2025 draft thread: THE MAVS SELECT COOPER FLAGG

[KillerLeft]

Who is Raybo? If Martin's value is higher amongst NBA folks than us fans and he can fetch a late FRP, I know we'd all be jumping with joy.

I'd say what we're seeing is the lessening of value associated with late firsts, not learning Martin has a higher valuation than we thought (though I think that's probably true, too). 

The type of guy going just outside of the lottery is the exact type of dude who might elect to collect more NIL money for a year as he attempts to get himself into the lottery range, and I remember seeing that several such players did withdraw from the draft not so long ago, which will pull the guy who'd usually go 22nd up to like 13th (ish)? I get why teams who didn't love any of the choices available at their pick would rather their guaranteed money (1st round money, different than 2nd round) go to a guy who was a known entity.