{"id":28819,"date":"2025-05-13T03:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/28819\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T03:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:14:10","slug":"a-history-of-dfw-pro-sports-teams-with-the-top-pick-in-the-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/28819\/","title":{"rendered":"A history of DFW pro sports teams with the top pick in the draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Dallas Mavericks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/05\/12\/mavericks-land-first-pick-in-2025-nba-draft-breaking-streak-of-dreadful-lottery-luck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/05\/12\/mavericks-land-first-pick-in-2025-nba-draft-breaking-streak-of-dreadful-lottery-luck\/\">earned their second No. 1 overall pick in franchise history on Monday<\/a> and will be the second North Texas professional team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/04\/14\/dallas-wings-select-uconns-paige-bueckers-with-no-1-pick-in-2025-wnba-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/04\/14\/dallas-wings-select-uconns-paige-bueckers-with-no-1-pick-in-2025-wnba-draft\/\">to tout a top-overall draftee<\/a> in the span of just under three months. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Here\u2019s a look at the six major professional teams in Dallas-Fort Worth and their top overall picks:<\/p>\n<p>TeamLeagueNo. 1 picksMost recentDallas MavericksNBA22025, TBDDallas WingsWNBA22025, Paige BueckersFC DallasMLS12002, Chris GbandiDallas CowboysNFL31991, Russell MarylandTexas RangersMLB11973, David ClydeDallas StarsNHL0NA<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">*Excludes picks made before teams moved to North Texas<\/p>\n<p>Mavericks<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-cta-social-module__zWZy- mb-4\">Be the smartest Mavericks fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n<p>North Texas No. 1s<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Below is the full list of No. 1 overall picks in the history of North Texas pro sports.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Mavericks<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">2025: TBD (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/05\/12\/mavericks-land-first-pick-in-2025-nba-draft-breaking-streak-of-dreadful-lottery-luck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/05\/12\/mavericks-land-first-pick-in-2025-nba-draft-breaking-streak-of-dreadful-lottery-luck\/\">Cooper Flagg?<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">1981: Mark Aguirre<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Wings<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/04\/23\/wings-welcome-paige-bueckers-other-draft-picks-to-dallas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/2025\/04\/23\/wings-welcome-paige-bueckers-other-draft-picks-to-dallas\/\">Paige Bueckers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">2021: Charli Collier<\/p>\n<p>FC Dallas<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">2002: Chris Gbandi<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">1991: Russell Maryland<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">1989: Troy Aikman<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">1974: Ed \u201cToo Tall\u201d Jones<\/p>\n<p>Texas Rangers<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">1973: David Clyde<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/05\/12\/watch-mavericks-gm-nico-harrison-reacts-as-dallas-lands-no-1-pick-in-2025-nba-draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AL3XPFCX6RB6FOPNGDHJTDFNN4.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison laughs during a news conference after the...\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harrison celebrated as Dallas put itself in a position to make a big move in this year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2025\/05\/12\/dallas-joins-exclusive-club-by-claiming-no-1-overall-picks-same-years-nba-wnba-drafts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/UD5KOY4UEZHDFDV2NV4BLTU6TU.png\" alt=\"Duke forward Cooper Flagg (left) and Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers. Photos from The...\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a few short months, both the Mavericks and Wings have won their respective draft lotteries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find more Mavericks coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks earned their second No. 1 overall pick in franchise history on Monday and will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,4930,149,436,6074,166,231,772,1544,6113,6289],"class_list":{"0":"post-28819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallas-mavericks","12":"tag-dallas-stars","13":"tag-dallas-wings","14":"tag-mavericks","15":"tag-ncaa","16":"tag-ncaa-basketball","17":"tag-ncaab","18":"tag-paige-bueckers","19":"tag-texas-rangers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114498349649543439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}