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NBA Draft Best Fits: Who Your Team *Should* Take Tuesday โ€” and Plan B if He's Gone

Best Player Available? Best Fit? Here's how I'd play the first round, team by team

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Jeremias Engelmann
Jun 22, 2026
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Darius Acuff Jr., Mikel Brown Jr., and Bennett Stirtz match what a lot of teams need in this weekโ€™s NBA draft. (Soobum Im/Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images/Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)


Most NBA teams have very specific needs, given their current depth chart, long-term contracts and future title aspirations.

Letโ€™s look at the players who (a) should be available and (b) best fit the needs of every team in the first round of this weekโ€™s NBA draft. That includes a Plan B and even Plan C for many teams.

For my Final NBA Draft Big Board, in which I rank the top 30 prospects according to stats and film work, click here.

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