The NBA will crown the winner of the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes Monday night. Or, more officially, the league will hold its annual draft lottery at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN) and disperse the first 14 selections of this year's talent grab.

The Dallas Mavericks land the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery with 1.8% odds, the 4th-lowest to win the drawing since it was instituted in 1985.

The results of the lottery demonstrated again that the system is a complete failure. Not only does it not promote parity, it does not prevent tanking, which was the intent of the lottery in the first place. It actually encourages more tanking now that comparable odds are spread among so many teams.