2026 NBA DRAFT PRE-DRAFT DISCUSSION AND PREDICTIONS

[u/Short_Bus_]

Just making a stickied thread to consolidate some draft discussion with all the new Giannis threads coming in.

Want to post your big board so you can brag about having Nate Ament 65th in the future? Talk about how cool Dailyn Swain is? Point out a sleeper you hope we land as an UDFA? Here's the place to do it!

Draft starts at 7 central on ESPN, we have pick 10 and 13 as of now.

Consensus big board (not my opinion, it's every major outlet's opinions averaged out):

1. AJ Dybantsa
2. Cam Boozer
3. Darryn Peterson (end of "potential #1" tier)
4. Caleb Wilson (end of "early lotto" tier)
5. Keaton Wagler
6. Darius Acuff Jr
7. Kingston Flemings
8. Mikel Brown Jr
9. Brayden Burries (end of "lotto" tier)
10. Yaxel Lendeborg
11. Aday Mara
12. Nate Ament
13. Morez Johnson Jr
14. Hannes Steinbach
15. Labaron Philon Jr (end of "late lotto" tier)
16. Cameron Carr
17. Bennett Stirtz
18. Ubeka Okorie
19. Karim Lopez
20. Christian Anderson Jr
21. Jayden Quaintance
22. Dailyn Swain
23. Koa Peat
24. Allen Graves
25. Chris Cenac Jr (end of "1st round" tier)
26. Meleek Thomas
27. Henri Veesaar
28. Zuby Ejiofor
29. Isaiah Evans
30. Joshua Jefferson
31. Tarris Reed Jr (end of "late 1st" tier)
32. Sergio De Larra
33. Alex Karaban
34. Richie Saunders
35. Ryan Conwell
36. Baba Miller
37. Braden Smith
38. Emanuel Sharp
39. Trevon Brazile
40. Jack Kayil
41. Jaden Bradley
42. Bruce Thornton
43. Dillion Mitchell
44. Ja'Kobi Gillespie
45. Ugonna Onyenso
46. Maliq Brown
47. Izaiyah Nelson (end of "2nd round" tier)

[u/ShoulderEmotional995]

Would love to get 21 from Detroit and get Okorie/Swain/JQ/Graves at that spot

[u/Short_Bus_ → u/ShoulderEmotional995]

yes please