What is krack Oaki and Harvardos listeners, I am Damn Valley come at you
a little later this week than I wanted to, but my travels over the
weekend pushed my schedule back quite a bit. But I am back better than
ever, ready to deliver Part two of our NBA Draft primer with the Box
and One's Adam Spinella follow the Box, end one on Twitter at the Box
and one underscore spelled and written exactly as it sounds. We have a great
talk. If you didn't check out our first podcast together, we discussed a
lot of the top lotto prospects. We're gonna go off the beaten path a
little bit more in this one, talk about some underrated prospects, some guys
who could techinitely go on the lottery but might fall out. A lot of
thy thy Washington talk here, some second round prospects to keep an eye on,
so on and so forth, some even some draft plosophy. It was
a lot of fun. Wanted to touch on the latest news though, since
it's been a few days since we last met the Big Nugget. As we
discussed in the monologue of one of our previous podcasts, Quinn Snyder no longer
with the Utah Jazz. He stepped down. He said it was basically time.
That was his reasoning for it. We all saw this coming, the
fact that it got to a point where we were sort of cautioned, you
know, with the story original story from Woach that he wasn't sure if he
was going to come back. It seemed pretty clear that he was not,
and a lot of people believe that the Jazz's core had just grown stale.
I don't think Quinn Snyder was necessarily a part of that Utah Danny Age made
clear that they really tried to keep him. I thought that was interesting that
he made that publicly clear that they really aggressively tried to keep him. I
think the timing, you know, it could be kind of less than ideal
because you're looking at Kenny Atkinson maybe being off the board. He's so deep
into the Hornets process. It looks like it's gonna be d Antony Ratkinson and
Charlotte. Meanwhile, hopefully that's not too outdated by the time you listen to
this. Darvin Ham already going to the Lakers. A doubt that they would
have necessarily had interest in Mike Brown now with the Kings, So you could
say the timing behind this is a little bit inconvenient because now you have to
stage a coaching shirts where maybe the full breadth of candidates aren't available. Names
already linked to this job though. Of course, Johnny Bryant from the Knicks,
assistant with the Knicks, has ties with Donovan Mitchell, will Hardy with
the Celtics, Charles Lee with the Bucks, and Joe Missoula with the Celtics
as well. That's from what was also mentioned that Alex Jensen, an assistant
on Utah staff, and Terry Stotts were interviewed as well well, which further
adds that we should expect a thorough, wide open process here. So again,
I don't I made a joke on Twitter about this. I don't actually
believe that Quinn Snyder's stepping down at this time. I don't think it necessarily
narrows to feel of options all that much. If you miss out on it
Kenny Atkinson or Darvin Ham, if those were two guys you really liked,
you sure then, But it does seem that they're casting a wide net and
there wasn't these like super hot button coaching candidates available. Remember, that q
Snyder was mentioned as the best possible coaching hire for teams when many thought that
he would leave the Jazz. It has become pretty clear though, that he
doesn't intend to coach next season. We'll see if that holds. Maybe a
job opens up the middle of the off season or sometime next season that interests
him. A lot of people just have him tabs for San Antonio. Whenever
it is that Greg Popovitch decides to leave there, my guess would be that
definitely doesn't. My guess would definitely that's a terrible way to phrase it.
My guess is that doesn't happen before next season. So my gut tells me
that Quinn Snyder will not coach an NBA team next year. Maybe he'll be
bouncing around them like we hear about all these coaches who aren't necessarily who don't
necessarily have a gig at the moment, but that he'll eventually just wind up
back leading the charge of San Antonio, assuming that Greg Popovitch leaves after next
season. If he doesn't, maybe that opens up just some other spots that
will become available there. The other impact of this, of course, is
well, what are the Jazz going to do with their roster. Now we've
talked a lot about on the podcast, Rudy Gobert's name has been mentioned in
trade rumors links, most recently to the Chicago Bulls. I have to say,
the two things that got me is the discourse on Twitter about how they
shouldn't the Bulls shouldn't give a Patrick Williams to get Rudy Gobert was I've found
it a little funny. It's if you're not gonna do vooge in Patrick Williams
Rudy Gobert, then you don't get Rudy Gobert. I don't even know that
the Jazz would do that deal on their own. At the same time,
I think Rudy Gobert is a terrible fit for Chicago. Not because he's limited
on offense, which again he is. He is a valuable offensive player.
He's not the most expansive offensive player. You can't not go after players specifically
for that reason, but when you already have Damard Rosen and the unique way
that he operates for a perimeter playmaker at this portant time, I just hate
that fit between him and Rudy Gobert. If they're both going to be on
the court during crunch time, and that's not where I would allocate most of
my trade assets if I'm Chicago. We did rank our favorite Rudy Gobert Destin
on a previous podcast. I hated Chicago. I still hate Toronto. I
don't I get their interest because Rigobert is so good. They seem to want
a big and the thing that they the beast that could they could build defensively
would be terrifying. But if you're not going to give a Pascal Siakam,
which you shouldn't get to a point where it's gonna cost you, you know,
probably og and Nobi and Gary Trent Junior to make the money work there.
There are other ways that you could do it, but you would have
to step ladder your way there. It just for Toronto. It feels like
a bad allocation of assets as well. Now if you're Charlotte, that's a
different story. That's a team that certainly speaks mind. If you're in Portland
and want to include the number seven pick and then flesh out packages from there,
I don't hate it either. I kind of thought momentarily that depending on
the asking price, Detroit would just be super interesting. They already have Kake
cutting Ham, but you don't want to You probably don't want to accelerate your
rebuild if you're them. At this point, I wasn't saying they trade Kake
Cunningham, but Kake cutting Ham everybody Abert just make all the sense in the
world in Lantis floating around out there, as well as an upgrade from Clinkoppela,
and they have a bunch of stuff they can offer future picks, some
interesting younger guys Jalen Johnson on Yiko Kung Wu, DeAndre Hunter Stanch knowledgeable this
summer, and then they do have salary matching tools. When you're looking at
Bogdan mcdonovitch. If they do something with Neil Ganner's contract, then of course
there's John Collins at Clint Coopela. They seem right for consolidation. Trade Dallas
was mentioned. Rudy Gobert. Initially there was a report for Markstein that they
don't intend to make an all in play for Rudy Gobert. I would argue
that they really just can't make an all in play for Rudy Gobert the salary
matching tools that they have. Dwight Powell Davis Proton Spencer, Dinwoody, Tim
Hardaway Junior. That's just not going to move the needle. Maxic Cleveland,
Reggie Bullock might interest the Knicks. You're not giving up Dorian Finny Smith in
this deal. You just can't afford or he was too critical to your defense
and he has he covers more of the positional spectrum than Rudy Gobert. You
can't trade a first round pick. You can dangle this year is after you
use it, but then you can't trade one before twenty twenty five. I
just don't see Alice as a team that has the assets to do anything there.
