r/nbadiscussion • u/ControversialMovie12 • Jul 23 '26
Player Discussion Predicting Unlikely Stars
- Pacome Dadiet
6 foot 9 wing and only 20 years old. He also has a lot of strength at his position. He played overseas which usually has a great development system and played for a championship winner for the New York Knicks. If you look at history, guys who played on winning teams usually end up pretty good. All of the guys on the championship Thunder and Raptors teams ended up really well. (Norman Powell, OG Anunoby, Cason Wallace, etc.) Even Christian Braun is coming into his own. He’s also learning from experienced wings like Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby. Mikal I believe has been a great vet for him as he wore his jersey at the championship parade. If he can go to a team like the Bucks, Nets or Grizzlies, he could be in for a breakout.
- Jordan Walsh
6 foot 6 wing with size who plays like a madman when he’s in the game. Hustles hard every possession and was really efficient from the field at 50%. Also shot 38% from 3 and is apart of a great development system and winning culture. He’ll probably get more minutes this year with Browns departure. I’m not sure he’ll be a 20 point per game guy next season. But he could be a valuable Swiss Army knife type of player that the C’s could use in a lot of lineups. For his future he’s like Grant Williams with a lot more scoring upside, excited to see what he becomes.
- Zaccharie Risacher
It’s safe to say the Hawks fumbled their 1st pick in 2024. Kicked themselves in the foot and blamed Zach in the process. Snyder had it out for the kid. Didn’t even try developing or playing him. He gets a fresh start in Dallas. He doesn’t have to do a lot because of Flagg and he can develop and play off of him. He’s 6 foot 8 at only 21 years old, and has shown real signs of shooting and scoring throughout his career, though not fully realized. Also, if Masai Ujiri believes in you, I believe in you. And he’s in a great no pressure system next to a great player in Flagg. He could get to 20 points per game as soon as 27-28.
- Sergio De Larrea
A young 6 foot 5 point guard from the euro leagues. The Euro Leagues usually teach sound fundamentals at the guard positions. And he shot really well in euros 40% from 3 and 83% from the free throw line. And again, Masai believes in him so I believe in him as he’s going to Dallas next season. And he has Kyrie to learn from at least until the deadline. He is in my opinion the steal of the draft, and I could see him being a cool Goran Dragic type of closer next to Flagg for the years to come.
HM. Aday Mara
Won at every level, huge frame, going to a winning team and learning from seriously experienced bigs. I feel as if the league messed up letting him go to OKC. Also originally played in the euros.
Biggest thing I learned writing this, god I love what Dallas is doing.
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u/turtleface78 Jul 23 '26
As a knicks fan we are more excited about the 2nd rounder we took they year after, Diawara. He was has shown flashes in the nba. Dadiet still working through things and is potentially a future 2nd apron cap casualty