(05-29-2026, 10:26 PM)mvossman Wrote: I mean they are picking at 9. I don't think they will have a lot of choice amongst those guys, and I think the price to move up will be way too high. One of the great things about Flagg is his versatility, so I don't think they will feel the need to pigeon hole themselves into a particular guard type. I think they will take BPA (probably a guard) and then build the roster around that player and Flagg.
What I'm saying is the "best player available" to us on this forum is a bunch of guys we've see highlights of on a youtube video and some mock draft opinions.
If you look at Schmitz's interview and hear what he's saying about what he wants to see in a draft pick, it is far beyond that. I really know very little about the advanced metrics of any of these players. So when that player is picked by the Mavs - or even if the pick is traded - I'm not going to be disappointed. With Nico and Cuban (and even Don Carter to a lesser extent), I frequently felt one guy was steering the ship. They were the ones giving a thumbs up or down. I don't feel quite the same way at this point. It feels more collaborative. That's open to change of course, but right now, I'm easily persuaded that the current FO knows a whole lot more than anyone here, and, more importantly, that the current owners are not involved in the decision making.
I'll probably be disappointed at some point - when players picked fail to be what was projected - but that's a few years down the road.