Then you start to run out of options, you know, fairly quickly.
Some have wondered if the Kings being the Kings would get in on this
using the number four pick, would you be able to trade doma Sa bonus
Rudy Gobert. I like Rudy Gobert next to Daron Fox more than I like
Sabonis, even though I thought the Sabonis Fox minutes were a lot better than
I anticipated at the time of the trade. You could also make a case
if we're going for a quirky team here, like just if Memphis wanted to
do something and they stack together with salaries and it doesn't cost you bane John
Morant or Jaren Jackson Jr. I don't think it's something that they would do
that would be very out of character for them. But a Rudy Gobert Jaren
Jackson junior front court is going to would wreck fucking lives. So I will
be interested to see what happens with Rudy Gobertt moving forward. He does seem
content in Utah though, and that's a big part of this, which brings
us to the final portion of this news nugget. Donovan Mitchell is unnerved and
unsettled per Woach. How about how about phrasing it like that about the Jazz's
future following Quinch Snyder's departure. Here's my thing, So I have a few
things. One, there's no way Donovan Mitchell was caught off guard by this.
It was just publicly known that there was a chance Quinn Snyder would leave.
I think the expectation was among people that he would leave. That's the
vibe that I got. And so if you have reporters and even some fans
that just believed that he wasn't going to be back, Donovan Mitchell absolutely knew
this was a possibility. If he still really wanted him there, that's great,
And maybe he's just trying to leverage sort of his stay into the next
higher We will have to see that. A lot of people think this is
a preamble to a trade request, though, because this is typically how it
starts, as you hear about these rumblings and mumblings and murmurings of a player
being unsettled or unnerved rather than outright unhappy, and then follow us the trade
request. I do not think Donovan Mitchell was going to request to trade after
Quinn Snyder left the Jazz. It just doesn't He doesn't have the leverage.
Stars always have some sort of leverage. But there's three guaranteed years left on
his deal. He can then decline his player option three year four and become
a free agent right when Rudy Gobert can become a free agent in twy twenty
six. I don't think Rudy Gobert's de clianning his player option for forty six
point seven. So he is under contract with the Jazz through twenty twenty four
two twenty five with three guarantee years left on his deal, all decorum goes
out the window there. You don't take into account where he wants to go.
There will be teams that are willing to roll the dice and someone doesn't
necessarily want to be there, and when they have three years left on his
contract. So if your request to trade demand map, you're, oh,
you might get out of Utah, but you're not going to have serious control
over where you're going. And so if you're Donovan Mitchell, you're trying to
be strategic about this. The earliest that I think you can realistically request the
trades after next season, when two years guarantee years of left on your deal
before that player option, that's when teams start to think, oh okay,
like maybe that's just not enough time to mortgage the farm to get him.
I also just don't know there will be a market for Donovan Mitchell. I
want to make that clear. But what are the Jazz getting back? I
mean, are the Knicks? Would they go all in for Donovan Mitchell?
The Jazz scene pretty pissed that the Knicks were at their first playoff game.
There was a Knicks contingent there and included Julius Randall, who was a Dallas
native at the time, So there is that to consider. But again,
that's a team Miami's been mentioned. I don't see it with Miami. Tyler
Hero. Plus, they can technically dangle when you include this year's first round
pick up to four first round picks, you turn around and trade number twenty
seven. You can trade two twenty three, twenty twenty seven, and two
twenty nine. If they wanted to do that, I guess you're the Jazz,
you could consider it. But Tyler Hero's extension eligible, Tyler Roel's not
better than Donovan Mitchell. Does Tyler Roel want to be in Utah? And
if he doesn't, or even if he does, is that the player that
you want to invest what could be near Max's money? And Donovan Mitchell's just
he's better than Tyler Hero. He's both of them have their defensive problems,
but Donto Mitchell by in large, is better defensively, So excuse me,
yes, Donovan Mitchell is better defensively. Excuse my words there, So like,
that's not really a realistic destination. Dallas is going to run to the
same issues if they want Donovan Mitchell with their with their trade assets, there
will be teams don't get me wrong that come out of the woodwork. Phoenix
could build some interesting trade packages if they get a third team and recruited as
a Deondre and sign and trade. Is this the move that the Raptors like
because they need another primary creator. They are teams that will enter the bidding
war for Donovan Mitchell and they will give up quite a bit to get him.
But if you're Donovan Mitchell, now's not the time to try and apply
this pressure to Utah because you're not going to have any control over where you're
going. And Utah could slow play it as well for reasons I mentioned.
If they're not getting that sort of just world beating offer, if he does
become a vail wish to throw it out, I do think Phoenix would be
a team that should get involved there. Memphis would be would be a team
that I could see. Well, actually, I can't envision Memphis actually going
after Donovan Mitchell and the John Morant Dono Mitchell dynamic would be a little iffy.
Again, if you're keeping Jaren Jackson Junior is part of that deal.
Not trading the hearts and soul of your of your defensive structure right now,
It would be fairly interesting. The Knicks would have to be involved. There'd
be curious to see if the Jazz would do business with them. Atlanta has
been linked to Zach Lavine. Dono Mitchell would certainly, you know, the
defense with him and trade young would be abysmal, but Dono Mitchell would certainly
help those non trade young minutes and maybe during the trade young minutes get him
moving away from the ball. There's just there are a ton of teams the
list could go on and on that can talk themselves and to make him play.
Even even a team like Indian you can talk to yourself in that because
there's three years left on his on his contract. So my expectation is Dono
Mitchell doesn't get moved. It's too difficult for him to force that to happen
in a way that's more favorable to him. And if you're you know,
if you're the Jazz, you also have to commit to a direction here.
If you're moving Donovan Mitchell, if you're moving Rudy Gobert, what is the
end game? Are you continuing to try and compete? Because the news slash
here is if you move Rudy Gobert, I just don't see that happening.
