2026 NBA draft thread

[mvossman]

I am not making the case that terrible draftsmanship is going to haunt the Mavs again. I just mentioned it because a lot of people are all in on the top 4 + top 5 guards consensus. It seems like some posters would consider it a failure if the Mavs don't leave the draft with one of the guards. If they don't end up with one of the consensus guys. 
Case I was trying to make is that the decision makers shouldn't and most likely won't care all that much about the consensus. Hard to imagine that the Mavs have all five guards in the same tier. Possible that they are completly out on one of them (Flemings rumor). Possible that they are much higher on some of the guys in the 10-20 range.

That's why I won't lose my mind if the Mavs trade down or pick someone else at #9.

For me its not about what the consensus is, its about what my own personal amateur assessment is.  I recognize these guys are experts and I'm an armchair, but experts can make mistakes especially when they get too cute.  If they go with a guy I think is a reach I will be disappointed but hope to be proved wrong.