2026 NBA draft thread

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I like all of their moves. Some more than others. But I wasn't one of the ones screaming to trade vets to add more picks to the stockpile. How do all those folks feel??

I have been the polar opposite of "trade vets to add more picks."

But I am also a STRONG fan of the skill to replenish picks - even in minor ways - as you make trades. It's been mastered by Presti who can get a pick tossed into a deal with regularity (which is one reason why I see him as a top GM) and we saw this to some degree when Lindsey was here where he would get a pick sent here when he sent one out. Very skilled. 

As for Masai, I do like the way the Mavs navigated the draft and the trades in it. But Masai doesn't seem to have that skill to replenish picks here and there as they go. I think it's a negotiating mindset, more than anything, but if you don't develop that skill it's a disadvantage. So in that area I've been disappointed.