2026 NBA draft thread

[Winter]

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.

I guess there are different possibilities if you know you want, and if you know which players the other teams will be picking before you.

I can't imagine the Mavs just dropping down for the sake of another pick unless they knew the player they had targeted originally would still be there. Dropping 4-5 slots down or more seems like a terrible idea in this draft. That's too far. I don't believe any FO could predict that kind of drop very well. So I wasn't really thinking that would happen.

I probably should have clarified all that.