WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.439 You're in the Zone with Brandon Kravis and Tyler Carroll 2 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:06.240 on FM ninety six nine. A Jack. 3 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:16.120 Okay, okay, all right, I'm about to go on our 4 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:21.320 rent here this text just you know that meme where 5 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.120 the guy where the little uh the yellow, little yellow 6 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:27.920 face his head is exploding. Yep, that was me reading this. Okay, 7 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:30.559 this is this says this is five O eight five seven. 8 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:33.079 We welcome all feedback and if we don't like what 9 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:35.920 you text them, we will yell at you. Was hoping 10 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:38.920 that the aggressiveness from the trade would have carried over 11 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:42.359 into the draft. Nope, same old Magic we see at 12 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:47.719 draft time. Hope Jace likes it in Osceola County. I'll 13 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:51.119 start with the nice part. Jace Mike play in Otiola. 14 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:53.520 I have no idea. Maybe that's where he spends his 15 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:59.479 time next year. So would you have preferred then if 16 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:02.840 the Magic would have waited until Draft night to trade 17 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:05.920 the sixteenth overall pick as part of the package to 18 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:09.560 land Desmond Band, Would that have made you feel like 19 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:12.560 the Magic were being aggressive on draft night? Do you 20 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:16.519 realize in your thick skull that it's the exact same 21 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:20.239 thing they did make a Draft night trade they just 22 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:23.840 did it two weeks before the draft. It's the same result. 23 00:01:25.120 --> 00:01:30.040 It's all about perception. They traded their better pick to 24 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:35.000 make ready an aggressive move to get better that did happen. 25 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:41.000 How dense can people be? You just want to complain, 26 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.359 Just admit it to yourself, stand in front of the 27 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:48.840 mirror and say, hi, self, I like to complain. The end, 28 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.280 thank you for listening. I'll take the back of the text. 29 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:56.079 Their just a little bit here because you made great 30 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:58.480 points that the Magic were aggressive on Draft night. It 31 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:01.719 just came a couple weeks prior when trading the putting 32 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:05.400 that sixteenth pick in a trade to obtain an all 33 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:07.519 star caliber player in Desmond Bane. If that would have 34 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:10.479 happened on Draft night, it probably wouldn't have mattered who 35 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:12.599 the Magic took at twenty five, because that wouldn't be 36 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:16.680 even what would be remotely talked about. However, with that 37 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:20.759 twenty fifth pick, I think you can argue that the 38 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.599 Magic weren't necessarily as aggressive into the win Now as 39 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:28.159 what they could have been. So the players that I 40 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:30.919 think fit the win now mold the best at the 41 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:34.439 guard position were off the board at that point. 42 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:35.680 So if you're. 43 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.000 Looking to go guard, and you are set on guard 44 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.039 at twenty five, then that was the best player available. 45 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:42.240 That was the best choice. 46 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:43.919 But then you do have some of the other guys, 47 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:45.479 some of the other Thie guys that I think are 48 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:51.240 more win now impacts now players and Maxim Reno in 49 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.680 Rasher Fleming, those guys are more of a finished NBA 50 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:57.719 product where you see the result of what they are 51 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:01.159 going to be sooner than what I think you'll get 52 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:04.240 from Jace Richardson. So to the Texter's point, I think 53 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:06.520 that's an area that you can look. However, to say 54 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.680 that they weren't aggressive on draft night, it's really difficult 55 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:12.439 to be aggressive with the twenty fifth pick. That's also 56 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:16.280 a factor in this as well. And the aggressiveness came 57 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:17.479 in a trade that went down. 58 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:21.960 Two weeks ago. You will be breaking down the trades 59 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:23.800 that went down in the first round. We're going to 60 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:26.879 give you some reactions to what other teams did and 61 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:30.280 where other players fell right now. In this segment, we're 62 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:33.680 going to do a bit of a trade recap during 63 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:35.960 our first four things, so we'll have this covered in 64 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:40.520 all different directions. But correct me if I'm wrong about this. 65 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:44.919 Did a single team of the thirty that occupy the 66 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:50.199 National Basketball Association, Did any of them make a trade 67 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:54.120 last night? Of the many that went down that involved 68 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:59.360 a player that is currently in the NBA? I was 69 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:04.400 the Mark Williams move, wasn't Did that involve one? Did 70 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:05.719 that involve a draft pick? 71 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:07.879 Or did that just go along during the I think 72 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:10.520 it involved a draft pick, but I think Mark Williams 73 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:12.759 was the only one I believe right. 