Mercifully for your Dallas Mavericks, the 82-game grind that is the NBA regular season has come and gone. Just about the only two bits of drama over the last two months of this disaster was whether or not they could lose enough games to earn some lottery balls, and if they could get Cooper Flagg the Rookie of the Year award.
The awards race will have to wait for a bit, although Cooper finds himself as a -160 favorite over Charlotte’s Kon Kneuppel (+125) for Rookie of the Year as the season comes to a close.
As for the lottery odds, the Mavericks have done enough to secure the tied for seventh best odds in the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery. The full standings are as follows.
The full odds for the NBA Draft Lottery are presented by FanDuel.
According to the FanDuel Sportsbook, your Mavs have a +1000 shot at landing the number one overall pick. As you can see above, Dallas has a 29% chance at landing in the top four of the draft. If the Mavericks lose the coin flip for seventh, they will have a 33% chance at picking eighth, 31% at picking ninth and 7% at picking tenth or worse. If they win it, they will have a 20% chance of picking seventh, 36% chance at picking eighth, and a 15% chance at picking ninth or worse.
The NBA Draft Lottery will take place on May 10th from Chicago, which overlaps with the NBA Combine (May 8th to the 17th).
Moving on from the losers bracket, there will still be an NBA Champion crowned this summer. The top six seeds in each conference have been set, while seeds seven through ten are set to duke it out in the play in tournament. Here’s how things stand.
According to the FanDuel Sportsbook, the Oklahoma City Thunder (-155) enter the playoffs as the overwhelming favorite to win the West. Next in line are the San Antonio Spurs (+310) and Denver Nuggets (+650).
Out East, the Boston Celtics (+155) enter the postseason as the favorites to represent the conference in the NBA Finals, once again per our good friends over at FanDuel. Not far behind are the Cleveland Cavaliers (+340) and both the Detroit Pistons (+500) and New York Knicks (+500).
Overall, the OKC Thunder (+125) remain heavy favorites to repeat as Champions, per FanDuel. The Spurs (+450) and the Celtics (+550) come in with the next best odds to bring home a title.
