Hot off the heels off the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade late last night, the NBA offseason is set to produce another round of fireworks this evening with the start of the NBA Draft. The 2026 draft class is arguably the deepest of the 2020's so far with some figures in league circles believing there's as many as 20 lottery-caliber talents available, which arguably makes up for the predicted top 3 (AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer) not being as coveted as Cooper Flagg, Victor Wembanyama or Anthony Edwards were at this stage of the process. Here's how I expect the 60 selections that will be made over the next 2 nights to shake out.
Round 1:
1.Washington Wizards: AJ Dybantsa, small/power forward (BYU)
2.Utah Jazz: Darryn Peterson, point/shooting guard (Kansas)
3.Memphis Grizzlies: Cameron Boozer, power forward/center (Duke)
4.Chicago Bulls: Caleb Wilson, power forward/center (North Carolina)
5.Los Angeles Clippers: Keaton Wagler, point/shooting guard (Virginia)
6.Brooklyn Nets: Mikel Brown Jr., point guard (Louisville)
7.Sacramento Kings: Darius Acuff Jr., point guard (Arkansas)
8.Atlanta Hawks: Kingston Flemings, point guard (Houston)
9.Dallas Mavericks: Aday Mira, center (Michigan)
10.Milwaukee Bucks: Nate Arment, small/power forward (Tennessee)
11.Golden State Warriors: Brayden Burries, shooting guard (Arizona)
12.Oklahoma City Thunder: Morez Johnson Jr., power forward/center (Michigan)
13.Milwaukee Bucks: Hannes Steinbach, power forward/center (Washington)
14.Charlotte Hornets: Yaxel Lendeborg, small/power forward (Michigan)
15.Chicago Bulls: Cameron Carr, shooting guard/small forward (Baylor)
16.Memphis Grizzlies: Karim Lopez, small/power forward (New Zealand Breakers)
17.Oklahoma City Thunder: Dailyn Swan, shooting guard/small forward (Texas)
18.Charlotte Hornets: Christian Anderson, point guard (Texas Tech)
19.Toronto Raptors: Bennett Stirtz, point guard (Iowa)
20.San Antoino Spurs: Chris Cenac Jr., power forward/center (Houston)
21.Detriot Pistons: Isaiah Evans, shooting guard (Duke)
22.Philadelphia 76ers: Allen Graves, power forward (Santa Clara)
23.Atlanta Hawks: Ebuka Okorie, point guard (Stanford)
24.New York Knicks: Tarris Reed Jr., center (UConn)
25.Los Angeles Lakers: Koa Peat, small/power forward (Arizona)
26.Denver Nuggets: Labaron Philon Jr., point/shooting guard (Alabama)
27.Boston Celtics: Meleek Thomas, point/shooting guard (Arkansas)
28.Brooklyn Nets: Henri Veesaar, center (North Carolina)
29.Cleveland Cavaliers: Jack Kayil, point/shooting guard (Alba Berlin)
30.Dallas Mavericks: Sergio de Larrea, point/shooting guard (Valencia)
Round 2:
31.New York Knicks: Joshua Jefferson, small/power forward (Iowa State)
32.Memphis Grizzlies: Zuby Ejiofor, power forward/center (St. John's)
33.Minnesota Timberwolves: Jayden Quaintance, center (Kentucky)
34.Sacramento Kings: Alex Karaban, small/power forward (UConn)
35.San Antonio Spurs: Vsevolod Ishchenko, shooting guard/small forward (Lokomotiv Kuban)
36.Los Angeles Clippers: Baba Miller, power forward/center (Cincinnati)
37.Oklahoma City Thunder: Ryan Conwell, shooting guard (Louisville)
38.Chicago Bulls: Ugonna Onyenso, center (Virginia)
39.Houston Rockets: Emmanuel Sharp, shooting guard (Houston)
40.Boston Celtics: Felix Okpara, center (Tennessee)
41.Miami Heat: Ja'Kobi Gillespie, point guard (Tennessee)
42.San Antonio Spurs: Trevon Brazile, power forward (Arkansas)
43.Brookyln Nets: Dillon Mitchell, power forward (St. John's)
44.San Antonio Spurs: Richie Saunders, shooting guard/small forward (BYU)
45.Sacramento Kings: Izaiyah Nelson, power forward/center (South Florida)
46.Orlando Magic: Bruce Thornton, point/shooting guard (Ohio State)
47.Phoenix Suns: Braden Smith, point guard (Purdue)
48.Dallas Mavericks: Tobe Awaka, power forward (Arizona)
49.Denver Nuggets: Jaden Bradley, point/shooting guard (Arizona)
50.Toronto Raptors: Tyler Nickel, shooting guard (Vanderbilt)
51.Washington Wizards: Tre Donaldson, point guard (Miami)
52.Los Angeles Clippers: Milos Uzan, point guard (Houston)
53.Houston Rockets: Aaron Nkrumah, shooting guard (Tennessee State)
54.Golden State Warriors: Tyler Bilodeau, power forward (UCLA)
55.New York Knicks: Nick Boyd, point/shooting guard (Wisconsin)
56.Chicago Bulls: Tobi Lawal, power forward (Virginia Tech)
57.Atlanta Hawks: Bryce Hopkins, small/power forward (St. John's)
58.New Orleans Pelicans: Maliq Brown, power forward/center (Duke)
59.Minnesota Timberwolves: Quadir Copeland, shooting guard (NC State)
60.Washington Wizards: Rafael Castro, power forward/center (George Washington)
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