Dallas Mavericks have acquired back to back number one overall picks twice in 2 seasons

2011 number one overall pick Kyrie goes to Dallas in 2023. 2012 number one overall pick AD goes to Dallas in 2025 as part of the Doncic deal, both were rostered simultaneously but didn’t play together

2024 number one overall pick Ricasher goes to Dallas in 2026 in the Dort deal. they currently have the 2025 number one overall pick in Cooper Flagg

DeeezzzNutzzz69 | Mavericks

538 | 21 hours ago

Kyrie and AD did play together, it was a glorious 3 quarters.

Sonte16 | Celtics

172 | 21 hours ago

“Championship caliber team for 2 and a half quarters” - Lakers legend Nico Harrison

ReverESP

53 | 18 hours ago

That game was amazing. It was the whole AD experience of a season concentrated in 1 game.

ChilliWilli214

25 | 18 hours ago

“I’M HERE.”

AngryXenomorph | Mavericks

7 | 19 hours ago

Not even a full game lmao

scarywolverine | Pistons

1 | 10 hours ago

Thats literally nothing compared to the 16 he played with Harden and KD

Icy_Walk1022 | Lakers

241 | 21 hours ago

The Washington Wizards have 3 number 1 picks in their lineup next season in Ayton, AD and Dybansta.

ShaiFanClub | Thunder

87 | 21 hours ago

Fultz and Ben Simmons to vet mins?

And give John Wall a retirement tour as well

defiantcross | Suns

44 | 21 hours ago

Dig up the corpse of Anthony Bennett and you really got a stew going

MySabonerRunsOladipo | Pacers

10 | 14 hours ago

As good a time to bring up that the Pacers have never had the #1 pick, nor had any player picked #1 play for their roster. They’re the only NBA team for whom this is true.

ztnz

4 | 12 hours ago

Hornets have had the #1 pick once, in 1991, and chose Larry Johnson. Cursed since then with picking #2 after generational #1s.

1992 chose Alonzo Mourning after Shaq
2004 chose Emeka Okafor after Dwight Howard
2012 chose Michael Kidd-Gilchrist after AD
2023 chose Brandon Miller after Wemby

GotMoFans | Grizzlies

3 | 3 hours ago

Alonzo Mourning is a hall of fame player.

The problem is the Hornets didn’t want to pay Alonzo Mourning and he played his prime years in Miami.

ztnz

1 | 28 minutes ago

Yep! Zo is great. He’s just not Shaq. Oddly, same thing happened with Shaq and Orlando.

BurnieTheBrony | Grizzlies

2 | 14 hours ago

Grizz have also never had the #1 pick and have only had washed up 1s play for them (Kwame Brown 3.5ppg, Iverson for 3 games, DRose’ last season)

But that stat is legit crazy for Indiana

craiye | Jazz

2 | 8 hours ago

I thought the Jazz shared the same distinction, but I guess we had old Joe Smith for a season.

MySabonerRunsOladipo | Pacers

1 | 37 minutes ago

I don’t recall Smith playing for Utah, but you guys did have Danny Manning briefly.

Joe Smith is the reason OKC isn’t on the list tho.

iidesune | Wizards

75 | 21 hours ago

Though to be clear, Sarr was the top prospect in that draft and only went second because he refused to play for the Hawks

CurrentRoster [OP] | Wizards

30 | 21 hours ago

yep, glad that happened. but it was also mainly cuz he wanted to be the 4 now he’s our 5

whitedawg | DET

16 | 21 hours ago

Because he didn’t want to play with Trae Young.

AngryXenomorph | Mavericks

3 | 19 hours ago

Hawks fans punching the air rn

Hazelarc | Hawks

6 | 18 hours ago

We have the exact same player as Sarr on the team already and that was part of the reason we didn’t take him to begin with. I swear this sub loves to run with the most entertaining explanation instead of what actually happened

NunchuckSteve | Pelicans

9 | 15 hours ago

Because it was still the wrong choice no matter what? Sarr undoubtedly has more value than Risacher. Taking the worse prospect because of position/playstyle has almost never worked out

Hazelarc | Hawks

8 | 15 hours ago

I never said it wasn’t the wrong choice. Just that it’s not because Sarr dictated it

CMYGQZ | Grizzlies

1 | 15 hours ago

fit over bpa at 1oa is even worse than player preference lmao. Genuinely at least you can justify the latter with not wanting to have a locker room cancer, you can never justify fit being the reason at number 1 overall.

