Magic GM John Hammond Theres going to be some discussion about positional fit for our team, especially with 8 with 5, you typically go for the best player on the board.

Jay Williams says GMs should be extremely concerned about Darryn Peterson and that he would draft AJ Dybantsa over him I don't feel like he really wants to be there

Darly Morey We're not necessarily using the 2026 HOU first-round pick in the draft It could be used for moves around the draft This just gives us more tools to make the moves that we think will help our future more than we saw--Jared who we gave up

Adam Silver Its not what the fans want although my caveat is and teams are in a difficult place because many of you have written the worst place to be is a middle of the road team and either be great or be bad because that will help you with the draft

Kevin O'Connor Potential changes to the NBA Draft that have generated interest at the ownership level include limiting protections after the top 4 amp freezing the lottery standings on an early date mid-year Nothing is set in stone but changes to limit tanking is a key discussion point

Bobby Marks I had a team text me last night after this came out this is a team not in the lottery and they said they would basically write a blank check if they had the opportunity to pick in the top 3 of this year's draft based on what the fines could be here

Daryl Morey The Jared McCain deal we felt that we see Jared as someone who is more likely to help a team in the future We thought that the draft picks we got will help us more in the future and could of helped us this deadline