WEBVTT - NBA DRAFT MEGA PREVIEW; Seth Greenberg, Rylan Styles stop by 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:14.600 On this episode of The Eat Check. Holy shit, this 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:16.680 is why it's my favorite time of the year. I 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:18.960 don't give a fuck about the NBA playoffs, if you 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:21.320 want to be honest, I do as a fan, but 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:24.800 not as a podcaster. This is my shit. Emma be quiet. 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:28.479 I'm excited. It's draft time, which means it's trade time, 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:32.600 which means it's free agency time, which means it's pod time. 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:36.519 We've got a massive, massive trade to talk about, and 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:39.640 I'll give you my five sure things, five question marks, 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:44.000 and five stay aways from two night's draft. Plus we 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:47.479 have not one but two interviews about the draft with 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:52.560 ESPN Seth Greenberg, what a Legend and OKC and draft 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:58.400 expresses Rylan's styles Anthony, it's draft day, early draft day, actually, 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:14.600 so drop that motherfuck should be young. Alright, No, no, 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:18.240 I'm in delinquish. It's always branle Hoist and probably Zach 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:21.959 Will as well. Like it's the end of the NBA season, 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.080 but now just in time, I'm back from vacation for 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:28.080 a quick NBA Draft primer. Primer primer. But hold the 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:32.720 damn phone, Hold the damn phone. We got breaking news, 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:39.240 we breaking news, breaking news. The New York Villanova Knits. 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:45.160 Knicks did the damn thing and sent five first round picks, 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.280 four unprotected picks in twenty five, twenty seven, nine, twenty 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.559 thirty one and a twenty fifth, twenty five, twenty fifth 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:57.400 protected Milwaukee first which I think is protected like between 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:00.760 three and fifty I don't know, and a twenty twenty 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:04.440 eight unprotected PICKSWAP and a twenty twenty five second round pick, 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:07.560 four McHale Bridges and a twenty twenty six second round pick. 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.640 Really all you need to know five first round picks 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:17.920 to complete the Thanos glove of Villanova boys. Yes, sir, 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:23.280 we got ourselves the last infinity stone, which is Michil Bridges. 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:27.560 Holy shit, we've been making fun of Michale. He's been 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:31.960 looking across the pond. He's been saying, Hi, guys, I 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:36.639 miss you. Josh Hart, Jalen Brunson, Devincenzo, they've been doing 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:41.359 the same thing. Hi guys, we miss you. What an 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:47.680 incredible all in move with so many ramifications. The first 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.920 thing I wonder is what this means for og Anobi 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:55.400 I don't know. Honestly, Ian Bagley says that the Knicks 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:58.520 are still going after og Annobu who probably is gonna 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:03.200 command in the forty ms. I don't know. I don't know. 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.520 Can they afford to keep og and Andobi for two 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:08.600 hundred and forty million dollars or five years and keep 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:13.160 mkil Bridges on the roster and sign Hartenstein very very 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.480 many questions, lots of questions, so many to think about 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:19.280 for the Knicks, this is a big swinging dick all 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:24.840 in move you're like man. And also, Mikil Bridges hasn't 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.639 missed a game in his entire NBA career, and now 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:32.400 he meets Tom Thibodeau, the man who is known for 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:36.000 making players miss games. So who wins that battle? We're 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.040 gonna have to see. This is incredible. We will have 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:40.600 a ton to say about this in the future. But 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:46.120 my first reaction is the Nets got forced to make 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.680 a decision that they should have made a while ago, 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:52.680 which is to trade multiple first round picks for Mikail Bridges. 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:55.600 Mikil Bridges. They wanted to build around, and mikeil Bridges 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:57.760 came to them and said, listen, guys, I want the 0:03:57.800 --> 0:03:59.520 fuck out of here. I do not want to be here. 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:01.360 I want to play with my friends. I want to 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:03.720 play with the Villanova guys, and I'm not staying here. 