2026 NBA draft thread

[SleepingHero]

Flagg is 19.  

This.


Crazy. He's turning 20 in 6 months. Mavs have so much time on their hands and Flagg is already a 20/5/5 guy with elite defense.

[cow]

It's an indication that they're going to build patiently, I'll say that.

Thank you, Lord.

[SleepingHero]

@JakeLFischer
Boston was another trade team we were monitoring. Had heard Chris Cenac Jr., in addition to Nate Ament, was a target for New Orleans to trade into the first round and select. But I'm hearing the Houston big man is staying with the Celtics.

[ThisIStheYear]

Big Mo is a great pick. Tankathon lists player strengths in green and weaknesses in red. Mo is 100% green. That’s incredibly rare. Only other player I’ve seen like that with no weaknesses and all strengths is Cooper. The Mavs made the right pick. BPA.

[mvossman]

Flagg is 19.  The roster will look different 4 years from now.  I wouldn't fret about that as much as worry if Morez can be a very good NBA player. If he can, then we will have options.

Knowing Masai' past draft, he has never really looked at just the short term outlook.  With such a huge window for Flagg, he has a longer leash than usual.  So he really must feel that 4 years from now Morez will be one of the better players among the options he had left at the spot we picked. 

Let's see.

This is all correct.  But that patience doesn't really jive with holding onto an aging Kyrie.  If you are going to show patience in a rebuild, then you better maximize value from Kyire, because he will be done by the time they are ready.

[omahen]

Knicks took De Larrea. Possible trade to Mavs, if the Knicks want to trade down all the time.

Some reports say Knicks will leave Sergio in Europe for one more year.

[ThisIStheYear]

Meleek or Evans?

[SleepingHero]

Richard Jefferson pretending like he knows anything when he's just looking at twitter like us is insufferable

[mvossman]

The "good" news about a Lively/Morez/Flagg lineup is that it will quickly become a Morez/Flagg lineup based on Lively's injury history and probably why they drafted that position in the first place.

Even worse would be Gafford/Morez/Flagg.  I greatly hope Gafford is not around to make that mistake.  His value will tank even farther if he stays on this roster.

[SleepingHero]

1 of Peat, Evans, or Thomas will be available for the Mavs.

Exciting honestly.

[SleepingHero]

The duke connection is hard to overlook honestly.

Evans makes a lot of sense if we are going to trade Martin/Klay/Naji this summer

[cow]

Even worse would be Gafford/Morez/Flagg.  I greatly hope Gafford is not around to make that mistake.  His value will tank even farther if he stays on this roster.

I think Morez signals that Gafford will be traded and Lively isn't part of the Mavs future, at least not in as significant role as we all once believed.

[KillerLeft]

The duke connection is hard to overlook honestly.

Evans makes a lot of sense if we are going to trade Martin/Klay/Naji this summer

He can shoot, right?

[Mavs2021]

What intervals tomorrow? Surely not five minutes again.

[cow]

The duke connection is hard to overlook honestly.

Evans makes a lot of sense if we are going to trade Martin/Klay/Naji this summer

What the hell!

[omahen]

Cleveland trading pick to Sacramento, probably to save money

[omahen]

What intervals tomorrow? Surely not five minutes again.

4 minutes

[F Gump]

Lakers are hard capped at the 1st apron now after sending out cash.

Which means they are losing either Lebron or Reaves this summer.

I think 
1 that's an over-A2 no-no, not A1
2 that limit is applicable to the same cap year (ie, cash in June has no bearing on the NBA yr starting 7/1)

[DanSchwartzgan]

Cleveland trading pick to Sacramento, probably to save money

Karaban

[SleepingHero]

He can shoot, right?

42% on 3s his freshman year off the bench 

36% on 3s this year with double the attempts. The last 2 months of the season he was back to 40% after a slow start.

So yes. 

But very raw offensively overall.