NBA Mock Draft

NBA Mock Draft

With the NBA Finals in the rearview and the Knicks Solidified As World Champions, Yes world champions, the NBA Draft Comes Around The Corner. The Knicks didn’t Build Their Championship Roster through the draft; they signed or traded for players developed by other teams. The Spurs, the Finals runners-up, build their roster mostly through the draft, and This Required the Franchise to hit on Three Straight Top-Four Picks and to have an Once-in-a-Generation Superstar Fall in their lap, essentially. No such Generational Player Enter The 2026 Draft, But A lot Of Talented Ballers Will Hear Their Names Called And Have Their Dreams Come True. An NBA Franchise Needs Several Good Drafts To build a contender, and one of those good drafts starts in 2026 For One Of These Franchises.

1)Washington Wizards, AJ Dybansta, Forward, BYU—

The Suspense Will Build As The Draft Approaches And The Two Top Options Battle For positions, But The Wizards Will Select The Next Pillar For The Franchise. Dybansta Led The NCAA(25.5)in Scoring, and He’s Projected To The Ground Rolling As Wing Scoring Threat Along With Last Year’s First Round Pick Tre Johnson.

2)Utah Jazz, Forward, Cam Boozer, Duke—

With one formality out of the way, the 2026 Draft Starts at number two, where the Jazz, Possibly The Last Successful Tanking Team In NBA, Face A Tough Decision. Promising Big Man Walker Kessler may Bolt In Free Agency With Contract Extension Talks Stalled And His Growing “[disenchantment] with the Jazz” Ballooning. However, Kessler has the Shot-Blocking and Defensive Capacity To Cover Cam Boozers' weaknesses, and drafting one without the other seems illogical, especially with all the money Utah Has Invested in Its Front Court. Darryn Peterson hasn’t taken a pre-draft workout with the Jazz. Only the Wizard, not a closed case, that the franchise won’t draft him, but a Peterson Hitting Decline On The Jazz’s Request Intimates Something Of The “I’m not interested” Response. Utah Has Wing Scoring Options already, so Boozer gives Utah A Safe Option With Family Ties To The Team.

3)Memphis Grizzlies, Darryn Peterson, Guard, Kansas— All signs Point To The Grizzlies Moving On From Star Guard Ja Morant This Summer, and having Peterson fall to third in this draft fits the billing for another Franchise Superstar. Last Season, The Grizz Finished 22nd In Three Point Shooting, 21st In Two Point Shooting Field Goal, and 20th In Points Per Game. Drafting Peterson Would Instantly Infuse The Grizzlies Lineup With A Player Who Could Memphis To At Least Respectable In Those Areas. Peterson Fits Better With The Grizzlies in 2026.

4)Chicago Bulls, Darius Acuff, Guard, Arkansas—

The Bulls Made The Largest Jump In The NBA draft Lottery Odds, securing the fourth overall pick, allowing Chicago To Pick The Best Player Available. The Bulls Could Snatch Up One Of The Potentially Transformative Players In Caleb Wilson, a forward from UNC, ignoring their need for a guard, but I Think The Bulls Ignore The Board and snatch up Arkansas guard Darius Acuff. Acuff’s Combination Of Shot Making And playmaking Can Augment and Compliment Projected Back Court Mate Josh Giddey and Provide The Bulls With A “Scarier” Offensive Option At Guard In Place Of Tre Jones.

5)Los Angeles Clippers, Caleb Wilson, Forward, North Carolina—

The Lottery Luck Favored The Clippers, Who Would Have Lost This Pick To The Pacers(The Pacers would Have Retained Their Pick)Had The Draft Odds Pan Out as Projected, With The Pacers Holding The Second-best Odds. Instead, Los Angeles Gets A Crucial Foundation Building Piece as The Team's Potential Voyages Into Voluntary Or Involuntary Rebuild. The Clippers Failed To Make The Playoff For The First Time Since 2022 and Started A Youth Movement After Moving James Harden and further prioritizing their young players and infusing more youth into the lineup. This looks like the imminent move. The Clippers' front court gets thin this offseason with multiple names set to hit free agency, including Forward Jon Collins. Caleb Wilson Looks Like A Jon Collin doppelgängerAs A Hyper Athletic power forward with more Defensive Range and Less Shooting.

