The Mavericks can have these three top picks at the same time, which is really inseparable from James help!!

Flag is undoubtedly the No. 1 pick in the 2025 draft. In addition to the No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft, Davis (No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft), the Mavericks gathered three No. 1 picks in the NBA.

I think the Mavericks can have these three top picks at the same time, which is really inseparable from James' help. Why do I say that? First, James left the Cavaliers in 2010. In the same year, the Cavaliers won the No. 1 pick with a 2.8% chance. Then the Cavaliers used the No. 1 pick to choose Irving. At that time, many American media believed that the Cavaliers were able to draw the No. 1 pick with such a low probability, which was purely the compensation given to the Cavaliers by the league.

The reason why Irving chose to leave the Cavaliers was to prove that he could succeed without James. He wanted to be the boss of one person and one city. Since leaving the Cavaliers, Irving has played for the Celtics, the Nets, and now the Mavericks. If Irving hadn't been anxious to prove himself to the outside world, he would have probably stayed with the Cavaliers forever.

In 2019, in order to find strong helpers for James, the Lakers did not hesitate to send Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart away, as well as the No. 4 pick in the first round in 2019, the first round pick in 2022, the first round swap rights in 2023, and the first round pick in 2025, before they traded back to Davis from the Pelicans.

Lakes traded Davis to the Mavericks last season, and then exchanged for Doncic. The reason why the Lakers traded Doncic back was entirely to prepare for the "post-James era". In May this year, the Mavericks actually won the No. 1 pick with a 1.8% chance. Many American media believe that Xiao Hua clearly wants to compensate the Mavericks.

After James left the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers got the No. 1 pick in the same year. After James returned, he promoted Irving's departure. In order to find a helper for James, the Lakers traded Davis back from the Pelicans. In order to get James' successor Doncic, the Lakers traded Davis to the Mavericks. In the end, in order to compensate the Mavericks, Xiao Hua signed the No. 1 pick this year to the Mavericks.

It can be said that the Mavericks' operations and transactions obtained by these three top picks were all influenced by James to a certain extent.