What Zach Lowe has said about 2026 NBA draft

Lowe said he would take Darryn Peterson with one of the first two picks because teams saw no long-term medical concerns.

“I would take him with one of the first two picks just because I've heard all of the teams have seen every bit of medical data”

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Lowe said Acuff's smoothness and control would put him in number-one-pick conversation if he were taller.

“If he were two or three inches taller, would he be in the conversation to be the number one pick in the draft?”

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Lowe said Amen Thompson has developed roughly as he expected and never projected as a point guard.

“he's more or less kind of what i expected him to be this year i did not think that he was going to be like oh now suddenly he's going to be a point guard”

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