WEBVTT - NBA Draft Full Reaction 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:04.040 On this episode of This League, we are deconstructing one 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:07.680 of my favorite drafts in the NBA in a long, 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:11.360 long time. Lots of movement all around the draft, Lots 0:00:11.400 --> 0:00:17.840 of movement in terms of getting contributors right now, uh, surprises, trades, 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:23.440 lots of mistakes, some interesting reaches. Uh yeah, we look 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:25.560 at the Russell Westbrook to La trade. And we also 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:30.240 have some news about the podcast itself. So go ahead, 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:35.480 Marty and drop that Mickey Mouse ass beat. 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:40.880 Take care and said, you'll be waiting plan of a ghost, 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:47.360 the grandne go let me go. When we reach the gay. 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:52.239 And everybody knows, all right, let's uh, let's get care 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:57.200 of some some housekeeping. There has been comments about the 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:01.760 podcast and some of the changes are right. People are confused, Hey, 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:04.600 is this podcast five minutes now? Is it three minutes now? 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:07.080 What is going on? Why is the Spotify feed this way? 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:10.040 Why is the Apple feed this way? So it's time 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:12.240 to just update you about what's happening with season two. 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:16.120 There is now a change in our episodes in our 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.960 podcast feed. We're about to enter season two of this 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:22.960 League and we are excited to announce that there are changes. 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.600 There are people, of course that want real episodes. 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Well, we'll 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:27.040 call it two to seven minute short episodes throughout the 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:32.040 week on a singular topic, mostly driven by opinion or 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.919 hypotheticals or answering questions from fans, so we're gonna be 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:39.040 giving you more content. There's more flexibility in what we 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:42.640 can do. There's also more flexibility in me living my 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:47.440 goddamn life, so I can do this from other places 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:49.200 and I'm not stuck in New York City in the 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:50.920 middle of the fucking summer when i want to go 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:52.959 to a Ruba, Antigua, or wherever the fuck I want 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:56.720 to go. Uh. But that means that every day Monday 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:59.560 through Friday, you will get something on the feed. So 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:01.560 that's fucking dope in my opinion. You don't have to 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:06.200 wait for breaking news till Friday. If it drops on Tuesday, 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.959 I might just come in and just drop it that day, 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:13.000 which means you get fresher content, more content, better content. 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.560 So please keep checking the Apple and Spotify feed, depending 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.360 on which one you like. Also, in the comment section 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:24.000 of Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, wherever you watch us YouTube or 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:27.520 listen to us, answer what else type of content that 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:31.440 you want in these little takes, hypotheticals, questions, whatever, and 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:33.359 we'll continue to answer them so that we can give 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.400 you more of what you want. All right, So now 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:40.640 that that little piece of housekeeping is done, let's talk 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:45.480 about the draft winners losers. I think that's probably the 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.000 most interesting way in breaking that down. Do you agree, Marty? 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:48.880 Oh yeah, definitely. 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:54.800 All right, first takeaways. First of all, we need to 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:58.520 talk about Russell Westbrook trade. So the trade details. Let 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:02.160 me start there. I saw Westbrook trade to the to 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:08.400 the Lakers first. That happened before the draft even took place. 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:13.520 That was first glance for you, Marty, was what when 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:15.640 you saw that trade? What did you think a. 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:19.320 Little bit of surprise? I mean, like Westbrook wasn't someone 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:21.080 that I was thinking about, you know, being in the 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:24.279 mix with the contender like I think a lot of 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:26.000 other people. But the more I thought about it, I mean, 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:31.240 they're offloading Kuzmus sucks KCP who is what he is? 