The Dallas Mavericks lucked out and won the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft lottery earlier this week, but Mavericks coach Jason Kidd wasn't watching when it happened. After the lottery, Kidd explained that he didn't have high hopes for the Mavericks given their recent string of luck.

After becoming the laughingstock of the NBA late in the season for unexpectedly trading away Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Dallas Mavericks have now emerged as a serious long-term threat across the league—thanks to landing the No.

Cooper Flagg was undeterred. Flagg played his lone college year at Duke, finished high school in Florida at Montverde Academy and presumably will soon be moving to Dallas to play for the Mavericks, the team that has the No.