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Coach Brendan Suhr interviews Jay Bilas to preview the 2026 NBA Draft, discussing top prospects and evaluation factors.

In this week’s episode, Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas for our annual NBA Draft preview. Bilas shares his insights on what he believes is one of the deepest freshman classes in recent memory, breaking down the strengths and potential of the top prospects in the 2026 NBA Draft. The discussion covers the debates between Darryn Peterson, AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer, and Caleb Wilson while also exploring how front offices balance talent, fit, upside, development, and risk when making franchise-changing decisions. The conversation also dives into some of the draft’s most intriguing sleepers, under-the-radar prospects, and potential value picks throughout the first and second rounds. Bilas and Suhr discuss the impact of coaching and player development on prospect evaluation, and why factors like competitiveness, winning habits, basketball IQ, and program culture often separate successful pros from those who never reach their potential. All that and more on Episode 334 of the Coaching U Podcast presented by Noah Basketball. Noah Basketball is trusted by 28 NBA teams, over 200 NCAA programs, and over 1,000 high school programs to…

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Host: Brendan Suhr

Guest: Jay Bilas

Topics covered

• NBA Draft
• prospect evaluation
• freshman class
• player development
• coaching impact
• sleeper prospects

Keywords

• NBA Draft
• Jay Bilas
• prospects
• player development
• coaching
• sleeper picks
• basketball

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Organizations: ESPN

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