2026 NBA draft thread

[DanSchwartzgan]

Tatum is also a PF. So is Giannis. So was Duncan and Dirk and Bird. I think Flagg's current game and future trajectory make him a fit with just about any other great SF, PF, Forward, Wing, whatever label.

I think some of the issue is the ability to imagine (or forecast) what Flagg will become versus what he is currently.  Today, he’s closer to Giannis, but with a jump shot (Flagg is .376% on 3’s his last 20 games).  But, over time Flagg’s bag is going to be more like Tatum’s, but with better size.  

The trick in picking forward’s to pair with him is some see him as Giannis and insist on a certain archetype and some see him as (eventually being) Tatum and think a different archetype is needed.  I think he’s going to be a bit of both.