2026 NBA draft thread

[Chicagojk]

Terry/Green draft prep was probably on the same level as the stuff that we are doing on this board. Voulgaris supposingly as the only one left in the room. With little to no knowledge about the prospects. Just winging it. Peak Mavs scouting/management performance.

Can you imagine how unorganized that draft prep was led by Cuban?  One of the major reasons I don't want him with any  say moving forward.   2020 was a weird draft, but this was a big opp for Dallas as they were just trying to build the talent base around Luka.   It was looking sort of bleak and this was an opp to add potentially two players to the core.   Now, they made a good evaluation with Haliburtan but even that had a catch.  They completely misidentified what they had in Jalen.  I believe it was Jalen plus the pick for the Haliburtan pick.  

To enter draft day with so many blurred lines is really a major knock to Cuban.   Clearly there was something going on with Nelson and Cuban behind the scenes, but it was just so bad to go into the draft without a clear plan.   How many times did Voulgaris see any of these prospects live?   Did he know anything about their High school careers?  Or did he just use his analytics to make such a big decision?   Typically, when I listen to draft experts, I only really pay attention to the guys who saw all these prospects play in high school.  I believe this gives them a leg up on the guys who just watch their college careers.