Draft 2026 NBA Draft Prospects Thread

Do we trade away our pick or draft a player?

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    Votes: 7 10.6%

  • Cash Considerations

    Votes: 5 7.6%
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For a long time Tarris Reed has been mid to late 2nd. Now, I am seeing a few mocks with him going in the 1st or early 2nd.

I really want him. He is not flashy by any means. However, he us steady, efficient, and relentless. He has a lot of Tim Duncan qualities.

If he is there at 35, I say pounce. Do not messaround and lose out on him the way we lost out on Maxime.
 
The Spurs have plenty of opportunities to fill positions of needs in this very deep draft. Any combinations of Quiantance (if he falls), Jefferson, Mara, Krivas, Zuby or Graves for me.

Krivas is a steal at 2RP. 7’2 big with high IQ who can pass. He doesn’t give up on D, and would sprint back to chase block. I like this kid a lot.

Either Quiantance or Zuby would be awesome at 4 with great motor.

Allen Graves can knock the lights out with 41% beyond the arc.
 
OK Computer said:
How many teams would draft a center anyway
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If we're talking teams in #11 to #20 range...

Warriors: Definitely, they're the smallest team in the league.
Thunder: I doubt they'd run two rookie bigs, but they have two picks, so who knows.
Heat: No.
Hornets: No.
Bulls: They probably go for BPA with both picks since they need everything. (Blazers don't if they keep the pick.)
Magic: No. (Grizzlies don't if they keep the pick.)
Suns: No.
Sixers: Definitely.
Raptors: Definitely. (if we lose the coin flip)

I guess we want Blazers and Sixers to make the playoffs.
 
bozhemoi said:
Possibly. The problem is whether they turn out. It's rich to use a pretty good draft pick on a player who may not pan out (as with all picks) and projects as most likely limited in playing time. If it's the right guy, I have no problems with it, like a Mara if he somehow drops or a Krivas. It's a need.
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I agree with them potentially not panning out. So let's just draft two bigs with our first couple picks
 
Biggems said:
Do you think we can fleece Sac again like we did for Fox, but this time for Maxime?
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Unlikely, especially if they're lotto luck is bad this lottery. It will be so much harder to get really good through the draft if the lottery odds flattening to 14 teams comes to fruition, with a max chance of 8% every year regardless of how many losses.
The new system would incentivize teams to hold onto young talent much more because there's no incentive to bottoming out and it'll be okay to just be a middling team.
 
spurraider21 said:
i know a lot of mocks have him going mid-late 20s but i dont think he will be available by the time we are up (assuming we dont move the pick). but if he's there, he's atop the shortlist of guys i would rather draft than move the pick for

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He's on my shortlist of about three players that I'd grab at 19/20 without thinking. I've said that he's in the same stamp as previous Baylor player VJ Edgecombe, rangy guards who were overlooked because their teams weren't that great.

I do think he'll go lottery or near it, and that a team like OKC will scoop up a couple players the Spurs probably want.
 
bozhemoi said:
He's on my shortlist of about three players that I'd grab at 19/20 without thinking. I've said that he's in the same stamp as previous Baylor player VJ Edgecombe, rangy guards who were overlooked because their teams weren't that great.

I do think he'll go lottery or near it, and that a team like OKC will scoop up a couple players the Spurs probably want.
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VJ went #3 overall, wasn't overlooked at all. Only went behind Flagg and Harper

but he's also much more of an on-ball talent than Carr, i dont really see them as comparable players at. i think with Carr you are hoping for a Trey Murphy/Devin Vassell/Mikal Bridges type outcome
 
spurraider21 said:
VJ went #3 overall, wasn't overlooked at all. Only went behind Flagg and Harper

but he's also much more of an on-ball talent than Carr, i dont really see them as comparable players at. i think with Carr you are hoping for a Trey Murphy/Devin Vassell/Mikal Bridges type outcome
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VJ was overlooked during the season. During draft time he shot up the board. The same could happen with Carr.

They are very comparable. Dimensions are really similar, they both will excel in more open play in the NBA. Edgecombe is a better defender but Carr is probably a better shooter. And I disagree that Edgecombe was much of an on-ball player at Baylor. He played off-ball as much as anything. But, yeah, I stand by my comparison as players that were largely ignored throughout the season and who got recognized as the draft got closer. Were there people who recognized VJ earlier? Sure, but more attention was elsewhere.
 