6)Brooklyn Nets, Keaton Wagler, Guard, Illinois— The Nets selected five players in last year’s draft, but more selections didn’t increase the odds that the Nets would grab a superstar—At Least Not Yet. The Nets Finished The NBA season with one of the worst offenses in basketball. If You Can Name The Area Of The Court, Paint, Mid-Range, Corner Three, You Can Bet The Nets Struggled To Score In Those. Keaton Wagler, the Under The Rim 6’6 Guard Out of Illinois, Will Give The Nets an Immediate Boost In Terms Of Shooting and Playmaking. No Nets Player Averaged Better Than 3.8 Assists, and Wagler’s Talent Could Instantly Vault Him To The Top Of The Nets Guard Hierarchy.

7)Sacramento Kings, Mykel Brown, Guard, Louisville—The Kings fell out of the top five of this draft based on lottery projections, but plenty of talent remains on the board at seven, and Mykel Brown Jr., out of Louisville. A Guard Prospect With Excellent Positional Size Who Shot The Three Ball At A High Rate In His One Season (7.6 3PA/Gm) In His Lone Truncated Season At Louisville, Which Made Nearly 60% Of His Shots Taken. Brown Posses standout Playmaking Chops That Will Help Him Fit In With The Veterans Already Assembled In Sacramento, Who Will Allow The Brown The Chance To Supplement Most Of His Deficiencies Like Shot Selection.

8)Atlanta Hawks, Morez Johnson, Forward, Michigan—

Atlanta traded their first-round pick in the 2025 Draft to New Orleans for the Rights to an Unprotected First-Round Pick in 2026, which conveyed the eighth overall pick, making the Hawks One Of Two Playoff Teams With A Lottery Selection. The Hawks Surprisingly Needed A Big Maybe Not Derik Queen. Still, the defense struggled, giving up the weakest opponent's effective field goal percentage in the playoffs, the Weakest Defense Inside The Restricted Area (Within Ten Feet Of The Basket) in the playoffs, and the Suns rank worse defensively in the playoffs than Atlanta. Guards like Jalen Brunson, who accounted for much of The Damage Atlanta suffered in the playoffs, excel at forcing switches and breaking down in "hunted matchups". Johnson will give Atlanta great position defensive functionality, as He’s Proven He Can Hold His Own Out On The Perimeter On Switches, and While His Block Numbers Don’t stand out, his defensive impact and Rebounding(16.6 Rebounds Per 100) jump off the tape and the stat sheet.

9)Dallas Mavericks, Kingston Fleming, Guard, Houston— The Mavericks Netted Themselves A Superstar In Current Rookie Of The Year Cooper Flagg and Last Draft’s Number One Pick. How an NBA Franchise Follows Up A Major hit in one draft matters more than the initial hit, as several consecutive hits create a contender. The Mavs Experimented With Playing Cooper Flagg At Point guard far Away From His Natural Position, and While No One Could Argue With The Results Especially Critics Who Have “never played the game”. With Jason Kidd Out As Head Coach, I don’t Believe The Mavs Will Play Flagg at the point, and Even With Kyrie Irving Expected To Return At 34 years old, coming off of an ACL rebuild, I don’t Think He Fits The Franchises Timeline. Kingston Fleming Gives The Mavs A Secondary Playmaking Options As Quick Footed Point Guard Who Can Penetrate The Paints Nearly At Will. Fleming's physical Testing Profile doesn’t Stand Out At 6’2, 183 lbs, but his build fits his style of play, with his 40-inch max vertical helping Fleming Excel At Scoring Around The Rim. As Player Flemings Possesses Many Skills Reminiscent Of Tony Parker with A lot More Verticality And “Pop”.

10) Milwaukee Bucks, Brayden Burries, Guard, Arizona—They have shown resistance to tearing down their roster and embarking on a full-scale rebuild, but falling further and further out of contention pushed the Bucks To The Edge. Burries Gives The Bucks A Potential Secondary Scoring Option and A Day One Three Point Shooting Specialist After He Averaged 39.1% from deep on 8.6 attempts per 100 possessions, 39% On Catch And Shoot In One Season At Arizona. Burries Possesses Well-rounded Scoring Skills, Able To Attack The Rim And Both Deliver In The Mid-range And Through A Touch, Undersized As A Two Guard At 6’3. BB Packs A Punch.

