Speaker 1: Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Draft Day is tomorrow. The closest will ever
Speaker 1: come ever again any type of singing here on this podcast.
Speaker 1: Brian Seltzer welcoming you into a We're about twenty four
Speaker 1: hours or so away from Draft nine edition of the podcast.
Speaker 1: It is going to be great to be joined by
Speaker 1: John Wasserman of Bleacher Report. He is the top NBA
Speaker 1: scout and draft writer on staff there. We have gone
Speaker 1: to the well of Washerman multiple times the last couple
Speaker 1: of years as we get ready for the draft, and
Speaker 1: he'll run down his thoughts on what might happen in
Speaker 1: the top ten, what could go down with these seventy sixers,
Speaker 1: and some names that will be on the top of
Speaker 1: his mind on Thursday. Reminder that to subscribe to the podcast,
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Speaker 1: be someone who holds the title of lead NBA scout
Speaker 1: and draft writer for any media outlet these days, os
Speaker 1: are you have probably one busy dude, no doubt. Jonathan
Speaker 1: Washerman of Bleacher Report, is John, how are you holding up? Man? Yeah,
Speaker 1: a lot of information out there and you're kind of
Speaker 1: sorting and filtering through to find out what's real and
Speaker 1: what's not. You kind of hear conflicting things from different people,
Speaker 1: So you know, at this point you're sending out a
Speaker 1: lot of text messages trying to get a feel for,
Speaker 1: you know, who's favoring who and who they're looking at.
Speaker 1: Usually it's a couple guys for each team that they're
Speaker 1: kind of looking at, and you know, the closer we get,
Speaker 1: the more what they call misinformation seems to be out there,
Speaker 1: so at difficult time to really assess who's going where.
Speaker 1: When the draft is on the doorstep? Is it more
Speaker 1: excitement for you when it comes around? Is it relief
Speaker 1: when it's over? Are there things in between? You know what?
Speaker 1: There is no relief. I mean, there's definitely excitement, and
Speaker 1: particularly this year when you know the same guy who
Speaker 1: could go too could also go nine, and it's just
Speaker 1: this year is going to be wild in particular, and
Speaker 1: you know, the draft ends and then all of a
Speaker 1: sudden you can't you can't help but look forward to
Speaker 1: the summer league. So there's there's no real relief in it.
Speaker 1: This is, you know, such a fun process. I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be in this business if I was excited when it's over.
Speaker 1: But no, this is a really exciting time of year,
Speaker 1: and particularly this year, because I think it's going to
Speaker 1: be one of the most unpredictable drafts in recent memory.
Speaker 1: You had a tweet about that, and I was gonna
Speaker 1: bring it up to you if you didn't just reference it. Um,
Speaker 1: what do you think are some of the foremost factors
Speaker 1: that you would attribute to the fact that this could
Speaker 1: be so volatile on Thursday night and you might not
Speaker 1: be able to predict how it plays out. Well, you
Speaker 1: got three guards and three bigs, and I don't think
Speaker 1: anybody there's no clear consensus of who's better than who
Speaker 1: in terms of Bagley Bomba and Jared Jackson, and then
Speaker 1: the three guards with Trey, Trey Young, Colin Sexton, Guild
Speaker 1: Justs Alexander. Everyone has a different order, it seems. M
Speaker 1: And then you throw Michael Porter Junior into the mix,
Speaker 1: who came into the year as a number one overall candidate,
Speaker 1: and now there are questions about his back and whether
Speaker 1: they're legitimate questions, whether they're they're blown out of proportion,
Speaker 1: you know, how did he fit into the mix? And
Speaker 1: then Luca Donche, who could be the best prospect in
Speaker 1: this entire draft. Um, and if the Suns passed on him,
Speaker 1: there are legit whispers out there that Sacramento, Atlanta they're
Speaker 1: not interested. So there's just so many factors into this uh,
Speaker 1: into this year's field, and and um, just a lot
Speaker 1: of parody among the top group of guys. Then there
Speaker 1: was the news on Monday and followed into Tuesday that
Speaker 1: Mo bomba Um out of the Philadelphia suburban school Westtown,
Speaker 1: said that he didn't want to release his medical records
Speaker 1: from the Memphis Grizzlies. And I gotta think that's got
Speaker 1: a a wrench into the way that the top four
Speaker 1: could play out too. Yeah, I mean that's a big deal.
