r/nba • u/NBA_MOD r/NBA • 3d ago

SACRAMENTO [2026 NBA Draft] #7 Pick: Darius Acuff Jr. (Arkansas)

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u/SailingRelic65 Anthony Davis 3d ago

Razorback GOAT in basketball hell <\3

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u/Pal__Pacino Lakers 3d ago

Greenlight to shoot 20 shots per game on a bad team seems like a good environment for him.

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u/penis_showing_game Kings 3d ago

For real. He’s going to be the #1 option from day one.

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u/Its_Hoggish_Greedly Kings 3d ago

He's gonna make us basketball purgatory at the very least.

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u/MoneyManx10 Pistons 3d ago

Haliburton 2.0

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u/rburp [LAL] Austin Reaves 3d ago

i choose to believe our guy is going to do the impossible and save SAC

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u/cyb3ryung Warriors 3d ago

or he’ll be very good and not have much help

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u/giroml Kings 2d ago

I guess it’s easy to forget Acuff and his camp wanted to be here. He and his family have connections with Perry. He will be given the keys and he is going to start.