2026 NBA draft thread

[mvossman]

I really think the type of player needs to be determined by how player x can function with Cooper Flagg and the offense in general. We tend to talk about these draft picks as it relates to the pick's individual play, but I really thinks it's a lot more than that.

How will Flagg be used? Will Flagg be running the offense periodically? Will that require a true PG or will a combo guard be a better solution? We don't currently know who the head coach is, so I'm not sure anyone of this board can really answer for a draft pick's style of play with this team. I think we just like to pretend we can.

Most of us are betting on a guard simply because there are so many good ones slotted between 5-10. I am anyway. But the difference in the style of play between Acuff, Brown, Wagler, and Burries is really pretty dramatic to me. I'm guessing Masai and Schmitz are developing a vision of what they want from a draft pick and what Flagg needs. The first pick will tell us a lot I think.

I mean they are picking at 9.  I don't think they will have a lot of choice amongst those guys, and I think the price to move up will be way too high.  One of the great things about Flagg is his versatility, so I don't think they will feel the need to pigeon hole themselves into a particular guard type.  I think they will take BPA (probably a guard) and then build the roster around that player and Flagg.