It would have to be the perfect deal. I think it would have to
be something with Atlanta or maybe Clink Coopela is coming back and you're also sort
of then you know you're taking that drop off from Colbert to Clinkopela, but
then you're also getting other assets. Picks, prospects, players and the tangible
players are important here that you're inserting into your rotation to make it deeper,
maybe sharing up the perimeter defense if DeAndre Hunter, for instance, is involved
and as a bounce back here with Donovan Mitchell specifically, you're not moving him
and getting better not I'm gonna argue the same with Rudy Gobert. I know
there might be people that want the Jazz to build around Rudy Gobert. It's
easier or more sensible with the way the NBA is played to build around someone
who operates from the point of attack on offense that is not Rudy Gobert.
His offensive value drops off a ton if the Jazz enter an era in which
they don't have a proven pick and roll playmakers around him. I know they're
jokes about Donovan Mitchell's lack of passing volume to him. But if you take
Donovan Mitchell out of the offense, it makes things harder on everybody, Boyan
mcdonovitch, Mike Conley, Jordan Clark, and unless you're putting another you know,
say B plus point of a tax scorer there, And so you really
have to think about this if you're moving one of them, I think you
have to be committed to a more methodical rebuild. If I had to guess
which player you could move and then still remain competitive, I honestly don't know.
I want to say Gobert just because I think that you can approximate value
at center for cheaper with lesser players. You're not going to get the generational
talent that is Rudy Gobert. I want to make that clear. But you
can get by with the center who is appreciably worse than Rudy Gobert if you
expand broaden, strengthen the rest of your rotation, Whereas if you get rid
of Donovan Mitchell and you take a starker drop off there, even if you
deepen your rotation, I think it's harder to replace what he does and even
the idea of him and how defenses are going to react to him. Maybe
I'm wrong, they have Rugobert is one of the most valuable encore players in
the NBA. Looming over all of this talk, of course, is which
teams are going to want Ruby Gobert's four year in one hundred and seventy million
dollars contract That is probably going to be viewed as a net neutral asset in
itself. Ruey Gobert's play can actually tip the scales towards asset. Again,
we're talking about one of the greatest defenders in NBA history. That's a lot
of money to invest in someone who doesn't run your offense. Who can be
I'm not I've made it clear on this podcast. He can't mismatch him off
the floor, but he can be put in matchups where what he does best
on defense is compromised if you feel more confident, and I could see why
Toronto s physically. We feel this way that you have the players in front
of him to where he can't ever be mismatched off the floor. That is
absolutely one thing, But there are teams that are going to think that way.
A lot of teams and we're seeing this with Phoenix now doesn't sound like
they want to even invest that type of money in centers, which is why
deandreat. And this is probably just the last little news nugget, but we
talked about both the Jazz and Phoenix a couple of podcasts ago. It does
seem like John Hons with the Athletic I believe wrote that it's basically faded complete
eight in his play his last game in Phoenix. I'm shocked that the reporting
has gotten that definitive ahead of its free agency. Maybe Aden's agents are doing
some really heavy lifting there. I'm at the point now, though, where
and I have been I think since we last recorded this, and I want
to I did a couple of podcast appearances the other week where I said I
think I'm leaning more towards eight and being on a different team than I am
with Phoenix, whereas I definitely assumed it was vice versa because of how hard
sign and trades are with baser compensation, What are you going to get for
him? The big question now is would the Sons be willing to just let
him walk if a Detroit or San Antonio actually goes after him with a max
offer sheet. I have literally no idea. That's a huge even if you
think they can get by approximating DeAndre Aiden with cheaper centers. To let someone
so valuable in theory, even if you don't think he's valuable to your team,
and the fact that they could be willing to let him walk that definitely
might say something about what's going on behind the scenes and look. Sam Amy
also reported by the Way for More Suns Studies that there was a mini COVID
outbreak among the team amongst the team towards the end of the Western Conference semifinals.
Maybe we'll hear more about that, but it definitely brought up questions about
how the league is going to handle COVID protocols moving forward in future seasons,
specifically to start next season. But again, with Aton, he has value
and you can move him for value. So if you don't, that is
a fundamental failure in my book. It's not about whether you actually view him
as worthwhile to your big you're a bigger picture. He has value. If
there's a team that's willing to sign him for mere max or max money,
you need to get into that before he signs an offer sheet and try and
construct a sign and trade, because it's a miss. It's an't I hate
saying it's about people, but it's asset mismanagement if you just let him him
walk. Though again, on the Jazz, I don't know who. I
wouldn't have a gut feeling on who they would hire as a new head coach
at this juncture. I honestly have no idea with a higher speak a lot
about the direction they're headed next season, and I don't know. Danny Ainge
did say that they're not going to feel pressure to do it before the draft
or free agency. That makes sense at this point, and I honestly I
don't know what the Jazz decided to do from here. I've said all along,
I think it's more likely they move Rudy Gobert than they do Donovan Mitchell,
and I think that that's just that's the smart play, because Pete Donovan
Mitchell is technically going to be more of an anomaly than Rugalbert. But there's
a real chance that they just run this back and they'll reevaluate, maybe if
the trade deadliner over the off season, where Rudy bears deals a little bit
shorter and maybe he looks more appealing in that way, and then Donovan Mitchell
was going to have more saying where he goes with only two guarantee years left
on this deal before free agency. That's where I'm at with the Jazz.
If I had to guess, because I think everyone wants the predictions, if
both Dono and Mitchell and Marigalbert on the Jazz to start next season, I'm
want to say Donovan Mitchell is I'm like on the fence about Rudy Gobert just
because it feels like this team is headed towards a seismic change, and maybe
that seismic change was Quinn Snyder. We set the over under on the number
of Snyder, Donna Mitchell, and Rudy Gobert. We said the over under
on those three being back at one point five, and I think under was
the most popular pick. We've already seen one, will we see another the
Jazz. I'm interested endlessly by every team this offseason, but they're going to
be one of the more fascinating squads to watch from from here on out.
