Game Thread NBA Draft Lottery - May 12, 2025

[George W]

here is the silver lining -- even with this ******** first overall pick, the Dallas Mavs were set to be a generational juggernaut if they even managed to get a *lopsided* haul for Luka.

What they got instead was a travesty. So yeah, whatever, they can take Cooper. That franchise is cursed, Coop will probably rupture ligaments.

- George

 

[str8line]

Give it time. Jazz fans will stop watching when the team fails to make the playoffs the rest of the decade. Especially if the Mammoth make the playoffs the next few years.

Good point, this is probably good for the Mammoth.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

The league needs superstars to shine and win. The old guard with Lebron, Steph, KD, James Harden, Kawhi, etc. are fading out at this point.

No doubt, and they need matchups on national broadcast days that bring in high ratings. Otherwise they lose out on future tv deals. They need the ratings. I'm sure with revenue sharing all the teams will make a lot off of these "decisions".

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Didn’t the Hawks have the 11th? Best odds of getting the first pick last year and now the same thing Dallas had the 11th spot in the lottery this year and they have the first pick.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

So the Mavs will never put any elite young talent around Flagg?

They only own their 1st rounder next year, then it's gone from 2027-2030. They will likely make the playoffs next year if AD is healthy, so they will have a short run with AD/Kyrie/Cooper before AD/Kyrie age out/get injured out, then they will have Flagg on his 2nd contract surrounded by scrubs.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

The league needs superstars to shine and win. The old guard with Lebron, Steph, KD, James Harden, Kawhi, etc. are fading out at this point.

Is there a reason they do it behind closed doors other than the fact that they could rig the whole thing?

 

[jom2003]

San Antonio has moved up 3 drafts in a row.

And teams like us, Charlotte and Sacramento keep getting shafted. We were at least winning and weren't in positions to win lotteries very often but for Charlotte/Sacramento to never win it once in their franchise history compared to teams like San Antonio/Cleveland it's beyond ridiculous. Tell Sac/Charlotte fans why they should care about the NBA any more when the league has turn its back on them so many times.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Didn’t the Hawks have the 11th? Best odds of getting the first pick last year and now the same thing Dallas had the 11th spot in the lottery this year and they have the first pick.

Last year's draft was dogs hit. It had no bearing on the future of the league.

 

[jom2003]

This is the last straw. NBA either gonna change the lottery rule again next year or get rid of it completely.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

And teams like us, Charlotte and Sacramento keep getting shafted. We were at least winning and weren't in positions to win lotteries very often but for Charlotte/Sacramento to never win it once in their franchise history compared to teams like San Antonio/Cleveland it's beyond ridiculous. Tell Sac/Charlotte fans why they should care about the NBA any more when the league has turn its back on them so many times.

Yeah, I'm fine with odds, but there should be a limit on how often you qualify to jump up.

 

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[Saint Cy of JFC]

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Except next year the class is also very good, so might as well go another year.