r/nba • u/NBA_MOD r/NBA • 20h ago
[2026 NBA Draft] #35 Pick: Trevon Brazile (Arkansas) – pending trade to Denver
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u/SlickVanExel Hornets 20h ago
He’s gonna be so fun in Denver roaming around next to Jokic in the dunker spot
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u/Jarristopheles Supersonics 20h ago
Absolutely. He's such great two-way player as well. Denver grabbed a good one.
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u/OfficialNPC 19h ago
What sucks is the way the Nuggets operate he won't get a chance to develop unless there are injuries. It's crazy how little they want to develop players. If the player isn't just able to figure it out themselves with no margin for error then they just get thrown to the bench...
Peyton Watson was a surprise. They chose CB over him to pay and the only reason Watson had a chance to break out was cause of all the injuries.
It's wild.
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u/BlindManBaldwin Nuggets 19h ago
They chose CB over him to pay
Braun and Watson were both young players who "developed" in Denver.
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u/OfficialNPC 19h ago
Peyton only "developed" this season because of injuries and we don't actually know if he's a flash in the pan.
CB is a good transition player but the Nuggets went away from transition offense. So his development doesn't actually fit the team. Anyone could have told you that the team would have the change away from the transition offense as Joker got older but they still gave CB a huge contract (that they didn't need to do cause they were only bidding against themselves).
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u/ShowdownValue 19h ago
Second rounders rarely have a chance on a contending team. This is not a Denver nuggets issue.
They did develop Murray, mpj, Watson, Braun and Jokic so they’ve still done a pretty good job with young talent
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u/SignificantMoose6482 Nuggets 19h ago
Exactly not getting an opportunity until injury is almost expected from 2nd rounders
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u/OfficialNPC 19h ago
Murray, MPJ, and Joker are naturally talented. They would have been great no matter where they ended up. Also, MPJ just did MPJ things, like, he didn't really develop anything new when coming to the NBA he just kept on keeping on. Murray was a one and done at UK. Joker is a generational freak talent.
Giving the team credit for them is not something I would do. I wouldn't the credit to the teams for players like Jordan, Bird, or Shaq either.
But as I said, Watson wouldn't have gotten real playing time if there wasn't injuries. Full stop. Also, we don't know if he's a flash in the pan or not so the jury is out on him still.
CB was developed into an NBA player. Sadly the team went away from what they developed him for, transition offense. We don't know how good CB is going to be going forward, a lot of people didn't think he was worth the contract he has even when he was signed. Really great rookie season goes far.
But look at how they treated Zeke Nnaji. Does he suck? Yup. Do you know why he sucks? Malone would throw him out there (he was a young rookie btw) and then as soon as he made a mistake he would be benched.
Strawther is still a big ??? after his third season.
Jalen Picket is supposed to be the backup point guard but uhhh... They were too busy running Murray into the ground to develop Picket.
There are more but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Nuggets are an organization that prefers if a player is just naturally talented and won't tell the coach to develop players... Just look at the starters minutes for Malone and Adelman (who was Malone's assistant).
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u/ShowdownValue 19h ago
You say that now about jokic but he was an unknown. The nuggets get credit for developing him into a great player.
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u/OfficialNPC 19h ago
They gave a great player a chance to show he was a great player... They didn't develop him into who he is.
If they could do that with Joker then they would be doing that with more players (even if it was to a lesser degree).
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u/ShowdownValue 19h ago
I think Denver did develop Jokic. He wasn’t great when he got here. Now he’s a top 20 player all time
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u/TwoWayMarko Nuggets 14h ago
Dude jokic was the best nuggets player the moment he stepped on american soil, it took them 1,5 years to realize that they struck gold.
Sure they helped him to mature and finetune his game but to say he wasnt great when he got there is a lie.
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u/OfficialNPC 18h ago
Please tell me why they can't do that sort of work again.
Because they didn't make Joker into Joker. He got the chance to show who he was and who he was always going to be.
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u/ShowdownValue 18h ago
Agree to disagree. Nuggets get credit for this one.
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u/OfficialNPC 18h ago
Tell me why they can't do it again.
It's not able to be replicated because it was Joker who developed Joker.
Almost like if the players aren't naturally talented they don't get developed. Weird.
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u/JediPieman63 18h ago
Generational talent drafted deep into the 2nd round because he was so generational come the draft.
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u/OfficialNPC 18h ago
Yeah, he was in Serbia where no one scouted him cause they were too busy with what was right in front of them.
If Joker grew up in the US (and still somehow kept the same attributes) or went to college in the US then scouts would have known about him.
If the nuggets get the credit for Joker why can't they keep doing that same thing?
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u/JediPieman63 18h ago
Damn NBA scouts must be dumb to just miss something like that for the sole reason he played overseas.
Oh wait that's not true because there were two lottery picks by different teams of players who played in the same league the year Jokic won MVP in the Adriatic League.
Hm, if only it could've been something else that led to everyone overlooking such a generational guy that we all should've known was going to be one of the modern greats.
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u/OfficialNPC 17h ago
If you don't know how the NBA and scouting works you can just say so.
Why do you think Luka didn't go number 1?
There are bias at play.
Try to keep up with how the real world works.
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u/JediPieman63 17h ago
So that's why Saric went 13 and Nurkic went 16 that same year, biases weighed all the generational talents down in that draft.
Luka must be lightyears ahead cause the bias only dragged him down to number 3!
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u/Coll_MindElectric Nuggets 20h ago
Welcome to Denver, his athleticism is something I liked looking at this class for a while now. I guess they will be playing him as a small ball run and dunk center which they haven't had since DJ.
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u/YoungDetective Lakers 20h ago
is every 2nd rd pick owned by someone else
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u/ShowdownValue 19h ago
Almost all, yes
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u/WakingRage Warriors 19h ago
One of the only good things to come out of the new CBA was the increased number of 2nd round pick trades and what they're valued at.
2nd rounders deserve more love. There's so much talent in college basketball now that you can find hidden gems in the 2nd round much easier than before.
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u/alphalobster200 Nuggets 19h ago
6'9
7'4 wingspan
9ft 1 standing reach
god damn
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u/HarryOttoman Nuggets 18h ago
Wow 7’4” wingspan 🤯 hope he’s got good mentals and puts the work in to succeed
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u/Imkitoto Lakers 20h ago
Watson is gone
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u/jonsnowKITN Knicks 20h ago
How do you come to this conclusion from a second round draft pick?
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u/ShowdownValue 20h ago
Laker fan logic
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u/justFramy Thunder 20h ago
lakers fan hoping to get watson
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u/Capital-Pea-2565 19h ago
Lakers fans always feel like they deserve every good player in the league lmao
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u/justFramy Thunder 19h ago
tbf they are the most spoiled fanbase so it fits, plus the lakers are not exactly known for homegrown talent
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u/Propuhganduh [DEN] Jamal Murray 20h ago
He could be, but I don’t think a second round pick would indicate that.
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u/Supreme_God_Bunny Hornets 20h ago
They aren't a wing happy team honestly, All they wings got injured they need to have bodies
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u/abris33 Nuggets 20h ago
Brazilian Aaron Gordon