NBA Draft order was set by the NBA Draft Lottery on May 12, 2025, in Chicago, IL. The Dallas Mavericks defied the odds (1.8% chance) and landed the No. 1 pick. Now picks 1-59 are set. The top 14 picks were determined by a lottery process involving the teams that did not make this year's NBA playoffs.

The Dallas Mavericks land the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery with 1.8% odds, the 4th-lowest to win the drawing since it was instituted in 1985.

NBA Draft Lottery in the rearview, the order is officially set. The Philadelphia 76ers will have a shot at two picks next month, as long as they d

Three teams each have a 14 percent chance at the top pick. History says one of those teams landing at No. 1 is far from guaranteed.

Monday is the day we find out who gets the No. 1 pick and therefore the chance to draft Duke star Cooper Flagg. That said, there are other talented players in the 2025 NBA Draft -- see our latest mock draft from our Bryan Kalbrosky -- so this is a big deal for every team in the lottery.

The Dallas Mavericks pulled off the near-impossible on Monday night when they won the NBA Draft Lottery on a 1.8% chance. They jumped all the way up from 11th, becoming the team with the lowest odds to win the lottery since the NBA changed the lottery odds in 2019.

The NBA draft lottery once again produced straight-up drama and intrigue this week, with the Dallas Mavericks defying astronomical odds to land the No. 1 overall pick. That got us thinking about the NFL’s draft system that simply rewards the league’s worst teams without any wrinkles.

The Brooklyn Nets have the eighth overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and Oklahoma's Jeremiah Fears could be one of the players in their range.