The NBA's predraft season is in full swing as the league held its draft lottery Monday, with the Dallas Mavericks winning the No. 1 pick, and the chance to select projected top pick Cooper Flagg -- an opportunity a source told ESPN Tuesday that the Mavericks intend to see through during the draft on June 25-26 in Brooklyn, New York.

CHICAGO — Danny Wolf was at last year’s NBA draft combine — sort of. He was meeting with Michigan strength coach Matt Aldred in the weight room on the fourth floor of the Marriott Marquis Chicago, the same hotel where combine participants do interviews with media and NBA teams, adjacent to the arena where they take the court.

NBA draft order now set, here is a look at where Alabama guard Labaron Philon is projected in the latest mock draft post-lottery.

The 2025 NBA predraft process officially kicks off Saturday, with an expected 120 players, including Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Derik Queen, Walter Clayton Jr ., and others, congregating in Chicago for the NBA draft combine, G League Elite Camp, and agency pro days.

The NFL Draft has long been the league’s ultimate equalizer — rewarding the worst teams with the highest picks in hopes of closing the competitive gap. But in recent years, questions about “tanking” have surfaced more frequently,

Finally free of months of suspense, the 76ers can start to put things in motion. They can also celebrate this thing over which they had no control, but that wound up meaning so much to them. They can grin and laugh and embrace now that the results of Monday’s NBA draft lottery are finalized.

Who controls the 2025 NBA draft? What about the next seven? Bobby Marks and Jeremy Woo examine every team's draft future.