2026 NBA draft thread

[Scott41theMavs]

https://www.nba.com/news/2017-consensus-mock-draft

Wasn't the narrative in 2017. DSJ narrative was comparable to Brown this year. Consensus top 10 pick that might drop because of injury concerns (ACL tear in highschool, resulting in knee issues in college). Mitchell wasn't in the same tier. Mock drafts had him in the 11-14 range.

I was trying to communicate these very things in what I posted and evidently didn't do it very well. I understand that DSJ was universally mocked ahead of Mitchell, and even the majority here would have griped had they drafted Mitchell over DSJ at 9 (to be fair, there were about three or four guys here who were raving about Mitchell and were hoping we would draft him). My point was, the Mavs' scouting should have been good enough to make the right choice in the face of PR pressure, and if trading down a spot or two was useful or necessary to the PR, then they should have done that.

BTW, the DSJ comp is why I was out on Brown until around a month or so ago. I am still concerned about injury and decision-making, but believe in his upside.