Speaker 1: If I'm the Memphis Grizzlies, that worries me. You also,
Speaker 1: you know, he may be the best player available, but
Speaker 1: it's very tough to take a guy who clearly doesn't
Speaker 1: want to go play for you. There's also the question,
Speaker 1: particularly with bomba of I assume he wants to come
Speaker 1: in and be the centerpiece in the middle, and it's
Speaker 1: tough to picture him and Marcus all fitting together in
Speaker 1: one lineup, So I could see why Bomba does not
Speaker 1: want to go there. I could see why the Grizzlies
Speaker 1: have trouble seeing him as a fit. Even if they
Speaker 1: do predict him as the best player available, there are
Speaker 1: going to be other guys who are probably offer equal upside,
Speaker 1: who fit the lineup better. So we've got this whole
Speaker 1: unpredictability thing going on with the top upper echelan slots
Speaker 1: in this year's draft. Does that necessarily mean that it
Speaker 1: is a statement or reflection on talent? I mean, there's
Speaker 1: everyone agrees that the top ten this year is a
Speaker 1: solid top ten. You could potentially get a star at
Speaker 1: number eight. Usually you don't say that, so and again,
Speaker 1: there's just it's very difficult to determine who's better than who.
Speaker 1: You know, they all kind of offer different things with
Speaker 1: Bagley gives you the athleticism and Bomba gives you the
Speaker 1: rim protection in Jared Jackson is the perfect fit with
Speaker 1: his shooting and defense, and then Trey Young with his
Speaker 1: incredible stats and playmaking, but does he have the size
Speaker 1: and explosiveness to do it? And guilt as Alexander has
Speaker 1: got the size, but does he have the skill and
Speaker 1: athleticism and sex and can score, but could he pass?
Speaker 1: I mean, there's just so many different questions. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, every guy with questions has a lot
Speaker 1: of things to love about them and a lot of
Speaker 1: upside before we dive into the seventy six ers. And
Speaker 1: hopefully this isn't putting you on the spot too much
Speaker 1: at this point in time as it currently stands, do
Speaker 1: you want to rattle off your top ten and maybe
Speaker 1: a quick bullet as to why you would make that
Speaker 1: choice where you would have a guy with him that well?
Speaker 1: I think eight is seems setting stone at number one. Honestly,
Speaker 1: the draft again starts at number two right now. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with Bagley. I think he makes too much
Speaker 1: sense there. I do know that they like Porter, but
Speaker 1: I think at number two they would have to they
Speaker 1: want to Porter. They trade down Atlanta right now, Jared
Speaker 1: Jackson Jr. But I do know they like Trey Young
Speaker 1: and could look to trade down as well. Memphis, don
Speaker 1: Chich I can't imagine they passed there. Dallas five. Honestly,
Speaker 1: you know, Bomba. I probably go with Bomba there and
Speaker 1: then the next three in a row. In some order.
Speaker 1: I'm still thinking Trey Young goes somewhere in there. Michael Porter,
Speaker 1: I do think Kevin Knox goes to the Knicks, and
Speaker 1: I think that at number ten, Philly is looking at
Speaker 1: Mikl Bridges. Do you think if if Porter, if the
Speaker 1: news about um the injury had not come out last week,
Speaker 1: would that have made it all that much more likely
Speaker 1: that Sacramento could have been even more line to potentially
Speaker 1: go with him at number two? You know, I think
Speaker 1: the news last week was not a big deal. The
Speaker 1: medical reports, from what we hear, all seemed fine. Nothing
Speaker 1: new popped up. You know, you knew going in that
Speaker 1: he's got it. He had the back problem. It's a
Speaker 1: spasm that held him out from his pro day, from participating.
Speaker 1: You know, you're looking at the picture five years down
Speaker 1: the line. I don't think one little spasm here it's
Speaker 1: going to change your evaluation. So, you know, I don't
Speaker 1: know what kind of information the Kings have. I don't
Speaker 1: know what they heard. The report was from ESPN that
Speaker 1: he couldn't get at of bed, and then they kind
Speaker 1: of went backtracked and said it was blown out of proportion.
