(05-30-2026, 05:18 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I just now got to listen to the Schmitz Q&A. I’m not sure I heard him describing Ament or Mara as he was going through attributes. I kept hearing Morez Johnson in what he was describing. He’s probably similar to Beef-Stew if he can’t hit an NBA 3. If his shot transates, he might be Wendell Carter, Naz Reid and maybe even Horford. Some of those guys could play next to Lively, but the shot really matters.
I get that most mocks don’t have him this high, but I clearly heard Schmitz say they want the guy who would have gone higher in a future re-draft. So, he won’t be beholden to the opinions of NBA mock-draft websites.
A trade-down that nets Johnson and Okorie is probably my favorite outcome at this point.
It does seem like both Ament and Mara might be players that teams below us might want to move up to get. There's some interesting options with an OKC trade down. If you knew in advance what the Bucks and Golden State were committed to, an OKC trade down could still net you Burries. Then you could have your pick of Johnson, Okorie or Carr at 17.