2022 NBA Draft: #37 Jaden Hardy (6' 3", 6' 9" WS) to DAL | two 2nds to SAC

[Kammrath]

If DAL addresses the center position using #26, which candidate is preferred?

My opinions....

1) The dream is Tari Eason somehow slipping to #26 (or the Mavs being able to trade up for him). He can shoot. He can defend. He is the prototype of the center position in the modern NBA IMO. 

2) EJ Liddell is someone I would look long and hard at as a small ball center. Like Tari he is 100% switchable across the board. He is strong, but lacks ideal height and length. He can shoot. He can protect the rim. 

3) Of the more "traditional" centers, I like Koloko the best. I think he has the best shot to develop the footwork to defend on the perimeter and the best shot of developing a three point shot. 

4) Josh Minott is the final guy I like as a possible center. He is thin, but can defend 1-5. He seems like a really raw project, but I can see a world where he develops a three point shot.