2026 NBA draft thread

[Chicagojk]

Love the response from Schmitz. 

I was thinking how good that Schmitz had experience working with a franchise and not coming directly as a GM to the Mavs as a draft guy online.    He may very well turn out to be a poor GM.  Time will tell.   Although working with a franchise for 3 years, I am sure it gave him valuable experience.  It isn't just scouting players correctly.  There is so much more.   Which teams are good to deal with.  How to deal with agents.   How to be able to switch on the fly when a target is drafted before you.   There are a lot of things that he has probably learned that he would probably tell you he had no idea 3 years ago.    I am sure he had relationships with the teams before joining the blazers, but it is different talking about prospects with them and trying to do business with them.