2026 NBA draft thread

[Mavs2021]

Slightly Biased put out a video recently that kind of encapsulates how I feel about Acuff.

Part way through this he asks if someone came back from the future and gave you the choice of drafting Lillard or Derrick White, which would you take?  Obviously Lillard, especially if you are a team with a need for an offensive catalyst.  But, Portland was never good enough defensively to go places in the playoffs.  Whereas players like White and Jrue (combo guards with high-IQ’s and good advanced stats) have contributed to championships.  Sizzle or Substance.  With Flagg here, I probably go substance.  

What kind of a question is that? Obviously Lillard.

1. White was not even drafted by Boston.
2. We don´t have Brown, Tatum, Holiday, Horford and Porzingis.
3. Lillard led the Blazers to the WCF with McCollum, Harkless, Hood and Meyers-Leonard.
4.

• Damian Lillard (via Blazers)
  

Trail Blazers receive:

• Deandre Ayton (via Suns)
  
• Toumani Camara (via Suns)
  
• Jrue Holiday (via Bucks)
  
• 2029 1st-round pick (via Bucks)
  
• Two first-round pick swaps with Bucks (2028, 2030)
  

So Blazers got Jrue Holiday, the new Derrick White in Toumani Camara, plus a former #1 pick, plus a 1st round pick, plus two more swaps they´ll likely execute.