2026 NBA draft thread

[SweetFidelia]

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.

Mavs officially drafted Cason Wallace @ #10 and sent him with Bertans to OKC for #12 Lively. Getting the pick used on Omax was the Mavs taking in Richaun Holmes from SAC. Maybe it was all in the works at the same time, but it was 2 completely separate transactions a couple hours apart. This was one of those days it looked like Nico had a clue, but I think may have been due to Dennis Lindsey being around.