2026 NBA draft thread

[hakeemfaan]

Cisse is not on the roster. I'm sure he's an option for a backup C (as is Powell, or Bagley, or both), and he's eligible for a 2-way deal.

Nembhard has a NG contract, but he's also 2-way eligible if they were able to do such a deal.  

The rest have guaranteed NBA deals. I suspect Johnson won't be kept (one way or another). Middleton and Williams are FAs and iffy (the same as Cisse, Bagley, and Powell).

I can see room for multiple moving parts, with a MLE, TPE, and various trades all possible avenues to reshape pieces of the roster.

I would go with Poulakidas over Martin and AJ Johnson.  When a guy shows you that he has a defined skillset, don't let him go for retread veterans or young uns with potential but don't seem to know how to play the game.