2026 NBA draft thread

[mvossman]

I agree with a lot of this. BUT I've watched many full games on all of these guards throughout the season and one thing that I always come back to is "upside". Knowing that each of them has flaws and they aren't finished products yet, I tend to rank them based on upside, especially if we're talking pick 8 or so. I actually think Burries has the least upside of the group. Not that I don't like him, but of the 5 or so games I've watched, in all but one of them it was Bradley that was more impressive. I think Burries will be a good pro, I just think he's more of a high floor guy (safer) pick than the others. If I'm at 8, and I can pick between any of those guards listed or Burries, I'm picking the other guy. That's really what it comes down to for me.

I know we're splitting hairs, and all of these guards will be talked about at length, I think it's important to remember that none of them are without flaws.

I agree with the upside mindset, especially given that this the best chance to get a star next to Flagg.  My guess is that is why you like Brown more than most folks on this board.  Because despite his red flags, he probably has higher upside than most of these guards we are talking about.

Another point on Burries, he is a year older than the rest of these guys.  I don't know how big of a deal that is, but it seems like its at least some hit on his upside.

This is why I keep coming back to Wagler.  This guy was not a PG in high school, did not get recruited as a PG (he barely got recruited at all) and didn't start the year as a PG.  What you are seeing started mid season when their PG went down.  Given that physically he is a late bloomer, and that he has only been playing the PG position for half a season, its not hard to imagine significant upside.