NBA Draft Breakdown: Top 5 Wings

Es Baraheni· Host0:00

[upbeat music] What's up, everybody? S Barahina here, continuing our draft coverage ahead of the 2026 NBA Draft. Uh, joined alongside Derek Parker, who if you don't know from YouTube, you should know from YouTube because, uh, he does some incredible draft work there covering the NBA draft every single year. He also covers the Oklahoma City Thunder, uh, and the draft itself for Sports Illustrated. Derek, how's it going, man?

Derek Parker· Guest0:25

Doing good, man. The draft is incoming. We're, we're getting close.

Es Baraheni· Host0:29

Mm-hmm.

Derek Parker· Guest0:29

It's busy season, but excited.

Es Baraheni· Host0:31

Okay, so we're talking wings with you today. Uh, a- and I, I think wings in this draft, uh, I, I don't wanna say few and far between, but it does feel like it's, it's either very guard heavy or very big heavy in this draft. Would you agree? And then the follow-up question is, who is your number one wing in the 2026 NBA draft?

Derek Parker· Guest0:52

I would agree. I, I think obviously it's very, very guard heavy. You kind of have that run after the top four of, you know, five, six guys, and then a lot of good bigs floating around, too. So I think the wings have taken a little bit of a hit overall, but potentially the best player in the class is a wing. So that brings it back, and obviously it's AJ Dibansa, you know, out of BYU, just unbelievable at, at basically everything. At six nine, he's got fluidity, and 25 point per game guy. He projects to be that at the NBA level. Also one of the only top guys who I think really showed improvement through the season, which is really important.

Es Baraheni· Host1:25

Mm-hmm.

Derek Parker· Guest1:25

Obviously, Cam Boozer was very steady i- in the production that he offered, and I think