2026 NBA draft thread

[hakeemfaan]

I think the difference in this draft is the 5 guards are closer to 4-5 guys in other drafts.  Most of them have stronger floors than your typical 6-9 pick.  Ament is a classic 6-9 pick in a typical draft with the bust potential to go with it.  My issue with going after the high ceiling guys is that I have watched high floor guys end up with a bigger ceiling than realized, and I have seen too many high ceiling guys bust.

Its interesting that one of the most common comps I read for Ament is Risacher.  Risacher had a very similar NBA rookie season to Ament's college freshman season.  He didn't improve in his second season so folks are ready to give up on him.  There is a reason I would be more than happy to trade Gafford (who I think value is late first at best) for Risacher, but have no interest in spending #9 on Ament.

I was going to write the same thing but you articulated it better than I could have done 

Again none of us know and maybe the guards flop and Ament becomes a stud. 

However given what we  know currently there is a lot of hope and prayer hoping that Ament improves a lot on two things: His jump shot AND his finishing around the rim. If it was just one of these two things I would feel more comfortable.