2026 NBA draft thread

[Smitty]

Just curious, do you think he will be a good defender in the NBA?  Seems like he is not a rim protector and has limitations on the perimeter.  Don't get me wrong, adding a Kevin Love type talent would be huge on a team starved for talent, but if I were to pick a kind of player from a fit perspective next to Flagg, a Kevin Love type would not be the ideal choice.

I don't see Kevin Love at all when I watch him. To each their own. I think he will be a really good team defender. I think he has some switchability on the perimeter. I think he can guard up. He lacks the elite lateral quickness to defend the SGA's of the world, but that goes for nearly everyone in the NBA. I agree that I don't see his role in the NBA as being a rim protector. 

In short, the NBA is all about mismatches. He will struggle to defend in space against some of the smaller/quicker guys, but that's not going to be his role in any defense. 

As far as "fit" with Flagg? IDK, are we getting so far away from talking actual basketball, that we don't think two elite 'forwards' are a fit on the court now? I don't know how anyone can confidently say that Boozer doesn't fit with Flagg. Isn't that what makes Flagg special afterall? That he's "easy" to build around? Do we think what he his on 2/17/2026 is who he will be as a basketball player in 12 months, 24 months, 36 months?

I'm not saying it's a perfect fit on paper or that they will be the next whatever duo to take over the NBA, but I think passing on a talent like Boozer because "fit" with two elite 19 year olds is certainly an opinion...