2026 NBA draft thread

[Chicagojk]

Well let's remember how we got Lively in that 2023 draft. If I recall (someone tell me if I'm missing something here-this is from memory), we dropped down a space or two because we knew the other teams were not going to take Lively at that spot. We traded down a couple of spots and recieved a low first-round pick for that trade (Omax), and still got Lively.

Let imagine this draft now where somebody like Acuff is expected to go at about the 10 spot. We're drafting number 8 let's say, but the FO really wants Acuff. That same scenario could play out again. It's not likely of course, but that kind of thing happens a lot in a draft.

You need a good FO to pull that off (that may have been a Snyder move when he was here), but shit happens as they say.

That is a good point and that did happen in the Lively draft.   The Mavs still got the guy they wanted though.   I think that is a little different than what I am talking about.  If the Mavs land at 7 and they are confident they can get they guy they want at 9, then that is a different story.   I was talking more about the fact if they wind up at 7 and then trade that for pick 13 and 22 (or something like that).  Those are the type of situations I want to stay away from.