I will finish with this and say I expect the Rudy Gobert rumors to heat
up significantly. Now that's Niners God, and we've sort of seen this first
domino of change fall but that does it for me. If this is the
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of that's out of the way, let's get to some more NBA draft talk
with the Box and Ones. Adam Spinella kind of moving outside the lottery,
but still sort of inside the lottery. I have seen thy Tye Washington mocked
all over the place. Is he a lottery prospect? And what can you
tell us about it? Yeah, ty Tye role dependent this past year at
Kentucky so I think he's definitely a lottery prospect. He's a guy that I
have a lottery grade on right now. I would not be shocked if he
falls outside the top twenty. And the reason for that is, you know,
there's a continued lack of understanding of circumstance that goes into the evaluation process.
And that's not to call out NBA teams or decision makers. They do
an unbelievable job with much more information than all of us who are kind of
public facing right now, are ever able to wrap our heads around. But
two things stand out to me with thy Ty Washington, really three things.
One is the miscast role. At Kentucky, he was played next to a
non shooting pass first point guard and severe wheeler and a non shooting big man
who lived in like literally brought a tent to the lane with him for games
in Oscar Sheepway, and those two ran pick and roll all the time and
or got their touches in different ways. And thy Ty Washington's a really good
passer and playmaker, but he also happens to be a very good shooter.
And when there are three guys that all are talented enough to deserve to be
on the floor and one of them is a good shooter. Guess which role
he gets siphoned into. He's having the ball taken out of his hands and
saying, in order to make this work from a talent perspective, we need
you to shoot. So ty Ty Washington is running off screens, spotting up
on the perimeter, not getting a ton of up to the ball in his
hands. There were a couple of games this year when Severe Wheeler, the
point guard at Kentucky, was out, and in one of them against Georgia,
I think Williams had fourteen or fifteen assists and only two turnovers. Like
the pick and roll upside for this guy when someone commits to letting him be
him is huge, and the context there is that we've seen this time and
time again from Kentucky guys that go to the NBA. As a Knicks fan,
this was the exact thing that I was saying two years ago about Emmanuel
Quickly, that he high school more of a point guard, has a lot
more lead skills with the ball in his hands, and he was allowed to
show at Kentucky because of who he shared the floor with that was Tyrese Maxie,
both of them really good NBA players. Now both of them deserve to
have the ball in their hands, but the context of the college situation really
took that away. So I think the best days of thy Thy Washington and
what he does to maximize his value, we haven't seen at Kentucky. The
other part of the equation that has to be mentioned is an ankle injury that
he's suffered in the middle part of the year and the fact that his mother
has had some ongoing illnesses, drawing him and his attention, his emotional impact
away from basketball at that time. I don't view that as a negative.
I think that's just a fact of the situation that you know, he cares
a lot about a lot of things outside of basketball, and I'm really sick
of seeing that be held against prospects and say, oh, does he really
love the game enough? Like, No, his mother's sick, he needs
to have his attention and other things at this time, right, and athletically
he didn't look the same coming back from an ankle injury. So I look
at the entirety of the context and I think that he's one guy because he's
not a fantastic athlete that continues to get dropped down boards. But the Kentucky
effect is real, folks. How many guards come out of that place time
and time again and outperform their draft slot, Like it happens pretty much every
year. Tie ties the one guy this year. I think he's a lottery
prospect, but I can easily see a world where he slides downboards. It's
interesting to me that he would slide even given the off court concerns are bullshit.
I hate that stuff too. It was just like one of the most
egregious recent examples was Anthony Edwards does he like the game enough? And it's
like, just shut the fuck up about that. Already plays Jalen Brown too,
Like I'm a Celtics fan. Oh yeah, that was that he's too
smart, yes, or something for his own good Oh my god, we're
in Washington, like super philanthropic, has interests and loves to give back in
the community. Like, how is anyone ever going to try to spin that
into a negative? Just that he has other interests outside of basketball, And
it's this huge, you know, movement from decision makers that they just want
basketball, basketball, basketball and impact and no risk to try to take him
away from it. But it's crap. At the end of the day.
And even given all that, it surprises me that he would slide outside the
lottery in a draft that is just like bereft of point guard talent anywhere near
the top, And so I just assumed that. I guess maybe it comes
down to the needs of certain teams, but even just you know, you
would think that his skill set and what he does is just so in demand
because of the scarcity of it throughout the rest of this first round. Yep,
no doubt about it. So I'm a huge Tie Thai fan. I
know Knicks fans are sick of seeing him mocked to the Knicks at eleven.
I think that the inclusion of Shade him Sharp, the recent ascent of Dyson
Daniels probably takes him a little bit lower than that range, Like he's the
one guy that's going to continue to get notched down a little bit because of
a couple other guys rising. And again, the inclusion of Shade and Sharp
is I'm sorry, I'm skipping ahead here. What's fueling Malachi Brenham's draft board
ascension? Is it just the stuff I've read and watched. It's yeah,
there's the off ball shooting, but there are people that think that he can
create, and that he showed as much later in the season. Is that
what's fueling it? Do you believe in it? Can you break that down
for us please? Yeah, it's definitely what's fueling it and turning him into
another one of those lottery guys. Again, the physical differences that he has
from thy Thie Washington are the reasons why his stock is rising, and he
may end up leap frogging Thaye Tie on some boards. I'm not a huge
Malachi brandom guy, but at the end of the day, I understand the
appeal big guards or wings who have decent feel solid catch and shoot threats and
physically ready, they draw a lot of attention. I don't want to take
away from what Brandham did either, Like it was really impressive for him to
anchor an offense in the second half of the year in the Big Ten as
an eighteen year old, and he did really well at it scoring the basketball.
But I don't buy his shot creation for others. It's a skill that
can be developed in the NBA. But I look at his natural propensity to
want to play slow, to try to feel contact, and to fall in
love with the mid range, and those are areas that I just don't love
with. If I'm looking for a guy that's going to be a number one
or two option on an NBA team, I'd rather take a bet on the
high flying athlete or the guys who were just great with space creation over the
guys who are tough shot makers when they don't have space. That's more so
what Malachi Brandham is. There's appeal, there's value to it. It makes
for a great mixtape on a lot of different regards. But he's also pretty
far away defensively, so concerns in that regard. To me, understand why
he's moving up draft boards and in a lot of different different areas, but
not a guy that I would go out of my way to invest in.
This qualify as a non lottery question, but if you had your druthers,
it would be a lottery question. Why are you so bullish on Jayden Hardy?
I believe you have him at number six on your big board. Huge
Jayden Hardy fan. It's I don't want to spend the eight minutes that go
into every single detail about why I love him, because I don't want to
bore anybody to death. But I try to focus a little bit more on
again the circumstances that these prospects are playing in before they get into the NBA.
