NBA Draft
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pruman91
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Well it's a good thing you're not an NBA GM then.
"Will be an All-American entering the 2026-2027 season." Ehhh, maybe as a punter/place kicker. That guy can definitely kick a ball, but not sure about All-American status
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
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And in related news, protective cup sales in Big Ten cities increased tenfold……..
Whoops, @mysterio2525 beat me to it!
He was already an All American this past season. He will surely be preseason first team and on the preseason short list for POY.
Meleek Thomas to stay in the draft, marking the last of the major stay/go decisions.
Hope the top 3 teams agree, I want him on the Bulls.Have a hard time buying Boozer will be a superstar. Maybe it's my Dook hatred. Don't get me wrong. He will be a very good player, probably all star level. But superstar? I just don't see it.
Same here! I don't understand some of the Boozer hate. Or just the experts in NBA land that predict he has a small ceiling or something. He may not be able to sit on the rim or do Vince Carter-like dunks, but this young man has a VERY good all around game. If he's around at #4 then CHI would be nuts to pass on him. JMO
I think he has a career pretty much like his pops. Nothing wrong with that.
I think Dybantsa is closer to an Andrew Wiggins than a HOF’er.
For whatever it's worth, Nate Silver's PRISM draft ranking model has Keaton as the #3 prospect (not saying he'll be drafted #3, just that he's the #3 best player in the draft).
www.natesilver.net
PRISM 2026 NBA draft rankings
Who should be the #1 pick? Our new NBA draft model says teams still overvalue potential and undervalue production.
www.natesilver.net
I doubt that. For that to happen, Wilson has to jump in front of him. While you can argue Wilson has the higher ceiling, Boozer's floor is much higher. I think he might be better than his dad but still not a superstar.
i agree, and i really want the bulls to take wilson. i'll be bummed if it's boozer; however, i am very often wrong about who will be good in the nba.
No worries. Bulls will take whoever is left at 4. LoL! Glad I am only a MJ fan.
Don't think they'll be passing up anybody at #4.
I don't really see the criticism as "hate". In many recent years, teams would have run to the podium to take him 1st. There is just more competition this year, so they spend more time nitpicking to differentiate.
I'd argue Wiggins is his floor comp. AJ is bigger, sees the floor better, and has better handles.
A lot of guys would have loved to have had Andrew's career. Average 18, 4, & 2 over 12 seasons, win a championship, and sign about 250 million dollars worth of contracts...
great minds think alike and cover their balls around Jeremy fears!
Carlos was a great pro, but he was never going to be the centerpiece of a championship caliber team. He was a safe pick because the floor was high, but the ceiling was limited.
I view his kid the same way. He'll be a really good player in the league for 10 years, but he's not a guy that will lead you to to a championship.
With the #4 pick in the draft, in a draft where the falloff between 4 and 5 is thought to be significant....you want a superstar that will be a franchise player and the major piece to the puzzle.
Dybansta, Peterson and Wilson all fit the profile.
Dybansta is the best prospect in the draft. He's built like a star, he performed like a star and after BYU had the injury situations pop up, he carries them as far as one can expect. He'll be a 25+ PPG scorer with the ability to put up 40 any night of the week. I don't see too much bust potential just because he's carried the weight of expectations for years. That won't phase him. He's been ready for the NBA since high school.
I think that Peterson, based on his erratic behavior at Kansas, has the biggest bust potential, but he has an unlimited ceiling. When he actually played, he was outstanding, but from the jump.....he seemed more interested in getting to the draft than winning games. That would scare me, especially if he's on a team without great leadership to push him. This would be a Bulls type disaster waiting to happen.
Wilson is a phenomenal player that has all the tools and, to me, would be the better pick at #2. He doesn't have the generational upside of Dybansta, but he doesn't have the bust floor of Peterson. He'd ideally be the guy who falls to 4.
I wouldn't hate Boozer at #4. They aren't getting Dybansta, Peterson scares me, but Wilson has an upside much, much, much higher than Boozer. That said, with the Bulls history of screwing literally everything up when it comes to decision making....Boozer is probably the most fail proof of the top 4 and for the Bulls, that's not a bad thing.
There's no guard in this draft that has a better combination of size, ball skills, shooting, and shot creation.
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