WEBVTT - The BroadCast: 6/20/2018 ~ Draft Pod - The Day Before, with B/R's Jonathan Wasserman 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:09.720 Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Draft Day is tomorrow. The closest will ever 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:13.520 come ever again any type of singing here on this podcast. 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:18.000 Brian Seltzer welcoming you into a We're about twenty four 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:22.360 hours or so away from Draft nine edition of the podcast. 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:24.479 It is going to be great to be joined by 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:28.640 John Wasserman of Bleacher Report. He is the top NBA 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:32.120 scout and draft writer on staff there. We have gone 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:35.680 to the well of Washerman multiple times the last couple 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:38.479 of years as we get ready for the draft, and 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:41.239 he'll run down his thoughts on what might happen in 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:44.440 the top ten, what could go down with these seventy sixers, 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:46.559 and some names that will be on the top of 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:51.080 his mind on Thursday. Reminder that to subscribe to the podcast, 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.080 you can go to iTunes, Google Play or a stitcher. 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:57.200 Type in Sixers podcast Network and that will take you 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:01.440 to our feed. Please subscribe. We're also on SoundCloud at 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:06.440 SoundCloud dot com backslash six ers. If you happen to 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:09.679 be someone who holds the title of lead NBA scout 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:13.360 and draft writer for any media outlet these days, os 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:17.560 are you have probably one busy dude, no doubt. Jonathan 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:22.600 Washerman of Bleacher Report, is John, how are you holding up? Man? Yeah, 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:24.720 a lot of information out there and you're kind of 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:28.640 sorting and filtering through to find out what's real and 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.440 what's not. You kind of hear conflicting things from different people, 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:33.800 So you know, at this point you're sending out a 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:35.800 lot of text messages trying to get a feel for, 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:39.160 you know, who's favoring who and who they're looking at. 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.800 Usually it's a couple guys for each team that they're 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:47.920 kind of looking at, and you know, the closer we get, 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.840 the more what they call misinformation seems to be out there, 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:54.160 so at difficult time to really assess who's going where. 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:56.680 When the draft is on the doorstep? Is it more 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:01.320 excitement for you when it comes around? Is it relief 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:05.560 when it's over? Are there things in between? You know what? 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.640 There is no relief. I mean, there's definitely excitement, and 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.680 particularly this year when you know the same guy who 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.040 could go too could also go nine, and it's just 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.280 this year is going to be wild in particular, and 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:18.880 you know, the draft ends and then all of a 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.079 sudden you can't you can't help but look forward to 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:24.480 the summer league. So there's there's no real relief in it. 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.040 This is, you know, such a fun process. I wouldn't 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.000 be in this business if I was excited when it's over. 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.839 But no, this is a really exciting time of year, 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:35.120 and particularly this year, because I think it's going to 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.280 be one of the most unpredictable drafts in recent memory. 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:39.680 You had a tweet about that, and I was gonna 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.640 bring it up to you if you didn't just reference it. Um, 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.520 what do you think are some of the foremost factors 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.080 that you would attribute to the fact that this could 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:51.320 be so volatile on Thursday night and you might not 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.079 be able to predict how it plays out. Well, you 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:56.240 got three guards and three bigs, and I don't think 0:02:56.240 --> 0:03:00.080 anybody there's no clear consensus of who's better than who 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:04.280 in terms of Bagley Bomba and Jared Jackson, and then 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:08.320 the three guards with Trey, Trey Young, Colin Sexton, Guild 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:12.560 Justs Alexander. Everyone has a different order, it seems. M 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.880 And then you throw Michael Porter Junior into the mix, 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.880 who came into the year as a number one overall candidate, 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.280 and now there are questions about his back and whether 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:24.040 they're legitimate questions, whether they're they're blown out of proportion, 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.040 you know, how did he fit into the mix? And 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.520 then Luca Donche, who could be the best prospect in 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.960 this entire draft. Um, and if the Suns passed on him, 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:36.800 there are legit whispers out there that Sacramento, Atlanta they're 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:40.320 not interested. So there's just so many factors into this uh, 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.960 into this year's field, and and um, just a lot 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:45.840 of parody among the top group of guys. Then there 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:50.120 was the news on Monday and followed into Tuesday that 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:55.760 Mo bomba Um out of the Philadelphia suburban school Westtown, 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:58.040 said that he didn't want to release his medical records 0:03:58.040 --> 0:03:59.800 from the Memphis Grizzlies. And I gotta think that's got 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:02.920 a a wrench into the way that the top four 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.920 could play out too. Yeah, I mean that's a big deal. 