2026 NBA draft thread

[Smitty]

To reiterate, I am 100% out on Brown. I do not want him with a fox, I do not want him in a box, I do not want him to be our pick under any circumstances. Wagler is probably my pick for the seventh-best in the draft - if not the strangely-underrated Philon - but others have eloquently noted the major concerns with him. Yes, his ceiling is Haliburton. His floor is a very mediocre 3-and-D guard - not what you want to end up with the seventh or eighth pick in this draft. Intangibles are going to be simply gigantically important with him.

That's why I say that everyone is different in how they rank these Guards. As I'm sure GM's of the lottery teams will be also. For me, Brown and Wagler are in a tier or two above guys like Burries, Philon, Mullins, Stirtz, Anderson. I still have Brown over Wagler, because I think he's the better creator of the two. I think Wagler fits the prototypical SG role in the NBA. Same for Peterson. Acuff, Flemings, and Brown are lead Guard types, creators and facilitators, that can score... and also play off-ball plenty.