Draft 2026 NBA Draft Prospects Thread

Do we trade away our pick or draft a player?

  • Draft

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  • Trade

    Votes: 4 7.4%

  • Cash Considerations

    Votes: 3 5.6%
  • Total voters
    54
Exstatic said:
I’m not sure I agree with that, since the team structure and goals were different when Champ and CBass were signed, versus a playoff push this year. I absolutely believe they are grooming DJG for a roster spot next year.
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They were barely even calling DJG up to be on the gameday roster, even when we had injuries to our guards and JMac and Lindy were getting rotation minutes.

There were plenty of opportunities for DJG to get more opportunity than he did... it's not like our roster is 15 deep.

OKC's two-ways (Carlson and Barnhizer have played 30+ games each... DJG played in 11 (and only 1 of them were more than garbage time).

It's okay for us to admit that the Spurs have not taken their two-ways super seriously the last few years.
 
scott said:
They were barely even calling DJG up to be on the gameday roster, even when we had injuries to our guards and JMac and Lindy were getting rotation minutes.

There were plenty of opportunities for DJG to get more opportunity than he did... it's not like our roster is 15 deep.

OKC's two-ways (Carlson and Barnhizer have played 30+ games each... DJG played in 11 (and only 1 of them were more than garbage time).

It's okay for us to admit that the Spurs have not taken their two-ways super seriously the last few years.
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Time will tell but with DJG I don’t think they wanted to find him time with the main team because he was never going to make the tightened 8-9 man rotation by the end of the regular season. I do think they have a long term future for him with the Spurs, and we’ll know when they sign him to a standard contract or they don’t. If this turns out correct, I think then it supports the idea that what they did with Emanuel was 100% intentional for roster planning. IMO, it was good ol’ “he stays in Austin for the year” development planning by the Spurs for DJG. We’ll see.

I know people take social media with a grain of salt, but I think that’s old school thinking. Behavior anywhere is indicative of how one is thinking. DJG remains supportive of the Spurs through his social media. If he was on his way out, I doubt there was an effort to try. Also, Wemby and others commenting on how DJG is one of their favorite people… I just can’t see him not being here after all that praise.
 
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OK Computer said:
Time will tell but with DJG I don’t think they wanted to find him time with the main team because he was never going to make the tightened 8-9 man rotation by the end of the regular season. I do think they have a long term future for him with the Spurs, and we’ll know when they sign him to a standard contract or they don’t. If this turns out correct, I think then it supports the idea that what they did with Emanuel was 100% intentional for roster planning. IMO, it was good ol’ “he stays in Austin for the year” development planning by the Spurs for DJG. We’ll see.

I know people take social media with a grain of salt, but I think that’s old school thinking. Behavior anywhere is indicative of how one is thinking. DJG remains supportive of the Spurs through his social media. If he was on his way out, I doubt there was an effort to try. Also, Wemby and others commenting on how DJG is one of their favorite people… I just can’t see him not being here after all that praise.
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Harrison Ingram is a much changed player since first training camp, also. Seems like they're building him into an inexpensive bench player that can defend, pass, rebound, and hit threes.
 
Fabbs said:
Booze.
I have not seen enough of him. Tonight he looks good, but NCState is playing really poorly. Hard to judge.

Is Cam Boozer a sure fire All Star level player like Flagg. Or noooo, he's not gonna make that big of an impact.
We'll learn more in the NCAA playoffs.
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He’s a surefire all-star. The better question is if he will make all-NBA. My guess is that, yes, at some point in his career, he will.
 
Arizona dominated Iowa. Koa Peat's numbers look very pedestrian. but.......he was still the crucial factor for Arizona, slowing Josh Jefferson to a 2-17 FG shooting night.

as mentioned, he has some weaknesses. but he is good at basketball. can handle the ball, creates, smart passer, processes fast, plays hard, plays defense, competes, etc etc. and he seems to have the mind set of a role player, one of the reasons why he was a winner at every age level. is he the perfect addition? sure not. should he be on the list for a pick in the mid teens? you bet.
 