11)Golden State Warriors, Hannes Steinbeck, Forward, Washington—

The Warriors have lacked traditional NBA Size for a few seasons, standing out as The Only NBA Team with A Player 6’10 or taller dating back to 2024, and Even If Bigs Like Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis return, neither big should give the Warriors confidence on age and injury history, respectively. The Warriors Should Have Their Pick between Steinbeck, Adam Mara Center from Michigan, and Axel Lendeborg, Forward from Michigan. But Steinbeck's athleticism as a finisher around the Basket and his open-court sprint make him the more tantalizing option.

12)Oklahoma City Thunder, Nate Ament, Forward, Tennessee — The Thunder won’t Look At This Lottery Pick As A luxury Pierce To Their Championship Roster. Instead, the 12th Pick could Act As A Pillar Of The Thunders Next Iteration. The Changes To The Collective Bargaining Agreement Will Force The Thunder To surrender Multiple Key Contributors From Their Current Roster Ones They’ll Have To Replenish Through The Draft. Nate Ament, a former top-five recruit in high school, didn’t Quite Live Up To The Hype In His Lone Season At Tennessee. However, Ament Looks The Part. Standing at 6’10 " with a smooth stroke, Ament Flashed The Traits Of Superstar Wing Player, Perimeter Skills, and Play Creation. The Flashes of Brilliance From Ament Could Leave An NBA Scout Blinded With Love, But Those Flashes Also Raise Questions About The Lulls and Fails. Ament Never Took Off In Tennessee’s Posting Mostly Pedestrian Number, Shot 45.4% On Layups, Just 33% From Three, and For Now His Most A Projectable and Intriguing Piece Of Clay.

13)Miami Heat, Yaxel, Lendeborg, Forward, Michigan—The Heat's fourth consecutive play-in tournament appearance ended with Miami failing to make the postseason, with several extension talks and Free Agency/Trade Rumors Looming. Yaxel Lendeborg Looks Like a Heat player. He’s A Versatile Forward with some shooting range, but not standout shooting range, an excellent defender, and a rebounder with impact. Lendeborg Will Turn 24 by the start of next season (so will Paolo Banchero), which makes him experienced and functional, with direct, projectable skills, but a player with most of his upside already fulfilled. The Heat Ranked At The Tops Of The League In Pace, Fast Break Points, and points off of drives, all areas Yaxel Excelled At In College.

Charlotte Hornets, Jaden Quintenance, Jayden Quaintance, Forward, Kentucky—A Strong Second Half Run Helped The Hornets Finish The Year As One Of The Best Teams In Basketball, Not To Make The Playoffs After Losing In The Play-in Tournament. The Roster Features A Well-Rounded Group Of Guards With Versatile, Polished Skill Sets. Defensively, Charlotte Finsihed 11th in Defensive Rating, but Finsihed With Porous Block and Steals Number Whiles Surrendering 64% On shots With Five Feet Of The Rim. Jayden Quaintance Virtually Didn’t Play In His Lone Season At Kentucky, coming off a knee injury in his first year at Arizona State. He’s A Player and Prospect Build AS A Total Project Thanks To His Idsal Size, athletic profile, switchability, and What Scouts Know From His High School Days, He’s strictly a traits-heavy rödinger’s cat that we know little to nothing of until a team drafts him. What We Know for Now Quintamce Has Elite Defensive Tools Including A 7’5 Wingspan, 2.4, as a mostly 17-year-old freshman with high upside as a pick-and-roll threat.

15) Chicago Bulls, Aday Mara, Center, Michigan—After Trading Nik Vucevic To The Celtics, the Bulls and Nick Collins Hit Free Agency. The Bulls don’t Have Much Depth At Big Man on The Roster. Aday Mara, the 7’3 Center from Michigan, with 7’7, has a 9’9 rim protection that stands out above all Others. In this 12.0% block percentage, 2.6 Per Game, 6.6 per 100 Possessions. He’s Also An Excellent Passer With A 19.0% Assist Rate. He’s Really Creative With His Vision and passing, really Jokic-like. On the negative, he’s not slow-footed, but he will certainly get exposed on the pro level if forced to switch, and he’s a work in progress as a shooter. His rebounding suffers partly because he played alongside a lot of bigs, but he’s Not Very Athletic Which Makes Him Easy To Box Out.

