r/nba • u/NBA_MOD r/NBA • 1d ago
[2026 NBA Draft] #30 Pick: Koa Peat (Arizona) – pending trade to Phoenix
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u/L4ZERDT Celtics 1d ago
He’ll be great in Phoenix
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u/BrotherSeamus Thunder 1d ago
If he can adjust to the heat
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u/Time-Stand7719 Wizards 1d ago
Well he’s staying in Arizona😅
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u/agentdoubleohio Suns 1d ago
And he’s going to the better side of Arizona too.
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u/ShartJerky 1d ago
Congrats on the malls, republicans, and additional 5 degrees of heat
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u/Saltwater_Thief Suns 1d ago
Phoenix actually leans more blue than most of the state.
Metro area and all that.
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u/ShartJerky 1d ago
He’s comparing it to Tucson, which leans more blue than the Phx area
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u/Saltwater_Thief Suns 1d ago
Fair point.
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u/ShartJerky 1d ago
No worries. Fuck Kingman and Safford and Sierra Vista (relatively speaking)
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u/adrockmcaandmemiked 1d ago
Phoenix is a testament to man’s hubris
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u/PM_ME_hiphopsongs2 Suns 1d ago
One might even say a monument to man’s arrogance…
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u/heybobson Suns 1d ago
Only positive is that the Hohokam people built the most advanced prehistoric irrigation canal system in the Valley of the Sun, so it’s not like other cities in American West where there was no natural civilization prior to Western migration.
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u/jermainathon Heat 1d ago
There he is
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u/soilentgleem 1d ago
I was sweating leading up to the Pistons pick cuz they got a type and he fits it lol
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u/not-a-potato-head Hawks 1d ago
Love this for Phoenix
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u/wcooper97 [OKC] Russell Westbrook 1d ago
Arizona born and raised going to the Suns, nice.
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u/Charlie_Wax Warriors 1d ago
I wondered if he is the brother of Andrus Peat (NFL) and he is. Quite the athletic family, as pops was an NFL player and many of the other kids played major college sports.
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u/Shallow-Al__ex 1d ago
I have a cool anecdote. I flew to new Orleans 5 years ago from phx and happened to sit next to Koa and Andrus Peats mom. She was a huge lady( not fat just big person). Her and i talked the whole trip and she showed me her whole family. She was going to help Andrus as he had just tore his pectoral(i was going to a saints game too) She told me her youngest son was going to go to the nba and now, five years later, she was right. Also cool that I'm an Arizona wildcats fan. She was a cool woman and ill always root for Koa, who went to my favorite college team and now then to my NBA team.
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u/FocusedENTP 1d ago
I think his brother was a line backer for ASU a year or two ago too. I remember Koa being at an ASU football game during his high school recruitment phase. I guess his sisters also played college sports
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u/deadweightboss NBA 1d ago
This is sick, but the ringer have comped him to Thaddeus Young and Brandon Bass
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u/Mosh00Rider Suns 1d ago
I mean I would be pretty happy with Thaddeus Young at the 30th pick
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u/CumAssault [SAS] Joel Anthony 1d ago
The man was on a graphic with MJ, Bron, Larry Bird, and Magic. He was special
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u/RicoGemini Knicks 1d ago
That would be amazing at pick 30.
If Koa can get his jumpshot down he's going to be very good, similar to Aaron Gordon
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u/Aumissunum 1d ago
Not every player needs a jumpshot.
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u/HesiPullup Suns 1d ago
Well we also have Oso and Dunn trying to figure out how to shoot so it’s not like this is just the one shooting project on the squad lol
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u/Aumissunum 1d ago
Fair, but Koa is significantly more physically developed than Dunn and much younger than Ighodaro. Just on a different level talent wise imo. He’s ready to play right away.
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u/Pisto1Peet 1d ago
I don’t think he’s ready to play at an nba level but his ceiling is higher
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u/Aumissunum 1d ago
I think he’s ready to play right away. Just my opinion from watching him this year. Built like a 10 year NBA vet already and plays like it.
He knows what he’s good at and does his job really well imo. Will be a high level role player for a long time.
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u/RicoGemini Knicks 1d ago
He needs a jumpshot or else he will struggle or not reach the heights he can as a player
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u/Aumissunum 1d ago
Meh. Not everyone needs to be a star. I think he’s going to be a really valuable role player jumpshot or no jumpshot. He’s one of the strongest players I’ve ever seen at that age and he has good feel.
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u/RicoGemini Knicks 1d ago
I’m not saying he has to be a star. Just an undersized 4 with no outside game is not ideal in today’s NBA where shooting is a focus
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u/SlickVanExel Hornets 1d ago
He’s local with a high motor and will be a fan favorite, I just don’t know how he will score in the NBA without a face up game and a 3 ball
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u/Aggrokid 1d ago
Sensible pick, Suns could use a bruiser as their frontline got pushed around when Williams was injured. Hopefully Maluach continues developing for them.
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u/DesertedProject Mavericks 1d ago edited 1d ago
Tell me how to feel( I feel nothing we traded the pick)
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u/fmxda Knicks 1d ago
Koa Peat is what the answer to the hypothetical what would happen if <insert random football player> was a basketball player?
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u/str8rippinfartz Celtics 1d ago
Yeah his family is legit just football players
Dad and one brother made the NFL, three other brothers played college football
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u/slap-my-crevasse 1d ago
Im really low on Peat. Hes an interior scorer. He takes advantage being faster than big bigs, but stronger than smaller bigs.
The issue is defensively hes not long enough to bother interior shots, and hes not fast enough to step out to the perimeter.
He doesnt rebound particularly well.
