2026 NBA draft thread

[mvossman]

Here's my thing with this (and Kyrie in general): IF the Mavs love a guy in their range, I'd hope "can he work on court with Kyrie" isn't a deal breaker. I have no problem with keeping Kyrie around another year, but I don't think "fit" with him should be that important. He's 34, and I'm almost as disinterested in giving him another contract as most of us were about AD. No reason to move him just to move him, but IF they have their eyes on a guard they really want and he can't exist on the court WITH Kyrie, well...I'd just as soon draft the kid and get something for Kyrie afterwards, myself.

Agreed.  But honestly, Acuff is the kind of on ball player that works well with Kyrie offensively.  They won't be ideal defensively but surround them with three defensive players (say Lively/Flagg/Naji for example) and it shouldn't be a disaster.  Worst case you can stagger those guys and they won't have to be on the court together for more than 10 or 15 minutes a game.