Mavericks accidentally leak 2025 NBA Draft intentions with No. 1 pick

The Mavericks seem to be struggling to keep the NBA’s worst-kept secret. It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that Dallas will be selecting Duke star Cooper Flag with the No.1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft on June 25 at Barclays Center.But the team let their intentions be known a little early on their website with a graphic celebrating the presumed Flagg selection, in what was likely a mistake by their web team. DLLS Mavericks reporter Kevin Gray posted a since-deleted screenshot and video of the team’s official website from Friday, 12 days before the draft.The video showed him navigating to the Mavericks’ site on his phone to provide proof it was real. The website featured a “Welcome to Dallas” graphic for Flagg’s arrival and a picture of him puffing out his Mavericks jersey.   The current landing at mavs.com/2025-draft-pick, where the image allegedly went live, has a 404 error stating the page does not exist.The mistake brought a few jokes from users on X after the rough year the Mavericks and, particularly, general manager Nico Harrison, endured due to the heavy criticism of him trading Luka Dončić to the Lakers for an underwhelming package headed by Anthony Davis.The Mavericks were then bounced in the play-in tournament. “The Mavs stay embarrassing themselves,” wrote @blondie101317 of the error of the Flagg graphic.Added @theGOATsPR: “Looks like Nico (Harrison) got tired of the ‘Nico is going to trade Cooper Flagg’ that he figured let’s just get out there to stop that talk.” It would be a stunning turn of events if that didn’t come to fruition on draft night after Dallas’ fortuitous lottery win while holding just a 1.8 percent chance of getting the right to draft Flagg, who averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists during his freshman season.For now, it appears Jason Kidd will coach Flagg and make the new era in Dallas work after the Mavericks denied the Knicks the chance to interview him in their search to repl...