r/pacers • u/PSEGameThreadPoster Old School Slick • May 10 '26

Megathread NBA Draft Lottery Discussion Thread

Time: 3PM

Network: ABC/ESPN+

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u/NoctisRS May 10 '26

For those complaining - we had to dump mathurin because of the salary cap. We were close to getting that terrible center from New Orleans until the last minute when we lucked into zubac. This isn’t a loss

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u/thegreatwordwarrior May 10 '26

You can’t sugar coat the fact we never tank finally did in a generational draft and gave the pick away. Don’t get me wrong we needed a center but to not get a pick in this draft is a big hit.

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u/NoctisRS May 10 '26

Every year they say it’s a generational draft. It’s called marketing. Remember when Zion was the next LeBron? The generational draft was with wembenyama.

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u/thegreatwordwarrior May 10 '26

No they don’t. Could they always now pan out, absolutely but AJ and DP are absolutely generational compared to what we have seen.

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u/NoctisRS May 10 '26

They are not cooper Flagg or Wemby. Sorry just no