Jared McCain’s internal flash of confusion occurred onstage, in front of a packed ballroom focused on the envelopes revealing the NBA draft lottery’s results. Then the telecast caught the 76ers guard gleefully smiling and nodding after a swift on-air correction that the Sixers had not lost their pick,

The Mavs won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery on Monday night, a momentous feat — and a huge upset — that will give them the No. 1 pick in June’s draft and the right to select Duke star Cooper Flagg.

Any of those four, or possibly even Oklahoma's Jeremiah Fears, or South Carolina's Collin Murray-Boyles, will be helpful for the Sixers.