NBA information: Kevin Durant weighs in on NBA Draft Lottery

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Chicago hosted the NBA's annual draft lottery on Monday evening. Regardless of getting into the lottery with simply 1.8% odds, the Dallas Mavericks landed the highest choice for this yr's upcoming draft.

However the Mavericks weren't the one franchise to expertise some surprising success in Chicago. The San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers additionally landed the rights to picks within the high three. The evening's stunning occasions prompted a powerful response from Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant.

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Phoenix Suns ahead Kevin Durant stands on the court docket throughout the playoff sport in opposition to the Clippers, April 22, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Mark J. Terrill)

Durant advised the present NBA Draft panorama permits for a substantial stage of uncertainty.

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Extra particularly, the Suns ahead appeared to spotlight the morale of organizations that fall quick after using tanking methods with the hopes of touchdown a high choose.

"Tanking have to be actually traumatic on a group," the 2014 NBA MVP wrote on X.

A person watches the NBA Draft Lottery at McCormick Place in Chicago, Could 12, 2025. (David Banks-Imagn Pictures)

The Charlotte Hornets as soon as once more completed nicely under the .500 mark, ending the 2024-25 season with lower than 20 wins. The Washington Wizards, who held the second total choice in final yr's draft, additionally did not document greater than 20 wins this previous common season.

Regardless of the lackluster data and comparatively sturdy odds of touchdown a high choose, the Hornets and Wizards each finally earned choices outdoors the highest three.

The NBA lottery odds have noticeably flattened prior to now few years, which makes it extra unlikely that groups who hit the reset button will find yourself being rewarded with the rights to a high three choice.

A board exhibits groups' odds throughout the NBA Draft Lottery at McCormick Place in Chicago, Could 12, 2025. (David Banks-Imagn Pictures)

Nevertheless, it was only a few years in the past that the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and Houston Rockets completed a season with a few of the poorest win-loss data within the league. The Thunder and Rockets entered this yr's NBA playoffs because the Western Convention's first and second seeds, respectively.

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In the meantime, the Suns seem like at a crossroads. This offseason, the Suns entrance workplace must determine whether or not to hit the reset button because the Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal trio proved to be a largely unsuccessful enterprise.

Phoenix missed the postseason after ending the 2024-25 season with a 36-46 document. The Suns parted methods with coach Mike Budenholzer in April after only one season.