2026 NBA Mock Draft + Pacers Draft Lottery Therapy Session with Alex Golden – Will Clippers take Mara 5th? Wizards Jazz Grizzlies Bulls win Lottery, 30 First Round Draft Targets

Ep. 126 Learning Basketball with Alex Golden @AlexGoldenNBA Writer for Pacers on SI Creator & Host of @PacersPodSTP & Fever Focus Podcast 2026 NBA Mock Draft + Pacers Draft Lottery Therapy Session with Alex Golden – Will Clippers take Mara 5th? Wizards Jazz Grizzlies Bulls win Lottery, 30 First Round Draft Targets Timeline: 00:00 Introduction & Background 01:00 Indiana Pacers' Draft Lottery Heartbreak, Analyzing the Trade in Hindsight 06:00 NBA Drafting Strategy: BPA vs Fit & Opportunity 09:00 1 WAS – AJ Dybantsa 10:00 2 UTA – Cameron Boozer 12:00 3 MEM – Darryn Peterson 15:00 4 CHI – Caleb Wilson 28:00 5 LAC – Aday Mara + Evaluating Potential Upside vs Good Players, The Importance of dominant Centers in Basketball 37:00 6 BKN – Keaton Wagler 38:00 7 SAC - Darius Acuff 43:00 8 ATL – Kingston Flemings 47:00 9 DAL – Mikel Brown Jr 50:00 10 MIL – Ebuka Okorie 52:00 11 GSW – Yaxel Lendeborg 54:00 12 OKC – Labaron Philon 56:00 13 MIA – Allen Graves 58:00 14 CHA – Christian Anderson 59:00 15 CHI – Brayden Burries 01:00:00 Rapid Fire First Round 16 MEM – Chris Cenac Jr 17 OKC – Nate Ament 18 CHA – Hannes Steinbach 19 TOR – Jayden Quaintance 20 SAN – Dailyn Swain 21 DET – Morez Johnson 22 76ers – Tyler Tanner 23 ATL – Cameron Carr 24 NYK – Meleek Thomas 25 LAL – Karim Lopez 26 DEN – Bruce Thornton 27 BOS – Tarris Reed Jr. 28 MIN – Isaiah Evans 29 CLE – Bennett Stirtz 30 DAL – Flory Bidunga 01:04:00 Final Thoughts on Draft Strategy @SwishTheory