2026 NBA draft thread

[DallasMaverick]

I'm not convinced Brown will be a bad pick or the last PG standing. The No Ceilings guys' video provided a good (and informative) analysis of his game, the worries that exist, and some of the tremendous upside he might bring to the table. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urMRv27y9uo

They noted items like a growth spurt that may have been part of the back issues, and the back issues/forced missed games leading to the inconsistency, layered with info about some mid-season off-the-charts performances that hint he MIGHT be the very best of the group, once he gets healthy. I would encourage you to take a look (and perhaps mitigate your worry over Mavs getting him in the draft).

I do agree that the questions raised by the back injury demand an expert. I would think an expert GM (Presti, please!) who then hired an expert medical team (Casey, please!) is how you want these things figured out.

In any event, at this point, with more info, I'm now very open to the idea of Brown. He might be THE star PG in this draft.

ONE MORE GENERAL NOTE. There are some key dates looming and we are only about 3 weeks from knowing way more than we do now, and reducing the things we have to speculate about. For example, we still don't know how tall Brown (or any of the others) truly are. That info is coming, pre-draft, in May, and the results may considerably juggle the evaluations. The schedule of informative events:

Apr 17 (after games) Non-lottery draft order set, other than ties and lottery
Apr 20 Coin flip to resolve ties in records for lottery seeds (if neither team is drawn) and other draft order
Apr 24  Deadline for a player to decide if he is in/out of this draft
May 8-10  G-League combine, with extensive measurements and tests and drills
May 10 Draft lottery
May 10 NBA Combine begins, when we get accurate physical measurements of all kinds

I saw a study that concluded that physical measurements are often over-weighted by teams during the draft.

It’s like they’re saying “Heck if I know who’s going to pan out and who’s not, so I’ll go with something I CAN measure!”