The 2025 NBA Draft Lottery took place on Monday, May 12th in Chicago, Illinois. Entering the draft lottery, the Dallas Mavericks got a 1.8% chance.
Dallas and Chicago finished with the same regular season record (39-43). A coin flip between the two determined the odds of the 2025 draft lottery. Mavs won the Coin Flip and got a 1.8% chance. Chicago had a 1.7% chance of winning the draft lottery. To my surprise, the Mavericks won the draft lottery on Monday. If the Bulls had won a coin flip, they would have had the No. 1 pick in June. Chicago’s brutal beat.
Chicago lost chance on #1 pick due to losing coin flip
Coins away from the Cooper Flag… pic.twitter.com/7wfn3yaixp
– chsn’s Bulls (@chsn_bulls) May 13, 2025
With all kinds of lottery tickets, luck is always involved. Little did the Mavericks know how lucky they were in the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery. Dallas and Chicago finished this season with a 39-43 record. A simple coin flip was made to determine your chances of winning the draft lottery. Mavs won with a coin toss and a 1.8% chance of winning on the overall pick in first place. Chicago received a 1.7% chance to win.
However, that 0.1% was the difference between Monday’s 12th and first overall pick. Dallas is the first time in franchise history to win the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery. The Bulls finished with their 12th pick in the NBA Draft in June. A devastating blow for the Bulls, who are trying to take a step forward as a franchise. Adding players like Cooper Flag was helpful.
Currently, Mavs will be drafting the entire Pick Cooper flag for Consensus #1. Not the Chicago bull. Team Insider said the Chicago front office got exactly what they deserved. Instead of trying to build a tank for the top pick, the Bulls were completely invested in making the playoffs through play-in. That plan backfired, not the first overall pick, but the 12th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Arturas Karnisova, executive vice president of basketball operations, revealed that the idea of tanking is not in his DNA. Chicago hopes to find a player who will change the franchise at No. 12 after getting a chance on the #1 pick.