{"id":6687,"date":"2025-05-02T18:41:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/6687\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T18:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:41:18","slug":"sb-reacts-dallas-mavericks-fans-have-faith-in-the-nba-draft-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/6687\/","title":{"rendered":"SB Reacts: Dallas Mavericks fans have faith in the NBA Draft lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"gL7olP\">This week\u2019s poll questions were much more feelings based than anything we\u2019ve been asking lately. After all, a question about whether or not Dallas will finally move up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nba-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Draft<\/a> lottery (It\u2019s literally never happened before) is an odds question! <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel has Dallas at +3900 to move up<\/a> to number one overall, +1300 to move up into the top three. <\/p>\n<p id=\"IHl3UC\">Dallas has roughly a 90% change of standing pat! And yet, when asked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"   alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-upload-width=\"1080\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dallas_1_42925.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"PiFsUB\">Two in five polled fans think Dallas is going to move up this year. Please give me your confidence, fans who believe. I need that to make it through this off season. <\/p>\n<p id=\"PvYEES\">Then we asked whether or not fans think Dallas will retain the pick. These results shocked me. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"   alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-upload-width=\"1080\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Dallas_2_42925.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"KRd36k\">Nearly 7 in 10 fans think that Dallas will keep their pick. I VERY much hope this is the case but I believe Harrison will look to offload the pick as part of a trade to win now. Draft picks don\u2019t usually help with winning and Harrison is absolutely on the hot seat. <\/p>\n<p id=\"I7HNAs\">The other polling results came from the national poll, which if you haven\u2019t signed up, y<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/8SCRL8\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ou really should<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"   alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-upload-width=\"1080\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/_National_1_42925.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"b6p1KL\">This seems like an easy fix. Replays take too long right now. The people at NBAhq can start looking at replay immediately whereas the in-game refs have to wait for equipment to get set up and so forth. Move it along please. Or end replay entirely. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"   alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-upload-width=\"1080\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/_National_2_42925.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"Njfxlv\">One in three fans think Ant is the man, which seems a bit low. I wonder who else got on the list? Luka Doncic, perhaps. LeBron James is likely. But Anthony Edwards is the guy for this playoffs at this moment, until someone else shows him up. We have three more rounds to go! <\/p>\n<p id=\"1MzNMX\">Brought to you by FanDuel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s poll questions were much more feelings based than anything we\u2019ve been asking lately. 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