16)Memphis Grizzlies, Labaron Philon, Guard, Alabama—With Ja Morant Out and The Grizzlies Not Exactly Loaded With Guard Talent at The Point Guard. No Player Can Match Ja Morant Apples For Apples, But Philon Looks Like The Best Option. The Alabama Product Philon Hit The Paint and the rim like few other guards as a penetrator, but also made his presence known as a shot-maker and creator. Philon Generated A 63% true shooting Percentage, 31.9% Assist Percentage, 65.7% At The Rim, 44.5% In the Mid-Range, and 39.9% From The Three Point Line In His Sophomore Season. Philon’s Defense Number Sorely Trailed His Offensive Production, Which Could Torpedo His Draft Stock, But the NBA has overlooked defensive liabilities in the past.

17)Oklahoma City Thunder, Karim Lopez, Forward, New Zealand Breakers(NBL)—

The NBA Draft Rumor Cycle Seems to Suggest That the Thunder Seek to Package Some Form of Picks and Players to Potentially Move Into the Top Five, but for now, at seventeen, the Thunder Will Move To Add More Depth To Their Roster. Karim Lopez, a Mexican Native Who Played One Year Of Pro Ball In The NBL, Looks Like The Perfect Developmental Prospect. Lopez stands 6’8" with a Near 7’ Foot Wingspan, 222 lbs, and a 38 Inch Max vertical, all ideal data points for a swing forward. He Also Just Turned 19. Lopez has good shooting form. He knocks just 32.6% of his threes as an 18-year-old playing amongst men. He’s A Tenacious Rebounder on Both The Offensive and defensive ends, where His Length and Strength Make him difficult to handle when not properly boxed out. Lopez Needs To Improve Defensively, and the rest of his offensive game needs development, but the skeleton of a next-level wing appears to be present.

18)Charlotte Hornets, Cam Carr, Guard, Baylor—

The Hornets Drafted Shooting Guard Kon Kuenpel 4th overall in 2025, and He Proved To Surpass All Expectations Finishing Second In rookie Of The Year. Every Who Scouted Kon Expected His Shooting To Translate Early, But Kon Led The League In Three-Point Shots Made: 270. Now That Charlotte Has an Elite Shot Maker From Range, They Should Add Another Top End Shooter In Cam Carr. The Baylor product Spent Two Years At Tennessee before Breaking Out In His Lone Season With The Bears, Who Unlock The Full Range As A Shooter As He Generated a 56.3% Efg Field Goal Percentage On Three Pointers, 70.3 Effective Field Goal Percentage At The Rim. Carr tested out with a 7’0.8 Wingspan and A 42.5 Inch Max vertical, making him the ideal three-and-D prospect of this draft.

19)Toronto Raptors, Bennett Stirtz, Guard, Iowa—

The Raptors Proved They Assembled A Playoff Team In 2026, but the team has one clear flaw: three-point shooting. Toronto finished fifth-worst in three-pointers made per game, with one of the lowest three-point frequencies, and a winning basketball requirement: hitting the three consistently. Stirtz Played A Very Effective, But Less Than Spectacular, Brand Of Ball. While Not An Impressive Athlete, Stirtz Finished Around The Rim With Impunity For The Iowa Hawkeyes. He Finished In the 92nd percentile as a pick and Pop Orchestrator and 84th Percentile On Dribble Jumpers. Stirtz also shot a High Volume of Threes (257), and while he converted those opportunities at a pedestrian 35.8%, he converted at a higher rate along the top of the key and the Left Side Between 38%-43%.

20)San Antonio Spurs, Henri Versace, Center, North Carolina— The Spurs Run To The Finals Ended In Disappointment, Not Only The Result But In A 4-1 Dismantling At The Hand Of The Knicks. The Moments When San Antonio Held The Lead Over New York became Overshadowed By The Way In The Knicks Engineered Multiple Comebacks. Most Of The Bigs That Back Up Wemby This Season Will Hit Free Agency, and none of Bismack Biyimbo, Mason Plumlee, or Kelly Olynyk Will Lift The Floor Of This Spurs team. Veesar Combines The Traits Of All Three Of Those Players: Mason’s Finishing Around The Rim78% Conversion For Veesar, Kelly Olynyk’s Shooting(43% For Veesar), and Presence In The Paint To Alter Shots In the Paint Despite Relative Underwhelming Block Numbers.