Hazelarc | Hawks

5 | 15 hours ago

In a weak class with no standout prospect you absolutely can. When there isn’t a choice forced because of talent it’s all fringe factors

CMYGQZ | Grizzlies

-3 | 14 hours ago

weak class yes, but Sarr was the clear standout prospect lmao. Is there really a revisionist history in Hawks fandom that Sarr wasn’t the consensus number 1???

Hazelarc | Hawks

9 | 14 hours ago

It’s revisionist history to insist Sarr was a standout. Go back and look at all the prospect evaluations. There was no consensus top pick

CMYGQZ | Grizzlies

5 | 14 hours ago

thank god for internet because we can literally search up mock drafts before the Hawks-Sarr drama was reported.

I literally just set a date on Google and clicked on the top links. If we didn’t live in the era of Internet, I’d genuinely believe you that Sarr was not the consensus top prospect lmao.

BurnieTheBrony | Grizzlies

6 | 14 hours ago

For what its worth in your first two links I saw these quotes

From NBA.com

[Zaccharie Risacher is] being viewed as a safe, plug-and-play prospect, which could be more attractive in a draft where it’s difficult to identify any sure-thing stars.

From Bleacher Report

Unlike previous years, this year’s lottery winner figures to be very active in making and listening to trade calls. At least five prospects could be in play for Atlanta in a draft that still has no consensus No. 1.

Fit may be play a bigger role than normal for teams picking early, considering they could have a difficult time identifying the best player available.

Sarr was usually mocked #1 but the weakness of the draft was a big part of the discussion

Edit: and No Ceilings directly said:

While this class may not have a consensus top pick as we’ve seen in previous years, Alexandre Sarr has been consistently at or near the top of most boards all season.

Drewby99 | Lakers

1 | 14 hours ago

he wasn’t

FERFreak731 | Jazz

50 | 21 hours ago

Soon they’ll aquire AJ for Caleb Martin

Afraid-Department-35 | Mavericks

24 | 21 hours ago

Please get that man off my team.

spookyghostface | Hornets

12 | 21 hours ago

Glad to see he’s still ass. He had one good year with the Heat and then went straight back to form.

Afraid-Department-35 | Mavericks

14 | 21 hours ago

Its so frustrating to watch him play. He denied Coop a 50 burger on a dunk that he MISSED and just straight up cant dribble the ball anymore.

Cultural_Security566

4 | 20 hours ago

He’s our best pdefensive player either way the contract is the thing that makes it worse, also i expect with the return of kyrie for him to be a sit in the corner 3 and D type player not dribbling much at all

Goondragon1 | Mavericks

1 | 19 hours ago

He has a hitch in his shot

MalevolentUniverse | Magic

1 | 18 hours ago

I thought Christie was solid at pdef?

CurrentRoster [OP] | Wizards

6 | 21 hours ago

spo legit entered my mount rushmore making him look like that in 2023. torched boston

FireFlyz351 | Slovenia

1 | 18 hours ago

It’s probably likely he’s not moved till next season if I recall he’s got a little bit of dead money.

Plus decent expiring contract next season would make him more valuable.

But yeah he better not see any minutes this year with our forward depth.

kapesaumaga | Mavericks

1 | 12 hours ago

Lakers are still looking for a power forward.

Funyarinpa-13 | Nets

3 | 13 hours ago

Nico vindicated! /s

corbillypeepeepoopoo | Celtics

1 | an hour ago

Anthony Bennett to Dallas confirmed

Est-Tech79

0 | 19 hours ago

But one can’t play. That’s why he was traded.

Mavs can go get Fultz, Simmons, and Ayton. All #1 picks who can be had for nothing.