2026 NBA Trade Discussion Thread

[fishonjazz]

I consider the #1 pick this year to have some mystery about how good they will end up being but I'm certain they will be good. Flagg and Wemby weren't very mysterious to me before they were drafted either.
We can agree to disagree though.

Some stats comparison between AJ and Flagg freshman seasons per 40 minutes.

AJ PPG: 28.3
Flagg: 25.0

AJ Efg: 57.9%
Flagg: 53.3%

AJ rebounds: 8.6
Flagg: 9.8

AJ assists: 4.5
Flagg: 5.5

AJ steals: 1.7
Flagg: 1.8

AJ PER: 28.9
Flagg: 30.4

AJ 6 foot 9 210 lbs
Flagg 6 foot 9 205 lbs

Flagg much younger though.

AJ is a great guy and very coachable and a hard worker. He has a lot of room to get a lot better (mainly though shooting improvements despite his efficiency already being amazing)

Most people have Peterson ranked even higher than AJ.

The fact that the #1 pick from this draft will be very good isn't a mystery to me.

 

[framer]

If I got the #1 pick, and I knew I had Keyonte, AJ, Ace, Lauri. and Kessler locked in with a max salary slot available and a load of firsts coming in, there is nothing I would do to screw that up. That's the dream. That's the team I want to build, follow, and cheer for. There is nothing that another team would be willing to part with (Jokic and Wemby aren't getting moved) that would be worth even taking the phone call for.

 

[sip]

With the bucks now entering the tank race and the griz likely entering it as well over the next week we are entering the don't **** around zone. I think we all have grown to love Nurk over this short period of time but he's just too damn good. When we have him, Lauri and Key playing at the same time we are going to be very competitive. If I'm the jazz I'm shopping him to a contender so that he can compete for a title this year but also telling him that we are going to go after him in free agency. The deal I have in mind is Nurk to the thunder for Joe, Dieng, our pick back which is very unlikely not to happen and the thunder 1st which will probably be the 30th pick. Nurk helps the thunder to shore up their front court depth to make another championship run. For us we get worse while getting a cheap look at Dieng and 30th pick and no longer have to anxiety about losing our pick although it would highly unlikely after moving Nurk.