{"id":686762,"date":"2026-06-05T21:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/686762\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:53:08","slug":"possible-nets-2026-nba-draft-pick-darius-acuff-jr-works-out-with-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/686762\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Nets 2026 NBA Draft pick Darius Acuff Jr. works out with team"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brooklyn Nets<\/a> have the No. 6 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft that will be taking place from Jun. 23-24 so they’re slowly running out of time to figure out who they will take. Brooklyn’s pick is high enough that they will be able to bring a talented player into the organization and one of those potential players has recently worked out for the team.<\/p>\n

“Darius Acuff Jr. is in Chicago<\/a> today working out for the Bulls<\/a>, per source. Worked out for the Nets<\/a> on Wednesday and has the Jazz<\/a> and Bucks next,” Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman reported on Friday. Arkansas guard Darius Acuff Jr. is one of the players many expect to be taken between No. 5 and No. 10 so it only makes sense that he’s working out for teams like the Nets and Chicago Bulls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Lot of scenarios in play for Acuff as a potential top-5 pick and trade up\/back target,” Wasserman continued in his report on Acuff. Brooklyn is coming off a lowly 20-62 record in the 2025-26 season so it’s clear that the roster needs plenty of work before it is ready to compete for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, let alone the play-in tournament.<\/p>\n

Acuff is one of the players most commonly mocked<\/a> to the Nets at this point in the pre-draft cycle, along with players like Illinois guard Keaton Wagler<\/a> and Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. Acuff is coming off a spectacular freshman season for the Razorbacks as he averaged 23.5<\/a> points, 3.1 rebounds, and 6.4 assists per game while shooting 48.4% from the field and 44.0% from behind the three-point line.<\/p>\n

What makes Brooklyn’s pick interesting is that the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>, who have the No. 5 pick, could be looking at guards like Acuff as they are rebuilding around forward Kawhi Leonard<\/a> and guard Darius Garland<\/a>. The Nets have a variety of guards to choose from with varying skillsets, but workouts like Wednesday with Acuff should show Brooklyn which guy they prefer to have at their spot.<\/p>\n

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