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:09.400 If I'm the Memphis Grizzlies, that worries me. You also, 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:11.080 you know, he may be the best player available, but 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:13.080 it's very tough to take a guy who clearly doesn't 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.800 want to go play for you. There's also the question, 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.600 particularly with bomba of I assume he wants to come 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.440 in and be the centerpiece in the middle, and it's 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.080 tough to picture him and Marcus all fitting together in 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:27.760 one lineup, So I could see why Bomba does not 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.159 want to go there. I could see why the Grizzlies 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.560 have trouble seeing him as a fit. Even if they 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.599 do predict him as the best player available, there are 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.559 going to be other guys who are probably offer equal upside, 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.240 who fit the lineup better. So we've got this whole 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:45.359 unpredictability thing going on with the top upper echelan slots 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:49.240 in this year's draft. Does that necessarily mean that it 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:55.760 is a statement or reflection on talent? I mean, there's 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.880 everyone agrees that the top ten this year is a 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.880 solid top ten. You could potentially get a star at 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.559 number eight. Usually you don't say that, so and again, 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.920 there's just it's very difficult to determine who's better than who. 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.680 You know, they all kind of offer different things with 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:15.560 Bagley gives you the athleticism and Bomba gives you the 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.120 rim protection in Jared Jackson is the perfect fit with 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.560 his shooting and defense, and then Trey Young with his 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:25.240 incredible stats and playmaking, but does he have the size 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.240 and explosiveness to do it? And guilt as Alexander has 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:30.560 got the size, but does he have the skill and 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.159 athleticism and sex and can score, but could he pass? 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:37.600 I mean, there's just so many different questions. But at 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.880 the same time, every guy with questions has a lot 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:42.719 of things to love about them and a lot of 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.640 upside before we dive into the seventy six ers. And 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.039 hopefully this isn't putting you on the spot too much 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:50.760 at this point in time as it currently stands, do 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:52.960 you want to rattle off your top ten and maybe 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:56.080 a quick bullet as to why you would make that 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:59.480 choice where you would have a guy with him that well? 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:04.040 I think eight is seems setting stone at number one. Honestly, 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.840 the draft again starts at number two right now. I'm 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.680 gonna go with Bagley. I think he makes too much 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.400 sense there. I do know that they like Porter, but 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.040 I think at number two they would have to they 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:16.599 want to Porter. They trade down Atlanta right now, Jared 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:18.719 Jackson Jr. But I do know they like Trey Young 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.800 and could look to trade down as well. Memphis, don 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:26.600 Chich I can't imagine they passed there. Dallas five. Honestly, 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:32.280 you know, Bomba. I probably go with Bomba there and 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:35.320 then the next three in a row. In some order. 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:40.119 I'm still thinking Trey Young goes somewhere in there. Michael Porter, 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.159 I do think Kevin Knox goes to the Knicks, and 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:48.000 I think that at number ten, Philly is looking at 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:51.880 Mikl Bridges. Do you think if if Porter, if the 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.960 news about um the injury had not come out last week, 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.000 would that have made it all that much more likely 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:01.120 that Sacramento could have been even more line to potentially 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:03.279 go with him at number two? You know, I think 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:07.680 the news last week was not a big deal. The 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.960 medical reports, from what we hear, all seemed fine. Nothing 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:15.080 new popped up. You know, you knew going in that 0:07:15.160 --> 0:07:18.000 he's got it. He had the back problem. It's a 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:22.160 spasm that held him out from his pro day, from participating. 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:24.320 You know, you're looking at the picture five years down 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:27.320 the line. I don't think one little spasm here it's 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.480 going to change your evaluation. So, you know, I don't 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.440 know what kind of information the Kings have. I don't 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.200 know what they heard. The report was from ESPN that 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:36.760 he couldn't get at of bed, and then they kind 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.080 of went backtracked and said it was blown out of proportion. 