With the Brooklyn Nets preparing for the 2026 NBA Draft, starting next Tuesday, the team owns the No. 6 overall pick, where one player is turning heads in Tennessee Volunteers star Nate Ament. As the Nets are looking at a ton of prospects ahead of Tuesday, this NBA insider gives insight into how the team views Ament.
The Nets in ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel’s latest mock draft take Arkansas guard Darius Acuff Jr., but when he speaks on Ament, who he has been taken by the Dallas Mavericks, he mentions how it’s possible for him to go higher. Siegel would go as far as to say that there’s a “real chance” Ament goes to Brooklyn at No. 6.
“Where Nate Ament goes in this draft will determine a lot of things, especially where the top-ranked guards like Brown, Acuff, and Wagler could all go,” Siegel wrote. “The reason for this is that Ament is said to be drawing interest from the Clippers, Nets, Mavericks, and Bucks, who are viewed as his floor with the 10th pick. Another team said to have trade-up interest in Ament is the Thunder, who are aggressively attempting to move into the top 10 before Tuesday’s draft.”
“There is a real chance Ament could be the sixth pick by the Nets, but he is the mystery of this draft. Ament has been selective with his workouts and opted not to participate in one with the Warriors, which backs up claims that the Bucks have given him a promise at No. 10 overall,” Siegel continued.
If not the Nets, the other team that could take Nate Ament
While the talk is around the Nets taking Ament, Siegel goes into why, if he were to fall, the Mavericks would be an easy destination.
“One spot in front of Milwaukee, it’s the Mavs who could surprise many and take a chance on Ament should he fall to them in this spot,” Siegel wrote.
At any rate, it remains to be seen who the Nets will take when it comes to the No. 6 pick, as it’ll be revealed next Tuesday.
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