{"id":761499,"date":"2026-06-15T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/761499\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:30:15","slug":"draft-notes-thunder-kings-wolves-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/761499\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft Notes: Thunder, Kings, Wolves, Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Thunder\u2018s offseason checklist to shore up the team around two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> will likely revolve mostly around moves around the margin, but they do have three picks in the 2026 NBA draft: Nos. 12, 17, and 37.<\/p>\n

With the 12th pick, it could behoove the Thunder to go after some size. Nate Ament<\/a> (Tennessee), the Michigan trio of Aday Mara<\/a>, Yaxel Lendeborg<\/a>, and Morez Johnson Jr.<\/a>, or Hannes Steinbach<\/a> (Washington) could all help the team add size and skill in different ways, Justin Martinez writes for The Oklahoman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At No. 17, Martinez looks<\/a> at a more wing-heavy group, including Cameron Carr<\/a> (Baylor), Dailyn Swain<\/a> (Texas), and Bennett Stirtz<\/a> (Iowa), alongside versatile defenders Allen Graves<\/a> (Santa Clara) and Jayden Quaintance<\/a> (Kentucky).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s likely that the team will end up not using all three selections, Martinez writes<\/a>, but with the 37th pick, Joshua Jefferson<\/a> (Iowa State), Alex Karaban<\/a> (UCONN), and Emanuel Sharp<\/a> (Houston) are three of the names Martinez points to as being interesting players that could fit the Thunder\u2019s ethos.<\/p>\n

We have more news and notes related to the 2026 draft:<\/p>\n

The Kings announced a new pre-draft workout group for Monday, according to Sean Cunningham of KCRA News (Twitter link<\/a>). Baba Miller<\/a> (Cincinnati) will participate after having to reschedule a previous visit due to illness. He will be joined by Bruce Thornton<\/a> (Ohio State), B.J. Edwards<\/a> (SMU), Fletcher Loyer<\/a> (Purdue), Kobe Knox<\/a> (South Carolina), and Tucker DeVries<\/a> (Indiana).
\nThe Timberwolves worked out Aaron Nkrumah<\/a> earlier this month, Darren Wolfson of KSTP reports (via Twitter<\/a>). The 6\u20196\u2033 forward started out playing Division III basketball before transferring to Tennessee State for his junior and senior seasons. He averaged 17.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.8 steals while shooting 35.1% from three and being named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year.
\nThe future of the Warriors\u00a0depends on hitting on the 11th pick in the draft, ESPN\u2019s Anthony Slater tells Michael Wallace of Grind City Media (YouTube link<\/a>). Their two starting wings, Jimmy Butler<\/a> and Moses Moody<\/a>, are expected to miss at least the start of the year with injuries, leaving a large hole in the rotation. The Warriors are unlikely to trade the pick in a deal that doesn\u2019t involve a high-level player returning to Golden State, according to Slater. Golden State does need to get younger, but the team doesn\u2019t need to try to find its next Stephen Curry<\/a> at No. 11, Slater says, noting that Arizona\u2019s Brayden Burries<\/a> is an off-ball guard who has drawn interest from the Warriors\u2019 decision-makers and could complement the current core while growing into a player with more offensive responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Thunder\u2018s offseason checklist to shore up the team around two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will likely revolve mostly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[68406,68937,18941,7,2417,19420,479,164,4025,4024,13665,6,7952,255],"class_list":["post-761499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-aaron-nkrumah","tag-b-j-edwards","tag-baba-miller","tag-basketball","tag-bruce-thornton","tag-fletcher-loyer","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-kobe-knox","tag-nba","tag-tucker-devries","tag-warriors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116753191647768087","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}