The chances of anyone, including Flagg, developing into a perennial MVP candidate who averages close to 30, 10 and 10 are exceptionally low.

The Dallas Mavericks — the franchise that spent the last four months of this season in ignominy after it traded away Luka Dončić — had won the 2025 draft lottery.

Sources told ESPN that Patrick Dumont, who just finished his first year as the Mavs' governor, considers the opportunity to be in position to draft a generational talent like Flagg a "gift."