But it's clear after the 2025 NBA Draft lottery in which the Dallas Mavericks -- who made one of the worst trades in pro sports history! -- won the chance to get Duke's Cooper Flagg that something is broken. When everyone's putting on their tin foil hats and spouting conspiracy theories, it's all wrong.

Because of a faulty philosophy in roster construction and a focus on "competitive integrity" over trying to hit on elite talent in the top part of the draft, Bulls executive VP Arturas Karnisovas needs to defy the odds Monday to move up from No.