And what I can't get past is how impressive it is to have an
eighteen year old waltz into a professional league with probably this second or third most
talent in the world like the G League has right now, and manned a
number one leading role in an offense that in itself shows how high Jaden Hardy's
offensive ceiling is. The circumstances were not great around him, surrounded by four
non shooters, literally four other guys that he was playing with playing for the
Lakers. They're sub thirty percent from three damn. Like it's not just that
they're inefficient, Like they're really inefficient shooters. And I get it. Dyson
Daniels is improving and got better as the season went on, but he just
he didn't operate in space, and because he's not an elite athlete, you
look bad when you don't have the physical ability to just get past guys when
they're all blockading the rim from you. He's going to thrive in the modern
NBA game. Bet on scorers, bet on guys who have good handle underrated
plaster and playmaker. I see a decent amount of a Jordan poolish type of
guy in him. Three level shot maker, but underrated feel underrated playmaker.
And it's so hard for me to look past guys who are eighteen years old
and just come in and can score nineteen a game in a professional league.
I can't get past that. If I said the over under for him getting
drafted was number, let's say twenty one. Are you gonna take day?
If you're guessing as to what's gonna happen, you think you're gonna take the
going higher than twenty one or lower than twenty one. I think he goes
before the twenty first pick. I think that there's going to be a franchise
that kind of talks themselves into the upside on that regard. And I think
that he's a guy that's going to work out incredibly well in a one on
those setting. So if some team gets in there, brings him in and
falls in level that they see, I think he's going to impress. I'd
be curious if, assuming ty Ty Washington goes the Rockets having that second pick
at seventeen, they still don't necessarily have a point guard solution. I don't
know, based off what you say about Party, whether I love the idea
of him and Joe and Green together, though, yeah, it'd be it
would be interesting, There's no doubt about that. But yeah, I think
I think Houston at seventeen, like I wouldn't mind Cleveland at fourteen taking that
gamble and slotting him as more of a scorer next to Darius Garland or that
third option in the backcourt if they keep Colin Sexton long term, like I've
even thought about Atlanta taking a little bit of a risk there at sixteen and
just putting another guy who can create his own shot so Trey Young can play
more off ball. I think that's always been an underutilized part of his game
because he's a really good three point shooter and particularly good off movement. So
a lot of avenues that I could justify. But again, it only takes
one guys, only takes one team to fall in love with the prospect and
pick them a little bit higher than consensus. Point. Speaking of falling in
love, every year there's at least one prospect I've become infatuated with who's not
mocked or considered a top ten player. Or whatever, or even a lottery
prospect. You're able to guess based off the questions that I sent you,
which one mine was this year? And it is Bryster Gallans. Is he
a top twenty pick? And am I like me looking at this? Is
I've called this the my shake Gildest Alexander infatuation because that's kind of the year.
It might have been the year before and it started. I was infatuated
with him and couldn't understand why he wasn't going. I would live in when
of the Knicks didn't. I would lived when the Knicks didn't pick him.
Is he a worthwhile selection for my affections in this category? And we should
apologize for his career arc as well, because I fall in love with him
now that could only mean probably spell bad things for him. Damnd did shake
gil Justes Alexander go in the same draft as Kevin Knox? Was that the
Knox here that I feel like that was uncalled for? It was topical,
but it was totally uncalled for. Yeah, you're right, you're right.
I'm sorry, But no, I think mcgalan's is worth a top twenty pick.
I'm not necessarily sure if he's going to get picked in the top twenty.
And there's a growing trend around the NBA right now with guys who go
to the NBA Draft combine who worked to protect their stock. They remove them
selves from five five scrimmages because they don't want to have a poor showing and
make teams rethink the first round buzz that they've already drawn. What inevitably happens
year after year is one or two guys who do play and show really well
end up getting a boost up their board because of the competitiveness factor. And
NBA teams are going to look there and say, well, this guy was
willing to bet on himself. He just loves basketball, and there's that favorite
saying of ours coming back in and as a competitor, we want to reward
him for that. Those are the guys we want on our locker room.
And that particularly happens outside of the top fifteen or sixteen because those are playoff
teams that are generally picking there and competitiveness fits in with their win now type
of mentality. McGowan's did not play, did not participate in the five on
five stuff, and I think that hurt him in the long run. I
don't know if i'd advise him to do differently, but I think that it
ends up hurting him a little bit because there were a couple of guys like
Jaalen Williams out of Santa Clara who bet on themselves, showed a little bit
higher and now might lead frog him in draft position. I really like what
McGowans brings to the table six foot six sixty seven, right on that borderline
as a lead guard handler, super aggressive, lots of size and raw tools
there with his length, and he gets to the free throw line a ton.
There's something about lead guards that generate free throws at a high rate that
I fall in love with. These are guys that you swing on, whether
it's him, whether it's Jaden Hardy, like go after guys that have incredibly
high upside to become a three level scorer and or can anchor an offense because
at the very least, if they hit the seventieth percentile outcome of what they
can become, then they are a really valuable microwave scorer off the bench.
So I love McGowans. I'm right there with you. I have him,
I think sixteenth or seventeenth on my board right now. But I think the
guessing games over who goes where outside of the top fifteen become really challenging.
And it's maybe it's recency bias for me coming out of the combine, but
a lot of those guys like him, like Blake Wesley at a Notre Dame
Dalen Terry from Arizona, they chose not to play and ultimately that may come
back to bite them. Who are some prospects that really juiced up their stock
at the Draft Combine. Jalen Williams was one of them out of Santa Clara,
more of a mid major who's starting to get some seam and then played
incredibly well and just showed a ton of what he can do. Six foot
six with a seven two wingspan, like super long arms, shot the ball
really well from three of this last year and has a little bit of three
level scoring upside. Another guy who helped himself was Jake la Ravia from Wake
Forrest. There are rumors out there that he has a first round promise.
