(02-13-2026, 03:53 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: That may be the top 8. Not sure though. I think a few others may jump into that mix. Acuff being the main one. The issue is he may be 6'1-6'2 and will need to play point guard. He has a thick build though. He has been better than Brown. At Brown's size, you can envision him playing off the ball. He is a projection though. Acuff has scored, passed and played better than Brown. Like Brown, Acuff seems to have a wide range of rankings.
Was thinking the other day, how would you rank last years draft class from 5-14 to this years? It is really early, but I think I like this years better. Not by much though. Last years draft was also pretty good in this range.
Also way early and we don't know who will stay in the draft, but I thought last years end of the first round was good. It may be better than this years. We will see.
For me that list has a top six.... not a top eight.
I don't think either Ament or Brown is as clear to me as the top six above them. I like them, but there are a lot of players I like between 7 and 20 that are pretty hard to separate.
For instance, Darius Acuff is usually in the top 10 now and Christian Anderson is in the mid-20s. But you look at all the measurements, stats, and competition and it's pretty hard to see a lot of difference. That's why I think there's better value later in the draft than where the Mavs are currently picking.