I'd like Koa Peat a lot if he was a better 3-point shooter (33% on 0.7 attempts per). He'd be another project like Sochan in that sense, one who does a lot of things well at the collegiate level but who also shrinks the floor offensively when he's on it. I just can't see MATFO drafting him for that reason alone. Shame too because he's a strong PF at 6'8 240 lbs who rebounds the ball well (something we really need), finishes well in traffic, is a good passer, plays with good energy/effort, and is a pretty solid defender as well. But his brand of bully-ball won't work in NBA. He's going to have to develop a 3-point shot if he wants to stick around in the league. I'm not saying he's incapable, but he can't do it right now. Poor FT shooter too at 61%. Not good.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1985537060648755275
https://twitter.com/x/status/2018876125703966960
 
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Fabbs said:
Booze.
I have not seen enough of him. Tonight he looks good, but NCState is playing really poorly. Hard to judge.

Is Cam Boozer a sure fire All Star level player like Flagg. Or noooo, he's not gonna make that big of an impact.
We'll learn more in the NCAA playoffs.
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He's basically young Kevin Love 2.0 imo. Highly-killed offensive player who's a monster on the boards but who has some limitations defensively. He'll likely never lead a team to an NBA Title as a first option and maybe not even as a 2nd option either, but he'd be an elite 3rd option on a Championship contender. Would be a perfect stretch-4/power-rebounder archetype beside Wemby an Co. Shame we won't have a shot at him tbh.
 
BatManu20 said:
I'd like Koa Peat a lot if he was a better 3-point shooter (33% on 0.7 attempts per). He'd be another project like Sochan in that sense, one who does a lot of things well at the collegiate level but who also shrinks the floor offensively when he's on it. I just can't see MATFO drafting him for that reason alone. Shame too because he's a strong PF at 6'8 240 lbs who rebounds the ball well (something we really need), finishes well in traffic, is a good passer, plays with good energy/effort, and is a pretty solid defender as well. But his brand of bully-ball won't work in NBA. He's going to have to develop a 3-point shot if he wants to stick around in the league. I'm not saying he's incapable, but he can't do it right now. Poor FT shooter too at 61%. Not good.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1985537060648755275
https://twitter.com/x/status/2018876125703966960
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Yeah, that's pretty much Jeremy Sochan. They're really similar across the board statistically including advanced stats. In fact, Sochan was much more willing to take outside shots.

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Koa is a lot more talented than Sochan, offensively it's night and day, but the shooting from 3 is about as bad. Percentages are of course a good indicator, but other than that you have to look at the actual shots (makes and misses). Sometimes you miss so bad that you bank a 3 and it goes in, and not all misses are made equal, there's valuable data that escapes the boxscore there. This is why I didn't trust Holland's shooting beyond the percentages (his misses were baaad), same as the Thompsonss, and Koa Peat's 3 doesn't seem very likely to pan IMO. Also, I don't buy the 6'8" height, wingspan seems good but not great, defense seems like a challenge... too many issues to ignore. If Spurs had a different roster construction (no Castle and Harper) then I'd probably gamble on the offensive upside, but at this point adding him to the mix seems like diminishing returns to me.
 
BatManu20 said:
I'd like Koa Peat a lot if he was a better 3-point shooter (33% on 0.7 attempts per). He'd be another project like Sochan in that sense, one who does a lot of things well at the collegiate level but who also shrinks the floor offensively when he's on it. I just can't see MATFO drafting him for that reason alone. Shame too because he's a strong PF at 6'8 240 lbs who rebounds the ball well (something we really need), finishes well in traffic, is a good passer, plays with good energy/effort, and is a pretty solid defender as well. But his brand of bully-ball won't work in NBA. He's going to have to develop a 3-point shot if he wants to stick around in the league. I'm not saying he's incapable, but he can't do it right now. Poor FT shooter too at 61%. Not good.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1985537060648755275
https://twitter.com/x/status/2018876125703966960
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you really want to hear Sean going on and on about wildcats during every game?
 
