2026 NBA draft thread

[F Gump]

Ultimately, the draft should be judged based on Rez vs Burries and Sergio vs. Maleek. It may be that the Mavs couldn’t have gone wrong.

This probably needs to be evaluated in pairs, since the Mavs needed a PG out of those 2 picks -- but if they drafted Burries, not likely they needed 2.

Morez-DeLarrea   vs     Burries-Thomas

Who knows how those 4 careers will turn out. But we do already know one thing, which is that the path the Mavs chose yielded players who fit the new FO roster-building preference for positional size. The Burries-Thomas path would have had brought in relatively smaller players. If all 4 work out as solid NBA players, you will probably be glad you picked the bigger players.