2026 NBA draft thread

[KillerLeft]

If Ament is there at 9 the Mavs have to take him and develop him. He's the only potentially obtainable guy besides Brown who I think could become the second best player on a championship team.

I'm not 100% there with the above, but I can see the thought process. I think Flemings could be on this list, too, but he'd require a long range shooting overhaul to get there, just like Ament. Still...two feet in the paint still matters, and Flemings is ready to help in that way from day 1.

I didn't even start checking these guys out until after the lottery, and even in that truncated amount of time I've flip-flopped about 10 times on what I think, so I can't imagine how it has been for you guys following this class all season, lol. I think I've settled (finally) on Brown being the perfect Mavs target (other than Peterson, who they can't get), but sadly, I'm fairly certain he (Brown) doesn't make it to #9. I'm trying to warm up to the possibility of Ament, because I know Flemings just isn't a flavor everyone appreciates, and it isn't clear whether the Mavs will like him as much as I do.