BREAKOUT: Should Utah Jazz TARGET Darius Acuff at #2 pick in 2026 NBA Draft?

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Should Darius Acuff Jr. be a contender for the No. 2 pick in the NBA Draft? David Locke makes a compelling case for the Arkansas guard, calling him the draft’s best offensive player and highlighting his dominant SEC tournament run, elite athletic measurements, and comparisons to Tyrese Haliburton and Lonzo Ball. Despite concerns about his defense and size, Acuff’s late-season numbers and leadership on winning teams put him firmly in the spotlight.

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0:00.0	Shouldn't there be a fifth name we're talking about in regards to the number two pick of the NBA draft?
0:07.7	It's next on Locked on Jazz.
0:10.8	Butum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, pow.
0:14.5	You are locked on jazz, your daily podcast on the Utah Jazz.
0:25.0	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:31.1	How are you?
0:32.0	I am David Locke on today's show.
0:33.8	We will discuss last night's epic Thunder Oklahoma City game or Thunder Spurs game.
0:40.3	If San Antonio wins this series, when do they next lose a series, by the way?
0:46.0	We'll talk about the number that is most important to all of us and a good sign for the Utah Jazz.
0:53.2	We'll start the show.
0:55.4	Why isn't Darius A-Cuff being talked about as the number two pick of the NBA
1:02.0	draft?
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1:16.1	Let me start by who Darius Aikoff is.
1:19.7	Darius Aikoff is a 6-foot-3 guard with a 6-7 wings wingspan he measured well at the combine who is out of
1:33.3	Detroit Michigan another one of these kids whose parents dad was a player I think at eastern
1:38.6	Kentucky raised him to be a basketball player was playing uh like you12 by the time he was seven, the whole deal.
1:48.0	Same path, two years of local high school, then into the academies, kind of the same path
1:53.1	we're seeing out of these, all these kids.
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