2026 NBA draft thread.

[patrickgpe]

Bucks have their highest pick since taking Parker. Looking over things it seems like Karim Lopez profiles as the type of player the bucks draft. 

[nate82]

No idea who they will go with.  Lopez makes sense if the Bucks are going to do a full rebuild but I doubt they will do that.  

[GAME05]

There's also getting more of a true PG which the Bucks need whether Giannis is here or not.

[patrickgpe]

2 hours ago, nate82 said:

No idea who they will go with.  Lopez makes sense if the Bucks are going to do a full rebuild but I doubt they will do that.  

I think the draft is about 8 players deep. Then there is a decent drop off, which complicates matters. Horst seems obsessed with finding the next Giannis and is famous for drafting projects. The problem is that he just hit on those. 

[patrickgpe]

Bleacher Report has Fleming fall to the Bucks. I would be happy about that. 
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25429974-new-2026-nba-mock-draft-blockbuster-lamelo-ball-trade-idea

it seems that Nate Ament is the most common guy linked to the Bucks, I would not be a fan of that. A guy I do like is Lendeborg. He seems like he can do everything his nothing elite. 

[patrickgpe]

1 week to go. Its hard to make any predictions until we see if Giannis gets traded. The 2 scenerios that I do like is that the bucks / Celtics / clippers make a 3 way trade and the bucks get 5 to take Acuff, or Giannis is moved to the heat for a package that includes 13 and 10/13 are moved to get as high of a pick as possible. 
if the Bucks stay at 10 the 2 guys I like are Karim Lopez or Lendoburg. 

[jay87shot]

Burries is my guy at 10, very efficient and good defender. Seemed like a good leader and not a me player when I watched Zona. If we end up with 13 it depends alot on if we trade Turner and/or Bobby. I do like Aday Mara and a Ware big man pairing at least defensively. I dont think if we would have 10 and 13 I would try and trade up I think it would only get us to like 6 and to me this draft is deep so the difference between 6 and 10 (or 13) isn't huge.