2026 NBA draft thread

[hakeemfaan]

From what I've heard/read, Philion went through the draft combine last season and was told "you should go back to college and focus on putting on weight." He took the advice, but was only able to add like 3-5 lbs, leaving him in an even worse situation than before, as teams now don't believe he's able to put weight on.

But he was a much better player this past year.  He worked on his shot   So it’s not like he didn’t improve. Some guys are going to be skinny but put them with a NBA training staff and they will pack on some weight in a few years. 

Also wrt his athleticism, as I said, he blitzed the national champs with 3 potential  NBA players and made them dance to his tunes. Not that you bought up his athleticism but that’s been another criticism against him.  Playing and dominating the big dogs should bump you up to the next tier but it doesn’t seem to have done much for his stock.