2026 NBA draft thread

[mvossman]

Thanks. Personally, in my (admittedly currently ignorant) opinion, he might be my #2 Mavs target, right after Dybansta. 

After watching some of the former pro players speak (recklessly, kind of) about Peterson's health concerns, I'm not nearly as scared of him as I used to be, so he'd still be much higher on my list than he seems to be around here, too. 

I like Acuff, but not as much as those others. 

You're telling me that NONE of them is a realistic possibility?

Mavs most likely spot to pick (roughly 50%) is 7 or 8.  Most likely the draft will go something like:

Dybansta
Boozer
Peterson
Wilson
Acuff
Flemings

That means Mavs will be picking from a group including some of Wagler, Brown, Burries, Philon

The next most likely spot is top 4 (roughly mid 30s percent).  Most folks on the board (and most folks in NBA circles) feel that you should target top talent over things like fit.  That means Mavs would likely grab one of those first 4 guys in the list.

Anything else will be an outlier.  If Mavs managed to finish 6th worst (I have no illusions they can make 5th) then they have a 9 percent change of getting 6th pick (at 7 they have zero chance) and if they finish 7th they have a 14% chance of finishing worse than 8th.