{"id":120327,"date":"2026-05-11T10:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/grizzlies-expected-to-stay-at-no-3-as-top-four-prospects-separate-themselves-talkbasket-net\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:29:33","slug":"grizzlies-expected-to-stay-at-no-3-as-top-four-prospects-separate-themselves-talkbasket-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/grizzlies-expected-to-stay-at-no-3-as-top-four-prospects-separate-themselves-talkbasket-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies expected to stay at No. 3 as top four prospects separate themselves &#8211; TalkBasket.net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Peter Baba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Memphis Grizzlies are widely expected to keep the No. 3 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, according to early league expectations following the lottery results.<\/p>\n<p>Grizzlies president Zach Kleiman has built a reputation for aggressively moving up in drafts rather than trading down. Most recently, Memphis traded up to select Cedric Coward with the No. 11 pick last June.<\/p>\n<p>League insiders believe Memphis will still have access to at least two of the draft\u2019s top prospects at No. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas guard Darryn Peterson, Duke forward Cameron Boozer and North Carolina forward Caleb Wilson are all viewed as possible options depending on how the first two selections unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Those three players, along with AJ Dybantsa, have emerged as the consensus top four prospects in the class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t really worried about picks 14 to 3,\u201d Dybantsa told reporters after the lottery, signaling confidence that he will be selected within the first two picks.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Jazz president Austin Ainge is familiar with major draft-day trades involving top selections.<\/p>\n<p>During his time with the Boston Celtics, Ainge helped execute the 2017 deal that sent the No. 1 pick to the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia selected Markelle Fultz first overall, while Boston moved down and drafted Jayson Tatum at No. 3.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wizards, Jazz Open To Trading Down From Top Two Picks After NBA Draft Lottery <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OXCMQTzUui\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/OXCMQTzUui<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RealGM (@RealGM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealGM\/status\/2053668094191468787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkbasket.net\/218037-grizzlies-expected-to-stay-at-no-3-as-top-four-prospects-separate-themselves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Peter Baba The Memphis Grizzlies are widely expected to keep the No. 3 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, according to early league expectations following the lottery results. Grizzlies president Zach Kleiman has built a reputation for aggressively moving up in drafts rather than trading down. Most recently, Memphis traded up to select [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}