Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[Winter]

This is off topic a little, but I feel the need to go on record. I haven't done as much of a dive into this draft class as many of you, and I get that there might be some transformative talent at the forward spots near the top of the class, but...I keep seeing people pencil in FRP at forward spots. I just want to say that unless there's a trade lined up for Dylan Harper, Haliburton or whoever (there isn't and won't be), that draft pick 100% MUST be used on a PG to my way of thinking. Maybe they can get a PG some other way, but the Mavericks MUST come out of this summer with one who is fairly close to Flagg's age, imho. This team won't offer an ounce of hope for me if that doesn't happen.

Kyrie is awesome, and I'm ok with him sticking around for a while if that's the plan, but that young ball-handler is THE piece that's missing if you want to build a team around Flagg. Everything else will be easy to find by comparison.

It's possible that the four best PGs in the top of the draft (Peterson, Kingston, Brown, and Acuff) could be gone before the Mavs pick. Acuff has actually moved ahead of Brown on some mock drafts. If a PG is available, it will be one of them - either Acuff of Brown. But after these picks, there's a real gap in talent according to most analysts. 

There are also a couple of real wildcards at the center position that still have to play out. Quaintance at Kentucky has had injuries, but he looks like Dwight Howard when he plays. He's a rebounding machine. Also Cenac at Houston who has had an uneven year, but can play all over the court.

There are also some great small forward types that will likely be there when we pick (Braylon Mullins who shoots lights out, and Yaxel Lindeborg who can play at both forward positions, and Keaton Wagler who is a play-making SG guard, but currently not playing PG for Illinois).

But to your personal wish list, the next real PG in the draft is Labaron Philon at Alabama. He may go somewhere in the top 10 or may slip to around 15 or so. So it's possible that the best talent available when the Mavs pick may not be a PG. 

If the PGs I listed are gone, I personally would take one of those G-SF types I mentioned rather than look for a PG farther down the list just because he's a PG.