2026 NBA draft thread

[KillerLeft]

I really think the players discussed at this slot are all pretty good and may be sucessful even as starters, but they don't strike me as star quality at all. It almost seems like the Mavs could get their player at #8.... and it just wouldn't be all that much. Burries might just be another Max Christie. Brown and Flemings might just be C+. One of the biggest problems with the PGs potentially available is that there doesn't seem like much space between them. Even Philon might be lumped into that group.

Maybe the Mavs really like Aday Mara or Moritz and also think Philon is at least as good as the other PGs. Can you get both? That's the kind of thing I'd like to see. Maybe not exactly that, but something like that.

I agree, but with Flemings, the combination of age, size, speed and quickness leads me to believe there MIGHT be something there more like the potential routinely assigned to the top 4. It's not there now, but I feel like it's a decent gamble, and I think his floor is something the Mavs desperately need, anyway.