2026 Big Board

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This is my first crack at a big board for what is proving to be a really interesting draft class. Not I have not really broken them down into strong tiers but rather have them noted as Loto (1-14), 1st (14-25), 1/2nd (25-35), 2nd (35-45) and M/L 2nd (45-60). I will do a board later with tiered groups where I think the players are similar and the pick comes down to need/fit but for now this is my thought dump as to what range or level of prospect I see a player as.

 


Rank   Tier   Player   Pos   Team
1   loto   Darryn Peterson   2/1   Kansas
2   loto   AJ Dybantsa   3/4   BYU
3   loto   Cam Boozer   4/5   Duke
4   loto   Caleb Wilson   3/4   UNC
5   loto   Kingston Flemings   1/2   Houston
6   loto   Mikel Brown Jr   1/2   Louisville
7   loto   Nate Ament   3/4   Tennessee
8   loto   Karim Lopez   3/4   Int
9   loto   Keaton Wagler   2/1   Illinois
10   loto   Morez Johnson Jr.    5/4   Michigan
11   loto   Yaxel Lendenborg   4/5   UAB
12   loto   Jayden Quaintance    5/5   Kentucky

13   1st   Darius Acuff   1/1   Arkansas
14   1st   Labaron Philon   1/1   Alabama
15   1st   Brayden Burries   1/2   Arizona
16   1st   Koa Peat   4/3   Arizona
17   1st   Thomas Haugh   4/3   Florida
18   1st   Chris Cenac Jr   4/5   Houston
19   1st   Hannes Steinbach   4/5   Washington
20   1st   Aday Mara   5/5   Michigan
21   1st   Tounde Yessoufou   2/3   Baylor
22   1st   Dailyn Swain   3/2   Texas
23   1st   Christian Anderson   1/1   Texas Tech
24   1st   Patrick Ngongba II    5/5   Duke
25   1st   Meleek Thomas    1/2   Arkansas
26   1st   Alijah Arenas   2/3   USC
27   1st   Sergio de Larrea   1/2   Spain

28   1/2nd   Flory Biduga   5/5   Kansas
29   1/2nd   Braylon Mullins   2/2   Uconn
30   1/2nd   Camaron Carr   2/2   Baylor
31   1/2nd   Bennett Stirtz   1/1   Iowa
32   1/2nd   PJ Haggerty   1/2   Kansas St
33   1/2nd   Joshua Jefferson   4/3   Iowa State
34   1/2nd   JT Toppin   4/5   Texas Tech
35   1/2nd   JoJo Tugler   4/5   Houston
36   1/2nd   Isaiah Evans   2/3   Duke
37   1/2nd   Baba Miller   5/4   Cinncinati
38   1/2nd   Emanuel Sharpe   1/2   Houston
39   1/2nd   Ebuka Okorie   1/1   Stanford
40   1/2nd   Juke Harris   3/2   Wake Forest
41   1/2nd   Malachi Moreno   5/5   Kentucky
42   1/2nd   Henri Veesaar   5/5   UNC
43   1/2nd   Massamba Diop   5/5   Ariona St
44   1/2nd   Moustapha Thiam   5/5   Cincinnati
45   1/2nd   Amari Allen   3/2   Alabama

46   2nd   Dash Daniels   2/3   Int
47   2nd   Zuby Ejiofor   4/5   St Johns
48   2nd   Trevon Brazile   4/4   Arkasas
49   2nd   Allen Graves   3/4   Santa Clara
50   2nd   Bruce Thorton   1/1   Ohio St
51   2nd   Richie Saunders   2/3   BYU
52   2nd   Paul McNeil Jr   2/2   NC State
53   2nd   Ryan Conwell   2/2   Lousiville
54   2nd   Otega Oweh   2/3   Kentucky
55   2nd   Alex Condon   5/4   Florida
56   2nd   Milan Momcilovic   3/4   Iowa State
57   2nd   Alex Karaban   3/4   Uconn

58   M/L 2nd   Tyler Tanner   1/1   Vanderbilt
59   M/L 2nd   Nate Bittle   5/5   Oregon
60   M/L 2nd   Ja'kobi Gillespie   1/1   Tennessee

[CFAN38]

Looking at this draft assuming the Cs land around picks #27 and #40 I am excited at the players available.

At #27 I really liked Morez Johnson but I find it really hard to believe he falls to 27 given his recent play. Currently I really like the possibility of taking Meleek Thomas at #27. Acuff is getting all the hype (rightfully so) but Thomas is putting up great numbers and as a young blue chip combo guard he would bring a different dynamic to the Celtics young group. His potential as a secondary ball handler, floor spacers, and creator would be a nice prospect to develop behind White/PP.

At #40 I am really becoming bullish on Baba Miller. His lateral quickness and subsequent perimeter defense is such an outlier for a player who is almost 7' in shoes that I would love to see what the Cs staff could develop him into. On offense he is really a mixed bag who can actually do alot off the dribble and has shown some ability to hit the 3 in the past.