2026 NBA draft thread

[Chicagojk]

IIRC, last summer's draft was skewed by players deciding to stay in college for another year, take the NIL money and hope for a better draft position this year. I think the underclassmen have up until 10 days before the draft to pull out and keep their NCAA eligibility.

So draft projections today may not be the same in a few months, especially in the bottom half of the first round.

Good point.  You may have a lot of negotiations happening behind the scenes with mid first rounders and fringe first rounders.   With NIL, you will see player agents see if they can secure multimillion agreements to stay in college and enter next year in a weaker draft.   Especially if a first round draft pick is a 50/50 proposition.