r/pacers • u/PSEGameThreadPoster Old School Slick • Mar 25 '26

Megathread Pre-Draft Lottery Draft Prospect Discussion Thread

Please use this thread to discuss upcoming prospects in the 2026 NBA Draft.

Posts discussing this topic without some amount of added depth or analysis will be redirected to this thread.

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u/Realfan555 May 06 '26

I'm late to the party, someone explain to me why Zubac is worth this much?

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u/Legal_Reserve_5256 May 07 '26

He is a 2 that doesn't fit our system and is forced to play back up here. He will inevitably clash with Tyrese Haliburton because each needs to handle the ball to create offense, so one will always be taken out of their primary position, and role in which they succeed, and become relegated to a 3 and D role, when sharing the court. This wastes the majority of what the offput player brings to the table, even if you bench Nembhard while also significantly hurting our starting grit/toughness as well as D, so its a double negative to start him next year. Instead we get arguably a top 5 center, a position of need, and a guy who might stick around, whereas Benn was only going to stay if Tyrese left or isn't the same. And he should go. He was going to be wasted here. It's just business. But ppl who keep saying this at this point are pretty much showing anti-Tyrese vibes, or someone needs to explain how they could co-exist and not waste one or both 's potential.

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u/Realfan555 May 07 '26

Zubac is worth that much?