Speaker 1: So again, this is all part of the misinformation thing,
Speaker 1: and it's all to the eye of the beholder to
Speaker 1: decide how big a deal it is for the seventy
Speaker 1: six ers since they started working guys out, going back
Speaker 1: to last week, probably say the top talent guys that
Speaker 1: they had in were a Lonnie Walk of the fourth
Speaker 1: and this is in no particular order of just rattling
Speaker 1: them off as I think of them. Miles Bridges, Mikail Bridges,
Speaker 1: and Kevin Knox twice. Do you think that gives an
Speaker 1: indication or an idea of what type of player they
Speaker 1: might be leaning towards at number ten should they stay there? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you could say that. You could also say that they're
Speaker 1: going to pick from one of those four guys. I
Speaker 1: think it's I think it's pretty clear that sure that
Speaker 1: they would love a wing like this, and particularly one
Speaker 1: who can kind of play off the ball, and those
Speaker 1: guys fit. They also fit the tier of talent for
Speaker 1: somebody you take at number ten. You mentioned Knox, he's
Speaker 1: coming twice, but there are a lot of signs pointing
Speaker 1: that the Knicks do like him. At nine Walker, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's intriguing with upside, But I think a guy like
Speaker 1: Mikael Bridges, who obviously has ties to Philly and is
Speaker 1: the more proven player Philly is kind of looking to win. Now.
Speaker 1: To me, Michael Bridges is such an obvious fit and
Speaker 1: target for Philly. If we now the focus to the
Speaker 1: three guys, both Bridges and Knocks, do you see the Sixers'
Speaker 1: fortunes being dramatically better one way or the other depending
Speaker 1: on which one of those three guys they end up with,
Speaker 1: or if you step back take a thirty thousand foot
Speaker 1: surface level view of this, are they within the same
Speaker 1: caliber type of player? You know, some guys I think
Speaker 1: are ready to go faster than others. I think you
Speaker 1: put Mical Bridges in there and next year he is
Speaker 1: an immediate rotation player. I think Lonnie Walker is going
Speaker 1: to need some time, although I do think the NBA
Speaker 1: is better suited for his game. But he just, you know,
Speaker 1: last year, he just he came in mid season. It
Speaker 1: was an ideal. I think he needs some time, maybe
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say G League, but maybe some garbage time
Speaker 1: to get his confidence up. I don't know if he's
Speaker 1: going to be a regular rotation player right away. It
Speaker 1: also depends on how they feel their free agent holes
Speaker 1: Miles Bridges again, also, I don't know how ready he
Speaker 1: is to come in and score. I guess he's a shotmaker,
Speaker 1: but he doesn't create much. I keep going back to
Speaker 1: Michael Bridges. I just think between his defense, his shooting,
Speaker 1: his efficient offense inside the arc sixty percent on twos,
Speaker 1: he just knows how to play within his system. He
Speaker 1: would be able to play directly to his strengths around
Speaker 1: star caliber guys, kind of like he did at Villanova.
Speaker 1: I think Michael Bridges helps out right away. Maybe five
Speaker 1: years from now. Lonnie Walker has the most upside. He's
Speaker 1: a couple of years younger Bridges. Michael will turn twenty
Speaker 1: two in August. But I still think Michael is a
Speaker 1: guy who you know, like Victor Oladipo had two years
Speaker 1: in college as a role player, and then he was
Speaker 1: a late bloomer and he continued to get better. And
Speaker 1: Lescotts he talked to all rave about Michael bridges work ethic,
Speaker 1: and I think if there's an older guy who you
Speaker 1: can bet on to keep getting better, Michael is one
Speaker 1: of those candidates. From what you've been able to tell
Speaker 1: people you've spoken to, was there a defining juncture in
Speaker 1: Michael Bridges' career that convinced NBA scenell types that all right,
Speaker 1: this is what this kid is going to be, and
Speaker 1: he does have this much upside and he's put himself
Speaker 1: in that lottery pick top ten category. I think it
Speaker 1: was just midway through the season when he was just
Speaker 1: the consistency held up. You know, he started off hot,
Speaker 1: but you got to be able to kind of keep
Speaker 1: it going for an entire season, and I think midway
Speaker 1: through you realized that he wasn't going to fall back,
Speaker 1: and he continued to shoot lights out. He finished at
Speaker 1: forty three and a half percent from downtown hit scoring
Speaker 1: point from nine points to seventeen points. Every other game.
