2026 NBA draft thread

[hakeemfaan]

Nope. Not buying into that imagined-disaster scenario even one smidgen. The Mavs keeping Flagg depends way more on their willingness to pay him, than anything else.

Would landing a good player help? Sure. But it's not now or never on adding talent. They will have the same 200M or so to build out a good team as anyone else. So they can offer money, and minutes. And they already have the superstar.

The Mavs dont' have any great picks for the most part the rest of the decade. They got jack squat out of losing two generational players.  Even the AD trade to Atl, IMO, was a bad one.

I would love it if Coop was like Luka and Dirk and never ask for a trade, but the West is getting tougher and Coop sees how someone like Harper is now suddenly getting a lot of love.   The Mavs have to get it right with this pick.