Ariel said:
Koa is a lot more talented than Sochan, offensively it's night and day, but the shooting from 3 is about as bad. Percentages are of course a good indicator, but other than that you have to look at the actual shots (makes and misses). Sometimes you miss so bad that you bank a 3 and it goes in, and not all misses are made equal, there's valuable data that escapes the boxscore there. This is why I didn't trust Holland's shooting beyond the percentages (his misses were baaad), same as the Thompsonss, and Koa Peat's 3 doesn't seem very likely to pan IMO. Also, I don't buy the 6'8" height, wingspan seems good but not great, defense seems like a challenge... too many issues to ignore. If Spurs had a different roster construction (no Castle and Harper) then I'd probably gamble on the offensive upside, but at this point adding him to the mix seems like diminishing returns to me.
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No, I don't think Koa is that much better than Sochan. I realize the board is down on what Sochan has become, but he was a terrific college player, as Koa is. Maybe Peat is marginally better but they're close enough to the same that we should stay away. It's not what we need.
 
With no disrespect or shade intended at Sochan or anyone else... I'm not interested in any more shooting projects. Castle and Harper are talented enough to deal with it... but short of their level of talent, please for the love of Coby Deitrich, no more bricklayers.
 
Unless we trade back Peat wouldn't be my target. It's not because I dont think he'll translate It's more about who's ahead of him. I do think he's ahead of Sochan offensively. His outside isn't nearly as broken, but he's still a project in that regard.
 
scott said:
With no disrespect or shade intended at Sochan or anyone else... I'm not interested in any more shooting projects. Castle and Harper are talented enough to deal with it... but short of their level of talent, please for the love of Coby Deitrich, no more bricklayers.
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even last year was not a good time to take on a shooting project but harper was too good to pass up. no brainer. we aren't going to be picking high enough anymore where the talent gap between the next 2 guys on the board is so great that we "have" to take any particular guy
 
I watched that game with Koa Peat and he had like two airballs: one from 3 (this one was way way off) and another from mid-range. Hard pass.
 
OK Computer said:
I watched that game with Koa Peat and he had like two airballs: one from 3 (this one was way way off) and another from mid-range. Hard pass.
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Yeah, that's what I was saying about his misses, they're not just bad, they're BAAAAAD.
 
They're having in France an event to promote prospect with a combine. Some interesting measurements:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2028920247776903577
https://twitter.com/x/status/2028916922390036615
https://twitter.com/x/status/2028920865094607163
https://twitter.com/x/status/2028923678587600988

2026 draft is a poor draft for French prospects. There has been some talk here about Oscar Wembanyama and Ngoy here, so these are their measurements. Yimga-Moukouri and Soliman are high level prospects for respectively the 2027 and 2028 draft.
 
Players I’m actively watching film on:
Haugh
Zuby
Morez

Staying open minded and watching as much film as I can

I’ve put down Haugh before due to his inadequacies but if I look at this pick through the lens of inserting a player who can come in in energetic spurts like Caruso… then Haugh fits.
 
Rough game for Darryn Peterson going 3-18 from the field against ASU.

Rough couple of weeks for us DP truthers tbh.
 
OK Computer said:
Players I’m actively watching film on:
Haugh
Zuby
Morez

Staying open minded and watching as much film as I can

I’ve put down Haugh before due to his inadequacies but if I look at this pick through the lens of inserting a player who can come in in energetic spurts like Caruso… then Haugh fits.
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Theres just so many ways the Spurs can pivot because what we already have is very strong. I do it in tiers, but there are other ways to do it, the main thing though is to have different archetypes in the area you think we'll be picking at. You need a complete day 1 guy to give that energy then Haugh fits, do you need a shooter that can eventually do some of what Devin does then maybe Mullins or Evans are on the list, need a project with upside then Cenac Jr is in there.... etc, etc...I just think in some form or fashion you have to group them.
 
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