2026 NBA draft thread

[Smitty]

I probably said college was a small sample, but that was primarily in reference to looking at three point shooting percentage (which is a very noisy stat that needs a lot of sample).  A college season may only have ~35 games but it spans nearly the full 5 months of an NBA season and is by for the strongest competition these players face (for a good sized sample) prior to NBA.  I have read in a couple of places that teams tend to undervalue college performance and overvalue projection.  Ament would be the poster child of that mindset.

As for the player, I don't think Ament is going to be a star.  I don't think he will be an on ball player.  I think he will provide some level of off ball offense and will struggle some on defense because he doesn't have the lateral quickness on the perimeter or the bulk to defend down low.  That profile just doesn't interest me that much.

All valid points. I respect that opinion. Maybe you were right when you said he's the most polarizing in the draft!