21)Detroit Pistons, Isaiah Evans, Guard, Duke—

The Pistons Also Suffered A Disappointing End To Their Run as the East's top seed, failing to make the East Finals, and one pronounced flaw stands out: three-point shooting, secondary creation, and Scoring. Cade Cunningham shouldered a lot Of The Burden To Create Offense For The Pistons, 32.5% usage rate, But A Lack Of Spacing and Ancillary Creation Limited the Pistons ' offense, as Cunningham Generated Half Of The Pistons ' offense either scoring or assisting. Tobias Harris functioned as the team’s Best Secondary Option, and A Hot and Cold Duncan Robinson Played The Role As The Team’s Best Shooter, and He’s Probably Gone This Summer. Evans Known As Slim Reaper Standing 6’6 at Just 186 Lbs Connected on 36.1 Of His Three On 15.1 Attempts Per 100 Possessions. Evans Can Combust Into A Lights Out Shooter When In Rhythm and Also Boost Untapped Skills As A Shot Creator.

22)Philadelphia 76ers, Chris Cenac Jr., Forward, Houston—

The Sixers Will Have To Live With The Reality That Joel Embiid Will Only Play So Much of The Season Going Forward After Playing Just 29% of the 76ers' possessions in 2025-26, and while his talents will always inspire awe, he doesn’t get cheaper Despite Playing Fewer Games As His Salary Escalate $58.1 million, $62.5 million, and $67.4 million. Their Brain Trust Tethered The Success Of Their Team To aging Stars in Paul George and Embiid. The Sixers Should Look to Add a Young Big to Fill The Void Left By Embiid. Chris Cenac Jr., The Freshman Out Of Houston, Possesses The Frame(6’11,7’5 Wingspan), Shot Mechanic (33% From Three), and Movement Skills To recreate Some Of What Embiid Brings To The Court. Cenac Remains A Project To This Point, A Player Who Another Body To Create For Him, As Most Of His Production came Of Cuts and Spot Ups and Very Little Post Up, Face Up, or Isolation Creation Opportunities.

23)Atlanta Hawks, Dailyn Swain, Forward, Texas—

All Signs Indicate That Firmer Number One Overall Pick Zaccharie Risacher Hasn’t Impressed The Hawks In His Role In Two Seasons, Leaving Atlanta Disinterested In His Development As A Franchise. Dailyn Swain is a well-built 6’8 " kitted-out, multi-purpose forward who can operate as a slasher and penetrator, but also a on-ball playmaker out of pick-and-roll, as he led Texas in assists as A Forward. His 0.8 Assist To Usage Rate Ranked In The 91st Percentile For His Position, But HIS volatile Three Point Shooting Has Swain Sitting Outside The Lottery Or Late Teens.

24)New York Knicks, Christian Andersen, Guard, Texas Tech—The NBA settled Their Draft Order Based On Regular Season Results, which doesn’t Make Complete sense, As The Champion Knicks should select last based on where they finished in the NBA year. Nearly Every Championship Team Gets Shredded Down, And The Knicks will Suffer The Same Fate, with New York approaching the dreaded second round with several Key Reserves Set To Hit Free Agency. The Knicks Can Replenish Their guard Depth With A Selection Like Christian Andersen, a guard out of Texas Tech. Andersen Displayed Elite Penetrating Chops, Pick And Roll Savvy, While Shooting 43% From Three On Nearly Eight Attempts. He’s a tad undersized, weighing in at 178 lbs, but He's the Prototypical Backup Guard, pro-Style. Andersen averaged 7.4 assists, demonstrating as much of a playmaker as a shooter. NBA Teams May Fall In Love With His Shot Production and Scoop Andersen Up Far Before The Mid-20s, But He’s Not as Effective In The Mid Range Or Creation Like Stirtz Or The Athlete Of Some Of The Other Guys.