I can either confirm nor deny that, but a very solid high IQ ball
mover and spot up shooter. And then I think Christian Brown out of Kansas
just won a national championship, hyper competitive, like brings a little bit of
that. You know, Grayson Allen like walk into every building and be the
villain and loves that role type of mentality to him. And I think that
there's going to be some team in the eighteen to twenty eight range that's going
to fall in love with that, and so, you know, I don't
want to play against that guy. Let's make sure he's on our team and
has a little bit of that winning trade to him. So those are three
guys that really helped themselves but can't get past. Dyson Daniels for the G
League Knight, he had the best individual work out there and saw himself go
from a fringe top ten pick to almost knocking on the door of top five
with the way he shot the basketball and just was able to showcase all the
things he can do with his size. Pharrell Wright, I'll be editing that
out of the podcast as I try to get him to fall to the next
Uh. You mentioned that there's just a ton of unpredictability once you get to
a spot in this draft. Are there any teams outside the top ten picks
that you're just sort of endlessly fascinated by? You know I mentioned Atlanta at
sixteen a little bit earlier, like, I don't know what fit or need
is necessarily going to be for them. They have a decent amount of young
guys, like they got Jalen Johnson and Sharif Cooper in the draft last year,
who I was fascinated by. I think we're getting ready to the point
where a Yeka Akongwu deserves a little bit bigger a role in their organization.
But they kind of stalled out a little bit after making the big playoff run
that they did a year ago. And I would not be shocked if they
view this as a time to make some sort of a consolidation deal to try
to move around a lot of their parts. If this pick is for sale
or if Schlank if he keeps the pick, what direction he goes. Do
they just want another veteran to come in and be able to help them right
away, like a guy like Osheagbaji out of Kansas who can just be that
solid three and D prospect might make sense there. Or is he going to
continue to roll the dice on those high ceiling prospects like they did last year.
A lot of different variables at play there, and then I think we
also have to mention Charlotte for intriguing teams because they have both thirteen and fifteen
and they desperately need a high caliber big man. Do they trade anything?
Co Chain wasn't the problem there. Last time we were together. We put
the James Burrego jinks on things. So yeah, let's make sure we're very
clear about this. They need rim protection in order for their defense to be
better. I think they're gonna address it this year. Do they go with
a guy like Williams or darn in the draft? Do they package those picks
to move up to get the right guy? Do they make some sort of
a draft night trade in order to get an established veteran like There's so many
possibilities that could happen there. I think Charlotte's another team to watch. I
mean going on for some reason a lot of Charlotte radio stations and shows lately.
Maybe they like to make their fans angry, which is why they bring
me on. I said repeatedly, I'll be floored if there's not, And
I'm not talking about moving up just because I don't think you if you want
a rim protector, I don't moving off isn't going to do them any good
unless they're vaulting into the top three. Obviously, I'd be floored if one
or both of these picks isn't used in a deal, even if it comes
after even if the news comes after the draft that brings in a veteran just
to upgrade at the five spot, just given how they acted after the offseason
getting rid of James Brego, sort of making it feel like they took a
step back this year, even though they won more games, even though I'd
argue that finishing outside the top ten in defensive efficiency was probably overachieving relative to
the personnel that they had. I will be flabbergasted if one or both of
these picks isn't used to net of more veteran five Yep, And look there,
you never know how the DeAndre Eton or Ruby Gobert sweepstakes are going to
shake out over the next month or two. So Charlotte's just they're just a
fascinating player. A lot of people have mentioned about how clumped together sort of
the I don't want to say the bottom of the draft is, but like
the middle of the draft is, and I don't think I understood the extent
of it until I pose you the question, are there some second round prospects
that we should keep an eye on, to which you responded by saying,
well, players twenty two to fifty are just absurdly close together. So are
there any player if that range, that clump that we should be keeping an
eye on? And I think that's for fans of just teams that are good
or contenders. Maybe you don't have picks, we're looking to pick up an
extra pick, like those are the types of prospects that are super interesting because
you want to see if your team can land someone like that or put themselves
in a position to get someone like that if they don't have a pick already.
Yeah, it's a lot of years we talk about themes with draft classes,
and the pervasive theme coming into this part of the draft cycle was a
little bit weaker at the top than normal, okay, depth around the top
ten, and then not a lot of great guys when you get to the
later part of the first round. And I think that that's not necessarily changing.
I think the top end talent in this draft class is getting better,
but there's just no way to predict what happens once you get outside of the
top twenty like it, it's going to be really hard to do any mainstream
outlets. Any people you talk to, like, there are at least fift
guys that are deserving of a first round grade in this draft class, for
whatever that means. So the different directions you go in that area, you
go the young route and you take more of a project, You get them
on that four year contract in the final couple slots of the first round,
and or really prioritize them when there's low risk the organization. In the earlier
parts of the second you could go for the more prized veteran, the guy
that you feel really comfortable is just going to come in and be a solid,
sturdy role player. So that outside of the top twenty two or twenty
three, which as we said earlier, is the kind of cut off line
for you only get twenty two or twenty three really good guys in each class.
When you're drafting. Outside of that, you just go for a guy
that you think, hey, let's hit singles instead of swing for the fences.
I don't really know. I think it's going to be team dependent.
I think there's probably going to be a good deal of movement that goes on
in those rounds. So what I'll bring to the table for you instead,
Dan, are two guys that I don't think are going to jump up into
the first round, but we'll return excellent value for where they're drafted on.
The second one of them is Trevion Williams out of Purdue. I'm a huge
fan of his because he is the best passer in this draft, not just
for a big man, he's the best passer in the like super super creative.
He's needed to work on his body and slim down. He's done that.
He needs to add a little bit more three point range. He's getting
there. Defensively, he's not a rim protector and he plays a five man
spot. You know, there was some questions about usage at Purdue. He's
played out of the post a ton, but his game as a playmaker translates
to any facet of basketball that he's a plugin play really good offensive option,
and if he adds a three point shot, I think the offensive additions for
a team are very much worth some of the shortcomings he might have on defense.
Another guy I'm super big on is Ron Harper Junior. When you hear
Ron Harper, you think of those big, physical kind of point guard like
his dad. Right, Ron Harper Jr. Is a hoss like a load
and a half physically and fits into this modern positional versatility, switchable defender who
can guard one through four and shoot close to forty percent from three because he
did that this year for Rutgers. He's thirty nine point eight percent from three
on really good volume. Because he's so strong, has long arms with over
seven foot wingspan, can finish at the basket, and is crafty and strong
about getting there, and he guards every type of position that you want.
