2026 NBA draft thread

[Scott41theMavs]

If Flemings is on the floor, he will handle the ball a lot and will be a focus to score.  You are not drafting Flemings to be an off the ball player like you will be doing with Burries.  So he will get plenty of chances to create his own shot.

Also, to me the midrange shot is much more difficult.  Having that and a great FT# shows that Flemings will be fine with the 3 pt shot as well.  It's not like he's bad at it currently. The only complaint is that he takes a low volume of it. Plus he needs it only to keep defenses honest just like what Brunson has done.   

I am ok with using his wingspan and smaller size against him, especially if the Mavs want to go with a bigger guy like Burries.   Givony also talks about  Fleming's defense as nothing special, when everything else you've read says he is one of the top defenders at the guard position in this draft, and he came from a system where it was emphasized.

I can understand legit criticism, but not just throwing stuff out there for the sake of it.  In any case, as Tarp is saying, there's no point in us debating on this. It does appear that the Mavs are not going to draft Flemings if he drops to them.  Someone below us will get a real steal.

Once again, praying it's a smokescreen. Good FO's don't show their real hand before the draft. How many of us thought in '18 that they were going to trade up to get Luka?