06-17-2026, 08:18 AM
(06-17-2026, 07:05 AM)Smitty Wrote: My top 10 has been unchanged for quite a while. I still have my doubts that Peterson will be the best Guard in this draft when it's all said and done. I think Acuff and Brown Jr. belong in that same tier.
My top 14 (lottery):
Tier 1
1a. AJ Dybantsa
1b. Cameron Boozer
Tier 2
3. Caleb Wilson
4. Darius Acuff Jr.
5. Darryn Peterson
6. Mikel Brown Jr.
Tier 3
7. Brayden Burries
8. Kingston Flemings
9. Keaton Wagler
10. Nate Ament
11. Aday Mara
12. Morez Johnson
13. Yaxel Lendeborg
14a. Cameron Carr
14b. Hannes Steinbach
One thing I'm very confident about, maybe the only thing... Is that picks 5-9 will not all be Guards.
I still think you're underrating Burries and Wagler a bit, and definitely underrating Peterson.
But everyone else makes sense.
If I were to make a list it'd be:
Tier 1
1a. AJ Dybantsa
1b. Cameron Boozer
1c. Darryn Peterson
Tier 2
3. Caleb Wilson
4. Keaton Wagler
5. Brayden Burries
6. Darius Acuff Jr.
7. Mikel Brown Jr.
Tier 3
8. Aday Mara
9. Kingston Flemings
10. Nate Ament
11. Hannes Steinbach
12. Morez Johnson
13. Yaxel Lendeborg
14. Cameron Carr
Wagler, Burries and MBJ are all potentially good 2 way guards that can do a bit of everything. Acuff just has the it factor. Reminds me a lot of Marbury/Baron Davis.
Despite my praise earlier this morning I still have Flemings a bit below his peers. He just looks tiny out there.
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