2026 NBA draft thread

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To add a followup note, which I just saw on X after posting the above:

The Dallas Mavericks are reportedly looking at names like Sam Presti and Brad Stevens to run the team, per @SIChrisMannix

“I’m told that Patrick Dumont, the team’s governor, is aiming high. Among the names on Dumont’s wish list, per league sources: Oklahoma City executive vice president and general manager Sam Presti, Minnesota president of basketball operations Tim Connelly and Boston president Brad Stevens. Cleveland top exec Koby Altman’s name is also in the mix, a source said.” 

Dumont gets it. Those are the cream of the crop in the NBA. The fact that they are employed by someone else isn't an impossible barrier, and in fact, the NBA's BEST GM is going to be doing his thing for someone. If you are going to have a $5-Billion company whose fortunes will rise or fall on the skill of one key person, and if the guy you hire will be competing with the NBA's best who will try to rape him and the team any way they can (see Harrison, N) in competitive ways, you better hire THE BEST.  Dumont gets it. 

Presti, please.

Come on FG...who do you really like?  Actually I would love to have Presti, or any of the cream of the crop.  I'm not sure that Dumont does "get it" though.  He has access to the money, but I'm not getting my hopes up.  That would be almost like getting my hopes up when I only have a 1.8% chance of getting the first pick in the draft.  Hmmm...well...I guess that would be like the Mavs drafting Cooper Flagg.  It can happen!...