9 laughter and crying expressions! There is a black box to draw the No. 1 pick? James s news is a coincidence

The 2025 NBA draft lottery results were released. The Dallas Mavericks won the No. 1 pick with a 1.8% chance, which is the fourth lowest chance in NBA history to draw the No. 1 pick. However, the result immediately sparked a lot of allegations about the league's manipulation of the lottery results, which many believe is the league's "compensation" for Dallas to trade star Luka Doncic to the Lakers.

Although LeBron James did not publicly express similar views, he immediately posted a post with nine laughing and crying emojis after the news of Dallas winning the No. 1 pick was announced. Obviously, he was unbelievable about the result, which made his speech on March 26 when he participated in the "Pat McAfee Show" program again.

At that time, James made a shocking hint that the 2003 NBA draft lottery was manipulated because the Cleveland Cavaliers won the No. 1 pick, and this team happened to be James' hometown team.

"Cleveland won the first pick during the lottery draw," said James. "I don't think it's a coincidence, letting James stay in his hometown. Do you know what I mean? Patrick Ewing went to the Nick and Derrick Rose went to the Bulls. I understand that this kind of operation is arranged, everyone."

In the past, there were constant allusions to related lottery draws, and now the Mavericks' "god draw" has once again sparked discussions, and the league also faced perhaps the most powerful lottery manipulation accusation in history.

Although this is not the first time that fans have questioned the league's manipulation of the draft results, it was only a few months after Don Sic was traded to the Lakers that No. 1 favorite Cooper Flagg had the chance to be selected by Dallas, which many people think is no coincidence.

And James' past remarks were dug up again, which further fueled the outside world's suspicion that the league might manipulate the lottery results.

As for former star player Rolando Blackman, who represented the Mavericks in the lottery draw, said in an interview: "It's been a tough season for us, everyone knows. But the most important thing is that we have the opportunity to move the team forward. We have a good coaching team and management, which is an important step for us to continue our traditions and continue our progress. It's a great honor to have such an opportunity."