74 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.360 So, and then the rest were draft picks because that's 75 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:19.879 how that goes. Players aren't dealt on draft night. We 76 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:23.199 just don't really see that. So I don't even know 77 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.160 what you're asking for you and I don't know what 78 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:29.879 you're asking for in the present, and you're completely neglecting 79 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.839 the fact that what you're asking for already happened. Just 80 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.839 crazy to me. Somebody else said, you guys and Metcalf, 81 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:39.920 who was our guest yesterday, are selling me on Jase TJ. 82 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.399 McConnell did a great job on SGA in Game seven 83 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:45.480 when they isolated him. Drew Holliday is a perfect example 84 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:48.759 of a pesky defender of a guy at any size, 85 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:51.439 and Jay I will have his back on the second unit. 86 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:54.759 Drew Holliday is one of the best on ball guard 87 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.959 defenders in the NBA. So I'm not willing to go 88 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.720 that far, but if you can be that in spurts, 89 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:01.319 than great. 90 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:05.439 I did look up the measurables. Drew Holliday two inches 91 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:08.959 taller his wingspan. That is one positive thing about Jase 92 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.680 is the positive wingspan. He's six to one, almost six 93 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.040 to two. Does have a six to six wingspan. That's 94 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.639 a promising sign for a defender. Drew Holliday was a 95 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:20.240 couple inches taller, his wingspan was a couple inches longer, 96 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:24.519 and he was twenty pounds heavier coming into the draft 97 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:28.160 than what Jace Richardson is. So maybe we can draw 98 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:31.160 some comparisons. Because Drew Holliday is a finished product at 99 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:33.240 this point. You have to look back to what was 100 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:35.680 he ten years ago coming into the league. That's what 101 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:39.800 he was, so he already had the tools the size 102 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:40.879 to be a better defender. 103 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:43.800 But there could be those type of moments, where did 104 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:48.800 Drew Holliday go to college UCLA? I do not remember 105 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:52.879 him playing in college. I only Rember Drew Holliday, the 106 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:53.639 NBA player. 107 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:57.160 Vague memories of Drew Holiday in the in the Bruins jersey, 108 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:01.959 shaved head or short short hair, nothing long like he 109 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:05.399 has now sold baby face Drew Holiday and if I 110 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:09.480 recall coming out, it was a good on ball to 111 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:12.600 score who defends like hell. 112 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.439 And that's about what he's turned into in the NBA. 113 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:20.480 So the first four picks went as expected, Cooper Flagg, 114 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:26.120 Dylan Harper, vj Edgecombe, con K Nipple, and then the 115 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.800 fifth pick is when the chaos started, Ace Bailey getting 116 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:33.360 selected by the Utah Jazz, when all of the reports 117 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:36.519 that were coming out said the Ace Bailey had stuck 118 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.120 his nose up at the entire draft process, and perhaps 119 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:41.600 the team that was the most bothered by that was 120 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:44.040 the Utah Jazz and they were totally hands off. That's 121 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.319 what I was hearing from the various outlets that I 122 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:51.360 do research on, and they said, screw it or taking 123 00:06:51.399 --> 00:06:55.199 him anyway. Most talented player on the board. This is 124 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:58.879 probably a guy that if he had put his best 125 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:02.160 foot forward, apps could have gone two, definitely could have 126 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.600 gone three, and instead you get him at five. That's 127 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.079 incredible value. If you believe this guy is going to 128 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:10.160 play for you. I happen to think he's never going 129 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:12.879 to play basketball for the Utah Jazz. I think they 130 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.800 are going to move him. I think they did this 131 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:19.199 was with a purpose. I think it's very intelligent what 132 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:22.480 the Utah Jazz did. Hey, we have Ace Bailey, now, 133 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:25.480 I bet you all want him, and then dangle him 134 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:28.279 as they look to turn the