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How the NBA Draft Lottery Impacts the Lakers: Mavs Gets #1 Pick, Spurs #2
The Lakers weren't part of Monday's NBA Draft Lottery, but they were definitely impacted by it. An already challenging Western Conference is set to get even harder, with the Dallas Mavericks overcoming incredibly long odds (1.8%) to win the top pick in this year's draft, otherwise known as the Cooper Flagg Sweepstakes. This is a remarkable turn of events for a team far better equipped to compete and win than your typical lottery squad. And then the San Antonio Spurs, already on the rise with Victor Wembanyama and a host of draft capital, jumped six spots to #2, giving themselves yet another…
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