2026 NBA draft thread

[Winter]

The only two guys we've discussed I have almost no interest in for the Mavs are Mara and Lendeborg. I like the profile of the latter, but I just can't wrap my head around drafting a 24 year old with this opportunity. You can say it doesn't matter, but it does to me.

Mara is just the type of player I don't enjoy watching and personally don't believe you can win with nowadays, especially as a highly-paid 1st round pick and expectations that he'd be an integral piece of how the team is constructed. You have Lively, and I'm nowhere near giving up on him. I'm more intrigued with Cisse in some ways than Mara, and I think the focus should be on finding CHEAP insurance for Lively, and when it's time to give up on Lively, I'll hope to have found another player like HIM, or I'll make finding another player like HIM my priority at that time.

Agree about Cisse, and Mara doesn't really feel like a Mavs move to me.

They interviewed Lendenborg yesterday, and he said the best player on the Michigan team was Moritz - which was kind of funny. That team must have had a lot of chemistry. Anyway, I can't see Lendenborg being the #9 pick for the Mavs either. I'm still feeling it for Burries or Carr, but the PGs are going to square dance in front of the #9 pick and I don't know where that ends up.

If I had to guess I think they would try to find a way to get another pick in this draft but there's a lot of options and it seems silly to wonder about how that plays out.