05-29-2026, 11:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-29-2026, 11:38 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(05-29-2026, 10:24 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: So, this is the thing. The Mavs are sitting at 9 at what is likely a 9-man draft. The question of "which of Acuff, Wagler, Brown, Flemings, and Burries do they like?" is a moot one unless someone above them objectively reaches. The Mavs will either 1) pick whichever of those five is left and be happy, or 2) reach on some other player who doesn't really merit the 9th pick. If one of the teams above does reach and the Mavs have a choice, then I would presume they would select whoever they had ranked higher on their draft board.
Of course, as the prior poster noted, the wildcard is if the Mavs trade up or down.
I'm not sure any one or two of the five guards is so much better than the others as to burn precious and scanty assets to make sure you get that guy, but I'm sure Masai and Schmitz weren't planning on consulting with me anyway.
I doubt that the draft will play out like the mocks suggest. Teams have their own boards and it's unlikely that all of them have the mentioned guards 5-9. For all we know the Mavs could have a wing or big higher on their board than all the mentioned guard. Or even have Philon or Okorie over some of them. Same for other teams.