NBA Draft officially in the rearview mirror, front offices are shifting their attention to the vaunted 2026 draft class.

The Dallas Mavericks took Flagg with the first overall pick in the 2025 draft, a few months after trading franchise cornerstone Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

The early perception of 2026 is that it is a very strong class, not just at the very top where names like Dybantsa, Peterson and Boozer are already well known to NBA decision-makers, but also with the total depth of the class, after several fringe first-rounders returned to the college ranks in this cycle because of the allure of NIL.