2026 NBA draft thread

[mvossman]

I am completely out on Brown Jr. I saw a graph a few weeks ago. One of those with four areas (sry language barrier) where each shows a players impact on his teams offensive / defensive stats. He was a big net negative impact wise on both ends.

The similarities to DSJ are terrifying Imo. I was super high on Dennis but he was equally bad at running a halfcourt set and besides some fun shotmaking and athletic finishes he never actually was or developed into an efficient creator. I fear the same will happen with Brown. On the defensive end I have my doubts as well. Brown is a lot taller but that does not move the needle Imo.

Therefore I have come to terms with Burries potentially being the guy. I am not entirely out on Ament but he is a longshot as well.

All that stuff shows how INSANE it was to crap away their lottery odds last season. You loose 16 out of 18 games at one point only to somehow still end the season with a late lottery pick. Absolute madness. They should fire Riccardi and Kidd again just for how badly this was fumbled (& Finley of course but he is somehow still here)

One big difference between Brown and DSJ is that Brown projects to be one of the best 3 point shooters coming out of the draft (based on FT% and volume).  I do worry about his decision making though.