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:35.800 I kind of weirdly like it, Like I mean, I 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.880 don't think, like, come playoff time, like that's gonna be 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.359 you know, a guy that they're going to look to 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:46.279 to like a late right and really make a difference 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:48.440 like in games. But I think it takes like a 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:51.400 big load off of Lebron, like especially in the regular season. 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:54.159 And I don't know, it could be a great move 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.080 and it could be kind of a man move. That's 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:57.159 kind of how I feel about it. 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:00.840 To me, I would tend to agree. And ways one, 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:06.000 let's start. Let's start with positivity because I normally lead 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:09.520 with negativity because that's where my brain immediately goes. But 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:14.720 we're gonna start with positivity. I really think Russell Westbrook 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:20.159 adds a level of defensive intensity, incredible outlet passing, the 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:24.440 ability to rebound, be athletic, another defensive piece to two 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:27.920 other guys who are also athletic fucking freaks. Right, like 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.640 you said, it gives Lebron James the ability to play 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:32.719 eighty two games and not have to bring the ball up. 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:35.400 Is he a true point guard? He is not. He 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.440 is not. But I think you really do add a 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:42.559 level of dynamic playmaking. I saw some highlights of Russell 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:47.880 Westbrook throwing these fucking insane quarterback like lobs to these dunks, 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:51.760 and I can see Braun Rim running or ad Rim 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:55.920 running and Russell just passing dimes. Also, if you are 0:05:56.200 --> 0:06:00.120 a mid tier shooter, middle of the road shooter, you 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:04.000 are going to become a great shooter because you're gonna 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:07.680 get so many fucking open looks it's gonna be absurd. 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:11.200 They don't even need anyone to pay that. They don't 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.640 need to pay anyone of note because if you can 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:17.719 shoot open threes in the corner, that's what you're gonna 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.960 get a lot of. Yeah, because otherwise they're just going 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:22.839 to destroy you in the paint. 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:24.560 I think they're gonna make a lot of other moves 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:26.719 in free agency, Like I think the roster is gonna look, 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:28.800 you know, just completely different they all. 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:31.160 I mean, they only have four contrac players right for. 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:34.080 Sure, obviously, but I mean I think right now, like 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:36.520 you would slot like Horton Tucker in the starting line, 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:39.320 he won't be there starting to So yeah, no, I 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.840 think it'll be interesting to see who they surround these 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:42.719 guys with for sure. 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:45.960 To me, it's interesting because Genie Buss is like, I 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:49.359 don't care about how much I have to pay the Lakers. 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.360 Three guys are making one hundred and thirteen million dollars 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:56.200 right now. That puts those three guys alone, put them 0:06:56.240 --> 0:07:00.520 over the cap. Right, So every player that they decide 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.200 to add to this roster, we'll put them into a 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:07.400 luxury tax situation. Right, So they're gonna need to get 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:10.360 a bunch of cheap guys. They got twelve more guys 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:13.200 and they're probably gonna make like two three million dollars 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:15.880 of each of them, right, So I don't I don't 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.000 know how much flexibility they have to go out and 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:19.440 get someone like DeMar Rosen. 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.920 Now, I mean he would have to take a serious 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:25.160 ontown discount, which he might, but like probably not. 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:28.920 Like maybe he decides I'll make eight million, but that's 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:32.280 really like thirty million now that there's a luxury tax situation. 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:34.440 So okay, So those are all the positives that I 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:39.000 have for this trade. Now the negatives are this, did 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.360 Rob Polinka need to do that trade? On Draft night? 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:47.320 Was anyone checking for Russell Westbrook who makes forty million 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:52.720 dollars a year? Did anyone is anyone going after and 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:59.720 targeting Russell Westbrook and saying we need him for our team? No? 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.320 Is there a place that we know Russell Westbrook wants 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:07.600 to go, which is his hometown? Yes? Did you need 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:11.400 to give up the twenty second overall pick to get him? 