I think a high utility player type of role guy that I would love to
get my hands on in the second round. So traveon Williams how to purdue
Ron Harper Junior out of Rutgers. Two guys that I think will go in
the second and outperform their draft stock. Wrapping up with these cookie cutter categories,
which prospects are you much higher on relative to consensus in the since we've
already talked about him non jade Hardy division, of course, Yeah, the
non Jadeen Hardy's. I like Blake Wesley out of Notre Dame. I have
a top twenty grade on him. Mid first round grade. Just love the
upside and the tools that he has very far away those super raw, but
can be a three level scorer in the NBA while having a six to eleven
wingspan which allows him to be a positive offender. I also like Max Christy
at a Michigan State. He has some three point range to his game.
He did not shoot the ball incredibly well for a specialist this year and his
freshman year with the Spartans, but a really good, complimentary guy I mentioned
earlier with Benedict Matherin. Things that I value personally are movement shooters, guys
who create gravity, move in space, and are consistent three point threats.
I think Christy gets there eventually, and I'm not willing to talk myself out
of him because of a smaller, you know what, thirty five game sample
size in his college year where he didn't shoot the ball particularly well. He's
also a solid defender. So I do like Christy quite a bit. Which
prospects are you much lower on relative to consensus? All right? So AJ
Griffin, I know we talked about earlier, Like I don't I barely have
him in my top twenty. I'm really really worried about the defense. It
is spicy, and I've a lot of these have not worked out for me
in the past, Like I think I had LaMelo ball like seventeenth or eighteenth
on my board a couple of years ago. So let's just ruin my credibility.
I'm happy to throw that out there, but I own it, and
hopefully someday again, I want Griffin to prove me wrong. Hopefully Sunday I'm
able to look back at this and learn a lot of things about projecting guys
who are questionable. If Griffin does prove me wrong, so certainly welcome that.
Also not a huge Maliki random guy, just because, as I said
earlier, I don't love really physical guys who don't create space, and I
think his mid range, heavy arsenal doesn't fit the modern game in the way
that I'd like it to. Kennedy Chandler out of Tennessee. I just I
don't see the value in drafting under sized point guards. Like each of the
last couple of years, they've been guys that I think our first round talents.
Sharif Cooper out of Auburn, Trey Jones, who was out of Duke,
plays with San Antonio Spurs Now they fall to the middle later parts of
the second round because there's just not a ton of versatility you can have with
those guys. And then Christian Colloco, now he gets first round grades,
big man out of Arizona, A lot of people like him, but twenty
two year old Biggs rarely go in the first round, so I would much
rather try to make the swing on him later. And I don't think he
does any one thing well enough to be draftable in a top thirty five circumstance
right now. So that's a little bit of a spicy take compared to the
mainstream right now. But again we have that conversation about bigs and trying to
figure out exactly where do you value drafting them. I think if you don't
see a high pathway to upside, you probably avoid taking a guy even in
the second round. So I'm kind of out on Coloco and Chandler and don't
love the modern fit of Brandam and Adia Griffin anything else that I have to
ask you about? Do you think he needs to be touched on with regards
to this year's this year's well, Dan, I'm going to ask you a
question and put you on the spot. A little bit, which is not
something that you're going to be unprepared for. But as I start preparing my
own draft analysis here, trying to get a really good feel for which what
teams will do and which ones are the intriguing ones to watch. I know
we mentioned Charlotte in Atlanta as being potential movers. Would love to hear from
you, Nix, what is the position that they really need if they need
a position, and what type of player do they need to be targeting if
they're not going by a certain position. So I would say they just need
to think the best player available, because I don't think there's anyone on the
roster you tell or your future around right now, and that just includes RJ
Barrett. I think he showed a lot of growth over the past two years.
The increased rim pressure is great, the finishing is not. I think
there's more passion chops to be explored. They have neither given him that opportunity
consistently. I've been very impressed with the defense over the past two seasons for
the most part, and so I'm taking whoever I just deemed the best player
available there. If I had to boil it down to a position, I
still think they need a lead playmaker, and I just don't think you're gonna
get that at number eleven, which is why I default too. Can you
just get into like the six six to six eight guy range, someone who's
either gonna work on defense or gives you complimentary shooting or both. That's why
I'm just currently in love with Dyson Daniels. I think what they absolutely should
not do is trade this pick for a non star. If it's gonna be
it's not gonna get you a start, and it's on but someone we're not
talking about what comes available, and you need to bake it into a package.
Fine. Otherwise I would be focused on just sort of seeing what you
have in the youth of your roster, including this pick, because I still
don't think you have a great idea. If if people have asked me,
I could ask you who are the Knicks tent pole prospects right now? If
we're being honest it let's even it's either no one or just RJ. Barrett.
I love Emmanuel Quickly, Obi toppins a shot of adrenaline. Quentin Grimes,
Duce McBride. They're intriguing that Cam Reddish trade was a unmitigated disaster at
this point. I they're they're sort of just still wandering in the wilderness at
this point because they doubled down too heavily on a season that was clearly an
anomaly, and so I don't know which route they go. It would not
shock me though, if by the time next season tips off, we find
out that the Knicks traded this pick for just a non star addition, which
to their credit, would be a little out of character. We've seen them
be somewhat creative within this front office around the draft. Yeah, yeah,
I think the Knicks and the Wizards are the two hardest teams for me to
peg, and they come right at ten to eleven, those rounding the corner
parts of the lottery and can have a lot of impact on the draft moving
down. So the better feel we can get for what's going to happen there,
I think that those are not necessarily shake up spots, but it's going
to set the stage for what other teams afterwards can really do. You would
DMP to me about Washington, and you think they should be a candidate to
try and aggressively move up if they can get into Jay Nivey, like that's
the guy that you would consider if you can move up for in your Washington
to try and do it. I just I don't know what Washington is right
now, Like are they trying to win now because their roster doesn't suggest that
they have the pieces to do so. But they're not trying to rebuild either
because they don't have enough youth and their contracts statuses are quickly running out of
flexibility to be able to make a lot of big moves. Because Bradley Beale
is going to be worth a fortune over the next couple of years. I
think they need to go in on finding a point guard because they're the one
team that has a glaring need if they're going to try to make a push
for the postseason and Ivy again, the availability at four with Sacramento intrigues me
to the point where if Washington could construct some sort of a deal to try
to move up and get Ivy, I think that that's a huge franchise tent
pole that allows you to split the difference, to be really taken care of
in the long term because you have a future star and to find the position
will fit in a little bit of an instant impact to play with Bradley Beal
right away. So I know Wizards fans are probably not in love with adding
another hyper athlete and ball dominant guy next to Bradley Beale because we've seen the
last two kind of fizzle out in Washington in that regard. But I just
I'm a big believer in Jade and Ivy and if they can swing in it
for I'd be all for it. But I mean, there's so many other
avenues that they could go down and try to get a guard that can come
in and compliment Bradley Beal right away. To your credit, they also tried
to slow down like Spencer Dinwoody, and that didn't work alongside Bradley bal either
until I like you're starting to or you're gonna run out of options eventually.
