In the high-stakes world of the NBA, where every second on the clock can be the difference between glory and defeat, the concept of “clutch” carries a weight that can define a player’s career. It’s the final moments of a closely contested game that separate the good from the great—the true clutch performers—capable of seizing … Read more
Cooper Flagg likely found his new home Monday as the NBA held its annual Draft Lottery in Chicago. After months of waiting, the stunning results are in: the Dallas Mavericks hold the No. 1 overall pick in June’s NBA Draft. The Mavs had just a 1.8% chance of winning the top pick after going 39-43 … Read more
Nico Harrison can breathe a sigh of relief. After trading Luka Doncic to the Lakers in one of the most shocking trades in NBA history, the Mavericks won the lottery with a 1.8 percent chance. The results of the 2025 NBA lottery will only fuel the conspiracy theories even more now. Even Philadelphia landed the … Read more
Duke • Fr • 6’9″ / 205 lbs Projected Team Dallas PROSPECT RNK 1st POSITION RNK 1st PPG 19.2 RPG 7.5 APG 4.2 3P% 38.5% Nico Harrison has insisted time and again that defense wins championships. He’ll have a chance to put that theory to the test in adding Flagg, the most dynamic defender and … Read more
For the third consecutive year, we’ll play the odds to predict which player each NBA team will select in the upcoming draft. To do this, we’ll use Draft Predictor, a tool that factors in our Aggregated Mock Draft and our workout tracker to generate the probability of every player landing at each draft slot. A … Read more
Jonathan Givony Close Jonathan Givony ESPN NBA draft analyst and writerJoined ESPN.com in July 2017Founder and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a private scouting and analytics service used by NBA, NCAA and international teams Jeremy Woo Close Jeremy Woo ESPN NBA draft analyst and writerJoined ESPN.com in 2023Covered the NBA and NBA draft for Sports Illustrated from … Read more
David Locke @DLocke09 🚨 It’s FLAGG Day! 🏀 Cooper Flagg could change Utah Jazz’s future tonight. Breaking down his game, VJ Edgecomb’s potential, and OKC’s playoff adjustments. Plus, an AI-generated Kendrick Lamar-style hype track! Search LOCKED ON JAZZ on all podcast apps or on YouTube pic.x.com/KdX0iU9159 – 12:15 PM
May 12, 2025, 07:26 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks won this year’s NBA draft lottery, earning the right to land projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg. The Mavericks had just a 1.8% chance to win the lottery. San Antonio — with back-to-back rookies of the year in Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle — will pick … Read more
As the 2023-24 NBA season rounds into its final stretch, the playoff landscape is shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable and exciting in recent memory. In both conferences, established powerhouses and emerging challengers are vying for playoff positioning, setting the stage for a postseason filled with potential upsets and riveting storylines. Eastern … Read more
Getty Images It’s Game 4 between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder in their second-round playoff series on Sunday afternoon. The top-seeded Thunder have outscored the Nuggets by 32 points through three games. Yet the Nuggets have a 2-1 series lead. Denver has won the close games in this series, and made a furious … Read more
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning Kristaps Porzingis, Sam Hauser and Jaylen Brown receiving a ton of treatment pregame during the open locker room period. Getting stretched out. Brown received a ton of tape and support on both ankles. Serious, quiet in here. Hauser is out. – 2:38 PM
The No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers will try to reclaim home-court advantage when they face the No. 4 seed Indiana Pacers in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Sunday night. Indiana picked up a pair of upset road wins to open the series, but Cleveland responded with a 126-104 road win in … Read more