2026 NBA draft thread

[khaled1987]

I saw this coming a mile away. 

"Ray Allen" is not a current model being employed in the NBA, really. Hell, they even have Devin Booker playing on-ball now, for the most part. 

What he (Peterson) MEANS is: I've got to have the ball in my hands to do what I do, and I think he's probably right to say so. I also think he's going to make one hell of a good pick and roll scorer, and have thought so all year. I got shut down when I suggested he'd be an on-ball guard at the next level, but that's how the NBA works these days. Nobody is going to draft him and have him stand in the corner, and the days of putting guys through 5-6 off-ball screens (Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, Del Curry, Rip Hamilton, etc) seem to be over everywhere but GS, as near as I can tell. For the time being, anyway. 

I still think Peterson goes either #1 or #2. Either one of those teams will take him or someone else will trade up to get him. And, as long as this weird cramping doesn't end up being what everyone fears is the worst case scenario, my bet is he ends up being the most impactful player in this draft. I'd KILL to put him next to Flagg, personally.

Yup. He isn't really saying he is PG, he is saying he is ready to doing the heavy lifting with scoring and ball handling from day one. 
This is what PG is this days, and saying I want to be a PG usually means that. 
I hate it, but it is what it is.