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:15.400 My guess is no. My guess is probably not. Is 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:20.520 that meaningful? Probably not right? But what it says to 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:24.400 me is that Rob Polinka doesn't really care about the 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:28.040 fit as much as he cares about being first. He 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:31.520 wanted to make a big splash on draft night. He 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.840 wanted everyone to which we are. It's the top of 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:34.760 the fucking show, is it not? 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.160 Oh yeah, no, I'm he at the top of. 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.080 The fucking show. Everyone's talking about the Lakers. Everyone's talking 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.880 about Rob Polinka and this move that he pulled off, 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.680 and like the move you got rid of Kuzma and 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:49.839 KCP congratulations and Harrol and Harrol which like, okay, yeah, I. 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:51.600 Mean Harold wasn't even get minutes. As much as I 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:52.400 like him and. 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.560 Still try to opt into that though, right, no, no. 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.600 No, I know that, But as much as I still 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:00.560 think he's has a fairly bright future in the league, 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:03.840 I really don't think they gave up really anything to 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:06.600 get a guy that I think really changes the dynamic 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.320 of their team. So I don't I don't think it 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:09.600 was a bad deal by Polinka. 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:11.360 I don't think it's a bad deal. I think the 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:13.840 timing is strange, and I think if you could get 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:18.120 Damar instead of Russell Westbrook and then still possibly end 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.400 up getting a playmaker like a Rubio or I know 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:25.200 Rubio got shipped out, but like a playmaker who is 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:28.600 cheaper or like a Dinwitty who might have wanted to 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.480 go there. Maybe you've got Dinwitty and Damar. Now you 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.280 have forty million dollars locked up into one guy who 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.560 cannot shoot. So that's a negative in my opinion. I 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.480 think Rob Plink is just not that great at his job, 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:45.440 and he really does care more about pr than anything else, 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:47.719 which is a very Laker glitz and glam kind of 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:52.280 a thing. But they're gonna be fucking exciting. All of 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:56.040 that to say it's gonna be fun, it's gonna be electric. 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:59.959 You've got triple double machine. Russell Westbrook has not been 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.560 fully healthy last year. If he has the time to 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.160 rehab and get completely healthy, I think it's gonna be 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:09.720 I think they're right back in. It isn't enough. We'll 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:11.120 have to see what kind of shooters they get, because 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:15.880 that's gonna be important, So we'll see. Apparently. The good news, though, 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.800 is that Bleacher Report is putting out that a lot 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:22.120 of veterans are willing to take almost no money to 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.439 play for the Lakers on a discount because they want 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.760 to win with Lebron. So congratulations to La. Continue to 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:32.040 doing La things. Fuck you, all right? So now the 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:37.800 real draft winners, winners I've got I'm gonna should I 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.000 just say them and then we'll just go over them. 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:42.240 Let's do this. Yeah, let's go. I'm gonna say, I'm 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:53.200 gonn'll go over why I've got. My winners are Detroit, Charlotte, Atlanta, Houston, Brooklyn, Wizards, Pacers, Orlando, 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:57.480 and an asterisk around Oklahoma City for a joke. Who 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:58.720 are your winners? 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:03.720 Uh, that's kind of I didn't prepare a list, but yeah, no, 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:08.160 like Atlanta, definitely, Detroit with what they did, Charlotte at 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.400 Charlotte huge. Yeah, no, you probably covered all of mine 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:12.480 that I would have put on my list. 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:16.280 Let's talk about Detroit first. I mean, god, damn, Troy Weaver. 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:19.480 He is good. He is good at his job. Oh, 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:22.360 Troy Weaver is gonna be an Executive of the Year 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:26.320 very soon. I think Kate Cunningham that was an obvious pick, 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:28.000 but the way that he did it, he kept us 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:31.600 all waiting. He didn't do it like New Orleans did 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.120 with Zion and with ad where it was like we've decided, 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.480 it's already chosen, there is no other thing. He was 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:40.280 leaving the door open for other deals to come in 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:45.360 a lot of suspense. All theys were on Detroit, because 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.720 once Detroit decides who they're gonna take, then the world 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:51.400 moves on. We're still deciding, waiting what is Detroit gonna do? 