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We know who's going first overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, right? It's got to be Duke's Cooper Flagg going to the Dallas Mavericks. But what about Maryland's Derik Queen, who lit up the March Madness world with his buzzer-beater and great play?
While everyone expects the Dallas Mavericks to take Cooper Flagg in the 2025 NBA Draft, it's not a guarantee according to one ESPN NBA analyst.
The 2025 NBA draft lottery brings its annual wave of intrigue Monday ( 7 p.m. ET, ESPN ), with the entire league descending on Chicago and offseason proceedings fully underway for most every franchise.
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.
Heading into the NBA Draft Lottery, the Philadelphia 76ers front office were already full of stress. This tension increased as a result of a massive mistake by ESPN announcer Kevin Negandhi during the lottery broadcast.
Who controls the 2025 NBA draft? What about the next seven? Bobby Marks and Jeremy Woo examine every team's draft future.