(03-23-2026, 10:47 AM)Smitty Wrote: I think every single one of these guys have flaws. They aren't finished products. Same as prospect Flagg last year. I think what the Mavs need is top end talent. Fit comes later. When these young guys start to become who they're going to be in the NBA, and when they're ready to compete at the highest level. IF/when that comes to fruition, maybe you need to trade a talent like Wilson/Boozer for a player that "fits" Flagg's game more at that time. Right now, fit is the last thing on my mind when drafting in the top 10 for the last time in 5+ years. Get the best player (whoever you think that is)!
Excellent point which is why I'm so excited about this draft. I can rationalize just about any one of the guys in our range as a long term franchise changing piece. Say the Mavs somehow fall to 9 and end up with Mikel Brown Jr. That's the number one freshman guard prospect entering the season and he looked the part when he was briefly healthy.
I understand there will be some misses and many of these guys won't come close to their high-end comps but a lot of the fun of watching a bad team is in projecting your young players. Even if it's not always truely rational.
A great example is Burries. He's a guy I wasn't high on two weeks ago but now he's solidly in the top-9 for me -- and no less than Stan Van Gundy thinks he's the next Devin Booker. He'd be an awesome complimentary piece next to Flagg.
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