2026 NBA Draft Discussion Thread (June 23-24)

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NBA Draft First Round: Tuesday June 23, 8pm ET (ABC/ESPN)
NBA Draft Second Round: Wednesday June 24, 8pm ET (ESPN)



(follow live draft results here: https://basketball.realgm.com/draft-night/ )

> 2026 First Round Draft Order

1. Washington - AJ Dybantsa, BYU
2. Utah - Darryn Peterson, Kansas
3. Memphis - Cameron Boozer, Duke
4. Chicago - Caleb Wilson, North Carolina
5. LA Clippers (from Indiana) - Keaton Wagler, Illinois
6. Brooklyn - Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville
7. Sacramento - Darius Acuff, Jr., Arkansas
8. Atlanta (from New Orleans) - Kingston Flemings, Houston
9. Dallas - Morez Johnson, Jr., Michigan
10. Milwaukee - Brayden Burries, Arizona
11. Golden State - Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
12. Oklahoma City (from LA Clippers) - Aday Mara, Michigan
13. Milwaukee (from Miami) - Nate Ament, Tennessee
14. Charlotte - Hannes Steinbach, Washington
15. Chicago (from Portland) - Dailyn Swain, Texas
16. Memphis (from Phoenix via Orlando) - Bennett Stirtz, Iowa - Update : Goes to OKC
17. Oklahoma City (from Philadelphia) - Ebuka Okorie, Stanford Update: Goes to Detroit
18. Charlotte (from Orlando via Phoenix) - Christian Anderson, Jr., Texas Tech
19. Toronto - Allen Graves, Santa Clara
20. San Antonio (from Atlanta) - Jayden Quaintance. Kentucky
21. Detroit (from Minnesota) - Karim Lopez, New Zealand - Update: goes to Memphis
22. Philadelphia (from Houston via Oklahoma City) - Labaron Philon, Jr., Alabama
23. Atlanta (from Cleveland) - Zuby Ejiofor, St. John's
24. Los Angeles Lakers (from New York) - Cameron Carr, Baylor
25. New York (from LA Lakers) - Sergio De Larrea, Spain - Update: De Larrea goes to Dallas
26. San Antonio (from Denver) - Tarris Reed Jr., Connecticut (DEN gets 2 future SRPs)
27. Boston - Chris Cenac Jr., Houston
28. Brooklyn (from Detroit via Minnesota) - Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
29. Cleveland (from San Antonio via Atlanta) - Alex Karaban, UConn
30. Dallas (from Oklahoma City via WAS and PHI) - Koa Peat, Arizona - Update: Peat goes to Phoenix

> 2026 Second Round Draft Order

31. Houston (from New York via Washington via Oklahoma City and Houston) - Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
32. Memphis (from Indiana via Milwaukee) - Richie Saunders. BYU
33. Minnesota (from Brooklyn) - Isaiah Evans, Duke
34. Cleveland (from Sacramento) - Meleek Thomas, Arkansas
35. Denver (from San Antonio via Utah via Minnesota) - Trevon Brazile. Arkansas
36. LA Clippers (from Memphis via Atlanta and Utah) - Baba Miller, Cincinnati
37. Miami (from Oklahoma City via Dallas)- Ryan Conwell, Louisville
38. Indiana (from Chicago vis New Orleans, Boston, Detroit, and Portland) - Braden Smith, Purdue
39. New York (from Houston via Chicago via Washington) - Jack Kayil, Gonzaga
40. Boston (from Milwaukee via Orlando) - Dillon Mitchell, St. John's
41. OKC (from Miami via Golden State via CHA, NYK, OKC, and ATL) - Otega Oweh, Kentucky
42. San Antonio (from Portland via New Orleans) - Ja'Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee
43. Brooklyn (from the LA Clippers via Houston) - Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA
44. San Antonio (from Miami via Indiana) - Maliq Brown, Duke
45. Sacramento (from Charlotte via SAS, ATL, and NYK) - Emanuel Sharp, Houston
46. Orlando - Felix Okpara, Tennessee
47. New York (from Phoenix via Philadelphia via Houston and Oklahoma City) - Tyler Nickel, Vanderbilt
48. Dallas (from Phoenix via Washington) - Tobi Lawal, Virginia Tech
49. Denver (from Atlanta via Brooklyn and Golden State) - Bryce Hopkins, St John's
50. Toronto - Jaden Bradley, Arizona
51. Washington (from Minnesota via Detroit and New York) - Izaiyah Nelson, South Florida
52. LA Clippers (from Cleveland) - Henri Veesaar, North Carolina
53. New York (from Houston) - Ugonna Onyenso, Virginia
54. Golden State (from the Los Angeles Lakers via TOR, MIA and CLE) - Lajae Jones, Florida State
55. Houston (from New York) - Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
56. Chicago (from Denver via MIN, PHX, CHA, and PHX) - Vsevolod Ishchenko, Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia)
57. Atlanta (from Boston) - Narcisse N'Goy, Chorale Roanne Basket (France)
58. New Orleans (from Detroit via NYK, BKN, PHX, ORL, and LAC) - Jaron Pierre, Jr., Southern Methodist
59. Minnesota (from San Antonio via Indiana) - Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
60. Washington (from Oklahoma City via San Antonio and Miami) - Malique Lewis, Mexico City Capitanes





