Paige Bueckers Believes Cooper Flagg Will be 'Nice Addition' to Dallas Mavericks
The 2025 NBA Draft lottery took place on May 12. And despite having just a 1.8% chance to secure the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, the Dallas Mavericks won the lottery and secured the rights to that top pick, which is all but guaranteed to be Duke superstar Cooper Flagg.
One fascinating aspect of this is that the Mavericks have been under a ton of scrutiny ever since they traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this year, which many believed was a ridiculous trade that made no sense for the franchise. However, with Flagg now likely being the Mavericks' next superstar, it appears that everything may work out for them.
Of course, the Mavericks aren't Dallas' only professional basketball franchise to get a No. 1 pick in a recent draft, as the Dallas Wings selected Paige Bueckers with the 2025 WNBA Draft's top pick last month.
Dallas LOVES to see a No. 1 pick coming 👀
— espnW (@espnW) May 12, 2025
The Wings drafted Paige Bueckers with the first overall pick, and the Mavs have a chance to do the same with Cooper Flagg 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ughfNUdmQG
Bueckers spoke with the media ahead of her team's May 16 WNBA regular season debut against the Minnesota Lynx. And at one point, she discussed the Mavericks' lottery win and the prospect of Flagg coming to town.
"Yeah, that's another thing that I didn't think was real at first. I think 1.8% odds to get the first pick," Bueckers said, per an X post from Myah Taylor of Dallas News. "But I believe God makes no mistakes, and so that happened for a reason.
"I know Cooper doesn't take it for granted that he's the No. 1 as of right now. He'll wait to hear his name get called. But if that's the case, which it most likely will be, that will be super exciting for the entire organization, who's not on a rebuild and who already has a great team," Bueckers added.
"To add him to a championship-level team is a very nice addition."
Dallas Wings No. 1 pick Paige Bueckers on the Mavs winning the NBA draft lottery and potentially securing Cooper Flagg: “…I didn’t think [it] was real at first … but I believe God makes no mistakes.” pic.twitter.com/F9egQ0FjGV
— Myah Taylor (@t_myah) May 13, 2025
Recent basketball draft lotteries have been very good to the city of Dallas.
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Grant Young covers women’s basketball for Women’s Fastbreak and Indiana Fever On SI. His coverage centers on league trends and the growth of women’s basketball, both on and off the court. He also creates digital content focused on the sport’s biggest moments and personalities.
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