2026 NBA draft thread

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

I have a top 9 in this draft. Depending on Mikel Browns medicals, I have a top 8 in this draft. So I really dont understand all the trade down talk unless all top 8 are gone and you red flag Brown. Yes you can look back five years from now and say a bunch of good players were picked between 10-20 but that’s not how it works in the present. Trading down you’re likely going from a tier 2 player in this draft to a tier 3 player.

I think people get a little over enamored with the draft as it gets closer and they spend a bunch of time “doing their research” and want to pick a bunch of their pet cats.  If you’re telling me you can turn 9 and 30 into two top 20 picks, maybe that’s a different conversation. But I don’t understand the angst to trade down from 9, at all.

This team needs more high end talent, not guys like PJ Washington and Max Christie. I would make everyone on the roster available other than Flagg if I could trade up.