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:53.480 All right, So then he took the person he wanted 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:58.400 the whole time, right, And then in the second round JT. 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.719 Thor at thirty seven, I widely thought to be a 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:05.160 first round talent. Then my favorite. We talked about this 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:09.360 the other day, Isaiah Livers at forty two snaked Portland. 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:11.280 Portland moved into the second round, just like I thought 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:14.720 they would trying to get Isaiah Livers at forty three, 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:18.320 and they fucking snaked him at forty two, another first 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:20.400 round talent, talent if he wouldn't have broken his foot, right, 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:23.439 and then the top and off. People are sleeping on this, 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:26.560 And now I don't think he would have ever been like, 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.680 he's not a go to guy and he's not like 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:33.200 an immediate like contributor contributed. But Luca Gar's at fifty two, 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:36.120 I fucking love too. I like that. 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.520 At fifty two, sure, yeah, I mean I don't think 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:41.280 he's gonna be anything in the league. But at fifty two, yeah, sure, 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.800 Nate Smith Award winner College Player of. 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:48.080 The Year, like who knows, who knows? So they got 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:51.440 the number one consensus overall, two consensus first rounders before 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:53.520 the college season started in the NCAA Player of the 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.680 Year in one draft and coming off of a twenty 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:59.240 twenty draft that everyone gave it an a plus where 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:03.360 they got Killian Hey, Isaiah Stewart, Sidike Bay and nine 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:07.000 of their twenty wins last year were against playoff teams. 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:09.760 Yeah, they were the only team that had two players 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:11.479 on all rookie teams. 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:12.040 Just wild. 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:12.320 Yeah. 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:17.560 I think my periction time, prediction time, I think Detroit 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.839 ends up making the play tournament next year. I think 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:22.839 they could pull out like an easily a nine or 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.760 a ten seed like what Indiana did last year. They'll 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.440 come in who knows, Maybe they'll be rocky, Maybe they'll 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.520 be like Charlotte was last year, where they just all 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:32.880 all of a sudden kind of rise. At the end 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.880 they're popping around six seven, they fall, and now they're 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:37.959 sneaking into the play on play in What do you think? 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:40.040 I mean? I think it all comes down to Caid, 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.600 Like if Caid has that Rookie of the Year level, 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:45.720 year that we all know he's capable of. And I mean, 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:47.520 if I had to pick right now, who's going to 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.680 be Rookie of the Year, that's what I'm taking. Then Yeah, 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:51.520 then they're gonna. 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:56.079 Be right there, all right, Charlotte, Oh my lord. They 0:13:56.240 --> 0:14:01.959 just keep they just keep getting players they shouldn't get. 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:08.600 LaMelo should not have been there last year. Should not 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.840 have been there. Book Night should not have been there. 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:15.280 Yeah, I mean that was the weirdest fall of the 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:20.120 draft to me, Like that that just kept saying like, okay, passing, 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:24.800 Like especially the Sacramento passing on him and taking Mitchell, 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:26.600 that was that was very bizarre. 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:29.960 Bizarre. Yeah, two guys that should have been Warriors are 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:35.120 now Hornets, and the Warriors passed on Booknight to get 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.840 a guy that's going to contribute like in twenty thirty. 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:42.160 I mean, like it's just it's just gross. The Hornets 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:47.000 have an embarrassment of riches at multiple positions. They've got 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:52.240 way too many guards. And like, we've got Devonte Graham, 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.920 who's a restricted free agent they could sign and trade 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:58.360 him for something. Yeah, You've got Malik Monkhu's a restricted 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:00.520 free agent who you could sign up and trade him 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:01.000 for something. 