[GAME THREAD] 2026 NBA DRAFT
We have picks 10 and 13.
We have picks 10 and 13.
Our first two lotto picks in a decade!
I want Flemings and Morez Jr
Video is from some big financial-mentor-type youtube channel (cringe tbh) "School of Hard Knocks", and was shot in Milwaukee, mostly at one of Giannis' restaurants (avli)
based on the context in the video it was filmed sometime this offseason, but idk exactly when
quote is clearly referencing the bucks and not the greek team or smth lol, it's at about the 2 and a half minute mark -- nothing else bucks related in the video
There goes the best way for small markets to be competitive
Also makes getting our traded picks back almost pointless, but makes random unprotected picks we could get in a trade a bit more valuable and swap rights better than they were before too
If you don’t think these changes are absolutely awful and unfair just go ask a grizzlies fan lol
With Konnor Griffin reaching 130 at bats and graduating just before I pressed submit on this post, Jesús Made is officially the #1 prospect on: MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, and Fangraphs (plus virtually anyone who has an opinion).
Made, who turned 19 last Friday, is the youngest player in AA by over a year right now, and would also be the youngest player in A+. He is 5.2 years younger than the current average AAer.
He's a switch-hitting shortstop with a good glove and great arm, who is slashing .267/.361/.415 with 3 home runs and 14 stolen bases so far this season.
https://www.nba.com/stats/draft/combine-anthro?dir=D&sort=HAND_LENGTH
Karim Lopez stands out as being absolutely massive, JQ and Chinyelu also
Ebuka Okorie has bigger hands than Dybantsa
Swain and Wagler both concerningly small
Tyler Tanner has the widest hands of any of the guards
2PM Central Today on ABC.
We have a 3.01% chance to move into the top 4.
And about an 80% chance to either stay at 10 or move up.
If you are watching live, the dream is to get past pick 7 before seeing either the Bucks or Pelicans revealed, if that happens, you can start celebrating.
Because the Hawks own the right to swap their Pelicans pick with our pick, the odds aren't just the normal "3.0% chance at #1 and 13.9% chance at top-4" that the 10th lottery seed would typically have.
Here are the odds we end up with each pick:
1st: 0.00%
2nd: 0.43%
3rd: 0.97%
4th: 1.61%
5th: 0.00%
6th: 0.00%
7th: 0.00%
8th: 5.47%
9th: 4.67%
10th: 66.61%
11th: 19.02%
12th: 1.22%
13th: 0.02%
14th: ~0.00%
So basically, we have a 3.01% chance of hitting the jackpot and moving up to the top-4
A 10.14% chance to move up slightly
and a 20.36% to move down slightly
The lottery is this Sunday at 2 central on ESPN/ABC
(btw this Sunday is also Mother's day, you're welcome for the reminder)
Say what you will about Haslam, but it's nice to have an owner that's not broke and/or cheap.
Using Tankathon's big board, and my personal opinion on what constitutes a "wing" that gets us 11 guys:
Nate Ament
Yaxel Landenbourg
Karim Lopez
Cameron Carr
Allen Graves
Isaiah Evans
Tounde Yessoufou
Morez Johnson
Joshua Jefferson
Dailyn Swain
Amari Allen
Who's your favorite? Least favorite? Highest Ceiling? Lowest Floor?