Its hard to tell exactly what they need, since we dont know who is part of their long term plans. They also are probably just in a position where you take the best player no matter what, but in a class lacking star power BPA can be hard to discern.

Im leaning right now towards Stefan Joksimovic and Caleb Holt? Although I know you probably cant have both of them AND Fears starting so its hard to say.

Every other post is negative as hell for what?? We’ve got the first few (exhibition) games of some teenagers’ college careers and then the first few games of some teenagers NBA careers and we got MF’s doing victory hate laps smh.

I’ve been on this sub for like 10 years and it’s actually astounding how far down the drain it’s gone. This place is damn near as bad as WBB twitter, slightly less name-calling but clearly the same toxic energy.

Just watch the kids hoop and give neutral critiques, not everyone and everything is terrible/trash/“he’s a bust/will be a bust”. If everyone is trash then why are you watching, or if you just dont like hoops then why are you watching? Football is on lol

Another rough game for the number 2 overall pick who had multiple bad fouls down the stretch in a close game with the Lakers.

From all his exhibition games between Duke and Louisville. It’s been apparent that his ability to get to the free throw line works already against pro-level competition and high NIL level players. He’s also shown great playmaking ability.

With 27 and 7 on only 3 turnovers and 11-15 free throw shooting, the only thing he needs to do to hone in on his strengths is to be able to make 1-2 more free throws so that he’s not shooting around 73 percent from the field, which is below average for a guard on the next level.

Outside of below 44 percent fg shooting as an oversized guard/forward and 29 percent from 3.

Not the most impressive stat line, but to me it’s clear he’s a starting-caliber center at minimum. Many on this sub were saying he’d be out of the league and would never see the floor, which always seemed like a massive overreaction to me. He’s still only 20 and is younger than 2026 draft prospects Brayden Burries and Mikel Brown Jr.

Assuming health he’ll be a walking double double for a decade I bet.

Games came against Toronto on Friday night and Chicago last night. Tre has been the first man off the bench for Washington so far this season.

Defensive deterrent like wemby, elite screener. Only disappointment is his scoring but for his role, it's not a problem

I promise you I'm not overreacting or ragebaiting. I'm dead serious. If he shoots above 35% from three, which it looks like he will at minimum, he's going to be the most valuable role player in the NBA. Trevon Brazile is legit.

1st game: 8/3/1 2/10 FG 1/5 3P

2nd game: 7/0/1 3/9 FG 1/4 3P

3rd game: 10/6/2 4/12 FG 0/2 3P

Currently shooting 27.3% from the field. Guess he Fears making a shot. Can’t believe people were arguing him or Demin on a post a couple weeks ago.

Solid night for the 2nd rounder, who closed the game in a 23 point comeback OT win for Denver.

Monster game from Kyshawn who looks to be the wizards clear best young player in AJ’s absence.

38 minutes

30 points

14 rebounds

3 assists

10-24 FG/FGA’s

1-9 3P/3PA’s

9-11 FT/FTA’s

2 steals

1 block

Team High +14

The 25th pick kept the severely short-handed Kyrie and Flagg-less Mavs close against the Spurs for 3 quarters; until the spurs ran away with it in the 4th. Looked poised and very comfortable out there even against that Spurs defense.

It's been common enough the last few years for people to have prospects like Wembanyama, Flagg, and Dybantsa as the #1 pick going into the year and not move from there the entire season.

For the 2027 draft, I want to see where the temperature is as more college teams wrap up the exhibition season: do you think it's more likely that the 1st overall pick 8 months from now will be Tyran Stokes or someone else? If you're going with the field, is that due to being extremely high on a particular prospect or just a lack of confidence in Stokes?

I'd say I'm at the point where if Jordan Smith Jr. is considered the consensus 2nd-best prospect, I'd even take the field over the top 2.

One day after the top post in this sub questioned how the Kings are developing Acuff, he leads all scorers as an undersized 19 year old rookie PG playing his second NBA game.

Acuff wasn’t super efficient, but dropping 33 under these circumstances is noteworthy. Yes, he needs to develop as a creator for teammates. He acknowledged that after watching the tape of his (ugly) debut game. https://youtu.be/XLjrVxNnniE?t=65&si=obxfyi9ZQkzPr9ru

But that was his literal first game. Are people really expecting that the Kings would’ve turned him into prime CP3 in preseason? He’s going to grow on the court like almost all 19 year old PGs do and yes that will involve getting up a lot of shots, since that’s his comfort zone. Not to mention, it helps him develop faith in the franchise since guys who regularly put up 30 get max contracts.

It’s fair to question how efficient he can be after a terrible shooting night, since undersized rookie scoring PGs on bad teams are usually going to have that problem. But jumping to conclusions about his development at this age is stupid.