And I think the more salient point is if you do go out and get
Ivy, if you trust his shooting an ability to play off the ball in
time, it works with Bradley Beale, But it might be just as critical
that this is someone who set you up for the future, should it be.
If we're being honest, Despite what's being said, Bradley Beale is not
going to come close to finish his next contract in Washington. That's just that's
the reality of the situation. The other two teams I want to mention really
quickly. I think this is more out of want. And you sold me
on Benedic Mathin before this pod when I was watching the videos that you've done
on him. If they can get if New Orleans can get him, I'm
like, Okay, this is someone who comes in helps right away, they
get Zion back, they use their mid level and by annual free agency,
this gets really interesting. But just watching them after they started three and sixteen,
knowing what they did against Phoenix, knowing who's coming back, knowing the
makeup of this team, I really just want them to make I want a
player who fits to become available that they can go out and a choir and
a consolidation trade because that number eight pick is it's not expendable. But like
they're a team that can absolutely justify moving that level of selection, and they
can do it because they hit on so many rookies this year. The track
record that they're developing and drafting is really impressive, so that they have the
flexibility too if they really need to and it's time to go all in trade
one of those future picks because they've hit so well on kind of undrafted guys
or second round picks. What is their need though, Is it they just
need more shooting on the perimeter or is it a floor spacing rim protector next
to Zion. And then when you have that ladder discussion, as I have
had with a few Pelicans fans who veheamily disagree with me, which is totally
fine. Jonas Valancunis is really good. You have Larry Nance Jr. I
still don't like Jackson Hayes's game, maybe particularly for this roster, but he
gave you some really solid moments this year while also playing next to you on
as Valanciunist, so that sort of complicates it. But it feels like I
don't I can't. I would have my own preferable biggest need, but it
feels like there's not a consensus on what this team needs most. I'd say
that they need shooting without sacrificing defense, and you can put whatever position on
that you want, but when Zion comes back, he needs the floor space
around him. So if you're going to add anybody else to this team,
make sure they can shoot without sacrificing defense. I'm really want to see Zion
under Willie Green, just the transition defensive mindset he instilled. I'm just wondering
if that will each Zion as well and just the last team. And I
think they're quietly like there's an aimlessness to what they're doing in a good way.
The Spurs, because it's they have three first round picks, one of
which falls in the lottery at number nine. Then they have number twenty,
and they have number twenty five correct, Yeah, early second round or at
thirty eight, which is that's a dangerous pick for the San Antonio Spurs to
have. I could absolutely see them just keeping all of these picks. There's
maybe one draft in stash in there, and then they're still bringing in three
rookies. But they're also like they're just in this weird spot where unless you're
moving to Jean Day Murray, I don't know that you could. I don't
think they should. I want to be clear, you can't get much worse,
because who are you moving aside for Murray? That actually makes you a
lot worse. As good as v Cell is, as good as I thought.
Kelvin Johnson showed a lot of progress this past season at the same time,
if you're asking whether you're ready to compete, the question has to be
and I know they're only handful of guys with the answers yes, Ken de
Jean Day Murray be the best player on a contender. I think the most
favorable response is that remains to be determined. I would lean towards no.
Then you have to ask, well, is that player potentially on our roster
or are we going to be able to bag him in this draft or upcoming
drafts. I know the Spurs find value everywhere, but you could also argue
the answer there is no, because they're gonna be perpetually just drafting around this
spot, and so I just want they could if you told me they made
a consolidation trade, because they seem more open to making moves like that now
given what they did with the Marta Rozen and then Derek White. If you
told me they went that route and they tried to get Zach Lavine in a
sign and trade, or there was someone who cropped up on the open market,
that wouldn't shock me, and I'd support it. If you told me
that they tried to somehow gut the roster they're taking just the biggest swings possible
in the draft. I'd be all for that. I am so curious as
to and they, by the way, they might have the most cap space
in the league depending on how some of these books shake out. I cannot
wrap my head around san Antonio's direction, and normally that would be caused for
me to be down on it, and I find myself like accelerated by it.
Yeah, I think it's finally Like the Spurs have always been an organization
that's a little bit more quiet and sits out a lot of big deals or
doesn't make huge splashes and free agency, this is the year when they could
really be aggressive and we've never seen what that turns into for them, Like
the little Marcus alderg year was a little bit different, but this is this
is gonna be huge. We've let off a lot of this talk with the
Kings and say like how hard is it to predict what they're going to do?
And I feel the same way with the Spurs. But we give san
Antonio the benefit of the doubt because whatever it is that they end up doing,
like they're typically right, they get proven right as time goes on.
So I am more inclined to say, like, I'm not going to try
to figure it out before the draft, but I'm going to wait in the
later parts of July and see how all of it comes together and say,
man, why didn't And I think of that that actually makes a lot of
sense for this organization. So I just can't wait to see how they get
to that point. They are the one team that I'm okay with taking Dyson
Daniels before the mix because it's not right before them. So this isn't like
a Steph Curry situation. But it's also okay Tyson Daniel is gonna wind up
there. Maybe he just ends up turning into a stud. And I did
want to ask you very quickly, who is the second most important player long
term to the Spurs right now? Oh, I will give you. I'll
give you my answer, and I don't think it's a good one. I
have Devin Vassell. Yeah, I think va Sell is I think va Sell
is my guy too. I wouldn't, I would. I'm kind of toggling
between him and Josh Primo and the reason yeah yeah, because Josh Primo,
like he was the one guy that you drafted with the intention of being a
primary scorer and the guy that really just puts the ball in the basket.
That's still what wins games in the NBA. So I think he's their most
important prospect, but not necessarily their second best player right now or most valuable
guy at least in terms of conventional value to everybody else in the league.
Spins, this was fantastic. As always, you are of that and endless
bottom was that of information and insight. I appreciate it. Are you able
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