Info and mock draft from The Athletic (via NBA.com):
https://www.nba.com/news/the-athletic-latest-mock-draft

Prospect profiles/measureables:
https://www.nba.com/draft/2026/prospects

Team specific guides:
https://www.nba.com/draft/2026/teams

General draft info/faq:
https://www.nba.com/news/nba-draft-faq

Enjoy!

[GSWFan1994]

Bisme, if I had a daughter I'd give her hand for you to marry... as I don't, you'll have to settle for Pharmcat's daughter!

[bisme37]

Bisme, if I had a daughter I'd give her hand for you to marry... as I don't, you'll have to settle for Pharmcat's daughter!

Get on it with the daughter. I can wait.

[Bobbymcgee]

Interesting how so many teams have two first round picks in this year's draft. Hopefully we see some trades to spice things up.

OKC (12and 17)
Chicago (4 and 15)
Atlanta (8 and 23)
Memphis (3 and 16)
Charlotte (14 and 18)
Dallas (9 and 30)

[KokoKaizer]

Can't wait for the Orlando selection

[KingFox]

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[MrGoat]

I think people are really sleeping on Boozer. Peterson showed some red flags and Kansas which is the only reason he isn't the consensus #1 but he seems confident that he's going to Washington, I wonder if that is as the #1 pick or by an unannounced trade with Utah that nets them Dybantsa. Could be posturing though

[Chuck Everett]

I think people are really sleeping on Boozer. Peterson showed some red flags and Kansas which is the only reason he isn't the consensus #1 but he seems confident that he's going to Washington, I wonder if that is as the #1 pick or by an unannounced trade with Utah that nets them Dybantsa. Could be posturing though

Boozer going to Utah instead of Memphis would suck, which means it's probably going to happen. Jazz have a logjam in the frontcourt where the Boozer/Edey frontcourt would be amazing from Day 1.

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

The draft sometimes is really spicy when the #1 pick can be arguable among 2 or 3 players. Big misjudgment potential on the FO. I'm kind of catching up to the draft stuff, who do people really like outside of the top 5. Any NBA ready players for any playoff teams?

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[Bornstellar]

Feels weird to not be super invested in the draft for the first time in years

[Chuck Everett]

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If an NBA coaching staff cleans up Morez's footwork, he probably has 10+ year career. Mara, I see as a 15 minute per game big in the playoffs at best. No opinion on Steinbach as I never watched a Washington game.

[UcanUwill]

Interested to see where Sergio De Larrea ends up, hes the only player of note from European leagues in this draft. Also interested to see what happens to Aday Mara, maybe they end up on the same team, that would be cool.

[PhilBlackson]

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The fact that there’s this report means he didn’t do a good enough job at that lol

[garrick]

Thanks to the boy genius Mat Ishbia I have the immense pleasure to see who the Suns pick at........

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[WargamesX]

I really dislike the fact it’s two days

[OkcSinceSGA]

Wagler situation is odd. He's now supposedly had planned workouts/visits with both the Nets and Kings and canceled or hasn't done either. They are picking at 6 and 7. Promise from the Clippers? Would be terrible for the Clips IMO. I think they need to swing bigger on upside for MBJ, or Acuff. Wagler is a high chance to be a jack of all trades great role player, but I don't believe he can be a #1 guy at the NBA level.

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