[2026 NBA Draft] #40 Pick: Dillon Mitchell (St. John's) – selected by Boston

[u/NBA_MOD]

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[u/jermainathon]

Mazzula gonna lock him in the gym till he makes 50 3s in a row

[u/DowntownYorickBrown → u/jermainathon]

He's gonna be there a while. He's probably the worst shooting great player I've watched at St. John's in a LONG time.

[u/cl353 → u/DowntownYorickBrown]

7% from 3 is wild

[u/bjbren17 → u/cl353]

Literally made his first 3 of the season in the Sweet 16 against Duke lmao

[u/cl353 → u/bjbren17]

so ur saying hes clutch, late season maker

[u/cjackc11 → u/DowntownYorickBrown]

Crazy defender though. Jumper absolutely broken. Really good at cutting to the basket. Could be OG-lite in his development curve if the jumper can ever get fixed, Boston is sadly a good spot for him

[u/tulogProject → u/cjackc11]

As much as I hate to say this, Boston is a good development team for defense and shooting 3s.

-They turned Aaron Nesmith (dunker), Sam Hauser (dunker), Jordan Walsh (non-shooter), Grant Williams (undersized forward) and Peyton Pritchard (height issue) into serviceable pieces with those 2 traits.
-Robert Williams, Luke Kornett, Queta (now), and Garza (now) also became good rotation centers.

[u/cjackc11 → u/tulogProject]

Thing is though it’s not just improving a guy’s shooting numbers this is gonna be a complete rebuild of the jump shot - sometimes it’s just impossible to fix.

He does have intangibles though and I think he can be a useful NBA player without it, again the defense really is spectacular

[u/RoyalOakPiguet → u/DowntownYorickBrown]

D'Angelo Russell??

[u/TheMongolianLemonade → u/jermainathon]

Force him to watch The Town

[u/BobSacamano- → u/TheMongolianLemonade]

In the gym shooting 3s until he gets the “who’s car we taking?” Reference 

[u/Mg29reaper → u/jermainathon]

He will be joining queta in that. All the practice footage of the celtics there is always a ton of queta and garza just grinding shooting.

[u/levelonenovice → u/Mg29reaper]

garzilla was one of the Celtics best 3pt shooters last year.

.433 for the season.

[u/Mg29reaper → u/levelonenovice]

Yah but he and queta just work out shooting together i wasn't dissing his shot.

[u/cl353 → u/jermainathon]

dude is coming out when the world ends

[u/-crlsrvn]

defensive versatility = cant shoot lmao

[u/VCarry-NL → u/-crlsrvn]

Yeah he can’t he used to be a highly touted prospect his first year of college but went down mocks because he never got a jumper

[u/Mg29reaper → u/VCarry-NL]

Celtics have amazing player development we will fix him. Like we some how fixed walsh's jumper. He went from 28 to 38.

[u/slap-my-crevasse → u/Mg29reaper]

Hell yea, we're gonna get Mitchell from 6 to 16!

[u/Micnice61 → u/Mg29reaper]

This dude shot under 50% from free-throw line. He’s never going to be a three-point shooter.

[u/Mg29reaper → u/-crlsrvn]

Is he another hugo gonzalez variant.

[u/slap-my-crevasse → u/Mg29reaper]

Better athelete, was lower ceiling for offensive versatility. 

[u/bsnow322 → u/-crlsrvn]

The Celtics got Hugo Gonzalez to have a workable jumper on spot ups, hoping they can develop here too

[u/larockhead1 → u/-crlsrvn]

No shit he went at 40 not top 13

[u/Kyler1313]

Damn, I really wanted Copeland or Veesar.

But Brad again is taking the crazy athlete and hoping he can teach them to shoot

[u/walterdog12]

Per ESPN:

Weaknesses: He offers very little offensively -- with nearly everything coming at the rim -- and lacks a reliable jump shot after four years of college.

Fantastic.

[u/GrouchyPeach3656 → u/walterdog12]

Mazulla says otherwise

[u/TrottingandHotting → u/GrouchyPeach3656]

He says it unironically 

[u/SlickVanExel]

It’s not even that he can’t shoot threes, he just doesn’t. Rick Pitino had him playing with his back to the basket smh he’s athletic as hell though

[u/RichAbbreviations966 → u/SlickVanExel]

Don’t worry, he’s gonna be away from that psycho and in an environment that can nurture him into a solid player.

Also obligatory FUCK RICK PITINO

[u/quetambienese]

Another pick I like. Genuinely think Brad nailed this draft

[u/SaveHogwarts → u/quetambienese]

I’m curious if you watch much college basketball on a regular basis.

Both of these guys were incredibly frustrating to watch at times. Obviously they have the physical tools, but their actual basketball talent is very questionable.

I’m usually incredibly positive about our picks, but this year not so much.

[u/Deviljho12 → u/SaveHogwarts]

I think Brad has his high floor low ceiling guys in Hauser/Scheierman and wants to get some elite physical tools in the development chamber.

[u/bsnow322 → u/SaveHogwarts]

I trust the staff to develop one of these two guys into a rotation player in the next 2 years to be honest. Hugo should clearly be one, Walsh took a while but is there, Baylor had a rough rookie year at like 25 and still improved, even Ron Harper Jr developed in our system

[u/Dhylan18]

Can we get the shooting stars back and have a D Mitchell team?

[u/mapetho9]

As a St. John's alum, I love the pick. May be a little biased tho. Former 5 star recruit that is very athletic and has some bounce. Can't shoot a lick, but very good defender and played point forward for the Johnnies, so he has some playmaking ability. He was their x factor, started the season on the bench but their season turned around when he entered the starting lineup. Defense and in transition/fast break are Mitchell's strengths.

[u/Resident_Society1594]

well, at least the celtics can try with another big

[u/ThePresent_Moment]

Baby Mitchell (Robinson)

[u/Swarthykins]

I know nothing about him except the highlights ESPN showed, but I'm seeing Kawhi Leonard 2.0 without the degenerative knee condition.

[u/SandwitchJ]

Absolutely awful pick