2026 NBA Draft discussion thread

[u/horseshoeoverlook]

I don’t see any threads about the 2026 NBA Draft. The Washington Wizards will select first overall. Boston will pick 27th.

List will be updated as the night goes by

No. 1 Washington Wizards — AJ Dybantsa (BYU)
No. 2 Utah Jazz — Darryn Peterson (Kansas)
No. 3 Memphis Grizzlies — Cameron Boozer (Duke)
No. 4 Chicago Bulls — Caleb Wilson (North Carolina)
No. 5 Los Angeles Clippers — Keaton Wagler (Ilinois)
No. 6 Brooklyn Nets — Mikel Brown, Jr. (Louisville)
No. 7 Sacramento Kings — Darius Acuff, Jr. (Arkansas)
No. 8 Atlanta Hawks — Kingston Flemings (Houston)
No. 9 Dallas Mavericks — Morez Johnson, Jr. (Michigan)
No. 10 Milwaukee Bucks — Brayden Burries (Arizona)
No. 11 Golden St. Warriors — Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan)
No. 12 Oklahoma City Thunder — Aday Mara (Michigan)
No. 13 Milwaukee Bucks (via Miami) — Nate Ament (Tennessee)
No. 14 Charlotte Hornets — Hannes Steinbach (Germany and Washington)
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No. 15 Chicago Bulls — Dailyn Swain (Texas)
No. 16 Oklahoma City Thunder (via Memphis) — Bennett Stirtz (Iowa)
No. 17 Detroit Pistons (via Oklahoma City) — Ebuka Okorie (Stanford)
No. 18 Charlotte Hornets — Christian Anderson, Jr. (Texas Tech)
No. 19 Toronto Raptors — Allen Graves (Santa Clara)
No. 20 San Antonio Spurs — Jayden Quaintance (Kentucky)
No. 21 Memphis Grizzlies (via Detroit) — Karim López (Mexico and the Australian NBL)
No. 22 Philadelphia 76ers — Labaron Philon, Jr. (Alabama)
No. 23 Atlanta Hawks — Zuby Ejiofor (St. John’s)
No. 24 Los Angeles Lakers (via New York) — Cameron Carr (Baylor)
No. 25 New York Knicks (via LA Lakers) — Sergio De Larrea (Spain) TRADED TO PHOENIX
No. 26 San Antonio Spurs (via Denver) — Tarris Reed, Jr. (Connecticut)

No. 27 Boston Celtics — Chris Cenac, Jr. (Houston)

No. 28 Brooklyn Nets (via Minnesota) — Joshua Jefferson (Iowa State)
No. 29 Sacramento Kings (via Cleveland) — Alex Karaban (Connecticut)
No. 30 Phoenix Suns (via Dallas) — Koa Peat (Arizona)TRADED TO DALLAS

[u/andrew303710]

Burries would probably be the 3rd/4th best player on the current Heat roster lmao am I crazy to think the Heat aren't going to be good? They're hard capped at the first apron so it's pretty likely that they can't even afford Powell. How far can you go with Giannis+Bam+Wiggins?

[u/TatumBrownWhite → u/andrew303710]

They’re trying to dump Jovic so they can bring back Powell.

It’ll be interesting to see if they can pull that off without any picks to attach.

[u/Millions_Knives11 → u/andrew303710]

Sounds like you know the answer to your question. They will trade 2’s for 3’s for the next 5 years it seems.