Speaker 1: He was hitting the twenties, and we started to see
Speaker 1: more flashes of shot creativity. I know, the first two
Speaker 1: years he's more of a cash and shoot mind drive
Speaker 1: type of guy, and he still is that guy, but
Speaker 1: every so often you saw a step back, you saw
Speaker 1: a fall away out of the post, you saw him
Speaker 1: handled the ball and picking roll situations, and you just
Speaker 1: get the impression that he's going to continue building on
Speaker 1: the flashes that he showed this year. When you look
Speaker 1: at his three point shooting relative to some of the
Speaker 1: other guys that he's been the conversation with as far
Speaker 1: as who goes before who else. I mean someone like
Speaker 1: let's say a Miles Bridges one hundred and ninety five
Speaker 1: three point attempts. That's not an insignificant amount, even for
Speaker 1: someone like Kevin Knox one hundred and sixty seven, that's
Speaker 1: not a small amount. But for McCall, I mean two
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty nine and you make one hundred four
Speaker 1: hitting that quates out to round forty four percent. That's
Speaker 1: no small sample size. That seems like it's it's pretty legit,
Speaker 1: and especially given where he was even going back to
Speaker 1: his second playing season. Yeah, any good free throw shooter too.
Speaker 1: I love looking at the free throw numbers and also
Speaker 1: the eye test. I mean again, every scout evaluates differently.
Speaker 1: I put stock into the eye test and I look
Speaker 1: at Bridges take a jump shot. He gets great elevation,
Speaker 1: that high release, kind of flick of the wrist. I
Speaker 1: just you could just really see his jumper translating maybe
Speaker 1: more so than Miles Bridges. Miles Bridges, you know, he
Speaker 1: shot poorly from the free throw line his first year,
Speaker 1: much better his second year. But I just buy into
Speaker 1: Michael's mechanics, and really nothing against Knox Is either. I
Speaker 1: think he's got a pretty good stroke too. Who, in
Speaker 1: your views since the college season ended, helped himself the most?
Speaker 1: Who have you seen, perhaps take a few steps back,
Speaker 1: The guys who helped himself the most have been Kevin
Speaker 1: Herder from Maryland and Dante DiVincenzo from Villanova. They both
Speaker 1: stood out at the NBA Combine and then everybody saw
Speaker 1: it. It It was kind of obvious. Josh Akogi as well
Speaker 1: from Georgia Tech. They just look like NBA players, and
Speaker 1: sometimes you got to put him in a setting with
Speaker 1: other NBA players or potential first and second rounders to
Speaker 1: really convince yourself that they are legit. So I really
Speaker 1: think those guys are top twenty picks. And and and Jerome
Speaker 1: Robinson as a guy who's kind of heating up Boston College,
Speaker 1: sat out the combine, but everybody likes him, and then
Speaker 1: you go back and look at the film and you realize,
Speaker 1: how the hell did I miss this guy iverage twenty
Speaker 1: four points during acc play. Honestly, it's tough to really
Speaker 1: fall down the rankings during this pre draft process. It's
Speaker 1: really tough to screw up, you know, you're playing one
Speaker 1: on zero most of the time. Interviews Mitchell Robinson has
Speaker 1: raised a lot of questions as a guy who's kind
Speaker 1: of sat out a lot, and he's somebody who had
Speaker 1: to prove himself since he skipped a season and then
Speaker 1: skipped the combine. Not the greatest interviewer Anthony Simons, who
Speaker 1: comes straight out of high school. I think people are
Speaker 1: kind of questioning who is he? Is he a point guard?
