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1.8% chance of winning the No. 1 pick, Mavericks want to build the Big Three, and the difficulty of the Rockets to exchange for Durant is soaring

7:01am, 17 May 2025Basketball

The NBA playoffs this season are in full swing. Unlike the top teams in the league to strive for the championship with all their might, many teams with weak strength have set their attention early on in the draft, hoping to help the team quickly complete reconstruction by selecting potential supernovas to return to the ranks of the league's strong teams as soon as possible.

On May 13, the NBA lottery draw ceremony attracted the attention of many fans. The Jazz, Wizards and Hornets all had a 14% chance of drawing the No. 1 pick, while the Rockets, which had a very high attention, had a chance of winning the No. 1 pick, was only 3.8%.

The final results after the draw are as follows: 1 Mavericks, 2 Spurs, 3 Philadelphia 76ers, 4 Hornets, 5 Jazz, 6 Wizards, 7 Pelicans, 8 Nets, 9 Raptors, 10 Rockets, 11 Trail Blazers, 12 Bulls, 13 Hawks, 14 Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks got the No. 1 pick with a 1.8% chance and are expected to create a luxury Big Three lineup of Irving, Davis and Flag in the new season. The Mavericks, who won the No. 1 pick, are undoubtedly the biggest winners of this lottery ceremony. They are very likely to choose the recognized No. 1 pick Flag. Flag, born in 2006, has a height of 2.06 meters, with a wingspan of 2.24 meters, and a run-up jump of 1.11 meters. It is a pure talent monster. This is also the reason why the outside world almost agreed that he has been scheduled for the No. 1 pick in the NBA for 25 years.

The reason why Flag stood out from a group of talented young players is that in addition to his top basketball talent and athleticism, there is another very important feature, that is, he is self-disciplined. Suns star Booker once commented on Flag: "He has high requirements for himself, and you can see how eager he is to become stronger." His terrifying talent and his never-give-up heart have made Flag a perfect cornerstone of reconstruction in the eyes of many teams, which is also the reason why many teams are willing to play bad things for him this season.

According to the US media "The Athletic", Durant, who missed the playoffs this season, is very interested in being traded to the Rockets. The Rockets, who played the second record in the Western Conference in the regular season, did not meet expectations in the playoffs. He lost to Curry and Butler in the first round tiebreak, once again exposed the shortcomings of the lack of a top super giant in the league.

The Rockets today have many young players with potential. If they can get a high pick, they will have better bargaining chips to convince the Suns to release them. If they can retain core players and trade Durant, who still has the power to fight, improve the team's decisive ability, the Houston Rockets will become a popular candidate for the championship in the new season, but the Rockets are not lucky and only won the 10th pick.

, and the NBA famous reporter revealed that the Bucks core Antetokounmpo was considering whether he should leave Milwaukee for the first time in his career. He suffered a first round of the playoffs for three consecutive years. Coupled with Lillard's serious injury, the Greek monsters did not see the hope of leading the Bucks to the top of the league again. If he applied to leave the team, it would inevitably trigger a snatch from all teams in the league, and a team with certain combat effectiveness and a high pick and potential new star will likely become Antetokounmpo's next stop.

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