page and becoming a 135 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:32.360 winning franchise again. There's a team in the Northeast that 136 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:36.720 has said very loudly with a megaphone, we are not 137 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:41.600 interested in winning anymore, and it's the Boston Celtics. Wouldn't 138 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:45.800 it make just so much sense for Jalen Brown to 139 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:49.680 go to the Utah Jazz and Ace Bailey go to 140 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:53.399 the Boston Celtics, and then when Jason Tatum comes back 141 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.920 in a year, he looks around like Will Smith in 142 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:02.639 the empty room, going where are these people? And I 143 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:04.720 think it would make a lot of sense. Ace Bailey 144 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:09.720 has the upside of Tracy McGrady offensively, and the Boston 145 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:12.920 Celtics are turning over a new leaf. The Jazz want 146 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:15.879 to take themselves seriously. Ace Bailey doesn't want to play 147 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:18.639 in Utah. It just makes perfect sense to me. So 148 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:20.600 if they can find a way to make the money work, 149 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:23.199 that's my prediction that Ace Bailey is gonna end up 150 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:25.240 playing for the Celtics and he will never play for 151 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:27.519 the Utah Jazz. I won't count it out, but my 152 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:31.720 question would be, why wasn't it done already? What what's 153 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:33.519 holding I mean, the cs I thought we were gonna 154 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:35.840 see it last night. That's how That's how confident I 155 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:39.360 am that it's gonna go down this way. But you know, 156 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.960 these things get they get hung up in legal something 157 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:43.360 like that. 158 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.679 It could I mean, if there's no rush on it, 159 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:50.919 very well could be. I think the other angle of 160 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:56.720 this all is if Utah selected Ace Bailey with the promise, 161 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:00.240 the handshake, the wink wink, whatever it is, that they 162 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:02.320 are in the works to trade him to Boston. 163 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:07.639 Boston can just kidding. At any moment, they can. 164 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:09.639 Say where where, where where, we don't want we don't 165 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:13.720 want any part of that, and then Utah is well 166 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:16.159 to say that you're stuck with Ace Bailey is quite 167 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:18.919 the statement. But at that point it's okay. You have 168 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.559 a player that didn't want to play for you drafted. 169 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:23.799 Him with the intent to move him. 170 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:26.000 Now you've got to try to find a different trade 171 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.879 partner that you still get a great return on like 172 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:30.720 a Jalen Brown caliber of player. 173 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.120 So I think that we see Ace Bailey suit up 174 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:37.320 in Utah. It is clunky. Oh my goodness that that 175 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:38.840 depth chart, that rotation. 176 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:42.320 They just drafted Cody Williams last year who plays a 177 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:46.519 similar position. Taylor Hendrix is more of a forward whereas 178 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:49.639 a more of a guard. But you've got a lot 179 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:53.279 of guys in Utah right now that are young, that 180 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:55.279 still have a lot to prove, and that are going 181 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:58.120 to be fighting with each other every day just to 182 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:00.080 see the court for a twenty win ball club, and 183 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:02.600 it is going to be fascinating up Itsil Lake. And 184 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:05.720 before we move off of the Jazz completely, they also 185 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.240 made a trade with the Washington Wizards at eighteen and 186 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:12.480 are the team that ultimately selected Walter Clayton Junior. So 187 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:19.080 we're gonna see old Walt play for these mysterious Utah 188 00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:21.000 Jazz next season as well. 189 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:23.919 So I think a big win for the Jazz last night. 190 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.720 They got a proven player in Walter Clayton Jr. And 191 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:30.480 they have a trade piece that they can now dangle 192 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.000 to the Northeast and say you want to hear this 193 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:35.759 is where he wants to be. Give us stuff we 194 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:39.080 want stuff. I think it's really smart what they did 195 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:43.240 elsewhere in the draft, and just sort of combing through 196 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:46.159 some of the reactions. I have a notepad full of notes, 197 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:48.279 so this could be a jumbled mess, but we'll figure 198 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:50.919 it out as we go along. I'm sure that you're 199 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.039 the same. Come on, Mala Watch as somebody that you 200 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:56.480 really sold me on in the process. Him going to 201 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:59.279 Phoenix makes a lot of sense because they have nothing 202 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:03.639 but guards and they needed somebody with some size. I 203 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:05.840 love the emotion that he saw that we saw from 204 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:09.519 him when he was drafted. It was the exact opposite 205 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:11.879 reaction of what you saw from Ace Bailey, who looked 206 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:14.840 genuinely pissed off that he was drafted by the Jazz 207 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:19.039 and did not hide it. And Malawatch was just over 208 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:21.120 the moon. Meant the world to him, and I think 209 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:23.320 he's a perfect fit in Phoenix, so I'll start there. 