Speaker 1: Is he a score? Because if he's a score, he's
Speaker 1: really skinny, it doesn't have much bulk on him. Clearly
Speaker 1: needs to go to the G League, and you know,
Speaker 1: you never know what you're gonna get with the kid
Speaker 1: coming out of high school being nineteen. So those are
Speaker 1: two guys I think Simons and Mitchell Robinson who are
Speaker 1: wild cards, hey or miss guys. But with so many
Speaker 1: other people rising, naturally two guys have to fall, and
Speaker 1: I think those two might be them, and as well
Speaker 1: as Robert Williams from Texas Say and M and I
Speaker 1: stand out. Has the tools, has the athleticism, but two
Speaker 1: years he showed no improvement as a score, and obviously
Speaker 1: he can't really show that during workouts, so I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be surprised if Robert Williams tips slides a few spots
Speaker 1: in this year's first round. In addition to Kevin Knox,
Speaker 1: the six was also brought back Sire Smith for a
Speaker 1: second time. And we don't get to see all the workouts,
Speaker 1: but from what we saw on Tuesday, it seems like
Speaker 1: they tried to put him in situations where he could
Speaker 1: show his range and his ball handling a little bit more.
Speaker 1: He had a really impressive athletic dunk and obviously he
Speaker 1: made a name for himself defensively in his lone year
Speaker 1: at Texas Tech. What have you been hearing about Sire
Speaker 1: Smith and why he's been able to peak the interest
Speaker 1: of teams. I mean, he's just a crazy athlete and
Speaker 1: he just turned nineteen years old this month and he
Speaker 1: made eighteen to forty three's. I know it's not a
Speaker 1: big sample size, but he can make outside shots, and
Speaker 1: again we saw flashes of ball handling, flashes of passing,
Speaker 1: and giving his age and the window he has to improve,
Speaker 1: there's just a lot to like here. And he's also
Speaker 1: one of those self made guys, wasn't highly recruited. If
Speaker 1: you talk to him, listen to him, he's very humble,
Speaker 1: not some he who expected to be here. So he's
Speaker 1: really worked for everything he's gotten, and not one of
Speaker 1: those guys who just thinks he's got starred him coming
Speaker 1: for him, Like the way you listen to DeAndre Ayton speak.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's called himself Shack and Devin Booker as
Speaker 1: the next Kobe. This is the complete opposite type of mentality.
Speaker 1: I think he's one of those guys where if you
Speaker 1: put him in the right situation, he's gonna look like
Speaker 1: a steel However, if you put him in a bad
Speaker 1: situation because he has still limited skill wise, you know,
Speaker 1: you put him on a team like Sacramento. I worry
Speaker 1: about his development. I think he needs to go to
Speaker 1: a place that already has star players. He can play
Speaker 1: with strengths early as a cutter, as a defensive player,
Speaker 1: as an energy guy, and then let his confidence and
Speaker 1: skill build over time. Actually, I think Philly would be
Speaker 1: a perfect fit for Smith. Number ten does seem high,
Speaker 1: particularly given who else will be on the board. But yeah,
Speaker 1: he's definitely somebody worth looking at if you're Philly. He
Speaker 1: just seems real workman, like, you know, very much business
Speaker 1: in his approach, no nonsense, has he been comped to anyone? Ah,
Speaker 1: He's one of those guys who I think is expect
Speaker 1: Oh he has he had any comparisons? You know, none
Speaker 1: come off. None come off the top of my head.
Speaker 1: Trying to think really fast now, I can't think of anybody.
Speaker 1: I could just think it the type he is, the
Speaker 1: type of player. He's just one of those guys who
Speaker 1: can who can make an impact without having his number
Speaker 1: called once. You know, just go out there and make
Speaker 1: players off the ball, you know, don't take too many dribbles.
Speaker 1: And there's a niche out there for players like that,
Speaker 1: particularly if you can land on a team that has
Speaker 1: other players, other playmakers and scores around you. You're right,
Speaker 1: the eye test passed for something. In the two appearances
Speaker 1: he had with the Sixers the last two weeks, certainly
Speaker 1: looked like he was doing some good things. Who were
Speaker 1: some players that you feel could be around at number
Speaker 1: twenty six? Should the Sixers hold onto that second slot
Speaker 1: that they own in the second round, I beg your
Speaker 1: part in the first round, Yeah, Kyrie Thomas from Crayton,
Speaker 1: I think would make sense, particularly if the Sixers think
Speaker 1: they're gonna lose JJ and Bell Nelly Kyra Thomas, as
Speaker 1: you're a prototypical three D off guard over thirty nine
Speaker 1: percent from three and three straight years, two time Big
Speaker 1: East Defensive Player of the Year. Doesn't need touches to
Speaker 1: be effective. It doesn't need dribbles, I should say, to
Speaker 1: be effective. Jacob Evans from Cincinnati another similar versatile guy
Speaker 1: who's not really a score but a very good passer,
Speaker 1: a very good or at least I should say, a
Speaker 1: very competent shooter and a guy who can guard a
Speaker 1: couple of positions. So I think he falls under that
Speaker 1: same umbrella. You know, Mitchell Robinson's going to be there.
Speaker 1: He's an upside pick. You know, Philly has two picks.
Speaker 1: Sometimes with the second pick, he might be willing to
Speaker 1: gamble on upside, and he certainly has plenty of it,
Speaker 1: so he'd be an intriguing option. And how about Grace Nowen.
Speaker 1: Grace Nowen's hit over eighty threes and three straight seasons.
Speaker 1: He's a big time athlete. I think he's showing an interviews,
Speaker 1: at least from what I've heard, that he's kind of
Speaker 1: passed the immaturity and he's kind of learned from him
Speaker 1: his miss stakes. He had a setback for a year
Speaker 1: off the floor. This season, everyone seems to like him
Speaker 1: outside of you know, the Duke crowds. But I think
Speaker 1: that he's gonna I think he's gonna be a surprise player,
Speaker 1: particularly again if he lands in the right situation where
Speaker 1: he could play it with strengths as a shotmaker in
Speaker 1: a transition weapon Kevin Hurder, Do you think his injury
Speaker 1: news will effect or he goes much? No, not at all.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a hand injury. It's not gonna linger.
Speaker 1: I think we all know that he can really shoot
Speaker 1: lights out, and I think as teams kind of saw
Speaker 1: that he stood at it the combine, they'll go back
Speaker 1: and look at the tape and realize, Man, this guy
Speaker 1: average three and a half assists. He can put the
Speaker 1: ball on the floor and make things happen. He can
Speaker 1: create shots for himself. He's pretty confident with the step
Speaker 1: back and the pull up from deep high IQ player,
Speaker 1: high IQ defender. Obviously, his arms, you know, are not
Speaker 1: very impressive physically. He needs to get the weight room.
Speaker 1: But he's still very young. I think he's still nineteen
Speaker 1: years old, and as the NBA size, and again, that
Speaker 1: shooting stroke which every team likes, and I think he's
Speaker 1: going to fit anywhere he goes. As we're going to
Speaker 1: wrap this up, we talked a bit about mcal Bridges
Speaker 1: and how high he might be able to go, potentially
Speaker 1: to the seventy six ers. What about two other names
Speaker 1: from Villanova, We referenced Dante DiVincenzo, there's also Jalen Brunson.
Speaker 1: How high do you think they could go in an
Speaker 1: ideal situation in the first round. I think Devencenso goes
Speaker 1: top twenty. Got an invite to the green room, and
Speaker 1: history says if you get an invite to the end
Speaker 1: green room, you're going to go in the range of
Speaker 1: the guys invited there, and there are twenty guys invited.
Speaker 1: I think he goes top twenty, and then Jalen Brunson
Speaker 1: share he can go late first round. There's no reason why.
Speaker 1: I mean, there are teams who certainly view him as
Speaker 1: a potential backup point guard. I think sixers could look
Speaker 1: at him at twenty six, they could look at him
Speaker 1: at thirty eight and thirty nine if he's still there.
Speaker 1: So I'd say Brunson goes anywhere in that twenty four
Speaker 1: to thirty nine range. Yeah, I think both of them
Speaker 1: are are legit NBA players generally speaking, Is there anything
Speaker 1: that distinguishes the quality of talent available in the second
Speaker 1: round of the seventy six ers have four picks compared
Speaker 1: to previous years. I mean there's listen, there's just a
Speaker 1: lot of good players this year. And I think that
Speaker 1: there are guys and I've said this before, there there
Speaker 1: there could be a guy who's number forty on one
Speaker 1: team's board and he's number twenty one another. It'll be
Speaker 1: interesting to see how any of these second round picks
Speaker 1: that Philly keeps, particularly obviously fifty six in number sixty,
Speaker 1: or if they look to package together thirty eight, thirty
Speaker 1: nine and twenty six and move up. But if they
Speaker 1: sit tight, they're going to come away with a lot
Speaker 1: of guys. And I'd imagine that at thirty eight thirty nine,
Speaker 1: they're going to be getting a lot of calls to
Speaker 1: see if anybody can move up and take one of
Speaker 1: their second round picks, kind of like Golden State did
Speaker 1: last year with Chicago getting Jordan bell Man. You just
Speaker 1: look down the list of second round names and there
Speaker 1: are a lot who could be on first round boards.
Speaker 1: Just gonna throw a couple names that you're real quick
Speaker 1: of guys who have been in with the sixers that
Speaker 1: might find themselves available in the second round. Javon Carter,
Speaker 1: the man of a defensive player out of West Virginia. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm a fan. It's one of those funny evaluations because
Speaker 1: I have trouble putting in my first round. I also
Speaker 1: have a ninety percent confidence level he's going to stick
Speaker 1: in the NBA for ten years. Just you know, undervalued
Speaker 1: because of his age, because of his lack of athleticism.
Speaker 1: But you put him on a second unit and ask
Speaker 1: him to run the offense, make the easy passes, and
Speaker 1: then just pressure full court and give the opposing ball
Speaker 1: handler hell. I think he clearly has an NBA career.
Speaker 1: Shake Milton, where do you see him? I think Milton's
Speaker 1: more of a mid second round guy. I question as
Speaker 1: a ball handler his ability to create shots for teammates
Speaker 1: at himself. Having said that he's six six, he's been
Speaker 1: a very consistent three point shooter throughout his career. He's
Speaker 1: got the potential to get low and defend. I put
Speaker 1: him in the mid second round because I think as
Speaker 1: a ball handler, you want to be able to blow
Speaker 1: by guys and create, and I'm not sure he does
Speaker 1: that particularly well. He had a really tough showing at
Speaker 1: the NBA combine as well, didn't make a field goal
Speaker 1: in the two games, but a very solid career, do SMU.
Speaker 1: I think he's worth a shot in the mid second round.
Speaker 1: You're almost done. Two more names. I feel like this
Speaker 1: guy this time last year was very intriguing. Ultimately decided
Speaker 1: to return to college this year, sticking in the draft.
Speaker 1: Homadudiallo out of Kentucky. Yeah, d'allo. You know, a high risk,
Speaker 1: high reward guy. Obviously one of the best athletes in
Speaker 1: the draft. The question is what does he do well offensively?
Speaker 1: He doesn't shoot well, he doesn't create well, and he
Speaker 1: wasn't very convincing defender. Having said that, put him in
Speaker 1: an NBA team with NBA coaching, let him spend time
Speaker 1: in the G League. He's still nineteen years old, I believe,
Speaker 1: so the window is not closed on him, and you
Speaker 1: can't teach the natural talent, which his first round caliber
Speaker 1: that he has. So I think he's a very good
Speaker 1: by low pick in the second round, but I have
Speaker 1: about reaching for him in the first last, but not
Speaker 1: least someone that fans in these parts have been asking
Speaker 1: him about out of Roman Catholic High School and at
Speaker 1: Penn State University, Tony Car Do you think he gets
Speaker 1: his name called on draft night? I do. I think
Speaker 1: I think maybe in five to sixty range. He had
Speaker 1: two CADI of a season. He had another guy who
Speaker 1: had a really tough showing at the NBA Combine who
Speaker 1: was guarded by Javon Carger. That didn't help him. But
Speaker 1: six to five makes over two threes a game, average
Speaker 1: twenty points, five assists. He's not a great athlete. He
Speaker 1: struggles inside the arc under forty percent, which is usually
Speaker 1: a red flag, but he can't nitpick in the late
Speaker 1: second round, I think between his size his combo guard
Speaker 1: potential is shooting, he's worth a pick that late. Jonathan Wasserman,
Speaker 1: lead NBA scouts and raft writer for Blizer Report. Awesome
Speaker 1: stuff as always, and thanks so much Man for making
Speaker 1: the time at this busy stage of your calendar. Thanks Brian,
Speaker 1: appreciated always. It's always always good to hear from John Washerman,
Speaker 1: especially so close to the draft, someone who is steeped
Speaker 1: in all things draft related year round, and the knowledge shows.
Speaker 1: Thanks to John for taking the time to do the interview.
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