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:02.840 I think they'll bring him back, but yeah, you think so. 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.680 I think just because Matt Michael Jordan wants to keep 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:10.200 his own guys. Yeah, Okay. Then they get Mason Plumbley 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.680 to add depth to the front court from Detroit, and 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:18.000 they get Kai Jones by trading back into the first round. 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:22.680 Like this is absurd. Levels you do not think of 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.560 this when you think of the Charlotte Hornets. 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:27.560 No you don't. And like Ki for them to be 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:29.680 able to get book Night and kai Jones, I mean 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:33.520 kai Jones was mocked to them like at eleven. Yeah, 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.920 like you like, like a shit tone of jail. Like 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:38.040 if they'd just if they'd have taken I mean, with 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:39.640 book Night on the board, it would have been different. 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:41.120 But like say book Knight was off the board and 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.320 they just take Kay Jones. There, no one's calling that 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:45.560 a bad pick. No, and they're able to get both 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:48.520 of them, like okay, And like I really think, like 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:51.040 with LaMelo, a guy like kai Jones is super valuable, 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:54.480 like guys that can run, run, catch and dunk like 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.560 and he could. Yeah, Like I I love their draft. 0:15:57.600 --> 0:15:58.200 I love their draft. 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:02.520 I love their draft. All of that to say the 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:08.320 world myself included, should be discussing how good Mitch Cupcheck 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:13.560 is yea, not only at evaluating talent, going and getting talent, 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:19.640 but the most impressive thing of all is finaggling Genie 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:22.120 Buss to do what he wants to fucking do and 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:26.120 not what she wants to fucking do, and Michael Jordan 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:28.360 to do what he wants to do instead of what 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.800 Michael Jordan wants to do, because we know that owner's 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:35.920 instincts are bad mostly and Mitch Kupchick just continues to 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:39.000 grind and make moves. And by the way, his trades 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:39.760 have been amazing too. 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:42.120 Yeah. We haven't even talked about Miles Bridges. 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:45.280 No, yeah, and he's I mean, this team has a bright, 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.480 bright future. I cannot say enough about the Detroit Pistons 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.000 and Charlotte Horns being like my league past teams of 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:52.920 the year again. Yeah, Charlotte, it's gonna be so funny, 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:58.720 so fun Atlanta, How the fuck did Atlanta have a 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:03.600 good draft. It's crazy he managed to get a playoff 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:07.280 team so loaded. He's been great too. That team is 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.439 so loaded. They have to get rid of Cam Reddish 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:13.600 because they just don't have enough money to pay enough guys, right, 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:18.160 so they're shopping him because they have Herder and Collins 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:22.960 and I mean so many young guys. And then they 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:25.840 get Jalen Johnson at twenty, a guy a lot of 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:30.119 people had going higher. Supposedly red flags turn him from 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:31.920 a lottery pick to a steal at twenty. I don't 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.840 know what those red flags swore, but I trust Travis 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:38.159 Lake Schlank said this about Jalen Johnson. We had him 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:42.359 ranked much higher than forty eight. We got pretty excited 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:47.639 when we saw him there late. Just a really good playmaker, 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.800 good with the ball in his hands, very good passer, push, 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.600 his tempo, has the ability to get to the foul line. 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:57.800 He's an extremely talented player, great size, great raw skills, rebounds, defense, 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.680 Obviously had some issues at Duke in high school as well. 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:01.240 Shooting. 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:06.760 Shooting, Yeah, shooting, And then they end up getting Sharif 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:12.600 Cooper at forty eight. Yeah, ESPN number four guard in 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:17.760 the draft went to forty eight. A wild final season 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.600 at Auburn. I guess he had recruiting questions and an 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:23.800 ankle injury, but he's a steal. I like him a lot. 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.239 Yeah, I mean he averages like twenty and eight Like 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:30.040 people don't average eight assistant college very often. Like there's yeah, 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.800 there's something that I think he's a great spell for 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:35.239 Trey I mean, I mean, even if that's all they 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:36.560 drafted him for, which I mean he was the second 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:38.360 round pick, so that probably is what they drafted him 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:39.200 with that in mind. 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.639 Think about that Trey Young ankle injury, and then you 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:44.520 think Sharif Cooper comes in instead of lou Williams because 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.800 low wims. Who knows what's happening with Lou Williams right, 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:49.399 if he retires, if he does it, who knows. And 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:51.960 now you have Sharif Cooper to come in off the 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:54.560 bench and step in if Trey Young gets hurt or 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:55.840 if he needs a breather. 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:57.760 Yeah, and he's from that area too. I don't know 0:18:57.800 --> 0:18:59.639 exactly where he's from, but I mean Auburn's like right 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:01.720 by it. I know, like he's he's he's going to 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:05.240 be comfortable. Yeah. No, that's probably my favorite second round 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:06.520 pick by a wide margin. 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:08.399 How does a team like Atlanta who made the Eastern 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:11.080 Conference finals actually get better in the draft. I just 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.480 I just don't know. I just don't know. Uh, Houston, 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:21.119 I don't like this organization. I just don't I don't 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:25.879 think uh that Tillman fur Tit is a very good owner, 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:28.440 but he is getting out of the way. They had 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:31.720 a stellar draft. They got the no brainer Jalen Green, 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:35.840 who pretty much number everybody wanted at number two. 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:36.280 Yep. 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:41.160 Then they go and trade up for Alpera and Shngon 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:45.680 at number sixteen, and I think that was a brilliant 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:48.720 move because he's going to be able to develop for 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:51.920 three to five years before anyone even wonders what he's 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:52.280 up to. 0:19:52.560 --> 0:19:55.000 Right, Yeah, I mean, I mean they've got bigs like that. 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:56.439 He's not going to be asked to do too much 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:56.960 too quickly. 0:19:57.040 --> 0:20:00.200 Yeah. Yeah. And then he was at one point point 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:02.159 ranked as high as number one in the draft by 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:07.720 ESPN Plus, which is wild. And then Uzman Garuba fell 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:11.640 into their lap at twenty three, ten spots below where 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:15.680 some people thought he would land. Gruba may never score 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:17.359 in the NBA, and then it just may not even 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:20.560 matter again. Another guy who's not going to be expected 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:24.120 to do shit like Houston's not going to win probably 0:20:24.160 --> 0:20:29.320 anytime soon, and that's okay. Ralphaelstone called Uzman Garuba the 0:20:29.320 --> 0:20:31.600 best defender in the world outside the NBA, and he's 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:35.320 only nineteen, so is he like a he has a 0:20:35.359 --> 0:20:41.000 more eager coachable international version because we're not gonna call 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:43.600 Ben Simmons an international player, Like I don't care, I'm 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:45.720 not gonna call him that. The more he's a more eager, 0:20:45.880 --> 0:20:50.800 coachable version of Ben Simmons, just a defender. He doesn't 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:52.720 need to shoot, he knows his role, he's not trying 0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:56.280 to play point guard. And then they get Josh Christopher 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:59.000 at twenty four, who I didn't know a ton about, 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:00.800 but his tape looks good. 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:03.000 Yeah, I mean McDonald's all American, ASU. 0:21:03.160 --> 0:21:07.840 Yeah, as you puts out great guards. So still you 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:12.000 overall have to say a team that was absolute hot 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:16.480 trash vomit got four of the top twenty four picks 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:19.760 in this draft and three players rated in the top twenty, 0:21:20.000 --> 0:21:21.080 and that's pretty fucking good. 0:21:21.200 --> 0:21:24.480 And they're all guys that have at least a thin 0:21:24.560 --> 0:21:27.200 veil of excitement surrounding them, Like you could get a 0:21:27.240 --> 0:21:29.800 guy at like twenty two to twenty three that like, eh, 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:31.760 that you're kind of luke warm on. I don't think 0:21:31.800 --> 0:21:34.119 any of those guys like if you're a Rocketstan, I 0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:36.600 don't think you're luke warm on any of these four guys. 0:21:36.600 --> 0:21:37.960 I think you're excited, like. 0:21:38.320 --> 0:21:41.080 Like they could be stars, Like they all of them 0:21:41.160 --> 0:21:45.240