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 @AlexGoldenNBAWriter for Pacers on SICreator & Host of @PacersPodSTP & Fever Focus Podcast2026 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 TargetsTimeline:00:00 Introduction & Background01:00 Indiana Pacers' Draft Lottery Heartbreak, Analyzing the Trade in Hindsight06:00 NBA Drafting Strategy: BPA vs Fit & Opportunity09:00 1 WAS – AJ Dybantsa10:00 2 UTA – Cameron Boozer12:00 3 MEM –  Darryn Peterson15:00 4 CHI – Caleb Wilson28:00 5 LAC – Aday Mara + Evaluating Potential Upside vs Good Players, The Importance of dominant Centers in Basketball37:00 6 BKN – Keaton Wagler38:00 7 SAC - Darius Acuff43:00 8 ATL – Kingston Flemings47:00 9 DAL – Mikel Brown Jr50:00 10 MIL – Ebuka Okorie52:00 11 GSW – Yaxel Lendeborg54:00 12 OKC – Labaron Philon56:00 13 MIA – Allen Graves58:00 14 CHA – Christian Anderson59:00 15 CHI – Brayden Burries01:00:00 Rapid Fire First Round 16 MEM – Chris Cenac Jr17 OKC – Nate Ament18 CHA – Hannes Steinbach19 TOR – Jayden Quaintance20 SAN – Dailyn Swain21 DET – Morez Johnson22 76ers – Tyler Tanner23 ATL – Cameron Carr24 NYK – Meleek Thomas25 LAL – Karim Lopez26 DEN – Bruce Thornton27 BOS – Tarris Reed Jr.28 MIN – Isaiah Evans29 CLE – Bennett Stirtz30 DAL – Flory Bidunga01:04:00 Final Thoughts on Draft Strategy@SwishTheory