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.640 So again, this is all part of the misinformation thing, 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:43.680 and it's all to the eye of the beholder to 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.720 decide how big a deal it is for the seventy 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.520 six ers since they started working guys out, going back 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:53.760 to last week, probably say the top talent guys that 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.880 they had in were a Lonnie Walk of the fourth 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.440 and this is in no particular order of just rattling 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:02.000 them off as I think of them. Miles Bridges, Mikail Bridges, 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:06.520 and Kevin Knox twice. Do you think that gives an 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.800 indication or an idea of what type of player they 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:13.240 might be leaning towards at number ten should they stay there? Yeah, 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:14.880 you could say that. You could also say that they're 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.000 going to pick from one of those four guys. I 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:20.080 think it's I think it's pretty clear that sure that 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.640 they would love a wing like this, and particularly one 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:27.240 who can kind of play off the ball, and those 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:30.880 guys fit. They also fit the tier of talent for 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:35.679 somebody you take at number ten. You mentioned Knox, he's 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:38.440 coming twice, but there are a lot of signs pointing 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:43.000 that the Knicks do like him. At nine Walker, yeah, 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.640 he's intriguing with upside, But I think a guy like 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.720 Mikael Bridges, who obviously has ties to Philly and is 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.600 the more proven player Philly is kind of looking to win. Now. 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.840 To me, Michael Bridges is such an obvious fit and 0:08:56.920 --> 0:09:00.240 target for Philly. If we now the focus to the 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:04.840 three guys, both Bridges and Knocks, do you see the Sixers' 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:09.559 fortunes being dramatically better one way or the other depending 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.880 on which one of those three guys they end up with, 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:16.240 or if you step back take a thirty thousand foot 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.520 surface level view of this, are they within the same 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:24.559 caliber type of player? You know, some guys I think 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:26.360 are ready to go faster than others. I think you 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.679 put Mical Bridges in there and next year he is 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.840 an immediate rotation player. I think Lonnie Walker is going 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:36.240 to need some time, although I do think the NBA 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:40.040 is better suited for his game. But he just, you know, 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:43.000 last year, he just he came in mid season. It 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:45.480 was an ideal. I think he needs some time, maybe 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.960 I wouldn't say G League, but maybe some garbage time 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.160 to get his confidence up. I don't know if he's 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.040 going to be a regular rotation player right away. It 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.679 also depends on how they feel their free agent holes 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:59.920 Miles Bridges again, also, I don't know how ready he 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:03.319 is to come in and score. I guess he's a shotmaker, 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.360 but he doesn't create much. I keep going back to 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.600 Michael Bridges. I just think between his defense, his shooting, 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.559 his efficient offense inside the arc sixty percent on twos, 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.320 he just knows how to play within his system. He 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.440 would be able to play directly to his strengths around 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.880 star caliber guys, kind of like he did at Villanova. 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:26.320 I think Michael Bridges helps out right away. Maybe five 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.400 years from now. Lonnie Walker has the most upside. He's 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.319 a couple of years younger Bridges. Michael will turn twenty 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:35.400 two in August. But I still think Michael is a 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:38.720 guy who you know, like Victor Oladipo had two years 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:40.439 in college as a role player, and then he was 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.560 a late bloomer and he continued to get better. And 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:46.160 Lescotts he talked to all rave about Michael bridges work ethic, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.559 and I think if there's an older guy who you 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:50.880 can bet on to keep getting better, Michael is one 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.200 of those candidates. From what you've been able to tell 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.200 people you've spoken to, was there a defining juncture in 0:10:56.400 --> 0:11:01.640 Michael Bridges' career that convinced NBA scenell types that all right, 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:03.920 this is what this kid is going to be, and 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.360 he does have this much upside and he's put himself 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.679 in that lottery pick top ten category. I think it 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.320 was just midway through the season when he was just 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.280 the consistency held up. You know, he started off hot, 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:17.520 but you got to be able to kind of keep 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:19.959 it going for an entire season, and I think midway 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.200 through you realized that he wasn't going to fall back, 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:25.360 and he continued to shoot lights out. He finished at 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:28.320 forty three and a half percent from downtown hit scoring 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:31.600 point from nine points to seventeen points. Every other game. 