The NBA Lottery has come and gone. It was a long, drawn-out process, with the actual event sticking to that theme from beginning to end (Do better ESPN; your coverage was as sickening as our results). The Dallas Mavericks, who held a 42.5-percent chance at a top-3 pick, were once again down on their luck in the lottery, coming away with the fifth overall pick, and likely losing out on the draft's top-tier of talent. For Mavs fans, this should not be perceived as the end of the world however. Not only is the 2018 class is an extremely deep one, but it's depth of talent extends well beyond the top-3 picks, and all the way into the second round if you know where to look.

As Mavs exec Michael Finley said just after coming off the dais in Chicago: “Ultimately, when you are in this position you would love to have the first pick, but we still have a top-five pick with a chance to get a very good player. It is a deep draft with some great young talent and we can still get a player who can come in and help us out immediately. There is a wide variety of talent at the top of this draft and we are hopeful that we can get a guy who will help us not be in this lottery next year.”

Obviously, the Mavs wanted that top-3 pick, as well as a shot one of the classes top-tier players. As far as transcendent talents, star potential, and instant impact ability, Luka Doncic and DeAndre Ayton are a cut above the rest. But as we have seen before, as was the case with both Dennis Smith Jr. and Dirk Nowitzki, gems can be found later in the lottery. There will also be the potential for opportunities to move up, or acquire additional draft picks (as our Mike Fisher details in this Mavs' trade idea here).

That said, there is also no way for us to tell what is going to take place on Draft night. The Kings could end of doing Kings Things and make a terrible pick, or maybe the Hawks decide they want to take a chance on a young project, and keep their place in next year's lottery sweepstakes? What if Memphis decides to take a chance on scary medical history of Michael Porter Jr., allowing Marvin Bagley to fall right into the Mavericks' lap?

These and many other scenarios are still possible, as we still have over a month to go until draft time. So, with that in mind, The 75-Member Staff at DBcom has put together yet another edition of our 2018 Mock Draft, this time, covering the entire first round. We've even added a couple of second-round targets for the Mavs at picks 33 and 53, if you stick around until the end. So without further ado, with the No. 1 overall pick, the Phoenix Suns select. ...