Five NBA Draft prospects destined to be taken too low; NC State and LSU are still fighting over Will Wade

Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discuss the 2026 NBA Draft prospects that fall into the same category as Jalen Brunson: very good college players with long careers that will fall too far in the draft.

(0:00) Intro + Jalen Brunson is today’s inspiration

(1:30) Brunson in college and the idea of drafting older players

(7:35) Player 1

(11:30) Player 2

(18:30) Player 3

(24:00) Player 4

(31:15) Player 5

(39:00) The Will Wade-LSU-NC State story is not quite over

(45:00) John Calipari’s letter

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