Houston's Kingston Flemings Declares for 2026 NBA Draft, Pro Comp, Landing Spot in Latest B/R Mock

Houston guard and projected top-10 pick Kingston Flemings is declaring for the 2026 NBA draft.

Flemings announced the news in a press conference alongside Houston coach Kelvin Sampson.

Flemings is projected to go to the Atlanta Hawks with the No. 7 pick in Bleacher Report's latest 2026 NBA mock draft by Jonathan Wasserman.

Wasserman named the San Antonio Spurs' De'Aaron Fox as a pro comp for Flemings, who averaged 16.1 points through 37 games of his lone season with Houston.

Flemings also shot 47.6 percent from the field and 38.7 from deep while adding 1.5 steals per game.

When asked if he had considered returning for a second college season, Flemings said, "I was thinking about it for sure."

He will instead look to move on to the NBA, where Sampson said he feels Flemings will be able to succeed as a point guard.

"I don't think Kingston's a top 10 pick. I think he's a top five pick," Sampson said. "If I was an NBA team, I'd draft him top five. And he may."

Sampson continued, "He'll go out there, and do his interviews, and they're going to find out how sincere, how mature, what a great human being he is. Those are the kind of point guards you want leading your team."

Wasserman wrote that Buckley "has become a very popular prospect with a comforting mix of physical tools, burst, pull-up shooting, playmaking IQ and late clock/game maturity."

"If there are concerns, they're mostly about his ceiling—there isn't a long list of first-round success stories of prospects who shoot fewer than 6.0 threes per 100 possessions and have a free-throw rate under 30.0," Wasserman wrote.

Wasserman continued: "Still, it sounds like he's locked into the top-10 mix, with scouts confident in a 6'4" ball-handler with a pro-level mid-range game, a 38.8 percent three-point shot, an 84.3 free-throw percentage, an outstanding assist-to-turnover ratio and promising defensive tools."

The Hawks, who are getting their first-round pick via the New Orleans Pelicans, could land anywhere from Nos. 1-4 to Nos. 7-10 after the draft lottery, per Tankathon.

The lottery is set to take place May 10. What the final draft order looks like will determine which teams are in the range to consider drafting Flemings when the 2026 NBA draft begins June 23 in Brooklyn.