05-18-2026, 10:28 AM
(05-18-2026, 09:32 AM)Winter Wrote: I kind of think this expectation of "type" in the Mavs draft is a little over-hyped.
Both Masai and Schmitz have chose different physical archetypes before in drafts. Both members of the FO (and even Riccardi) may have input here. In regards to Flemings, I was surprised this morning to hear a draft analyst consider Flemings and Philon as #s 9 and 10, and he went with Philon to Dallas because of his shooting. Burries was not in his top 10.
I'm starting to care a bit less about who the #9 pick is exactly. I'm starting to care more that we acquire a better selection of two picks somewhere in the first round of the draft.
If by this you mean trading down, I think its probably not going to happen for the same reason that some folks want to do it. This draft is so deep it does not make sense to trade up. The OKC rumor was never that they wanted to move up, it was that they wanted to trade into a future draft, and knowing Presti the asking price is going to be high. We finally have an FO that I'm not worried will get fleeced, but I still wouldn't want to trade with Presti.