Los Angeles Lakers, Allen Graves, Forward, Santa Clara—

LeBron’s In LA And In Basketball Remains Shrouded, But We’ve Likely Seen The Last(2025) Or Will See The Last(2026) Of LeBron On A Basketball Court As A Player. The Lakers Could Fill That Boid At Forward With Allen Graves and Big Combo Forward Out Of Santa Clara. Graves came off the bench in the WACC (one of the non-Big 5), so his status as a first-round pick, even if only as a projection, holds weight. Graves combines elite spot-up three-point shooting with rare Feel and creation in the post. He’s Mostly An Under The Rim Offensive Conductor As a Good Decision Maker. He won’t fill LeBron’s Shoes—Not even At This Stage Of LeBron’s Game— Especially Due To Graves’s limited athletic profile, but he’ll leave many positive imprints on the Lakers Lineup. Graves Possesses Some Basketball Attributes Coaches Cant Teach Or Install Like Awareness, and recognition, all of which made Him a Menace In The Pass Lanes and on rotation against opposing offenses, which helped Graves Produce A 5% Block Rate, 5%, Steal Rate and A 4.2 Defensive Box Plus/Minus.

26)Denver Nuggets, Ebuka Okorie, Guard, Stanford— The Nuggets Have Very Little Cap Flexibility Heading Into The Offseason. They Will Certainly Lose Key Reserves Whether Through Free Agency Or Trade, as they Search For Avenues To Slide Under The Second Apron and Potentially Keep Peyton Watson. Ebuka Okorie Falling To The Nuggets At 26 Would Serve Denver’s Need Almost Seamlessly. Out of Stanford, Okorie stands 6’1 with a 6’8 wingspan, with solid, not spectacular shooting range: 35% from three and 42.4% from the mid-range, leading to a scoring average of 23.2 per game and leading the Cardinal. He’s Also A Strong Penetrator using The Speed Of His Light frame, angles, and Length To Get To The Basket, Scoring 50% Of His Points In The Paint With Eight Attempts At The Rim. Okorie Averages A Measly 0.8 assist-to-usage rate. He Lacks The Appealing Athleticism and the Size Of Some Of The Earlier Guard Options, and The Nuggets Won't Require Him To Function As The Team’s Primary Playmaker.

27)Boston Celtics, Zuby Ejiobor, Forward, St. John's—

The Celtics Defied The Notion That The Team Would Suffer A "gap year" Following Star Forward Jayson Tatum's Achilles Injury, and the team was forced to dump nearly its entire front court in a cost-cutting measure that saw Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford, and Luke Kornet All Exit Boston. The Celtics Finished Second in the East, got Jayson Tatum back before the end of the year, then suffered a heartbreaking first-round exit at The Hands Of The Sixers, marking a disappointing conclusion to a surprise season. The Celtics could take the best player available or add another option to their three-point shooting machine, but Boston should Prioritize Remodeling Its Front Court with Zuby Ejiobor. A switchable Defensive Oriented Forward who Stands Just 6’7 but boasts a 7’2 Wingspan Who Generated A 7.2% Block Rate, 2.2% Steal Rate and His Overall Effort Makes His Draft Case. When The Celtic Want To Run Super Small Ball, Zuby Can Operate At The Five and His Offensive Game Centers On His Work as A Roller and Dunker, He's A Capable, Not Dependable Three Point Shooter.

28)Minnesota, Sergio De Larrea, Valencia, Spain—

The Timberwolves won’t Have Guard Donte DiVincenzo Available for Most, If Not All, of Next Season. Guard Ayo Dosunmo Will Get Expensive This Offseason, Even If the Wolves hold on to him, thanks to owning his Bird rights and standing 6’6. Sergio Played In The Spanish League, where he showcased good shooting form both off the catch and off the dribble. Like Most Europeans before him, Sergio lacks elite athletic ability. Instead, he used His Shiftiness And Angles as a driver to attack the paint with crafty finishing around the cylinder. Sergio Played Sparingly In The European pro League and May Need Time To Adjust To NBa Game

29)Cleveland Cavaliers, Koa Peat, Forward, Arizona—

With James Harden and Donovan Mitchell Settled In As The Cavs' Offense, At Least For Now, Cleveland Needs A Utility Player. Koa Peat Stood Out At Arizona in His Freshman Season As A Physical Force Who Could Finish Around The Rim and as a slasher and A Player More In Line To Get The Dirty Work Done.

30) Dallas Mavericks, Maleek Thomas, Guard, Arkansas— The Mavs Will Continue To Build Around Cooper Flagg and Revamp The Roster Moving On From Veterans Like Klay Thompson. Maleek Thomas Shot 41.6% From Three, playing alongside Darius Acuff, who dominated the ball, similar to what he expected with Cooper Flagg. The Mavs want players who are comfortable playing a role alongside Flagg, And Potentially Kyrie Or Another Guard.