Ben Pfeifer

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The Athletic NBA Daily · Mock Draft with Ben Pfeifer · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

So I'm maybe

a smidge lower on Wagler than consensus but if this ends up happening and I think it will I it makes a whole lot of sense to me how do you I mean between him and Mikel Brown Jr.

Wogler is probably going to have an easier time playing off the ball, but I think Michael can certainly develop.

He's a very smart player.

And ultimately, I think it might be about prospect preference.

And Michael also had back injury stuff throughout his freshman year.

I know he's been cleared by some teams supposedly, and maybe the Clippers are one of them, but who knows if they're thinking about that.

But Michael, to me, is just at his best when he has the ball in his hands.

And maybe you can argue that

is a reason for taking him because Garland has shown for so long to be a great off-ball player as well.

He's so good scaling down, playing off the catch.

Maybe that is a case for Michael Brown, who I think has a bit of a higher ceiling as a true downhill advantage creator, generating paid touches, hitting high-level live dribble reads.

But it seems like Wagler's intelligence and his feel and his decision-making are really valued, and I do understand that.

But he's also a little bit taller, doesn't have much of a longer wingspan, hopefully can grow into being a better defender.

Both of these guys have some defensive concerns, but especially for Mikel, his tools are pretty impressive.

But I think he and Wagler, as the two seeming consensus picks, make sense to me here, even though I think the draft is wide open at this point.

That they do.

They definitely need one of these, you know, fortunately for them and fortunately for Sacramento, there are quite a few options on the board, even if they're going to miss out on, on a cuff or Keaton Wagler in this.

I think this one's going to be Mikel Brown Jr., kind of for a lot of the reasons you alluded to with Acuff, where they just need a guy to build around.

And Mikel has an enormous offensive ceiling, in my opinion, one of the highest offensive ceilings in the draft outside of that top three with his projectable size, incredible burst.

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