2026 NBA Draft ArticlesMatt | August 8, 2025 

 

Last summer, I wrote two articles on scouting: Spotting the Stars and Cason Wallace’s Star Potential. The former was the result of a study of prospect tape for the NBA’s greatest players since the 1990s. The latter, stemming from my watching of prospec … Read more

   

 

When scouting NBA prospects, we’re often forced to give quick-fire grades or takes that may not capture the nuances of complex and multi-faceted skills. Take driving for example: there are a variety of microskills that make up the larger slashing skill … Read more

   

 

The Orlando Magic achieved their stated goal to find proven offensive talent in Desmond Bane, now what will the Orlando Magic do with 3 picks on draft night? The draft is one of three paths to building a team, and arguably the most important for teams … Read more

   

 

With the conference finals underway and the lottery concluded, NBA draft season is fully underway. To me what has become more compelling than the weekly mocks and trade scuttlebutt that marks draft season are the narratives crafted around virtually eve … Read more

   

 

#1: Ace Bailey Listed at 6’10”, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Freshman, 18.9 on draft day Ace Bailey is a dynamo, a blistering midrange scorer where he shot 46% with only 27% of his makes assisted. Much of the damage was done on midrange pull-ups: he was 4 … Read more

   

 

See here for mock drafts one and two, and our most recent big board rankings. 1. Utah Jazz – Cooper Flagg, Duke If you can believe it, I came away from my most recent Duke watch even higher on Cooper Flagg. “There is an easy case to be made for Flagg e … Read more

   

 

I came into the 2025 NBA draft cycle with a fresh framework. My goal was to rate players across ten different categories, all of which relate to dimensions of basketball impact. I graded each player on a scale of non-NBA trait to Greatest of All Time f … Read more

   

 

1. Washington Wizards: Cooper Flagg, Duke This one is a no-brainer. Flagg is a special prospect, capable of instantly changing the fortunes of any team that selects him. Washington is the fortunate one here, landing their future primary initiator and d … Read more

   

 

Zvonimir Ivisic is a skilled seven-footer following John Calipari from Kentucky to Arkansas. The Croatian big lit up Georgia in the first minutes of his season back in January, pouring in perimeter jumpers, a dazzling behind-the-back pass on a cut and … Read more

   

 

Broome 6’10 C at Auburn Broome is one of the top returning draft prospects coming into the 2024-25 college season. But there is a reason Broome is back at Auburn for a fifth year of college basketball, despite a strong statistical profile and a product … Read more