Presumptive No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg interviewed with the Celtics last week at the NBA Draft combine, an unexpected interaction between the former Duke star and Brad Stevens, Boston's president of basketball operations.

After winning this year's draft lottery, the Dallas Mavericks now officially own the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. While nothing is official, many expect that the Mavericks will take Duke star Cooper Flagg, who has long been considered the consensus No. 1 prospect in this year's draft.

Boston also reportedly met with projected lottery pick wing Tre Johnson of Texas, but both he and Flagg will be long gone by the time the Celtics pick at Nos. 28 and 32. And though the Celtics may have to shed some salary ahead of the 2025-26 season as they prepare to play without the injured Jayson Tatum, a blockbuster deal may be unlikely.

Cooper Flagg might have looked surprised when the ping pong balls bounced Dallas' way, but he's not complaining.In an outcome few could have predicted, the Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery despite coming off a run to the Finals just one year prior.

Speaking on that particular angle in a draft preview published today, ESPN insider Jonthan Givony revealed most NBA scouts only have one question about Flagg's potential.

Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd looking forward to adding a young talent with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft, and it sounds like he already knows who the team is eyeing.

Cooper Flagg is more than likely going to be a member of the Dallas Mavericks next month. That's a statement, around this time last year, I would've thought was impossible and just minutes before the NBA Draft Lottery,