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.

The Mavericks received an unimaginable gift from the basketball gods in the form of the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. John Fanta offers up his top takeaways from the lottery.

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 longshots to get top-three picks -- followed at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.

After the Dallas Mavericks won the No. 1 pick in the draft, many suggested the NBA purposely did it to thank the team for trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.