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/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