Wings' Paige Bueckers reacts to Mavericks landing top pick in NBA Draft: 'God makes no mistakes'

Chicago hosted the NBA's annual draft lottery Monday night Despite entering the lottery with odds the Dallas Mavericks landed the top selection for the upcoming draft The Dallas Wings won the WNBA Draft lottery and landed the top selection in last month's draft Paige Bueckers was the first player off the board The former UConn basketball star announced she was shocked by the Mavs' good fortune in the lottery CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM That's another thing that I didn't think was real at first Bueckers mentioned according to The Dallas Morning News Bueckers announced there was reason Dallas' NBA franchise landed the No pick But I believe God makes no mistakes so that happened for a reason she suggested Duke standout Cooper Flagg is widely projected as the top prospect in this year's NBA Draft A HISTORY OF NBA DRAFT LOTTERY LEAPS WHERE DO THE MAVERICKS RANK ALL-TIME The Charlotte Hornets once again finished well below the mark ending the - season with less than wins The Washington Wizards who held the second overall selection in last year's draft also failed to win more than games this season Despite the lackluster records and relatively strong odds of landing the top pick the Hornets and Wizards will pick below the top three The NBA lottery odds have noticeably flattened in the past insufficient years which makes it more unlikely teams who hit the reset button will end up being rewarded with the rights to a top three selection Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter