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My Unofficial 2026 NBA Draft Board

Every year, I have my Unofficial Big Board, and I decided to release the first round of it!  I also wrote a couple sentences about each player.  I do not do this full-time, which is why I had been resistant to release many of my past boards prior to the 2024 Draft, but I thought it would be fun to discuss.  While I consider a combination of what they’ve shown, analytics, and how they play, the most important part of how I view players is how I project they will be in the NBA, which is what this is all about.  I also included descriptions of why I’m lower on 6 guys who I am predicting will be first round picks.     1: AJ Dybantsa It was close for the top spot, but he’s an amazing player who I think can be even better when surrounded by higher level players to make his life easier, especially on offense.   I think he’ll be able to do almost anything at a big size. 2: Darryn Peterson I went back and forth here (especially since teams are repor...
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NBA Mock Draft 2026

After being unable to release 2 prior mock drafts this year due to my schedule (I usually release 3 prior to the NBA Draft), I am excited to release my 2026 NBA Mock Draft!  The top of this draft is expected to be exciting, as there are generally 4 players who are considered elite talents, then a bunch of guards to mostly round out the top-10, and then a bunch of others before most believes it drops off.  There were a lot of players who dropped out due to NIL and the next couple of drafts being weak, but I think there are interesting players across the board. All of my drafts are aggregates of several drafts and are intended to give an idea of what the draft is looking like at this point in time; there will be a lot of movement of picks during the draft, so there will be a lot of teams with different needs at different points, which is why I usually don’t force a pick based on need.   These selections are not a reflection of what I think of each pick or how I would rank...
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2026 NBA Finals Prediction

After an interesting playoffs where I got almost none of my predictions correct (I only had one Conference Finals team correct, which was OKC, and they didn’t even make the Finals), we have finally reached the NBA Finals, where we will get a matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks!  I think this will be an exciting series with the two teams matching up well, even with two totally different paths to this point (the only team that gave New York trouble was a talented Atlanta team, while San Antonio is coming off a 7-game series and has played 18 games during the playoffs thus far). I am interested to see the matchups that both teams use.   I think the most intriguing one will be what the Knicks do with Victor Wembanyama.   While I believe the best bet is to have OG Anunoby on Wemby, I don’t expect that they will trot this matchup out immediately (nor should they).   If they utilize Karl-Anthony Towns on Wemby, but Towns is not a good defender, e...
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2026 WNBA Season Preview

After another exciting offseason and draft process, the 2026 WNBA season is upon us!  In this post, I included predictions for the standings, playoffs, and awards (I included top-3 for each award, though most only have one vote per award instead of 3), while also including an analysis of each team.  In the analysis, I also included an X-Factor who is a role player who could make a big impact for the team.  As a note, I discussed players who might have been waived from teams since I wrote most of these predictions and analyses prior to the final wave of cuts that occurred; my apologies about any confusion upon reading these and not seeing any players in the roster.     Predicted Standings Las Vegas Aces New York Liberty Atlanta Dream Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Dallas Wings Golden State Valkyries Chicago Sky Washington Mystics Toronto Raptors Connecticut Sun Seattle Storm Portland Fire ...
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