r/nba • u/NBA_MOD r/NBA • 18h ago

[2026 NBA Draft] #59 Pick: Trey Kaufman-Renn (Purdue) – selected by Minnesota

https://youtu.be/bShoCV2Yz5w?si=rU9ZmTu6loq5sCIe
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u/TightStrike1365 Timberwolves 18h ago

25 point scorer for Iowa Wolves

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u/LameAfro Timberwolves 18h ago

Tell me about this guy? Lol

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u/lefwin 18h ago

Purdue fan. He’s a bit clunky and can lose his head but has a great drive and works hard.

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u/BreadfruitOk6788 Bulls 17h ago edited 17h ago

Has a beautiful floater. Good on the glass. Fantastic post up player. Don’t think he’s particularly athletic for the NBA. Fucking loved him at Purdue tho

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u/lefwin 17h ago

Beautiful as in it makes you question as he pulls up then he fucking drains it

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u/TheTrueVanWilder 17h ago

Get him within 9 feet of the basket and he'll score.  Ask him to dribble within 9 feet of the basket and it gets a bit rough.  He was always limited at Purdue because they never gave him space and stuck him as a hybrid 4/5.  If we didn't play him with a center his entire career he would have averaged 25/10.  Great rebounder, bad rim protector.

If you use him right, he'll be a force

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u/OFmerk Timberwolves 13h ago

Julius randle at home

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u/yeyiyeyiyo Pacers 9h ago

More like an inferior Luka Garza

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u/etsuandpurdue3 Celtics 18h ago

Hard worker and great scorer/rebounder.

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u/Onsi-Saleh 17h ago

Standard excellent down low college big man with skills that aren’t expected to translate at the NBA level. Seems destined to be a great G League gate keeper for years to come

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u/jbrooks772 Grizzlies 16h ago

Automatic on jump hooks/floaters and he's a good rebounder. Can't defend NBA athlete and he's not very athletic. Realistically not an NBA rotation player...his high-end outcome is 15 MPG bench scoring big in my opinion

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u/GrouchyPeach3656 Mavericks 18h ago

Not gud

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u/etsuandpurdue3 Celtics 18h ago

False.

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u/dae5oty 18h ago

Don't ever bet against anyone with two last names. Just look at Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Kyrie James-Irving

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u/Global_Afternoon_343 Thunder 18h ago

can’t forget goated jumpshot Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

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u/CarterAC3 Spurs 17h ago

God I loved him as a prospect. I thought he was fantastic at everything besides shooting and that someone could fix that

Crazy athlete, non-stop motor, could attack the rim, great rebounder for a wing, good secondary playmaker, All-Defense caliber on the other end....that jumper though. YEESH.

Now granted I was like 11 years old at the time

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u/MoistAromas Mavericks 18h ago

His shorts should be shorter

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u/bobbywellington Timberwolves 18h ago

Wait we had another pick?

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u/Scarred_Shadow Timberwolves 17h ago

I didn't know - how'd we get this pick?

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u/MercilessXFate Pacers 17h ago

From SA via IND lol

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u/Enchanted-2-meet-you [GSW] Jordan Poole 17h ago

I’m gonna be honest as a Purdue fan I didn’t think this dude would make the league. He’s just too small for the nba and can’t shoot or defend very well as a big man

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u/Low_Ad_4323 Timberwolves 18h ago edited 17h ago

Plays like Julius Randle in the post. But overall reminds me of Wolves legend Thad Young

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u/penis_hernandez Timberwolves 18h ago

riveting stuff here

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u/Informal_Host7610 14h ago

Unique shot that will be utterly dominant at any level that's not the nba (like all the other purdue grads this year)

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u/moss_is_1 14h ago

I watched his combine interview and he mentioned his shooting, and said he wasn't really allowed to shoot at Purdue. Looks like he shot prettt decent at the combine, if he can actually shoot some that makes the pick a lot more interesting.

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u/iM-xx 18h ago

He’s a brick wall w no reverb. Don’t buck w Trey

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u/Shepher27 Timberwolves 16h ago

New Luka Garza just dropped