2026 NBA draft thread

[KillerLeft]

You would have to play them together some.  I would want Acuff getting at least 20 minutes a game as a rookie, and probably a lot more than that.  As someone who has expressed fit concerns with Flagg, you can't worry about that at all for a 34 year old PG.  Acuff lack of size is a concern in general, but I am not going to let fit with Kyrie have any impact on whether to draft him or not.

Here's my thing with this (and Kyrie in general): IF the Mavs love a guy in their range, I'd hope "can he work on court with Kyrie" isn't a deal breaker. I have no problem with keeping Kyrie around another year, but I don't think "fit" with him should be that important. He's 34, and I'm almost as disinterested in giving him another contract as most of us were about AD. No reason to move him just to move him, but IF they have their eyes on a guard they really want and he can't exist on the court WITH Kyrie, well...I'd just as soon draft the kid and get something for Kyrie afterwards, myself.