Arizona Wildcats standouts Brayden Burries and Koa Peat, along with North Carolina Tar Heels guard Caleb Wilson, all share the same sentiment when they are looking at what NBA team to play for. All three players are said to be chosen in this year’s NBA Draft after they had stellar college basketball tenures.

Despite all of them just playing one year in their respective programs, they have elevated their draft stock tremendously. In an interview with renowned sports agent Rich Paul on the Game Over podcast, Burries, Peat, and Wilson were all asked what matters to them more for the team that selects them: the fit or the pick.

For all three, fit was the shared answer they had, but for varying reasons. Burries and Wilson prefer a team that allows them to be the best version of themselves, while Peat would opt for a situation where he can help the team’s best player.

“ For me, it’s the fit. It don’t matter where I go. As long as, like, the coach trusts me, let me go out there and just try to just be me and play hard,” Burries said with Wilson agreeing, sharing, “For me, it’s all fit. I mean, shoot, I’ll go 50 if the team fit me, man. That’s really all I care about.” (0:06)

Peat had the same answer as his counterparts, but explained more in detail, saying, “Yeah, I think it’s fit, for sure, and knowing your role. Like, you getting picked by these teams, you know, they probably already have their best player. So I’m trying to go into it and make the best player better, and always also have the coach like you. I feel like those are two that you need to be able to like you.”

Burries, Peat, and Wilson are all looking forward to June 23 – 24, which is when the 2026 NBA Draft is scheduled. Burries and Peat are coming off the 2025-26 college basketball season, where they helped coach Tommy Lloyd’s Wildcats to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament. Wilson’s stellar freshman stint was unfortunately cut short due to a fractured left hand after he led the team in scoring when he played.

ESPN predicts Brayden Burries, Koa Peat, and Caleb Wilson to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft

In its latest mock draft on May 19, ESPN projected that Brayden Burries, Koa Peat, and Caleb Willson will all be picked in the first round of this year’s NBA Draft.

Wilson is slated to be the highest pick, going fourth to the Chicago Bulls. Burries is then expected to be chosen by the Golden State Warriors with the 11th pick, while his teammate, Koa Peat, will be selected with the 27th pick by the Boston Celtics.

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