2026 NBA draft thread

[mvossman]

@DraftDeeper
Watching the NBA Playoffs and thinking more on the guards in the 2026 NBA Draft, we should be discussing Brayden Burries out of Arizona more for a much higher pick than currently projected.

- 6'5" in shoes, 215 pounds
- PHYSICAL playing style on both ends of the floor
- WANTS to play defense, should be able to survive switching on different positions
- 92nd percentile Total Offense Per Synergy
- 299 PnR Including Passes POSS, 1.05 PPP, 10% TOV rate all good for 84th Percentile "Excellent" rating
- 56% on 2P, 39% on 3P
- 39% C&S 3's, 44% Pull-Up 2's, 40.3% Pull-Up 3's, 63.4% At the Rim

This is a complete guard profile for a player that has an immediate role to impact winning. I like the ceilings of Darryn Peterson, Darius Acuff, and Keaton Wagler, but Burries might be more of a sure thing than at least one of those players, and could end up being the best guard in this draft class when it's all said and done.

Its getting to the point where I think I like him over some of the PGs.  He has the highest floor of the group, but a lot of scouts think he can eventually develop into a 1.  If that is the case he has a high ceiling as well as floor.