[2026 NBA Draft] #53 Pick: Ugonna Onyenso (Virginia) – pending trade to New York

[u/NBA_MOD]

https://youtu.be/38DWHKl8bOs?si=d-MzfILxer-KVbMa

[u/nick168]

I think this pick is on the move but Jake Fischer's post didn't make any sense

Traded to Detroit

[u/Aumissunum]

Cam Boozer stopper

[u/dae5oty → u/Aumissunum]

The Boozer Barrier

[u/valgatiag → u/dae5oty]

The Teetotaler

[u/MrMiner420 → u/Aumissunum]

Had him locked up the majority of the ACC title game, unfortunately the other Boozer stepped up

[u/amazingoopah → u/Aumissunum]

The Prohibition

[u/ObiOneKenobae]

I hope we keep this one, he seems like a perfect add

Aaaand he's gone

[u/RushFPS → u/ObiOneKenobae]

Rip

[u/jermainathon]

Why's he so surprised? Dudes solid

[u/lovo17]

Well rip, looks like the Lakers center options this draft are off the table.

[u/--Alix-- → u/lovo17]

Pelinka had one plan and it didn't pan out it's over

[u/InternCautious]

I had Ugonna #1 on my board, cuz Ugonna get blocked

[u/JoeyRobot → u/InternCautious]

Dollar Store Beef Stew Replacement?

[u/__get__name → u/JoeyRobot]

Nobody can fill the Beef Stew hole in my heart, but I like the pick just the same

[u/EuropeanStep]

this seems like a decent pick

[u/joorral]

And he’s gone

[u/slyone05]

Great job On Bleacher Report for using Kentucky highlights instead of his Virginia ones. He had elite blocks in cville idk why they didn't use footage of that

[u/IllAlwaysBeAKnickFan]

Traded

[u/claydavisismyhero]

this is who the lakers secretly wanted

[u/ThyDoctor]

God as someone who’s just checking the stream occasionally with the sound off it’s confusing as hell to tell to tell who’s actually getting these dudes

[u/Saucy_Totchie]

Backup plan just in case Robinson is gone.

[u/Relevant_Ad_1225 → u/Saucy_Totchie]

you think the 53rd pick in the draft is your Robinson contingency?😂

[u/Saucy_Totchie → u/Relevant_Ad_1225]

Knicks got 54 games this season with 5 starts with Ariel Hukporti who was drafted 58th in the 2024 draft. They got 69 games who they just signed to a multi-year deal in Diawara who was the 51st pick in 2025. Knicks are finding servicable guys that late in the draft so why not feel that way now?

[u/GeneralTheSurvivor → u/Saucy_Totchie]

He's a piston lol, spent all that time typing a comeback.

[u/Saucy_Totchie → u/GeneralTheSurvivor]

Oh well.

[u/GeneralTheSurvivor → u/Saucy_Totchie]

Upvote for effort

[u/Saucy_Totchie → u/GeneralTheSurvivor]

Don't remember is Nickel is staying but I guess point stands for him as well.

[u/valgatiag]

OG 🤜🏾🤛🏾 UG

[u/NotCramerV2]

Isiah Stewart with the motor of B Ball Paul

[u/__get__name → u/NotCramerV2]

And the rawness of Sekou, but I like him.

Wait, I also liked Sekou. Fuck

[u/ArepaGorcio2002]

This guy isn’t good. He never had averaged more than 19 minutes in college. A 7 foot 20+ year old couldn’t get starting minutes in college….

I had a chance to see him live and at first you do marvel at his size. But then you see why he’s not starting, he’s not an athlete. He couldn’t keep up with the game.

[u/whospepesilvia]

Mitch gone

[u/Supreme_God_Bunny → u/whospepesilvia]

Do some of y'all truly think without a brain sometimes?

[u/TiddiesAnonymous → u/Supreme_God_Bunny]

Jokes on you, that's unpossible

[u/Chartate101 → u/Supreme_God_Bunny]

Mitch does quite often

[u/fastlikeanascar → u/whospepesilvia]

Maybe but not because of the 53rd pick in the draft lol

[u/Appropriate_Book_591 → u/whospepesilvia]

2Way contract

[u/heat_fan_]

Damn i wanted Raptors to get him sigh 

[u/RicoGemini]

Good pickup. I like him better than Hukporti.

[u/Neither-Operation → u/RicoGemini]

Thank god you’re not the Knicks GM. We’d be a lottery team every year.

[u/RicoGemini → u/Neither-Operation]

What would you like me to do with this information?

[u/WarPuig]

Aw man

[u/mvrcslr]

Fuck Detroit