Dreamchazer Highlight - Mr. Joshua McCall

NBA Draft 2025

brought to you by New Dreamchazer Correspondent Mr. Joshua McCall

🔥 Mavericks Shock the NBA Lottery, Landing Cooper Flagg No. 1 Overall 🔥

The Barclays Center in Brooklyn was electric for the 79th NBA Draft, held over two nights on June 25–26, 2025. This year’s event featured just 59 picks, one short of the usual total, after the New York Knicks forfeited a second-rounder due to a 2022 free agency violation.

The biggest story? The Dallas Mavericks pulling off a lottery miracle. With only a 1.8% chance at the top pick — and after winning a crucial coin toss against the Chicago Bulls — Dallas defied the odds to secure the No. 1 slot. The basketball world erupted as Commissioner Adam Silver announced their selection: Cooper Flagg, the 6’9” powerhouse forward out of Duke University.

Flagg, known for his elite defense, versatile scoring, and relentless motor, is widely regarded as a franchise-changing talent. For the Mavericks, this pick signals the start of a new era — pairing Flagg with their existing core could set the stage for a dominant future in the West.

The two-night format, introduced in 2024, returned this year, with the first round on Wednesday and the second round on Thursday, June 26th. The four-minute window between second-round selections kept the pace fast, the tension high, and fans glued to every announcement.

From lottery shocks to late-round steals, the 2025 NBA Draft will be remembered as the year the Mavericks turned slim odds into a potential dynasty-building moment night. And now the Dallas Mavericks projected starting 5 of Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Cooper Flagg, Anthony Davis, and Dereck Lively II are going to be a force to reckon with in the next season of the NBA.

First Round

1. Mavericks draft Cooper Flagg (Duke)

2. Spurs draft Dylan Harper (Rutgers)

3. 76ers draft VJ Edgecombe (Baylor)

4. Hornets draft Kon Knueppel (Duke)

5. Jazz draft Ace Bailey (Rutgers)

6. Wizards draft Tre Johnson (Texas)

7. Pelicans draft Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma)

8. Nets draft Egor Demin (BYU)

9. Raptors draft Collin Murray-Boyles (South Carolina)

10. Rockets draft Khaman Maluach (Duke) – Traded to Suns

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