210 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:25.080 I thought that was one of the better picks inside 211 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:26.679 of the top ten, just fit wise. 212 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:30.600 Really like the pick. He is a top ten player 213 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:34.080 in this draft. What was curious and questioning is that 214 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:37.159 you trade for Mark Williams the same night you go 215 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:41.879 from having no centers. Nick Richards being your starting centers 216 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:46.519 to here are two young, good centers that you can 217 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:50.519 plot in as you're starting five for the next ten years. 218 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:53.879 Generally not a move that you see. The other interesting angle, 219 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:57.200 Nick Richards was dealt to Phoenix last year from Charlotte. 220 00:11:58.080 --> 00:11:59.039 Kind of unconnected. 221 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:02.080 You now recenters that played basketball last year in the 222 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:03.039 state of North Carolina. 223 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:04.039 Come on, Mama, watch. 224 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:06.279 At duke Mark Williams, who was with the Hornets, and 225 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:07.960 Nick Richards who started with Charlotte. 226 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:09.840 It just kind of fascinating. Yeah, the Mark Williams trade 227 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.080 is sort of odd in all of this. Now you're 228 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:14.759 gonna break down the trade details. But Derrek Queen going 229 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:18.799 to New Orleans was just based on his build. Was 230 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:22.039 the one place I said, this man cannot land in 231 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:25.639 New Orleans, and there he is. So they get Derek Queen, 232 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:29.320 who hilariously updated his LinkedIn profile. Thank you for sharing 233 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:31.759 that with me in the pre show. And they also 234 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:35.759 drafted Jeremiah Fears at seven and his number in the 235 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:40.799 New Orleans. How cool is this is zero zero Fears 236 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:46.200 is going to sell like hotcakes in New Orleans, Louisiana. 237 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:50.399 I believe that's what he was at Oklahoma as well. Yeah, 238 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:53.440 that's I mean, that's just brilliant marketing. Yeah, he could 239 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:55.519 be a late second round pick that Jersey would still 240 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:59.000 sell because of the you know the phrasing there. But 241 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:01.759 he's also the top ten pick. So how do you 242 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:04.240 think New Orleans did in the draft outside of the 243 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:06.320 fact that they gave up a future unprotected pick. 244 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:09.960 I think that getting there's really good value of getting 245 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:12.360 Derek Queen at thirteen. 246 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:14.600 The trade moves. 247 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:16.720 By New Orleans will dive more into that they're getting 248 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:19.559 a lot of heat for the trades that they made 249 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:24.080 last night. But you look at this roster, so you 250 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.720 go and get your point guard at seven and Jeremiah Fears. 251 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.240 You have de Johntay Murray that'll be returning from injury. 252 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.080 You made the move to acquire Jordan Poole just a 253 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.919 couple of days ago. You still do have Jordan Hawkins, 254 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:40.120 who was a lottery pick a couple of years ago, 255 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:43.080 has shown some signs that he can be a solid 256 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:47.120 backup shooting guard in this league and even on his 257 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:50.799 rookie contract. So you're looking at some of the other 258 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:54.000 options at that point. This was where you saw kind 259 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:58.120 of the hole in guard play. You add Jegor Demon 260 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:03.120 taken eight to to the nets. The next guard point 261 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.840 guard really that you saw taken was Walter Clayton junior 262 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:08.679 at eighteen. So this was the time where it was 263 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:10.480 a lot of bigs. It was a lot of wings. 