The 2025-26 NBA draft prospect watch thread.

[Adrian]

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: The Phoenix Suns Held A Pre-Draft Workout With Cameron Carr.

 

[Chaplin]

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: The Phoenix Suns Held A Pre-Draft Workout With Cameron Carr.

Late lottery/mid-first projected pick. We don't have a pick in that area, so take that with a grain of salt.

 

[Raindog]

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REPORT: The Thunder are fully expected to trade their picks 12, 17, and 37 to try and move into the top 10, per @WindhorstESPN


OKC only has ONE roster spot available and wouldn’t be able to draft all three players.

Gee, I feel sorry for them.

 

[Raindog]

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: The Phoenix Suns Held A Pre-Draft Workout With Cameron Carr.

Well, we really need to move up to get yet ANOTHER 6-5 SG. So genius, Suns.

He's the son of former Sun Chris Carr, by the way.

 

[hcsilla]

Well, we really need to move up to get yet ANOTHER 6-5 SG. So genius, Suns.

He's the son of former Sun Chris Carr, by the way.

Carr is not just another SG. He is an athletic freak with a huge wingspan and a good-looking 3P-shot. He looks like the SG version of Rasheer Fleming or maybe even more.

 

[Raindog]

Carr is not just another SG. He is an athletic freak with a huge wingspan and a good-looking 3P-shot. He looks like the SG version of Rasheer Fleming or maybe even more.

Regardless, even if he is all that, he is also a luxury the Suns can't use with their current roster needs. He isn't getting time with Booker, Green, Allen, Goodwin, and possibly a few other current players overlapping him.

Unless the Suns really are committed to having a team made up of ten guards and maybe three guys who can play inside, I don't see how adding more shooting guards makes any sense.

 

[Hoop Head]

We'd need to trade for Carr since he's projected as a mid-1st. A deal involving Grayson gives us his replacement who is younger and cheaper. Include a couple of 2nd rounders and that makes us younger, saves money, and slowly stocks the war chest.

 

[TJ]

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If there’s not a solid front court option at #47, getting the reigning Big-12 POTY would not be a bad fallback

 

[clyde2tw]

Carr is not just another SG. He is an athletic freak with a huge wingspan and a good-looking 3P-shot. He looks like the SG version of Rasheer Fleming or maybe even more.

We don't have backcourt players like OKC's Mitchell and McCain, Dosumu, Shannon who can create their own shots on a rookie contracts. It takes time for our Dunn and Fleming to even become decent 3Ds.

 

[Mainstreet]

John Gambadoro mentions Arizona basketball point guard Jaden Bradley receiving a pre-NBA Draft invite as well.

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[Raindog]

Someone remind me - do the Suns have their own first rounder in 2027 or is it one of those that's swapped to the lowest of xxx?

 

[Hoop Head]

Someone remind me - do the Suns have their own first rounder in 2027 or is it one of those that's swapped to the lowest of xxx?

Our 27 is swapped. I don't think we have one where we have complete control with no swaps until 2032.

We get the least favorable of Cleveland, Minnesota, and Utah in 2027. Not exactly a hot commodity.

Why Draft-Pick Trade Makes Sense For Both Jazz, Suns

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[oaken1]

My interest in college sports is waning without the continuity of players. And loyalty to school is being dismantled.

I was always happy when players moved on to the pros like the NBA or NFL but playing for another school because they can offer more money is ruining it for me.

ASU lost a top center in basketball because the number was too high. In more and more cases, major league franchises can't compete with the money offered.

This is professional sports without a CBA.

NCAA should bring back the practice of making guys sit out one full season when they transfer to a new school.
that will cut down on NIL offers and transfers... but it will push the flip flopping BS to high school recruiting.

cant wait to see my grandson get 5 mil for playing PF for East Canon Middle School.

 

[Mainstreet]

NCAA should bring back the practice of making guys sit out one full season when they transfer to a new school.
that will cut down on NIL offers and transfers... but it will push the flip flopping BS to high school recruiting.

cant wait to see my grandson get 5 mil for playing PF for East Canon Middle School.

The NCAA lost a lot of its power due to court rulings. College sports needs to find an equilibrium. Whether it can do it under the current system remains dubious.

 

[Hoop Head]

Im surprised the NBA hasn't rolled back their eligibility age to 18. With NIL deals now the incentive to join the league strictly for a payday is gone.

 

[Carolinacacti]

NIL hurts the Suns. Good young players will stay in school instead of being drafted in the second round

 

[SunsTzu]

NIL hurts the Suns. Good young players will stay in school instead of being drafted in the second round

Since NIL started in 2021 the Suns have drafted Camara, Oso and Fleming, so I'm not sure I'd agree.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Since NIL started in 2021 the Suns have drafted Camara, Oso and Fleming, so I'm not sure I'd agree.

Camera was over seas, Oso is not much. Fleming was pretty much a first round oick

 

[SunsTzu]

Camera was over seas, Oso is not much. Fleming was pretty much a first round oick

Camara played 4 years in college, not that it would matter as it relates to 2nd round talent, Oso is arguably a top 10 player from his draft and Fleming was a 2nd round pick.

 

[Yuma]

I agree. The Suns cannot afford to waste any more resources on wings or guards, unless they are going to ship off about a third of the current roster for bigs.

We have SIX guards on the roster now. I know we may not end up with all those guards, but still....

 

[hcsilla]

Regardless, even if he is all that, he is also a luxury the Suns can't use with their current roster needs. He isn't getting time with Booker, Green, Allen, Goodwin, and possibly a few other current players overlapping him.

Yes, but Allen is obviously expendable, Goodwin is a backup combo G and it is not given at all that Green will be part of the Suns' future. Besides, a player like Carr can defend multiple positions and what is more important, the Suns' search for future cornerstone players is still ongoing and hasn't resulted in finding any of them yet.

 

[hcsilla]

We don't have backcourt players like OKC's Mitchell and McCain, Dosumu, Shannon who can create their own shots on a rookie contracts. It takes time for our Dunn and Fleming to even become decent 3Ds.

Good point but isn't a bit easier to find players who can create their own shot than oversized, defensive stopper athletic freaks who can hit the 3?

 

[Yuma]

Prospects brought in by the Suns so far according to ESPN

• Baba Miller (PF, Cincinnati)
• Jaden Bradley (PG, Arizona)
• Derrian Ford (SG, Temple,)
• Kashie Natt (SG, Sam Houston St)
• Shammah Scott (PG, Akron)

Miller is the highest rated of these prospects, projected to go early-mid second round, while Bradley is also expected to go in the middle of the second round.

Ford, Natt and Scott are all not mocked to be drafted at this point.

All of these players were seniors, so the Suns could be targeting experience instead of a younger prospect after they were a playoff team this season with a 45-37 record.

 

[Adrian]

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[Raindog]

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Well, if Kendrick Perkins says so, then we know it's not true.