2026 NBA draft thread

[Scott41theMavs]

I don't really see any of the guys we have been talking about at 8 as raw.  I think any one of them will be playing at least 20 minutes a game as a rookie (just like Lively did).  

If you are talking about star upside, I don't see that from anybody outside the top 4 or 5.  If you are talking about core piece, I think its just an odds game.  If the guy at 8 has a 50% chance of being a core piece, and the guy at 12 has a 25% chance and the guy at 17 has a 15% chance, then you are better off sticking at 8.

My breaking with you on this is that I would love to grab Swain, who I think will at least be a very good starter in a year or so, and I don't really think Anderson and Tanner are that much worse than the more highly-touted PG possibilities past 7.