264 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:15.240 Cedric Coward fitting into the mix, but even he wasn't 265 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:21.519 available for the Pelicans at thirteen. So at that point, 266 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:23.440 with what is available, you don't want to go and 267 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:26.919 get Thomas Sorber. Very similar to Eves Mecie. That a 268 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:29.639 promising rookie season last year. I think you feel pretty 269 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:34.360 good about Eve's kind of playing that starting five and 270 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:38.759 adding and not having just a copy and pace in 271 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:42.799 that second group. Carter Brian, it's too much unproven. New 272 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:45.559 Orleans is in more of a win now situation. Yang 273 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:47.840 Hansen was the surprise of the first round. We'll get 274 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:50.480 to that in a moment. Yan Baron Jay an unfinished product. 275 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:53.200 So when he looked at what was available, even if 276 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:56.120 the fit isn't great, one thing that you know is 277 00:14:56.159 --> 00:15:00.120 Derek Queen can be a leader of the second group 278 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:04.000 in scoring and rebounds and facilitating along with Jeremiah Fears, 279 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:05.879 and I think that's something that New Orleans is pretty 280 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:08.679 interested in and if Zion goes out, which we figure 281 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:10.679 will happen at some point in the year. I think 282 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:13.200 that he's a guy that a push comes to shove, 283 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:14.639 and depending on the health of some of the other 284 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:17.200 guys that they have in New Orleans, you feel okay 285 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:20.559 sticking Derek Queen out there in the starting five as 286 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:23.840 a power forward with the rim protector in the defensive 287 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:26.000 anchor leaves me Sie playing right beside him. 288 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:30.879 He is kind of They're different stylistically because Zion is 289 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:33.720 a much more vertical player and it seems like Queen 290 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:41.960 is a little bit more crafty, better shooter. He's pretty horizontal, right, 291 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:46.159 He's not dunking over anybody. But in some ways they 292 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:51.360 are very similar in their build and they would if 293 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.320 you have to replace one for the other, I guess 294 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:55.399 you could do worse than that. Okay, we have to 295 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:57.840 talk about the Nets because they made four first round 296 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:02.200 picks last night and they make five. They made five. 297 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:04.240 It was a record setting first team in WBA history. 298 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:07.120 To see that. This is the mistake that I made. 299 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:09.240 As I went to the team's tab, I know they 300 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.000 had five first round picks, and then I went to 301 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:14.120 the teams tab under Brooklyn, and it only has four 302 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:18.200 players listed because they because it doesn't have the trade 303 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:23.039 with for Drake Powell in there, so that Drake Powell 304 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:25.519 is the one that I was missing from the list 305 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:27.360 that was in front of me. But they made five 306 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:30.399 picks Drake Powell out of UNC, a Goor Demon out 307 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:33.840 of BYU, Nolan Trey Ore out of France, Ben Sarah 308 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:37.080 out of Israel, and Danny Wolf out of Michigan. It 309 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:43.919 feels it feels random. I but I'll rely on you 310 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:46.879 for this. This feels like they had five first round picks. 311 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:49.240 To me, it kind of feels like if you had 312 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.240 to judge it based on did they crush it or 313 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:53.440 did they waste it? It kind of feels like they 314 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:57.080 wasted the opportunity drafting a lot of the same players. Yeah, 315 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:00.320 I think it's what mindset do you want to break 316 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:04.519 this down in? Because when you have five first round picks, 317 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:07.319 you can go with one of two options. You can 318 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:10.960 a build out a starting five or what holes does 319 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.559 your team have? 320 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:14.759 And with Brooklyn it's pretty much everything. You can't draft 321 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:16.960 the wrong player. If they have one draft pick, you 322 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:18.960 can go in any direction. You have pretty good case 323 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:20.880 for it. So you can build out a starting five 324 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:25.359 of trying to balance it out position by position by position. 325 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:27.240 Which is I think that's the move that I would make. 326 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:31.799 So here's what I'll say, first round draft picks, and 327 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:37.480 they add three from nineteen to twenty six, yes, and 328 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:41.720 Drey Ora and nineteen twenty seven rather that was their 329 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.000 last first round pick where they got Danny Wolf Ben 330 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:47.599 Saraf in the middle there at twenty six. When you're 331 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.559 selecting in those spots, a lot of more often than not, 332 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:53.480 those players are not going to hit right. In the NBA, 333 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:55.480 you know, you can be a starter, you can be 334 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:57.119 a rotation player, you can be an all star. But 335 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:59.640 there are a lot of nineteen overall selections that are 336 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:01.640 out of the league by year four out of their 337 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.480 rookie contract. 