Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers. The irony and sheer ridiculousness of the NBA draft lottery results on Monday, May 12, in Chicago were not lost on Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James . The Dallas Mavericks won the No. 1 overall pick in 2025, which puts them in poll position to draft Duke superstar Cooper Flagg . Dallas lucked into that selection despite having less than a 2% chance to do so based on the lottery odds. Furthermore, the news comes on the