2026 NBA draft thread

[omahen]

Jake Fischer (@JakeLFischer)
Nine of the final 15 picks of tonight’s first round indeed changed hands.

And yet, as I understand everything, not a single veteran player was traded.

Very uneventful draft from that perspective, compared to previous years

[Scott41theMavs]

No move ups With players or salary dumps. All draft equity.

Dallas will need to work the trade market to balance out roster

Could they use Klay to obtain an early 2nd? Hmmm.

[cow]

Free Agent

Yikes.  Are we sure Sergio is coming over?  Kyrie's knee is certainly going to get tested with our guard rotation.

[Mavs2021]

Jake Fischer (@JakeLFischer)
Nine of the final 15 picks of tonight’s first round indeed changed hands.

And yet, as I understand everything, not a single veteran player was traded.

Everybody apologize to the Bucks and Giannis. Didn´t hold up anything.

[DanSchwartzgan]

Yikes.  Are we sure Sergio is coming over?  Kyrie's knee is certainly going to get tested with our guard rotation.

Not sure yet.

[Jmaciscool]

So it seems like Mavs moved from #30 to #25 without having to trade anything except maybe #48 (and maybe not even that?)

The wording seems to imply that they used the seconds from PHX to pay the cost of moving down.

[mvossman]

DFS didn't have this guy's height, bulk and wingspan.  This is a different beast if he can keep up with the 3s. I know he can keep up with 4s and 5s on the perimeter.

I think he can keep up with the 3s, 2s, and 1s.  He is an elite defensive player.

[BigDirk41]

Could also be some draft day posturing. But yes. I love the trade up idea. Unless it’s for Wagler

Just kidding. A trade up would definitely signal that whoever it is was their GUY. Not just the one that dropped to 9.

Draft and Stash is back! Keep him in Europe and don't bring him here until he's 25

He'll be playing for the Mavs next season. No stash here.

[F Gump]

The Stein and Shams reports keep shifting a bit, and conflicting. But when they all draft tomorrow, we'll know what happened.

My best guess so far? PHX has no picks tomorrow, DAL will have 1 (48), and NY will be getting 47 and a future 2nd from PHX and a future 2nd from DAL. I do think the Mavs could have ended up with a better outcome than that, or a worse outcome - it's all murky reporting.

I don't especially care if the Mavs have a pick tomorrow, especially if it's in the bottom half. But I am curious to see how the Mavs did in the trade biz.

[hakeemfaan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMs3ldMK93o

[DL2RimRocker]

Morez looks like he has some footwork not to mention power in the post too.

I wonder about guys like that at the NBA level though.
I've got the same concern with Zuby.

Thomas Robinson comes to mind of guys who were men amongst boys at the college level but their games struggle at the NBA level.
I hope like hell I'm wrong.

[mvossman]

Yikes.  Are we sure Sergio is coming over?  Kyrie's knee is certainly going to get tested with our guard rotation.

There is definitely work to be done.  Still have a TPE, MLE, Gafford and Klay.

[Mavs2021]

I´m not pretty we got #47 and two future 2nd rounders from the Suns.

It´s just unclear whether we send the two future 2nd rounders from Phoenix to the Knicks or all three Suns pick PLUS two Mavs 2nd rounders, which Shams seems to suggest.

[Scott41theMavs]

Not sure yet.

Google AI thinks he's a draft-and-stash for us. We need guard help now, dammit.

They need to invite him over for a visit, have him go one-on-one vs. the guard equivalent of Samaki Walker, and thus convince him that he's ready.

[cow]

There is definitely work to be done.  Still have a TPE, MLE, Gafford and Klay.

Yeah, a lot of work to be done.  I'm not trying to keep Klay, but that just further thins out the SG rotation.  We could always bring back Mavs legends THJ, Grimes and Kidd to fill out our guard needs.  :p

[Scott41theMavs]

I´m not pretty we got #47 and two future 2nd rounders from the Suns.

It´s just unclear whether we send the two future 2nd rounders from Phoenix to the Knicks or all three Suns pick PLUS two Mavs 2nd rounders, which Shams seems to suggest.

We traded 30 and two seconds to the Knicks for 25, and then they traded 30 to the Suns for three seconds.

[Jmaciscool]

Google AI thinks he's a draft-and-stash for us. We need guard help now, dammit.

They need to invite him over for a visit, have him go one-on-one vs. the guard equivalent of Samaki Walker, and thus convince him that he's ready.

Probably because that's what NY was planning to do and AI picking up on that.

[Scott41theMavs]

Would be nice if we had a press conference tonight to explain everything like Nellie used to do, but I would imagine they'll wait until after the second round.

[Tyler]

Probably because that's what NY was planning to do and AI picking up on that.

My thoughts, too. The initial stash reaction by ESPN was driven by the fact that they knew NY has major cap problems. My guess is that Dallas drafted him to play him asap.

[Mavs2021]

I wonder about guys like that at the NBA level though.
I've got the same concern with Zuby.

Thomas Robinson comes to mind of guys who were men amongst boys at the college level but their games struggle at the NBA level.
I hope like hell I'm wrong.

No way he is Thomas Robinson. I think this is actually a very safe pick. You can easily see that he is an elite athlete, elite defender and poor shooter. Now the question is does he have the work ethic, desire and smarts to improve on his shooting to become the total package. Usually you have incomplete information, since you can only rely on 1-2 interviews and on college coaches that will praise their players, since they already need to recruit the next generation. 

UNLESS of course you decide to hire the college coach and now he has an incentive to be 100% truthful about the potential and character of his players and he clearly must have agreed Johnson is that dude (over Lendeborg and Mara).