Who is Mallory Edens? Meet the daughter of billionaire Bucks owner at 2026 NBA Draft Lottery

The Milwaukee Bucks are in the lottery for the first time since 2016, and they are using a familiar face to represent the organization in Chicago.

Mallory Edens will once again be the Bucks' representative at the NBA draft lottery, doing so for the second time in her life. The last time Edens represented the Bucks in this stage, she was deemed a good-luck charm as Milwaukee earned a top-two pick.

If the Bucks win the lottery this year, it would fundamentally change Milwaukee's future as the team assesses the future of star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. Get to know Edens ahead of the draft lottery on Sunday.

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Who is Mallory Edens?

Mallory Edens is the daughter of Bucks co-owner Wes Edens and represented the Bucks at the NBA Draft lottery in 2014 as well. Then 18 years old, Edens went viral as the Bucks earned the No. 2 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, a pick that the team used to select Jabari Parker.

Edens, who went to college at Princeton, is a model and founded Little Ray Media, a media and production company based in Los Angeles.

In the past, Edens was rumored to be dating Aaron Rodgers at one point, although that was never confirmed publicly. She also once mentioned how going viral at such a young age was difficult to navigate.

"I actually think people actually don't know that much about me and I think that the biggest misconception — is just that they don't know that much about me," Edens said last year. "I went really viral on the internet at a  really young age and it put me in this place where I felt so protective of myself because the things people were saying online about me at that time felt so harmful."

Edens also said that she enjoys being part of the Bucks family and doesn't rule out staying in basketball in her future.

"I have such a deep respect for what the front office does. And I love just getting to be a fly on the wall in their conversations," Edens said. "I always tell my dad exactly what I think all the time…We have a respectful banter about those things. So we're not always on the same page but I always let him know exactly how I feel.  I love basketball. I'm open-minded about what my future holds."

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Mallory Edens age

Edens is currently 30 years old and was just 18 when she represented the Bucks at the 2014 NBA draft lottery.

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Mallory Edens net worth

Edens' father, Wes, is worth $2.5 billion, according to Forbes. Wes Edens has made a career in the finance industry, as he cofounded Fortress Investment Group, was a partner at BlackRock, sold Fortress to SoftBank for $3.3 billion, and is the CEO of New Fortress Energy.