First post-lottery mock draft, after another wild NBA Draft lottery. Washington moves up to No. 1, followed by Utah, Memphis, Chicago and the Clippers.
The NIL era is flipping the NBA Draft on its head.
Only 71 players entered the 2026 NBA Draft, per the NBA. Down from 106 last year and a peak of 363 in 2021.
That's the lowest early-entrant total since 2003.
College basketball stars are staying in school, overwhelmingly.
Thomas Haugh will earn over $4 million during his senior season at Florida after forgoing the 2026 NBA Draft.
Haugh and Braylon Mullins, two potential lottery picks, stayed put with schools now able to match their projected NBA salary slot.
NIL has completely changed the game.
NEWS: Big day for Penn State, locking up 3 signings from Miško Ražnatović and Beobasket.
— Ivan Jurić (re-signing): 10.2 points, 5.3 rebounds as a freshman starter
— Roko Prkačin: 6'9, 23-year old Croatian national team player, 17 mpg for Nanterre (2nd in Pro A France)
— François Wibaut: 21-year-old starter for Pau Orthez (2nd in Pro B France)
“You could put an NBA role-player on a 16-seed and they’d win it all”
Reminder that this dude played with FOUR (4) OTHER NBA DRAFT PICKS on a 1-seed and didn’t even MAKE the championship game.
The list is a lot smaller than you think.
I find it funny how just every year it feels like the 9 seed wins over the 8 seed. Like this year I kind of felt every 9 seed was favored. Except I guess I felt Ohio State was going to narrowly get by but nonetheless.