LeBron James had a 9-emoji reaction to the Mavericks getting the No. 1 NBA Draft pick

The NBA world was stunned on Monday after the Dallas Maverickswon the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, jumping the field for a chance to draft Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall spot. The news had everyone in the sports world talking and even LeBron James himself chimed in with a reaction!

Coming into Monday night's draft lottery, the Mavericks had a 1.8 percent chance to win it all. The odds were incredibly low, but Dallas ended up jumping into the top four before it was revealed that they were the recipients of the No. 1 overall pick in an extremely surprising moment.

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Of course, given that the Mavericks were also at the center of a major firestorm after they traded superstar Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers earlier in the season, NBA fans immediately called the result rigged in favor of Dallas. And James, as he often does, had his own reaction to the surprising news in the form of a simple nine-emoji tweet.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 12, 2025

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