2026 NBA draft thread

[Scott41theMavs]

"I share this to say that I would be up for moving Kyrie for the right draft pick in this year's draft." --- Count me out. The only scenario that even remotely interests me would be getting a top-4 pick for Kyrie, and the other team (who is rebuilding from the dregs) won't do a deal like that (they'd want to keep the player of the future).

First of all, I would say that your standards for a trade for Kyrie are pretty unreasonably high, given that each of the top four guys would go number one in about 50% of draft classes. The players on the big board after them are still pretty decent. 21 put up the goofy theoretical of the Bucks getting a top four pick and trading Kyrie for that pick, Rollins, and Portis. The Bucks wouldn't do that. But if they're drafting 10th? Hell yes to that deal. We don't control our draft pick for the next four years. Flagg + three near-blue chip players on his timeline? Yes, please.