2026 NBA draft thread

[Winter]

I haven't finalized anything yet, but I had sort of come to a conclussion that I woudl be fine with any of the Acuf, Flemings, Wagler pairing.   At 7, you will have the choice of at least one.    I think there is a shot one makes it to 8.   9 is very questionable.   

I will need to do a deeper dive on Brown (seen the most), Philon and Burries if I would be ok with those if we dropped to 8 or lower.

I liked Philon early on when I wasn't sure of the Mavs position. Then I sort of lost thinking about him much as he didn't seem to be in that 7-12 range. 

In retrospect, I wish I had watched some of his games. I actually like him at least as much as I do Flemmings. His offensive stats are solid everywhere. The defensive narrative on him is that he's not a plus defender - but that can be said of almost every true PG in the first round.

There's something positive to be said I think for him returning to college this last year in order to work on his game. He's a more secure pick than Brown even if he's not as big or athletic as Brown. He looks like his 6'4" size, shoots well from the perimeter, and had two promising years in college already.

This will all depend on where the Mavs fall in the draft, but Philon is a player I would consider.