2026 NBA draft thread

[mvossman]

The space between these two players is not that much in my opinion. Carr is only nine months older than Burries and has another college year of experience. So that age gap is meaningless to me. 

And what I actually said in my post that is that I'm willing to trust the FO with a decision between the two, not that I preferred Carr.

I think the space between the two is more than you do, particularly on the defensive side of the ball.  Too often I have seen toolsy guys get projected to be good defenders when they were not in college, and it rarely happens.  Defense is more than just tools.  Acuff has the tools to be an average defender at least, but I don't see anybody projected him to be one.

I'm not sure why a year+ of additional college experience is meaningless?  Will Burries be the same player next year?

I don't think Carr is in the same tier as Burries.  He is a 3&D project without the D right now.