You can never look ahead in the NBA, the league comes at you fast with the next emotional swing –– good and bad –– lingering around the corner. On Wednesday, i

While the Oklahoma City Thunder are busy with their Round 2 playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, the 2025 NBA draft lottery was revealed. The randomness always creates chaos. It happened again as the Dallas Mavericks landed the No. 1 pick and will likely add Cooper Flagg.

While the Thunder did not receive the 76ers pick during the draft lottery, they still own the 15th, 24th and either the 44th or 45th pick in the upcoming 2025 draft. Because of this, Oklahoma City will have another opportunity to add more young talent to their team next season to make another deep playoff run.

The ping-pong balls didn't fall the OKC Thunder's way in the 2025 NBA draft lottery. The 76ers held on to their pick, while the Mavericks won the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes.

The 2025 NBA draft lottery results have been revealed. Despite being in Round 2 of the NBA playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder had an interest in the results. They owned the Philadelphia 76ers ' top-six protected pick.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver (R) and Chet Holmgren react after ... More Holmgren was drafted with the 2nd overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder d

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Not even an astounding performance from Nikola Jokić was enough to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday.