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Speeds a k 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.440 A to Spitting Statistician and you are listening live to 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:42.839 the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:44.400 Of course, I want to give a big shout out 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:47.560 to our sports byline affiliates around the country and to 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.520 the service men and women out there around the world 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:53.640 listening on the American Forces Radio Network getting a little 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.440 taste to home from your boy Speeds, the Spitting Statistician. 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:59.640 As usual, I got my boy j P the night 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.880 Owl on the ones into so hot that we sweat steam. 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:07.920 But this is an NBA Draft special, so I am 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:13.560 honored to be joined by my man Greg Sussman Sasmania 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:17.240 in the building as well from the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.800 The Kevin was we are going to be breaking down 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:24.280 all the draft picks it is going on right now 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:28.640 at Barclay's Sasmania. How are you feeling about this? I'm good, 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:34.680 damn yeah. Every team's got a chance tonight. It means 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:38.040 it's it's it's Filsino. Yes, okay, I mean this happens 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:40.920 with seventy year old men, right he was he was 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.119 dumped by Genie Boss and I was like, I think 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:46.520 maybe maybe he didn't go on a bender like Matt 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:48.600 Harvey did. He went on a vendor with like other 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:53.240 narcotics southend. So the Kevin Walsh is also in the 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:56.360 building with us. What are you expecting at the top 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:58.960 of the draft, Who's gonna go first? Because you know 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:03.040 heel faults, It's gonna be FLTs at one. I just 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:04.960 want to see the other trades that follow if the 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:07.560 Celtics pull the trigger with all of the assets that 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:10.080 they have, if they make the move forward Chris Taps, 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.399 if they make the move for Jimmy Butler, Paul George, 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:14.360 all of those bigger names that could be on the 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:16.679 move because of the position the Celtics are in. Absolutely, 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.320 we're gonna be covering it like white on rice, like 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:23.600 flies on Pooh all hour long. We're gonna be talking 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.519 about PG thirteen. We're gonna be talking about Jimmy Butler, 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.000 We're gonna be talking about mom Man, the three six 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:33.520 lot via Chris stops Port Zenghiz, and as picks are made, 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:36.240 we are certainly going to let you know. We got 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:39.920 Kevin Walsh in the building. He's gonna be reacting Susmania 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.480 as well, and of course we may hear something from 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.720 LaVar Ball as well. I'm not sure, but when we 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:50.560 come back, come on, stay with us right here on 0:02:50.639 --> 0:03:01.320 the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:06.600 Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle here in the Fantasy 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:10.720 Sports Radio Network. It is an NBA Draft special edition. 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:14.040 We are also not only live on the Fantasy Sports 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:18.440 Radio Network and Sports Byline affiliates American Forces Radio Network, 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:22.200 we are also live right now on YouTube. So if 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:24.760 you want to see speeds and spitting statistician in his 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:28.560 glorious face, I got my teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shirt on. 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:33.720 We are ready to go for the NBA Draft. Um, listen. 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:36.800 Leading up to the draft, there has been a ton 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:41.680 of you know, smoke or fire rumors between LaMarcus Aldridge 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:45.240 Paul George, Jimmy Butler. There's been a lot of rumors, 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.480 but there have actually been some moves already. I'd like 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.320 to get your guys take on this Lakers trade. First 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:55.160 of all, they moved D'Angelo Russell and Timothy Mozgov to 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.640 the Brooklyn Nets for brook Lopez and the number twenty 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:04.800 eight overall pick Um Kevin. Are they in essence clearing 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:08.320 the way for them to in fact draft Lonzo Ball 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.640 number two overall? Absolutely, the report actually is right now 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.360 that Ramona Shelburne is confirming they're gonna take a Lonzo, 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.000 which is what most people expected. And I think in 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.320 some ways they're trying to recreate what he had at 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:21.920 U c l A. And brook Lopez's game is pretty 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:24.760 similar to what Thomas Welch did at U c l A. 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:26.680 The big man that they had, so you can kind 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:28.520 of see the similarities there that I think they're gonna 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.960 try to make this as easy of a transition as 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:33.839 possible for Ball. I hear you, But one of the 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.640 things to me is that it's not about brook Lopez 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.240 is game, Greg. It's about brook Lopez his contract and 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.640 that being a better contract than Timothy mosgolf, because I 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:47.080 think they are kind of organizing themselves for next summer. 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.159 When we hear a word of potentially Pg. Thirteen wanting 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:52.200 to come to l A. We hear names like Russell 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:55.840 Westbrook another California kid, and of course the King as 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.600 well may head out west I think it's just like 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:00.800 organizing the salaries. Do you think about this movie? I 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.440 know there's any question about that. It's about organizing the salaries. 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:05.200 Don't even to have injurs in brook Lopez the player. 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.680 Any think Brook Lopez gives him this year's great? I mean, 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:10.120 he's not the point of the trade. It's it's setting 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.719 the table, setting the stage, seen setting the stage for 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:15.480 lots of ball to come and be the starting point 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.000 guard to start off his Laker's career. And I don't 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.160 have to worry about any of the nonsense that's come 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:23.640 before them, from Dangel Russell to Nick Young to Lou Williams. Right, 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.120 none of that stuff will be involved in anymore with 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.840 the Lakers. This will all be brand new. Like I've 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:31.640 talked about Vika Zoo bach a lot. He is a 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:35.320 good basketball player. He needs the opportunity to improve the 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:37.000 only way that's gonna happen is if he plays, he's 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:40.080 gonna have an opportunity this year, much like Moscow was 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:41.680 on the bench. He'll see brook Lope has missed a 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.640 lot of games with foot injuries and real foot injuries. 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:47.400 So I get from the Lakers perspective, from the next perspective, 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.039 it makes a lot of sense. This is the Cleveland 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.520 Browns trade where they accepted brock Osweiler, right like you're 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:55.080 just taking to the second round pick, Well, you're taking 0:05:55.120 --> 0:05:57.680 to maybe Moscow because you can Dangel Russell is the 0:05:57.720 --> 0:05:59.359 star of the trade where he's gonna talk about thousand 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.720 shots of games and he can improve and maybe we'll 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.040 see what he becomes. But they have the ability because 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:05.760 of where they are and how long it will take 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.240 them to get back to just take on these bad 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:11.559 contracts and improve, uh in many years times right now, 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.839 right now, alright. Another deal that did go down already 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:18.560 in advance of the draft, the Atlanta Hawks traded D 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:22.640 twelve Dwight Howard and the number thirty one overall pick 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:26.320 to the Charlotte Hornets from Miles Plumley, Marco Belinelli and 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:29.720 the number forty one overall pick. Greg Here's the thing 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.000 with me, Dwight Howard. You know, he was so happy 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.800 he was gonna sign at home, back in his hometown. 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:37.880 But if it didn't work out for him in Atlanta, 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:41.440 is it ever going to work out for Dwight Howard? 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.520 You know? I mean he was all fun and games 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.120 with the Cape and you know the dunk contest. But 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.680 ever since then, I mean, everybody's been piling on him. 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:53.960 Is he really even someone uh that's a factor in 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.520 the Eastern Conference anymore? Well, when you when you see 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.159 you know what Dwight Howard, I forget the word you 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.920 just use. But j Howard's been very successful right where. 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:04.960 He's our fifty six million dollar contracts. He's thirty two 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.000 years old. We're gonna be thirty two in December. It 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:11.320 is thirty two years year old. Season he's made will 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.720 Over rodre million dollars playing basketball. Alright, So Dwight Howard 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.280 isn't the killer instinct, all right? So Dwight Howard isn't shocked. 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:18.800 Dwight Howard at this point in his career is the 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.280 guy that rebounds basketball. He goes to collet's paycheck and 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:24.120 he goes home. I understand that we don't want that. 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.840 We don't accept that, like all right, is the passion 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:30.080 of a Russell Wells Westbrook. He's not determined as Lebron 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:34.040 James Collux's paycheck. He's about He's a fine basketball player. 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.960 He fits with Charlotte needs, which is desperately some post 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:39.280 president as someone to gravel rebound. That is what Dwight 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.200 Howard is. That's what he's fine. He's not a superstar, 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:45.040 He's what he is, all right, bigger name than Gay 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.000 Give this point, right, right, Ken, what do you think 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:49.240 about this? I just think there's a real argument to 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.880 be made that Cody Zeller is better than Dwight and 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.240 just hasn't had enough of a chance to show it. 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:57.040 And that's why it's just so weird, because the Howard 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:00.040 contract is not good, and they have a couple of 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.200 tracks that aren't great, like the Batune contract. He's a 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:07.040 good player, but the Hornets have no wiggle room whatsoever, 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.600 so they're stuck with what they have. You're right, Dwight 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:12.080 is certainly a name. He's a draw. He will get 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:15.480 people to come the first twenty games of this season. Probably, 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:18.880 Like it's just I don't know how much overall sense 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.880 this makes MJ does not seem to have any sort 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.160 of plan in Charlotte. Well you know what, and maybe 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.880 he's taking it from his boy Phil. Tell you what, 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:28.960 I like his plan better than the next plan. That's 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.400 fair enough, fair enough. I mean, we're gonna get into 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.360 Phil Jackson. We'll get into Christops porzingis a little bit 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.520 later on. The one other thing I want to mention 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.560 here before you know, before we hear anything of what 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.080 happens with Philadelphia, we all think it'll be Marquel, folks. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.840 But the other big news that is happening this week 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:50.000 is the instability in Cleveland. Okay, after the GM David 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:52.680 Griffin was fired, we are now hearing reports. You know, 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.840 we here that Lebron is concerned. We know he has 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.440 the ability to kind of opt out next summer, and 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:01.040 I am now hearing that Cleveland have your players are 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:04.320 telling other players in the league, no, you do not 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.760 want to hit your tail to this wagon for the 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.640 long term, because this might be a one year and 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.920 that's it. Um with Lebron maybe moving because he is 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.760 concerned and frustrated. You know, there is no love lost 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.480 between him and Dan Gilbert, and it seems like Gilbert 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:23.080 is just treating the front office like they are interchangeable parts. Um, 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.800 do you think this is true? Greg that you know, 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:28.559 it's crazy that the second best team in the league 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:30.560 is somehow a black hole for free agents. You know 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:34.120 what's amazing is that one month ago, maybe not even 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:36.360 this team is twelve and one on the playoffs. They 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:37.800 were in the finals, there were twelve and one. They 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:42.200 lost one game and it was absolutely remarkable. They were 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:43.719 gonna go up head to head with the Warriors for 0:09:43.840 --> 0:09:45.800 the third time, and we're gonna have this battle for 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:48.400 the Ages and they wound up losing in five games 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.079 the Warriors. And listen, they lost one of the best 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.040 games of all time, right, okay, one of the best thing, 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:55.360 you know, all time. Rob went to his seventh consecutive final, 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.280 and now all of a sudden, the Cabins become a 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:01.280 dumpster fire. It doesn't make sense to me. Out Throughout 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.559 his history of owning the team, Danny Gilbert has always 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.600 felt this way about head coaches and not general managers 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:07.839 are expectable and help. Hey, whatever it costs to get 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:09.720 rid of them, and David Griffin didn't cost anything to 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.959 get rid of But you know, it's I find it 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.360 surprising where you're hearing what you're saying about the players, 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:17.280 because I guess it all comes down to one man, 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.439 and that's Lebron James and Lebron jameson is sticking around. 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:21.559 Then no one's going to Cleveland. As J R. Smith said, 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:23.640 there's just nothing to do there, so no one's no 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:27.360 one's rushing to Cleveland. But the Lebron stays and all 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.760 of a sudden, they acquire Paul George, acquired Jimmy Butler, 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:31.600 they acquire even a name we're not even talking about, 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.160 you know, all a sudden becomes a destination Again. Kevin 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.520 Love had zero interests of going to Cleveland. All of 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:38.160 a su Lebron James came back and it was an 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.280 inevitability that Kevin Love to go to cleve them. I 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.559 think what it speaks to and we're seeing this in basketball, 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:47.040 we see this in other sports, specifically football. Um, you 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:50.920 either want to be a team that can contend or 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:55.120 be a team that's completely breaking it down and trying 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:57.800 to find your window in the future. It looks like 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:00.520 a lot of teams right now are thinking that the 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:03.200 Warriors are here to stay and are going to be 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:05.160 at the top of the mountain for a while. You see, 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:09.800 for example, Boton, you know, stockpiling draft picks and moving back, 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.040 maybe thinking that their time is not now, and maybe 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:16.280 even Cleveland is doing this as well, you know, if 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:20.160 it's not now, acknowledging that, admitting that and going to 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.800 another part of the cycle. I just think that Gilbert's 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:24.440 messing the whole thing up. He messed it up the 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:27.160 first go around with Lebron, and it's happening again. If 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.280 he clearly states that he likes David Griffin, you bring 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.440 him back. People to say that Gilbert has paid more 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:34.119 money than any owner in history to get them that championship. 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:35.640 And he did, and you give him credit for that, 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.960 but he is messing it up again. You're giving Lebron 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.120 no reason to stay if there is no Jimmy Butler 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.720 or Paul George. Kevin Love is good, but he's not 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.280 enough to get them to beat the Warriors. We saw that. 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.200 Business opportunities and lifestyle and the fact that he already 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:55.000 got the championship for Cleveland gives Lebron every pass in 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.880 the world to leave. And Gilbert's making it easier because 0:11:57.880 --> 0:11:59.480 now when he makes that decision to go to the 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:02.080 Clippers or the Lakers. He gets to point upstairs and 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.959 say it's his fault. And this time, no letter is 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.240 going to trick the fans into thinking that that's not 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:10.079 the case. Absolutely absolutely, and one name to keep an 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:14.400 eye on in Cleveland. It sounds like Chauncey Billups maybe 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:19.000 the uh the pick for general manager Dan Gilbert loves 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:24.040 Chauncey Billups. Yeah, No, he was his real estate spokesman 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:26.560 back in the day. All I know is that might 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:29.960 hurt his impact in the Big three league with my 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:33.080 boys the Killer Threes, Uh coming up if he has to, 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.199 you know, be in the front office in Cleveland. Check 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.520 this out. We're gonna take a quick break here on 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:41.960 the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. We're keeping an eye on 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:45.839 what's going down at the Barclay's Philadelphia. Seventy sixers are 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:49.080 still on the clock. We're gonna get into some of 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:52.000 these guys whose names we expect to hear early on 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.480 in the draft when we come back for my man 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:57.160 Greg Sussman and Kevin Walfs. This is your boy. Dame 0:12:57.240 --> 0:13:10.200 Martinez speeds the spin pastition Fantasy Freestyle. Let's go Welcome 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:13.079 back to the Fantasy Freestyle. Here on the Fantasy Sports 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:16.360 Radio Network, of course on our Sports Byline affiliates and 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.240 the American Forces Radio Network. Big shout out to the 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.079 service men and women getting a little taste of home 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:24.240 from your boys speeds the Spitting Statistician. We usually help 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:27.600 you win your leagues and win that cash. Today, however, 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:31.520 it is an NBA Draft special. We are also live 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:35.320 on YouTube on the Fantasy Sports YouTube channel, so come 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:37.040 check us out if you ever wanted to see what 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.719 your boy speeds. The spitting stating stitition looks like I'm 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.800 so sexy. I got my man, Greg Sussman, I got 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:46.400 Cavin Waltz with me as well. Listen, let's get into this. 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.720 The Philadelphia seventies sixers are about you know, they're on 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:51.640 the clock. They're about to make their pick in the 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:55.440 next ten minutes. Everybody thinks that it is going to 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:59.200 be point guard Marquel Folks out of Washington. This guy 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:03.600 average twenty points a game, almost six assists, but came 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.959 kind of out of nowhere. Did like at the going 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:10.520 into this college basketball season, was he really on the 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.600 radar as someone who was gonna be a top pick. 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.080 I didn't think so, So how did he emerge Kevin, 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:18.120 it was not to this level. On the ESPN, he 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.080 finished I believe seventh in their top one hundred, and 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:24.240 within a month he was number one in all mock drafts. 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:25.720 It was crazy, but if you look at how we 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.200 start off his career in Washington, he was just putting 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.760 it all on display. Well, I mean for me to 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.320 actually the short answer was, yes, he's a de Matha kid. 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.280 Went to Obviously De Matha in Maryland in the Dicy 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.880 area is a prolific high school basketball program, and and 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.960 Maryland where I went. Obviously is was interested in Mark 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:44.520 hill Folds and he went out to Washington. What the 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.160 hell is this guy going to Washington for um? But 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:49.400 they were They've constantly been able to get recruit at 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.400 the recruit after recruit to play for the Huskies and 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:55.880 Mark hill Folds. I think if he went to Kentucky 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:57.480 with the Dukey, with the UNC with the Kansasy, with 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.240 the world these blue blood programs, everybody would have Mark 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:02.440 hill Folds. Maybe not the Alonzo ball level, but certainly 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.320 the Jason tag him to the Josh Jackson level. Everybody 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.800 would have understood and watched quite a bit of Mark 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.280 hille Folds now the opposite. So it is very siliar 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:11.800 Ben Simmons last year where the team doesn't make the tournament. 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:15.120 It's something we're not enough of the Mainstrepublic have seen 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:18.280 markhale Folds. It doesn't make him not like the uber prospect. 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.000 Obviously we'll have no idea what worked out of Ben 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:21.840 Simmon because he was hurt. We'll see this year Mark 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:24.280 Hlle folds. Really from day one, Kevin Simmon, his talents 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.840 are on display in Washington, and people will point out 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:28.800 that make the tournament. As I said with Ben Simmons, 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:32.080 but when by himself, there's only so much you can do. Obviously, 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.840 obviously there's a coaching change in Washington. He wasn't good 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.560 enough to get the job done. So great recruiter, not 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:39.560 a great coach, and that's part of the problem. You 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.240 know in Folds and uh, you know Ben Simmons maybe 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:45.960 playing together. But here's you mentioned that Washington did not 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.360 make it to the tournament, but honestly it was worse 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:51.920 than that. Washington won like eight games. So my question 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:55.440 is obviously his skills were on display, but at some point, 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:59.080 especially in that locker room in Philadelphia where they do 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.800 not have the winning habits, you know, at some point 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:06.360 does it matter? Are you concerned that he was not? 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.160 If he's so great, how come he couldn't lead his 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:12.760 pack twelve team to more than eight wins in the season. 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:14.480 Does that matter to you at all? Greg, Well, it's 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.480 really interesting because you you mentioned Philadelphia where more help 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.160 folks will be in literally ten minutes from now. And 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.200 if Sam Hainky was general manager of Philly, he doesn't 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:25.920 make this trade because you think you have assets for anything. 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.880 And it's it's clear that the Collagel loose and Bryan 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:31.080 Colangelo's had, you know, certainly has ups and downs with 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.960 Phoenix and Toronto before, and they he felt that Mark 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.440 hell Folts was a big enough upgrade over Ben Simmons 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.240 at point guard. Remember then when it Simmons to be 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:39.760 their ball there the guy that brought the ball up 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:41.400 and trying to molding the point guard even though he 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:43.520 really played that at l s U before the shooting guard. 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.560 So to have Marquel folks coming, they have to believe 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.000 in what they saw. Despite not making the tournament in Washington, 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.280 Lorenzo romar as I said a better recruiter than he 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:52.880 was coach. That's why he's not the lead recruiter for 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.680 Sean Miller. In Arizona. Lorenzo Romar has gotten been able 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:58.680 to get recruit after recruit there, but he hasn't had 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.160 sustained success. He made the final and then a switch. 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:03.320 He has the number one seed with Nate robertson back 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.000 in the day, right Nate Robinson, So he hasn't had 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.760 sustain tournament success. He's been degaily to the recruits. To me, 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:11.040 that's a trend where he can get the best players. 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:13.479 We didn't do anything with that with them. That is 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:15.960 not on Mark he Folds. I think that, like you mentioned, 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:18.000 De Maath is a really great program. In his last 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.520 two years, he only lost four games in high school. 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:22.600 He was the m v P of the Under A 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:25.199 ten USA tournament, and you're surrounded with the best of 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.280 the best, and he was the one that was the 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.280 brightest star amongst all those prospects. And you also mentioned 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.359 as well that they are confident putt the ball in 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:34.159 his hands. And you look at the two comps that 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:36.720 the players getting. It's obviously big names, but Ben got 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.560 the Lebron comp and Folds gets the hardened camp, and 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:41.760 I think it's it's gonna be in some ways similar 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.400 to where Ben can handle a lot and Folds can 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.120 play off of him and attacks because he's so good 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:50.679 at that. It gives them so much versatility, and it 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:53.000 can again it's it's hard to give these comparisons without 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:56.360 overstepping boundaries, but it can remind people of how Lebron 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:58.600 can just give the ball to Kyrie and just say 0:17:58.760 --> 0:18:02.359 go and it gives you that extra break. Absolutely. Absolutely, 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:03.879 let me ask you guys this because you meant what 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:08.000 Colangelo is doing right. In essence, he's reaping the benefits 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:11.160 of seven the process right, So let me ask you 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:15.639 with tonight. Is the process complete? No, you know, I 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.200 don't think it's ever completely. I think Philadelphia has played 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:19.960 bass that's left to believe that I believe. I'm not 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:21.560 even joking about this, and they have the nixt second 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:23.880 round pick from next year through the next four years 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.720 after that. Not not joking that that that's real. I 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:28.600 think the process continues. I think we have to see 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:30.639 you all and be be healthy. Like he was fantastic 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:32.440 in the games that he played, he didn't play back 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.439 to backs, he missed thinking dire second half of the season. 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:37.640 Dario Saris comes over for the first his first year 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:39.840 in the NBA, he was tremendous. We have to see 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:41.960 him take a step. And then you have Simmons and 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:44.320 then you have Foulton that is an awesome core. Then 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:45.560 what can you do in phre agency? How do you 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:47.679 attract the players to come to Philadelphia. I know that 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:49.800 was the next step to clear out all this cash 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:51.560 space and to be able to get somebody in there. 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:54.000 But in order to get somebody to Philadelphia, you have 0:18:54.080 --> 0:18:56.720 to have a little bit of something someone on to join, 0:18:56.880 --> 0:18:59.760 exactly which I think they're building. And again I wish 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:01.680 I wold have seen, we would have all seen Sam 0:19:01.720 --> 0:19:03.679 Pinky be able to complete the process. We killed him, 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:05.520 We killed and we killed him. He got killed enough 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:08.040 that he got fired. But I wanted to see his 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:10.479 vision because I've seen the Colangulo's vision it doesn't really 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:12.280 work out. I want to see his vision. We'll see 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:13.680 what the Collegulo was doing. What he did. It works 0:19:13.680 --> 0:19:18.320 out for Team USA basketball. Certain, let's get that is true. 0:19:18.600 --> 0:19:21.879 That that is true, But Brian Colangelo did not do 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.600 a great job in Toronto when he left, and then 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:26.760 they got good. I think it could be like a 0:19:26.800 --> 0:19:29.160 perfect marriage kind of though, because Kinky would have not 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:30.720