After Davis suffered an adductor strain in his Mavs debut that caused him to miss six weeks, the team endured a string of injuries to multiple key players, most notably Irving. The 33-year-old suffered a torn ACL in March that ended his season prematurely and will likely cost him a significant portion of next season as well.

Instead, the Dallas Mavericks, who sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in early February, won the No. 1 pick and the right to take Duke University freshman phenom Cooper Flagg.