2026 NBA draft thread

[Smitty]

Watching....

Peterson is a full notch above everyone on that court including Dybsanta

He’s got it going right now for sure. Fun to watch!

[ThisIStheYear]

Peterson is definitely the number 1 pick. Savant skills. He’ll be a 1st team all NBA player.

[Winter]

Peterson only plays 3 minutes in the 2nd half.

Whatever he has going on with his legs is a problem. He better hope that gets fixed before the draft.

[Chicagojk]

Well at least we know one of the 3 Js do t know ball

https://www.reddit.com/r/NBA_Draft/s/vzwVyFyIpy

[Smitty]

Peterson only plays 3 minutes in the 2nd half.

Whatever he has going on with his legs is a problem. He better hope that gets fixed before the draft.

That’s why I purposely said he’s got it going “right now”. Never know with him…

[Dirknows]

Well at least we know one of the 3 Js do t know ball

https://www.reddit.com/r/NBA_Draft/s/vzwVyFyIpy

Such a click bait take. At worst he goes 2 if someone really believes Peterson is Kobe 2.0. Dybantsa, Boozer, Wilson, all have major flaws in their games relative to Cooper.

[ThisIStheYear]

Yes. If GMs are convinced this college injury thing is just him being careful until he’s in the league, Peterson might go over the more physically durable Flagg, but otherwise, Flagg is on a different tier. But Peterson, man he’s good. I have t seen anything like it in college since the Michael, Larry, Bird days. You can’t take your eyes off of him when he’s on the court. He completely changes the geometry of the game. It’s like watching how good Kyrie would be if he were 6-5 and in the top 15% of NBA athletes. There’s almost no way the Mavs wouldn’t take him number 1 if they lucked out again.

[haveitall]

Anyone like Braylon Mullins? He looks very similar to Reggie Miller in highlights. Super quick release. May be realistic at 9 th spot.

[JamesConway912]

Wagler with another stellar performance. Meanwhile the Mavs drop to #9 after MIL looses to Boston.

I think Wagler will be selected behind Flemings. He is extremely impressive right now. After that the race is wide open Id assume.

Ament might get back into the top 5 conversation if he continues to play like he has the last weeks. His tools are jus too good but he has a lot of catching up to do.

I think the Mavs can essentially cross off all of:

Peterson / Dybantsa / Boozer / Wilson / Flemings / Wagler

given that they are widely regarded as the top 6 right now and all just keep producing massive numbers.

Right now the Mavs are probably looking at:

- Ament
- Acuff Jr
- Mikel Brown Jr
- Mullins
- Philon

with one or two of them probably not being there when they draft. 

I still think it’s VERY possible they go on another run to finish off the season in the 30-35 win territory. Especially if they hold onto all their vets at the TDL and with AD looking to make another 5-10 game stint before the inevitable happens and he gets injured again.

[Chicagojk]

Some solid performance for potential lottery picks this weekend.

Koa Peat on #1 and undefeated Arizona scored 21 points in a win.  He had two threes too.  He needs to show he can shoot that.  His dad was an NFL offensive lineman and some of his brothers played football in college.  No surprise.  

https://x.com/TheHoopHerald/status/2017717574721507564

Braylon Mullins on the #2 team in the country came back from a concussion to score 16

https://x.com/SportsCastProd/status/2017798415036338613

Mikel Brown with a solid game coming off the bench

My personal favorite to watch, Thomas Haugh, scores 22 with a dominant performance with two other Florida front court members in a win

https://x.com/SportsCastProd/status/2018055072756662743

Nate Ament scored over 20 in a win. Only shot 4-16 though but got to the line a ton. Some good games from him recently. I did not see this past one.