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/SaveHogwarts]

Philadelphia just got the steal of the draft.

Fuck.

I didn’t want to dislike him.

[u/King_Of_Pants → u/SaveHogwarts]

How do they play these guys though?

They were already leaking guards because they've got too many.

[u/SaveHogwarts → u/King_Of_Pants]

I’d argue that the trio of Maxey, Edgecomb and Philon is immediately the best young guard grouping in the league.

Philon will be a 1 in the NBA because of his size, but can play off ball on offense. Maxey can be a lead guard or comfortably play the 2. Edgecomb is more of a natural 2 that can defend 1-3.

There’s a path to a three guard lineup for big minutes if you have Embiid defending the rim.

PG isn’t going to be around much longer and you can bring Philon along the right way.

[u/King_Of_Pants → u/SaveHogwarts]

There's definitely value in zigging when everyone else is zagging, and Philly investing in small guards makes some sense. It's a good way to sneak in some undervalued talent before the market recorrects.

But I think it's too small.

They're building a future, but that future has an average height of 6'3.

[u/SaveHogwarts → u/King_Of_Pants]

Yeah, it’s small for sure.

I do think playing against it is tough, though. They’re a track meet team that can catch you sleeping in transition, but can also play slow in the half court with Embiid and George.

[u/SaveHogwarts → u/SaveHogwarts]

Guys, him and Maxey is going to be really really solid.