2026 NBA draft thread

[Winter]

Shakespearian tragedy unfolding:

[Winter]

"Luke, I am your father!"

[Jmaciscool]

"Lesser of two evils" applies in the same way it would when comparing having your lunch money stolen once in the 4th grade to your entire family being murdered during a home invasion. Extended family (the home invasion happened over the holidays). You and your little sister are now all that's left, but you'll never see her again because she has been sold into the sex trafficking world. 

...that's what drafting Mara tonight would feel like to me. 

I hear you, but give me Ament and I'd be just fine, thanks.

Thanks for spoiling the plot of the next Home Alone movie.

[SleepingHero]

Don’t troll KL like that SH!! We need him around through the Flagg era!

Me to KL right now stoking the Mara flames


(I'd be pretty upset if they drafted him too not going to lie)

[Moviemavguy]

I wouldn't panic over Mara or Ament. May has a rep for developing players and fricken' coached one of them. If he thinks Mara is the guy, go for it. If not, then maybe the haters are right. If I was a team picking after the Mavs, and they DIDN'T pick Mara, then I'd be concerned.

[DallasMaverick]

I predict that Mara will move better at 30 than Shawn Bradley does.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

The draft is one of the NBA’s busiest transaction periods, rivaling February’s trade deadline and July’s free agency. Will the league’s transactions look noticeably different on draft day in light of what’s coming? “I think superstars, teams are always going to trade first-round picks,” ESPN’s Bobby Marks told Front Office Sports. “I think the protection that has changed, you can’t protect a top-14 pick and the nuances with that. I think there’s a little bit of uncertainty when it comes to trading second-round picks just based on its inverse order, so there’s the unknown on where it lands. I think there is a little bit of hesitation here as far as just because we haven’t gone through it yet as far as where potential picks can be.”

Front Office Sports

[SleepingHero]

I predict that Mara will move better at 30 than Shawn Bradley does.

[Winter]

I don't think I've seen Flemings name mentioned once today. About anything.

[michaeltex]

I predict that Mara will move better at 30 than Shawn Bradley does.

That's a pretty low bar...

[Smitty]

“I believe that Dallas, if it stays at No. 9, takes Ament.”

— Jake Fischer on the Dallas Mavericks


Jake Fischer on the Mavs 30th pick:

“I believe that Dallas, if it retains the No. 30 overall pick, will give strong consideration to Cincinnati senior swingman Baba Miller with that selection.”

[Winter]

“I believe that Dallas, if it stays at No. 9, takes Ament.”

— Jake Fischer on the Dallas Mavericks


Jake Fischer on the Mavs 30th pick:

“I believe that Dallas, if it retains the No. 30 overall pick, will give strong consideration to Cincinnati senior swingman Baba Miller with that selection.”

Not crazy about his first prediction.

I'm OK with the second one though.

[loki]

“I believe that Dallas, if it stays at No. 9, takes Ament.”

— Jake Fischer on the Dallas Mavericks

I can see the vision if I squint a little. As long as it's not Berries I guess...

[KillerLeft]

Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn
BREAKING: Sources tell me and ESPN that Dallas is focused on selecting Aday Mara tonight at #9. Coach Dusty May is targeting his guy and appears lasered in on a triple towers lineup with Lively, Gafford, and Mara.

Well done. I have to admit...you had me until I read the emboldened portion a 2nd time. I was in the midst of crafting a scathing and yet sympathy eliciting post that I had to delete.

[SleepingHero]

Hearing followill scream BABA sends chills

He cant be a bust with a name like Baba

[SleepingHero]

Well done. I have to admit...you had me until I read the emboldened portion a 2nd time. I was in the midst of a scathing and yet sympathy eliciting post that I had to delete.

(I still want to read the scathing post)

[KillerLeft]

I predict that Mara will move better at 30 than Shawn Bradley does.

At first I thought you were just being your usual contrarian self, but...this is next level dark. Respect.

[Smitty]

@JakeLFischer
I do believe Milwaukee has tried to package Nos. 10 and 13 to move up in tonight's first round, but I don't believe there's going to be any trades in the top-10.

Sources say the Bucks, at this point, plan to keep Kel'el Ware, despite interest from rival teams like the Lakers.

Milwaukee coveted Ware and Kasparas Jakučionis in their recent drafts. The Bucks also value Tyler Herro, sources say, and don't necessarily plan to move him, while Milwaukee will field offers for the All-Star scorer.

[SkenfromLMF]

105.3 saying Jake Fischer has Dallas locked in on Nate Ament

[KillerLeft]

105.3 saying Jake Fischer has Dallas locked in on Nate Ament

This could really be about Milwaukee and gamesmanship. Wouldn't surprise me at all. 

But, for the record, if it means no Mara I'm on board.