Josh Markowitz

Freelance sports content creator. Mostly college basketball/draft/recruiting, occasionally baseball/football. @ElonUniversity alum. Accepting additional clients

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Best available players on my big board heading into Round 2 of the NBA Draft tonight:

Isaiah Evans (25)
Meleek Thomas (28)
Henri Veesaar (29)
Richie Saunders (34)
Bruce Thornton (35)
Trevon Brazile (36)
Baba Miller (37)
Braden Smith (38)
Ja’Kobi Gillespie (39)
Tamin Lipsey (40)

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This was another awesome cycle to scout. Had a blast watching these guys compete all season. The next couple drafts don’t look quite as fun as the past two years but I’m cautiously more optimistic about 2027 than I was a couple months ago thanks to the returnees. Now let’s draft!

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My 2026 NBA Draft big board:

1. Cameron Boozer
2. AJ Dybantsa
3. Darryn Peterson
4. Caleb Wilson
5. Kingston Flemings
6. Darius Acuff
7. Mikel Brown
8. Keaton Wagler
9. Nate Ament
10. Brayden Burries
11. Labaron Philon
12. Jayden Quaintance
13. Morez Johnson
14. Yaxel Lendeborg

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I’m curious how the 2nd round plays out. There are some cool role player bets I like but the talent curve drops quite a bit towards the end & there’s little consensus on the few existing stash candidates so think things could get weird late w/ even more agent posturing than usual

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Rafael Castro put up an unmatched ancillary line. The closest season to it is Paul Reed in 2019-20 w/ an 11.2 OR%, 25.7 DR%, 11.1% AST%, 9.4% BLK% & 3.3% STL%. One of the cleaner comps of the cycle imo. Can’t believe Castro is outside the top 60 on the 4 biggest mainstream boards

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Query drop thread time:

Big board will be out tomorrow but in the meantime wanted to post some queries I’ve come across that have resonated with me in attempting to contextualize the class.

Prospects featured below include Ament, Steinbach, Carr, Evans, Peat, Veesaar & more

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Bruce Thornton is insanely efficient. Not the best shot diet but he was ruthless regardless of shot location or play type while minimizing TOs. And while this was his best season his career marks are 69.9% at the rim, 48.6% on non rim 2s & 38.1% from 3 w/ the same 3.0 A/TO ratio.