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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was subjected to much than conscionable the emblematic boos fans expect to perceive during draught night.
Loud jeers from fans filled the Barclays Center successful New York arsenic Silver was welcomed to the stage, but 1 irate instrumentality managed to precise intelligibly fto the commissioner cognize conscionable however they felt astir the Draft Lottery past month, erstwhile the Dallas Mavericks were stunningly awarded the archetypal wide pick.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announces the commencement of the archetypal circular of the NBA hoops draught connected Wednesday, June 25, 2025 successful New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
"Dallas was rigged," the instrumentality shouted. The remark was intelligibly captured connected the ESPN broadcast of the draft.
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Silver, either unaware oregon funny successful the heckle, carried connected without a response.
The remark highlights the daze of past month’s Draft Lottery erstwhile the Mavericks were awarded the archetypal wide pick, which they unsurprisingly utilized to prime Duke star Cooper Flagg connected Wednesday night. Dallas had conscionable a 1.8% accidental of securing the No. 1 wide prime – the 11th-best likelihood to triumph the lottery.
Duke guardant Cooper Flagg celebrates aft scoring against Houston during the 2nd fractional successful the nationalist semifinals astatine the Final Four of the NCAA assemblage hoops tourney connected Saturday, April 5, 2025 successful San Antonio. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
MAVERICKS SELECT COOPER FLAGG WITH TOP PICK IN 2025 NBA DRAFT AFTER CONTROVERSIAL LOTTERY
News of the Mavs’ triumph rapidly triggered rigging allegations among fans arsenic it followed the daze of the squad trading distant franchise prima Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers conscionable months earlier.
"You’re talking astir goosebumps that were coming disconnected my tegument and besides what our enactment tin bash with this full thing, too," Mavericks large and inclusion ambassador Rolando Blackman said of the lottery astatine the time, via the team website. "What it means is the Mavericks tin unrecorded again."
Cooper Flagg, right, shakes hands with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver aft being selected archetypal wide by the Dallas Mavericks successful the archetypal circular of the NBA hoops draught connected Wednesday, June 25, 2025 successful New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
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Blackman’s hopes materialized connected Wednesday nighttime erstwhile Silver announced Flagg’s name.
He enters the pros having averaged 19.2 points and 7.5 rebounds past play portion leading Duke to the Final Four.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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