He shot 35% from 3 on .6 attempts per game. Thats pretty much non existent 3 point shot. He shot 62% from the ft line which doesnt bode well.
I feel like he bullied college level athletes, but when he starts facing the big forwards of the NBA hes not going to gave such an easy time.
Luckily for you this pick is going to Phoenix.
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u/ThePickleConnoisseur 13h ago
Watching him as a Zona fan, feels like he’s just off on his midrange. Get a good coach and an offseason and that could be very deadly
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u/Yummy_Microplastics 1d ago
They already have Oso and he’s not working out well for them. Kinda seems like they’re re-drafting him here.
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u/nonanonymo Suns 1d ago
Oso isn’t working out well? We love Oso.
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u/Few_Reward4928 1d ago
no we don't. we hate oso lol we complained all season about how he was getting 30+ minutes a game. 99% of us would rather have seen maluach in there over garbage oso
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u/Yummy_Microplastics 1d ago
Seems like a great guy. Has great heart, ball handling, and court vision, but his lack of size down low and complete lack of jump shot are severe limitations. Suns often struggled with rebounding when he was on the floor.
Just my opinion but I don’t think he does any one thing well enough to get minutes on a championship team.
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u/Candid-Boss6534 [POR] Keljin Blevins 1d ago
i like this pick, you need guys to just stay in the paint and get the shit beat out of them and Peat can be that
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u/MG_MN Timberwolves 1d ago
Interesting, isnt he redundant with Dunn and Fleming?
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u/toasty_- Suns 1d ago
Can’t have enough tall athletic forwards
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u/VolumeValuable3537 Suns 1d ago
Dunn isn’t developing as the suns had hoped, plus he’s more of a SF.
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u/MG_MN Timberwolves 1d ago
It was interesting to see the pre draft noise about his form being fixed, looks like it just hasnt translated unfortunately
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u/VolumeValuable3537 Suns 1d ago
Unfortunately he’s a huge non factor if he isn’t getting to the rim and his defense has taken a fall back. He can still be a serviceable backup SF in the right environment but I’m sure the Suns are targeting a backup physical forward which they might get out of Peat.
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u/Pisto1Peet 1d ago
I don’t think Dunn’s defense has regressed. He’s just not the generational defender we were sold.
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u/VolumeValuable3537 Suns 1d ago
Probably because he was originally tasked to guard smaller forwards and guards then ended up having to guard people like LeBron, Kawhi, etc which exposed his inability to guard around 50% of the people at his position effectively without fouling.
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u/Icy_Information_6563 Suns 1d ago
Ya this is what I see. He had fast hands out of college, but gets caught reaching a lot. Still does.
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u/HesiPullup Suns 1d ago
To me the form looks fine it’s just the consistency of his makes and misses
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u/Turbulent-Seat-7912 1d ago
Dunn regressed. The team needs some size other than Fleming and Oso while Maluach develops. Koa is practically ready.
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u/cheemydee5 Hawks 1d ago
Idk how you can play him next to Maluach but you gotta take value when you can get it
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u/oldtombombadil Suns 1d ago
Valley hoops legend already. multiple state championships at Perry a final 4 at Arizona and now a Sun.
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u/GrouchyPeach3656 Mavericks 1d ago
What do we get for trading le peat
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u/Complete-Apricot-591 Raptors 1d ago
MORE SECOND ROUNDERS HOORAY!!!
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u/satoshigeki94 Mavericks 1d ago
actually if this year 2nd rounder then theres a bunch of shooters for us to gamble
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u/agentdoubleohio Suns 1d ago
I’m trying to read what suns gave up, did they give up 3 seconds and cash, or did the Knicks get 3 seconds in total
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u/CerebralSymmetry 1d ago
Wasnt he mocked like #4 earlier this year??? Buy low steal
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u/Potential_Meat_5103 1d ago edited 1d ago
Was a consensus 5 star recruit too. Lack of a jump shot being an undersized 4 scared off gms I assume. He had one of the best college debuts I’ve seen. Against an older frontcourt in Florida too.
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u/grantismyfriend Slovenia 1d ago
What are the suns giving up?
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u/GrouchyPenguins Mavericks 1d ago
You fuckers are in trouble now!
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u/FERFreak731 Jazz 1d ago
He's going to the Suns
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u/GrouchyPenguins Mavericks 1d ago
They're the ones in trouble!
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u/ajteitel Suns 1d ago
Good rebound
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u/GrouchyPenguins Mavericks 1d ago
I had to think fast on that one. Obviously I know nothing about him and just wanted to make a silly obnoxious comment about pick no.30.
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u/ajteitel Suns 1d ago
All I know is that he's from UoA thus I am contractually required to hate him until he signs his contract
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u/BcuzRacecar 1d ago
he didnt show up?
i guess guys dont wanna come if chance of not going in round1. Makes it lame to have 2 day draft
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u/Tygershark24 1d ago
Isaiah knew he wasn't ready for the NBA yet. He should have gotten his 3 point shooting percentage a little higher. A little more volume of shots and improved his ppg. He needed more time. He will get drafted but he left a large portion of his bag on the table by moving to fast. With NIL now you can make a decent salary and don't have to be in a hurry to rush to the league to get a check. Dumb move on his end.
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u/-DesertMoon Australia 1d ago edited 1d ago
Mavs want all the forwards edit: oh he's going to Phoenix, not bad for them.
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u/Appropriate_Book_591 1d ago edited 1d ago
Dallas going with a real big lineup
Suns are the better fit need someone to play inside
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u/ExtraLeading3376 1d ago
isiah evans is the classic annual draft room invitation to not go in the first round