338 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.799 Don't get that second contract. 339 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:07.680 So one thing that Brooklyn did do that I think 340 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:10.680 can you can spend positive is they did go and 341 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:13.240 get a lot of the same players. Jagor Demon, Nolan 342 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:16.640 Trejore and Ben Sarah all going to be point guards 343 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:19.039 in this league. What are the odds they all miss? 344 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.279 At least one of them has to hit. 345 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.039 Yeah, but you have to I totally get where you're 346 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.720 going with this, but you have to give them time 347 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:27.839 on the court to figure that out, and when you 348 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:31.640 draft three of them, it's not possible. So it's a 349 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.240 waste because what's gonna happen is one of the guys. 350 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:38.079 You know what's gonna happen. I'll give you a perfect example. 351 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:42.599 Dearon Fox and Tyrese Haliburton on the same team in Sacramento, 352 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.279 and you go, oh, well, Fox looks better. Now let's 353 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:49.440 trade Tyres Alburton. Oops, you traded the wrong guy. That's 354 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:53.599 what's gonna happen. Chances are you did hit on someone. 355 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:56.720 The better chance is you're also gonna have to get 356 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:59.200 rid of them before you figure it out, and you 357 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:02.039 screw yourself. Not to say you can never have you can. 358 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:05.200 You can't draft a player that's the same position as 359 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:07.559 somebody else on your team. I think it's different when 360 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:10.759 you already have somebody that's in that position, as opposed 361 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:13.160 to we're just gonna we're gonna do it all in 362 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:16.359 one draft, because then everybody's on the same timeline. I 363 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:19.880 really don't like that approach, really don't like that approach. 364 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:21.759 I'm not saying that it's the right move. 365 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:26.079 I just think that it could potentially play out positive 366 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:28.119 and knowing that the odds are stacked against you of 367 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:30.480 going five or five of draft picks that hit, with 368 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:33.200 three of them coming in the final eleven picks of 369 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:36.799 the drafts. While picks in the draft, I think that 370 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:39.599 there's there can be a method to the madness of 371 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:43.240 we're gonna get all these guys in the building, and 372 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:46.240 we're gonna put them against one another, and we're gonna 373 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:48.720 see who comes out alive, and that's gonna be our 374 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:51.640 guy moving forward. One of them goes down so that 375 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:53.680 you get the next one in and you just kind 376 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:57.240 of see what you have by process of putting their 377 00:19:57.240 --> 00:20:00.640 feet to the fire against one another. Sou I don't 378 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:04.839 love what they did. A guy like Rashier Fleming, Drake 379 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.559 Powell was I believe he was one of my do 380 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:10.799 not touch guys. I think he was underwhelming at UNC 381 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:13.079 last year. I don't think that he was the best 382 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:15.559 wing player available that they could have gone to get. 383 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.400 So I don't think that they made all of the 384 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:22.079 right selections. But I can try at least to make 385 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:25.039 sense of the three true point guards in the same 386 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.319 draft with three. 387 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:30.960 Of your five first round picks lastly, and there's still 388 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:33.920 so much to break down. But Yang Hanson, I think, 389 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:36.599 is how you pronounce his name, the center out of 390 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:40.599 China who they called on ESPN last night. They called 391 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:46.799 him Chinese Jokic, so high praise. But I did not 392 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:49.880 see a single soul that had this guy drafted in 393 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.279 the top sixteen. And he is headed to Portland where 394 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:56.039 they also drafted a center last year and Donovan Klingen. 395 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:59.880 But whatever, maybe they're not sold on him. Your thoughts 396 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:04.079 on that. As little as we know about this Chinese product, 397 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:08.440 so I wanted to make sure that it was the 398 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:10.440 same guy. 399 00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:14.680 I believe that it was young who had a really 400 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:18.799 good draft combine. Like in the scrimmages, all the highlights 401 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:21.160