The Memphis Grizzlies are broadly anticipated to maintain the No. 3 total choose within the 2026 NBA Draft, based on early league expectations following the lottery outcomes.
Grizzlies president Zach Kleiman has constructed a fame for aggressively shifting up in drafts quite than buying and selling down. Most just lately, Memphis traded as much as choose Cedric Coward with the No. 11 choose final June.
League insiders imagine Memphis will nonetheless have entry to at the very least two of the draft’s high prospects at No. 3.
Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, Duke ahead Cameron Boozer and North Carolina ahead Caleb Wilson are all seen as doable choices relying on how the primary two choices unfold.
These three gamers, together with AJ Dybantsa, have emerged because the consensus high 4 prospects within the class.
“I wasn’t actually anxious about picks 14 to three,” Dybantsa instructed reporters after the lottery, signaling confidence that he will probably be chosen throughout the first two picks.
Utah Jazz president Austin Ainge is accustomed to main draft-day trades involving high choices.
Throughout his time with the Boston Celtics, Ainge helped execute the 2017 deal that despatched the No. 1 choose to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Philadelphia chosen Markelle Fultz first total, whereas Boston moved down and drafted Jayson Tatum at No. 3.
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