2026 NBA draft thread

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

It depends on how much he believes that.  We have watched guys getting paid millions of dollars missing all the time.  Even the good ones miss.  There are too many variables to get this right every time.  The risk of trading up is big, because its possible you were better off staying where you were and you took an asset hit.  

Losing PJ Washington or Daniel Gafford or Max Christie is a risk I'm willing to take.  I don't know man.  The whole point of doing this (being a GM) is to say I'm one of the best in the world at this job.  I think this guy is going to be a stud.  I don't care what NBA mock drafts say about value.  My goal is to come out of this draft with this player.

Inversely, I am against trading down for the exact same reason.  Like, I dont want to risk getting a worse player so I can pick up some rotation player asset like Daniel Gafford or Max Christie.  Basketball feels different.  Only 5 guys on the court.  If you hit on 2-3, you're set.  F value.

I think fans just aggregate all the mock drafts they see and make their own narrative about what is value. It really should have no bearing on reality unless you got a GM with no balls. Oh a bunch of mock drafts say Burries goes at 9-10. If we trade down and get him 12, oh wow such value. It doesn't really matter in the end if you got good value and some spare asset to go with it. It really just matter who ends up being good.

I am feeling very philosophical today.  lol