[Fido]

All the more satisfying to know that the league-stacked Lakers failed to move out of the first round.

[Pickled Prunes]

It is honestly shocking that they would even allow this level of appearance of the lottery being rigged. Holy **** ****.

Wait... You want them to rig the lottery so that it doesn't looked rigged!?

[Bowly]

Stern doing his best to save Nico rigged

You know David Stern passed away right? Perhaps his ghostly hand made the envelope cold?

[random_hero891]

Stern doing his best to save Nico rigged

You know David Stern passed away right? Perhaps his ghostly hand made the envelope cold?

Honestly that dawned on me this morning, but David Stern and draft rigging are so synonymous it just kind of naturally flowed to my keyboard.

[Maf]

Way to say: Thanks for saving Lakers!