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:05.440 So whatever you think you're going to be able to 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.000 do it in order to keep me happy here, it's 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.960 it's not going to be possible. You know, I'm working 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:13.480 in a basement and I'm like working hours I don't like, 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:16.560 and I love y'all, but I got to go. You 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:18.640 know what I'm saying, like this is just not working 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:22.599 for me. And his agency told the Nets listen, you're 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:24.440 not going to be able to get any other teams 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:25.839 to trade for him because he's not going to play 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.000 for them long term. He's gonna go and play for 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:31.120 the Knicks when his free agency period arrives, which is, 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:34.000 by the way, two years from now. Two years from now. 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.960 He's under team control for two years. And he forced 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:41.279 his way out. The Nets now get some first round 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:44.360 draft picks, which they desperately need. And now they went 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:46.080 out and tried to get some of their own first 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:49.320 round picks by trading with Houston, a deal I don't 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.880 even know how to comprehend yet, which is why I'm 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:55.520 not even giving you the details. And meanwhile, I guess 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:58.720 Houston is trying to maybe trade for Kevin Durant by 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.440 trying to take the the Phoenix picks and give them 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.320 back to Phoenix so much. Remember like you go to 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:05.800 New York and they've got like the man with all 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.320 the cups and the marble under one cup. That's kind 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:09.960 of what I feel like is happening here with first 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:11.960 round picks. I don't know where the picks are right now. 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:15.400 I have no idea what team has what picks. All 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:19.159 I know mckail bridge is nick boy on Bogdanovic now 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:20.800 a net, and then a bunch of first round picks 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:24.599 have been moved around. I'm happy for mkil, I really am. 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.919 I'm happy for the knicks, and Sean Marks might have 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.960 saved his fucking job because let's let's be honest, that 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:34.480 team was going absolutely no fucking place so and they 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.200 had no picks and they couldn't tank, and who the 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:37.600 fuck knew where they were gonna go, and they were 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:39.360 gonna be able to attract on him a Mitchell because 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.400 he's probably gonna be reciting in Cleveland. So much more 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.720 on this soon, but damn, what a massive move onto 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:49.039 the draft. Man did the draft sneak up on me? 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:50.279 Or what I was like? 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.400 Came home? I'm like, man, I haven't even done a 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:56.240 draft preview yet. It's I thought it was Thursday night 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:58.920 and I forgot they moved it to a two day experience, 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.920 and now it's when Thursday would have been better, probably 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:05.440 Thursday Friday, but hey, hey whatever this year, since the NBA 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.520 wants to make a spectacle, they have made it now 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:11.279 a two night affair. Wednesday Round one Thursday Round two. 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.520 Now the change puts not only a lot of spotlight 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.440 on the second round, probably because, let's be honest, Bonnie James, 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:24.200 but also they moved the poor Liberty Links game out 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.440 of Barclays and into Ubs Arena. Who knows why, because 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:32.240 it's tonight, yesterday, yesterday, not tomorrow. I've been covering the 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:41.400 NBA in one form or another since twenty sixteen, and 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:47.320 I can't remember a draft that has been so universally 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.840 panned as this one. No one likes it. I think 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.080 there'll probably be players in there, who knows who they 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:55.520 will be. I think it's just I think what is 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.600 is that there's just no short things, and people are 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:00.640 upset about that. But I think I think there's gonna 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:02.240 be some good players in here. I think we will 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:04.520 get all star caliber players. Out of this draft. I 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:08.799 just don't think the teams can get by choosing Anthony 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:11.160 Edwards and then just pushing lagers. They don't even need 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:13.160 to do a lick of homework. There's oh yeah Edwards 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:16.200 number one pick. Yep, we'll take him. So not only 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:19.000 are multiple teams looking to move their lottery picks, but 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:23.600 there's also like really no consensus about who goes where. 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:28.080 Take for example, Zach Edy, two time National Player of 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.840 the Year. I've seen him as mocked as high as 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.679 seven and as low mocked as in the late twenties, 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:40.520 strange guys like Kyle Philipowski and Ron Holt. Incredibly wide 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:43.320 gap between where a player may be drafted and where 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:47.440 they could slide to. So is this a weak draft? 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.000 I think the jury's still out. I think it's just 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.960 an ambiguous draft. A lot of players with a lot 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:57.680 of upside, very few can't miss guys that you would 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:01.480 call complete players, Guys with very few holes in their game. 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.720 Like no Victor wemb beIN Yama's in this draft. To 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.200 tell you that, Like how I don't even think there's 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.120 any Scoot Anderson or Brandon Miller's in this draft. Even 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:13.080 the highest rated guys like Zachary Rishische and Alex Sar 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:18.320 they're not even locks to be anything. So how do 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.840 you analyze a draft where half the league is actively 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.400 trying to chage trade their picks, half the league is 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.160 waiting for the trades to occur so they can figure 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.640 out who to take. So I want to approach this 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:31.920 in a couple of different ways. First, I want to 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.520 break down the five players I think have the highest upside, 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:39.640 because again, if the talent evaluators don't know, I certainly 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.040 don't know. But let's talk about the players that we 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:46.319 know could be something. Then we look at the five 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:50.000 players I think probably have the most question marks around them. 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.880 And then finally, five players I would never take with 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.599 any draft picks, just wouldn't unless they fell all the 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.720 way to the bottom of the first I think number 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.600 one highest upside is to fill. If Stefan Castle can 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:06.080 learn how to shoot, Stefan Castle could be an all 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.280 NBA player. And I know that's a big if. I 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:10.040 know there's a lot of players that have big ifs. 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:13.000 But I love me some Yukon Stefan Castle, and I 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:17.000 love me some Yukon Huskies in the NBA. Castle major 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:20.800 player on a national championship team as a freshman. He's 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:26.280 a winner. What do you like about Castle? First, height, athleticism. 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:30.960 He's six five sixty six pretty damn athletic. Like he 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.720 can I'm not saying he can jump out of the gym, 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:36.680 but he definitely has explosiveness. But if you talk to 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:41.200 anyone associated with the Yukon program, they rave about his 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:44.000 attitude and his ability and willingness to do whatever it 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:48.120 takes to get up to help contribute to winning because 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:50.240 that the way he played at Yukon isn't in his 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:55.160 natural game. He's got defensive tenacity. Like I said, he's 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:59.000 not at not a great shooter twenty seven from three baby. 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:01.880 He probably will improve on that in the next year, 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:03.920 but I think you can live with that considering what 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.120 he brings to the table. I think he's one of 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:10.880 the small handfuls of must drafts in the draft this year. 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:15.079 So Stefan Castle number one, number two. Another Yukon player 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:19.640 highest upside, Donovan Clean another Yukon Husky trist that you 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.840 don't say, Yeah, I know the Yukon big man haven't 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:27.560 been great. I know that Jack Vascol and Mecca Okafer 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.040 Josh Boone. I mean, the list goes on and on 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:34.400 at Adama, Snogo, Hilton Armstrong, they were all highly touted 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:39.920 big men, all busts in the NBA. Only Andre Drummond 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:43.080 was I don't even know if I would consider him 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:47.400 a star. I would consider him very a very productive player. 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:53.760 And Donovan Klingon now massive guy, seven to seven, wingspan, 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:58.040 seven to two, height, ninety seven, standy reach. He can 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.960 dump dunk off of his fucking tiptoes. But I love 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:05.360 Donovan Klingon's defense. He can block shots. Boy, I think 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:11.040 that the percentage shooting when Donovan Klingen is around the 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:17.040 rim is like thirty five percent something crazy. He's ridiculous. 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.560 He's a game changer. He's never going to be asked 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:22.520 to put up thirty a game. But I think he's 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:24.600 one of the only few players in the NBA who 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:28.200 can move everyone from Mbdyannis out of the block like 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:33.400 you cannot bully Donovan Klingen. So how good was he 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.760 at Yukon? Team scored eighty nine points per one hundred 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:40.240 possessions when Donovan Klington played, and when he was off 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.960 the floor floor one hundred and three points per one 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:47.520 hundred possessions. I think that translates. So we're looking at 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.520 maybe an all defensive player if he can stay on 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.679 the floor, if his conditioning can be right. He has 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.079 questions about his motor. He only played twenty two minutes 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.200 a game. But again, he broke his foot last year. 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.040 He came back from the foot break, he was overweight 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.240 because he couldn't fucking run, and then he played his 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.360 way into shape. So I'm not exactly worried about Donovan 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.120 Klingon and guess what we have seth Greenberg go on 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.439 later in the show and he talks about what he 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:17.280 thinks in terms of Donovan Klingon's upside and what his 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:25.840 potential conditioning limitations look like. Number three upside upside, upside, 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:30.960 trist to upside trist to not the downside. The upside 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:34.760 for Cody Williams is immense. The upside of Cody Williams 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:42.960 is a better, taller, longer Jalen Williams. He's a risky pick, though, Jesus, 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.520 have you seen the thunder play? Have you seen Jalen 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:49.120 Williams play. Jalen Williams immediate impact player, and no one 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:51.560 was talking about him nearly as much as they are 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:55.400 Cody Williams, and Cody is a very young player. Jalen 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:57.880 Willims By the way, at the time that he was 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:01.880 Cody Williams's age, he was nothing. His team told him, 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:05.880 you are a four year player, stay in school, and 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.760 eventually junior year they're like, oh, yeah, you're an NBA 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:14.079 player now. So Cody Williams is coming out into the 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.440 league as a top ten player. And yeah he has 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.080 holes in his game. Yeah he struggles with confidence. Yeah 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:23.440 he's had injury issues. Yes, he can sometimes be tentative, 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:28.000 but he could be He could be a star. He's 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:33.640 six 's seven, seven to one wingspan, somewhat sloppy handles, 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:37.920 but he has the ability to get busy with the rock. 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:42.000 He can finish around the rim as well as almost 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:45.960 anyone in college hoops. He has a decent shot mechanic, 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:48.840 His defense is long, he's rangy, he plays a position 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:52.400 that almost every team needs. So who knows, maybe if 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:55.720 he gets with the team that can develop well, he 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:59.120 can find his way into being a superstar. He can 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:05.040 be a bigger, longer, more explosive Jalen Redrafts could potentially 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:09.560 make Cody Williams a top three pick. But boy, oh boy, 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:12.520 are the risks there. They are really there. Number four. 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.840 I don't know if I would consider him the highest upside, 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:22.120 but I would say the most like can't miss or 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:26.120 most productive right away, and that's Dalton Connect. I'm not 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.000 like super sold on Dalton Connect, but I know a 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:32.720 lot of people love him. People I respect, like Seth Greenberg, 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:34.960 like him to the point where they think he's gonna 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:38.120 be Rookie of the Year. Sam Vesini has him ranked 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:41.040 as the number nine prospect in this class, and I 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:45.480 think maybe he's this year's Heimi Hawkins, most player easily 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:47.800 able to walk into a roster or into a team 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.600 and immediately contribute. I tell you what, boy, the Lakers 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:54.080 could use some Dalton Connect. Yeah they could. He's a 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:57.920 big dude, six', six two hundred and fifteen, pounds, high, 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:02.560 vertical good, handles can get his own, shot high, confidence 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.360 wants to take shots in high leverage. Moments he could 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:08.440 be a problem on the offensive. End and Since tennessee 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:10.920 didn't play a ton of, defense we don't really know 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.000 Whether Dalton connect can play defense or. Not but he's 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:15.960 athletic enough to pick it. UP i think he's a good. 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:19.840 Player he should excel. Early another player fifth player that 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:24.600 has a very high Upside Bob, carrington the youngest player 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:29.720 in this. Draft Remember Gigi jackson youngest player in last year's. 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.120 Draft one of those players that didn't get a lot of, 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:36.520 press just Like Ggi. Jackson but the opinion of scouts 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:38.960 just continues to go up every week since the conference. 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:43.360 Championships had a great pro. Day he's six' four with room. 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:45.520 To grow he's already one of the best pull up 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.160 jump shooters in, the LEAGUE and i have seen him 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:51.360 mocked anywhere from ten. To twenty vassini has him ranked 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:54.840 in the, top TEN and i think bub could be 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:59.280 really Really good. Number one in terms of biggest, QUESTION 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.480 marks i Think alex aar also has a very, high 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.600 UPSIDE but i do think the category to put him 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:09.840 in more likely is the biggest. Question mark number one 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:13.840 consensus player for. Years now now he's possibly gonna be 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.120 the number two pick because Of the shenanigans going on 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:18.960 with him not working out With The. Atlanta hawks he. 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:24.440 Has upside athletic seven footer will always, attract interest but, 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:27.520 to me he's like A chet holmerrin that. Can't shoot 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:32.960 he is, extremely fluid though he is an impressive, defensive 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:36.960 player defending the rim, against guards, small forwards probably not 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:40.560 big enough to bother like Centers Like, Anthony Davis, Joel 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:43.920 embiid Jannis. And jokis you're probably gonna play Him off beflore. 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.000 Right now but if he can, get thick if he 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.560 can become a, thick, boy really his biggest question mark 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:52.440 is just how skinny is can you? Gain weight can 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:54.360 you get, A shot because if you can get a 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.040 shot and you can gain, some weight, then boy, oh 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.440 boy could you be. A problem there is a reason 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:02.680 though that alex Are brother olivier is like a ten. 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.880 Day guy so that's what we're talking about in terms 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:10.399 of floor and in terms. Of pedigree number two another 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:12.440 player with a high amount of, question marks As. Zach 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:14.920 edy there was a time, last year twelve, MONTHS ago 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.199 i would have told, YOU listen i will give you 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:21.000 my beating heart If zach edy makes. A leak and 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.040 Now zach edy could be potentially a. Lottery pick that's 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.360 like where we're. ALL at i think the world's kind 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:31.360 of coming a little crazy On. Zach Edy zam fassini 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:33.080 thought he was gonna be a bust, as well a 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:37.080 lot of us thought maybe. International Player zach edy continues 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.440 to grow as, a player continues to, slim down continues 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:44.080 to add to. His game his physical fitness. Is ridiculous 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:48.120 he's got the physical fitness of a crime boss that's 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:52.679 also the runner of, the operation right. Like you he's big, 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:56.800 and strong but he's literally out there grinding playing every 0:17:56.840 --> 0:18:01.160 single minute OF an ncaa. Championship game he single handedly 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:04.680 carried This trash purdue team to the national, championship game 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:08.040 him And, trailer kohlik and he did it playing forty 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:12.080 minutes a game like it. Was nothing he is. Still 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:17.480 slow he definitely has holes in, his game but in 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:20.880 his footwork is. A MESS but i am done Doubting. 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:24.000 ZACH edy i think he's gonna be an. Okay player 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:28.320 can he be a? First option? Like no is he 0:18:28.359 --> 0:18:30.399 going to be a starting center IN? THE nba i have. 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:33.439 No Idea seth greenberg talks About zach edy later on 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:36.520 in the interview in this podcast in terms of how 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:38.800 you have To Play zach edy in order for him to, 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:43.160 be successful WHICH is i would. Say alarming number Three. 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:49.080 READ shepherd a lot of People Love red shephard best 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:51.679 shooter in. The draft one of the best shooters in college. 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:54.520 Basketball history you know who was also the best shooter 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:58.080 in the draft right sense of ball. Last YEAR and 0:18:58.200 --> 0:19:01.199 i think he saw the court like for thirty seconds all. 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:05.560 Last year shepherd is. Very, ATHLETIC yeah i don't mean 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:09.200 for a guy that's like six. To one i'm very 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:13.639 Concerned about bryce About read. Shepherd's hype he shot fifty 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:17.960 two percent from deep. Last year that's. Pretty ABSURD but 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:19.800 i think he's gonna find to have a hard time, 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:23.119 getting loose our hard time. Creating separation he has a 0:19:23.160 --> 0:19:27.000 really hard time creating separation even in. College basketball but 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:31.200 in terms, of movement shooter, off screens all That read 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:35.040 shepherd is gonna be. A problem how much will his 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:37.440 three point? PERCENTAGE dip i. Don't know that's gonna be 0:19:37.480 --> 0:19:39.640 the tell of the tale of the Tape for, shepherd's 0:19:39.680 --> 0:19:42.560 career as Well as, Izio one, izio two and what 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:48.639 do you do with? Them? All right? Number four remember twelve, 0:19:48.640 --> 0:19:52.840 Months Ago ron holland was the consensus number one, Overall 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:56.399 PICK and i told, you guys that's. A lie like 0:19:56.560 --> 0:20:03.600 that guy's comp. Is great mock draft site said his 0:20:03.840 --> 0:20:10.240 Upside was Corey Brue corey breuerr dude average twenty seven 0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:12.920 and three FOR The G, league knight which turns out 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:16.399 to be a terrible Decision For. Ron holland the league 0:20:16.440 --> 0:20:20.040 Folded the ignite immediately after his. Season ended not Because Of. 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:22.320 Ron holland i'm not saying that. That's why i'm just 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:25.960 saying probably not the. Best choice he, is big though 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:28.760 a lot of, question marks but he does have upside, 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:31.439 six seven very active on both the ends of, the 0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:36.080 court and his defense will. Definitely translate but that's also his. 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:39.280 Negative attribute he plays out. Of control reports are that 0:20:39.320 --> 0:20:41.480 he didn't have A Great, pro day his stock. Was 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:45.880 falling but if he can learn to focus, that athleticism 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:48.680 especially on that, defensive side maybe he could be Like A. 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:52.040 HERB jones i tell, you, what Though If herb jones 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:54.760 is like your player comp then you are a second. 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.399 Round pick you are not a first. Round pick i'm not, 0:20:57.440 --> 0:20:59.200 saying no no Shade To, herb JONES because I Think 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:02.720 herber jones would be mocked, right now redrafted as a first. 0:21:02.800 --> 0:21:08.000 Round pick but one way guys typically not. Lottery picks 0:21:08.960 --> 0:21:13.879 Number five modus muzialis another player again we'll see as 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:16.040 number one. Overall pick can you tell that this draft 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:19.800 class is Very? Like Murky like murky's, The word it's 0:21:19.840 --> 0:21:25.359 about as clear as The, As. Lake michigan his career 0:21:25.400 --> 0:21:30.200 also TANKED By G league knight six,', nine, wing, athleticism, 0:21:30.400 --> 0:21:33.920 shooting ability, play some defense does a ton, of things well. 0:21:33.960 --> 0:21:37.000 But nothing elite might be enough for him to become. 0:21:37.000 --> 0:21:39.520 A valuable player his upside is higher, than most players 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:41.440 and he could probably steal him around ten or twelve. 0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:42.920 In the draft he could be really good of who? 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:45.840 The fuck knows because he's international and he was IN On, 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:48.920 the g league so no one. Watched his games no one? 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:54.399 Watched his, games all? RIGHT stay aways i mean this 0:21:54.480 --> 0:21:57.240 is a stay away. For health Reasons number one nicole 0:21:57.280 --> 0:22:02.240 a topic a lot of scouts. Are high on but 0:22:03.400 --> 0:22:06.280 there are enough right flags for me. To stay away. 0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:09.200 First and foremost he has had not one but two 0:22:09.320 --> 0:22:12.560 major injuries in. The last year suffered a knee injury 0:22:12.560 --> 0:22:15.680 And then he PARSLEY tore his acl LIKE immediately did 0:22:15.680 --> 0:22:17.520 i mention that he was eighteen when he. Did those 0:22:17.520 --> 0:22:22.280 things HE tore an acl before. He could drink HE 0:22:22.400 --> 0:22:26.240 tore an acl before he could even serve his country 0:22:26.280 --> 0:22:31.320 where they. Mandate military service there are issues. With his 0:22:31.400 --> 0:22:34.640 shot then you add the injury issues, to the shot 0:22:34.720 --> 0:22:37.200 and it is enough for, Me, to say yo let 0:22:37.240 --> 0:22:40.199 somebody else but us try and figure out a way to. 0:22:40.200 --> 0:22:47.160 Rehab this, Guy, all right uh let's. Talk about saloon 0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:51.840 saloon is One of those euros that some scouts will 0:22:51.880 --> 0:22:55.000 completely fall. In love with six nine wing, seven two 0:22:55.040 --> 0:22:59.160 wings stand attracted a ton of interest of late draft 0:22:59.160 --> 0:23:02.359 stock is, rising a lot kind Of like bal. Coulibali 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:08.640 last year scouts Call Him on BASKETBALL. Savant basketball iq they, 0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:12.480 like his, motor but boy when you, look at it highlights, 0:23:12.480 --> 0:23:17.000 of this kid he's Very raw and euros without elite 0:23:17.000 --> 0:23:21.359 skills tended to have trouble. In the league too many question. 0:23:21.400 --> 0:23:24.560 Marks for me but maybe A Team like san antonio 0:23:24.680 --> 0:23:26.639 or A team, like okay see you can figure out 0:23:26.680 --> 0:23:29.399 a way. To develop them Those. Teams are Wizards My, 0:23:29.560 --> 0:23:33.560 team Portland. Trailblazers not wizards tell you That Number three 0:23:33.840 --> 0:23:38.159 rob dillingham, wouldn't do it would. Not do it the 0:23:38.200 --> 0:23:40.960 market for point, guards is shrinking and the, smaller you 0:23:41.040 --> 0:23:43.439 are the less of a market there. Is for you 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:46.679 most of the teams in the lottery are set at. 0:23:46.680 --> 0:23:49.360 The position anyway his height is, six to one so 0:23:49.400 --> 0:23:54.239 he is. Six to one he's not participating in. His 0:23:54.359 --> 0:23:58.080