Another reason why conspiracy theorists say the NBA Draft Lottery is rigged is because the actual drawing of the ping-pong balls is no longer shown on live TV as it was in the past. However, the league invites select media members to attend the ball drawing, which takes place in a separate room in the venue right before the national TV broadcast.

Could the Hawks put No. 13 and No. 22 together and move up the board? Generally speaking, this is a reasonable hypothetical, as some other NBA teams could be interested in turning one single pick into multiple "swings.

Following New Orleans' 21-61 finish during its 2024-25 campaign, executive vice president David Griffin was fired and replaced by Joe Dumars. Dumars confirmed that he didn't have a mandate to move on from Williamson after he was hired.

If you're a fan of chaos, you surely loved what went down in the NBA Draft Lottery on Monday night. The Dallas Mavericks, on just a 1.8% chance, secured the No. 1 pick. The San Antonio Spurs and the Philadelphia 76ers-- who both were long shots to get top-three picks -- followed at No.

The Mavericks will get to pick first just a few months after the stunning and controversial move to deal Luka Dončić out of Dallas.

For many, it’s hard to imagine how the Dallas Mavericks secured the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft. The odds were against them, and with just a 1.8% chance of landing the top pick, the unthinkable happened during the draft lottery.

The league’s draft order process isn’t rigged, but Dallas landing the top pick months after trading a superstar certainly raised eyebrows.