Here's a screenshot I happened to take on July 9, 2024, with the hopes of tracking how players moved throughout the process... and I never bothered to follow up.

I recall VJ was always a top prospect, and sure enough... looks like he was. Tankathon nailing 4 of the top 5 a year in advance seems kind of impressive... but this was kind of an easy one.

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scott said:
Here's a screenshot I happened to take on July 9, 2024, with the hopes of tracking how players moved throughout the process... and I never bothered to follow up.

I recall VJ was always a top prospect, and sure enough... looks like he was. Tankathon nailing 4 of the top 5 a year in advance seems kind of impressive... but this was kind of an easy one.

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Okay, cool. You got me. He was still undervalued as good as he'd become. If you guys don't want to think the same of Carr, that's fine.
 
bozhemoi said:
Okay, cool. You got me. He was still undervalued as good as he'd become. If you guys don't want to think the same of Carr, that's fine.
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Wasn't trying to "get" anybody... just sharing some info that I happened to have (that is not always easy to find these days! I find a lot of sites/posters pull down their old mocks/rankings... probably for not wanting to be called out on previous misses).

I don't have a dog in the Carr fight. I'm interested in him because a lot of our talented scouts (which includes you) are high on him. If he gets the BB Scouting Mafia seal of approval... You son of a bitch, I'm in.
 
Correct Crusader said:
Unlikely, especially if they're lotto luck is bad this lottery. It will be so much harder to get really good through the draft if the lottery odds flattening to 14 teams comes to fruition, with a max chance of 8% every year regardless of how many losses.
The new system would incentivize teams to hold onto young talent much more because there's no incentive to bottoming out and it'll be okay to just be a middling team.
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Yeah, I agree. I forgot to put LOL at the end of it. I mostly posted that in jest.
 
scott said:
Here's a screenshot I happened to take on July 9, 2024, with the hopes of tracking how players moved throughout the process... and I never bothered to follow up.

I recall VJ was always a top prospect, and sure enough... looks like he was. Tankathon nailing 4 of the top 5 a year in advance seems kind of impressive... but this was kind of an easy one.

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I wonder how high Hugo would go in a single year re-draft
 
bozhemoi said:
Rascal was absolutely in love with Shaeden Sharpe. Let's slow down a little.
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Sharpe is much better than Sochan who most in here thought was better. Missed Sharpe by two picks and instead got Sochan. Thought Sochan was a bad pick. Wanted Duren since missed on Sharpe.
Sharpe has been slowed by injuries every year but he is looking like he's going to be a 20+ scorer. Sochan is on his way out of the league soon.
 
rascal said:
Sharpe is much better than Sochan who most in here thought was better. Missed Sharpe by two picks and instead got Sochan. Thought Sochan was a bad pick. Wanted Duren since missed on Sharpe.
Sharpe has been slowed by injuries every year but he is looking like he's going to be a 20+ scorer. Sochan is on his way out of the league soon.
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Did most have Sochan over Sharpe though? Maybe after the draft just based on sniffing patfo, but I don't remember it that way pre-draft. I went back and looked at how I had them. I had Duran at 7, Sharpe at 10, and Sochan at 13. I was never a big Shsrpe guy, but I didnt hate him either. He's a pretty good player but not great.
 
mo7888 said:
Did most have Sochan over Sharpe though? Maybe after the draft just based on sniffing patfo, but I don't remember it that way pre-draft. I went back and looked at how I had them. I had Duran at 7, Sharpe at 10, and Sochan at 13. I was never a big Shsrpe guy, but I didnt hate him either. He's a pretty good player but not great.
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yes most wanted Sochan over Sharpe. They said Sharpe sat out at Kentucky and he wasn't any good. Sochan was who Spurstalk wanted on the pre draft poll.
 
spurraider21 said:
VJ went #3 overall, wasn't overlooked at all. Only went behind Flagg and Harper

but he's also much more of an on-ball talent than Carr, i dont really see them as comparable players at. i think with Carr you are hoping for a Trey Murphy/Devin Vassell/Mikal Bridges type outcome
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I agree, there are not so many similarities, outside the same school. but after thinking about it, I understand and agree that Carr might be underrated a lot. In his case the age argument might be countered by the fact that he lost a year with the tumb injury. teams will also like his NBA pedigree and he seems to be a smart and focused young man. I wonder, if he can get stronger, he might become a player like Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
 
CBSSports has us taking my guy Cenac their latest mock.

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