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We’ve featured a fair few high-risk, high-reward prospects lately, but Jayden Quaintance might be the ultimate prospect in that category within this class (primarily due to his injury history). Quaintance, still just 18 years old after two years of college, has shown tantalising film when he’s played; the problem, of course, is that he really […]
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As an Australian, I have been able to watch Karim Lopez a lot over the last two years as he plied his trade with the New Zealand Breakers (who compete in the NBL, for those who don’t know). At 19 years old, Lopez is a 6’8”, 221-pound wing with a 6’11” wingspan. If nothing else, […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Bucks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. At last month’s draft combine, there was some intel that the Bucks were operating as if […]
Editor’s note: You likely have noticed we continued this series past 10th, where the Bucks’ first-round pick landed. With rumors that they were operating as if they’d have multiple picks—not necessarily firsts—in this draft at the combine, we’ll continue it for a couple more days until we reach 18th. Why? Two teams have two picks […]
Morez Johnson Jr. has become something of a cult favorite amongst online scouts. He probably won’t be drafted as high as his Michigan teammates Yaxel Lendeborg and Aday Mara, but he has the potential to end up as the best of the trio when it’s all said and done. Fans of Johnson are enamored with […]
Labaron Philon Jr. is one of the smoothest, most interesting prospects in this year’s draft class. After an incredible sophomore leap at Alabama—where he averaged 21.6 PPG, 5.0 APG, 3.4 RPG, and 1.2 SPG—Philon earned third-team All-American honors and was named to the All-SEC First Team. A crafty, suave guard with real three-level scoring, playmaking […]
Cameron Carr burst onto the scene this past season. After barely seeing the floor in his two years at Tennessee (18 games and a total of 102 minutes), Carr finally got the chance to show off his talents at Baylor in 2025. He remained healthy after sustaining a left thumb injury that required surgery in […]
Nate Ament is one of the most polarizing prospects in the 2026 NBA Draft class and a player who has crossed the Bucks’ radar. An exciting jumbo wing with tough shot-making abilities, Ament was ranked as high as fourth on way-too-early mock drafts before plummeting with a rough start to the season at Tennessee. He’s […]
Aday Mara has risen up boards as one of the biggest unicorns in the 2026 class. The 7’4”, 260-pound center from Michigan is far and away the best pure center in this year’s draft, and he has the potential to become one of the NBA’s most impactful players at his position in the future. Raw […]
You can envision it now: “With the 10th pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, the Milwaukee Bucks select… Yaxel Lendeborg.” And unlike 10 years ago, you don’t have to squint to see it working out. After three years with Arizona Western in the NJCAA, Lendeborg transferred to the University of Alabama at Birmingham for two […]
The Bucks are expected to be at the center of the trade universe with Giannis Antetokounmpo possibly looking to move on from Milwaukee. While speculation about his future is rampant, the Bucks do—believe it or not—have the option to keep The Greek Freak if he wants to give it another go and try to win […]
Talent or fit? It’s the age-old question, at least as far as the NBA Draft is concerned. And with Brayden Burries, a 6’4”, 215-pound combo guard out of Arizona, it raises itself again. Burries is talented, no doubt, but is he talented enough in a draft as deep as this for the Bucks to take […]
Mikel Brown Jr. could well be the second-best three-level scorer in this draft as a rookie (behind Darryn Peterson), and he has been rising up draft boards following a strong showing at the combine. A point guard who can slide to the two, Brown carries extreme gravity as soon as he crosses half-court, which sets […]
Kingston Flemings, a 6’2” (barefoot) point guard out of the University of Houston, is yet another player to emerge into this draft’s top 10 who was relatively unknown coming into the year. Like Keaton Wagler, Flemings did not even make the McDonald’s All-American game, but pretty early on in the college season, you began to […]
Darius Acuff Jr. started the year as a fringe-lottery type guy, and ended it as a consensus top-eight selection on most mocks. He was the best pure scorer in college basketball, averaging 23.5 PPG and 6.4 APG on 44.0% from three. Acuff’s offensive excellence stems from his elite shooting ability. He was deadly at pull-up […]
Keaton Wagler (pronounced wog-ler), a tall point guard at 6’5”, is another in this class who has come out of obscurity to cement his place as a consensus top-10 pick. Throughout Wagler’s freshman season at Illinois, his production got better and better until it was impossible to ignore, averaging 17.9 PPG, 4.2 APG, and 5.1 […]
New Bucks head coach Taylor Jenkins has narrowed his coaching staff, according to a report from Eric Nehm and Sam Amick of The Athletic. In a trio of moves that align with the Bucks’ desire for a cultural reset, Jenkins will bring Joe Boylan to Milwaukee for the first time, while retaining the services of […]
Caleb Wilson, a 6’10” forward out of UNC, did not enter the year projected to go this high (and possibly even higher on draft night), but his unique intersection of athleticism, dexterity, and skill jumped off the page this season, cementing his place among the other top guys by the end of it. Put simply, […]
Born from a basketball pedigree, Cameron Boozer is a natural-born winner. Boozer has made a case as possibly the most accomplished high school player of all time, claiming four Florida state championships, three Nike EYBL (Elite Youth Basketball League) rings, two gold medals, and countless individual awards. This isn’t a coincidence; Boozer has one of […]
Unsurprisingly, Darryn Peterson has slotted in at second on our community draft board. The Kansas guard is one of three players widely considered to be worthy of the top spot in the draft. Whichever team lands him in June will surely be ecstatic. What makes Peterson such a great prospect? It all starts with his […]
AJ Dybantsa has been hyped as a generational prospect for years, and it’s not hard to see why. At 6’9” with a seven-foot wingspan, Dybantsa fits the modern wing prototype to a tee. In his lone year at BYU, he averaged 25.5 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 3.7 APG, and 1.4 stocks per game on 51.0% from […]
Well, it’s been several years since we did this—since 2022—but now that the Bucks will be making their highest draft pick in a decade, it’s time to bring back an old favorite: our community draft board. Back when we last undertook this project, Milwaukee was picking 24th overall and chose MarJon Beauchamp (we skipped 2024, […]
Well, it’s been several years since we did this—since 2022—but now that the Bucks will be making their highest draft pick in a decade, it’s time to bring back an old favorite: our community draft board. Back when we last undertook this project, Milwaukee was picking 24th overall and chose MarJon Beauchamp (we skipped 2024, […]
On Sunday afternoon, the Milwaukee Bucks found out they’d received the 10th overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft, a pick that they absolutely cannot afford to mess up. Analysts have had their say on who they think should be taken, and you soon will too (more on that to come). Until then, franchise saviour, […]