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.600 He was hitting the twenties, and we started to see 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:37.160 more flashes of shot creativity. I know, the first two 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.400 years he's more of a cash and shoot mind drive 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:43.520 type of guy, and he still is that guy, but 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:45.800 every so often you saw a step back, you saw 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:47.320 a fall away out of the post, you saw him 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.400 handled the ball and picking roll situations, and you just 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.199 get the impression that he's going to continue building on 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:56.360 the flashes that he showed this year. When you look 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:58.800 at his three point shooting relative to some of the 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.400 other guys that he's been the conversation with as far 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.720 as who goes before who else. I mean someone like 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.360 let's say a Miles Bridges one hundred and ninety five 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:11.120 three point attempts. That's not an insignificant amount, even for 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.679 someone like Kevin Knox one hundred and sixty seven, that's 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.640 not a small amount. But for McCall, I mean two 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:18.760 hundred and thirty nine and you make one hundred four 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:23.200 hitting that quates out to round forty four percent. That's 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.959 no small sample size. That seems like it's it's pretty legit, 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.360 and especially given where he was even going back to 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:32.199 his second playing season. Yeah, any good free throw shooter too. 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.960 I love looking at the free throw numbers and also 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.680 the eye test. I mean again, every scout evaluates differently. 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.360 I put stock into the eye test and I look 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:44.040 at Bridges take a jump shot. He gets great elevation, 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.680 that high release, kind of flick of the wrist. I 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:51.360 just you could just really see his jumper translating maybe 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:55.600 more so than Miles Bridges. Miles Bridges, you know, he 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:57.559 shot poorly from the free throw line his first year, 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:01.000 much better his second year. But I just buy into 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:05.480 Michael's mechanics, and really nothing against Knox Is either. I 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:07.640 think he's got a pretty good stroke too. Who, in 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:11.960 your views since the college season ended, helped himself the most? 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.640 Who have you seen, perhaps take a few steps back, 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:17.680 The guys who helped himself the most have been Kevin 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:22.280 Herder from Maryland and Dante DiVincenzo from Villanova. They both 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:25.040 stood out at the NBA Combine and then everybody saw 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.240 it. It It was kind of obvious. Josh Akogi as well 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:32.960 from Georgia Tech. They just look like NBA players, and 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:34.560 sometimes you got to put him in a setting with 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.760 other NBA players or potential first and second rounders to 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.240 really convince yourself that they are legit. So I really 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:44.040 think those guys are top twenty picks. And and and Jerome 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:47.040 Robinson as a guy who's kind of heating up Boston College, 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:49.440 sat out the combine, but everybody likes him, and then 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.000 you go back and look at the film and you realize, 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.040 how the hell did I miss this guy iverage twenty 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.880 four points during acc play. Honestly, it's tough to really 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:01.120 fall down the rankings during this pre draft process. It's 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.120 really tough to screw up, you know, you're playing one 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:07.040 on zero most of the time. Interviews Mitchell Robinson has 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.839 raised a lot of questions as a guy who's kind 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:11.560 of sat out a lot, and he's somebody who had 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:13.400 to prove himself since he skipped a season and then 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:19.200 skipped the combine. Not the greatest interviewer Anthony Simons, who 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.120 comes straight out of high school. I think people are 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.920 kind of questioning who is he? Is he a point guard? 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:27.800 Is he a score? Because if he's a score, he's 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:31.040 really skinny, it doesn't have much bulk on him. Clearly 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:33.400 needs to go to the G League, and you know, 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:34.880 you never know what you're gonna get with the kid 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.680 coming out of high school being nineteen. So those are 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:41.160 two guys I think Simons and Mitchell Robinson who are 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.640 wild cards, hey or miss guys. But with so many 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.320 other people rising, naturally two guys have to fall, and 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:48.600 I think those two might be them, and as well 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:52.000 as Robert Williams from Texas Say and M and I 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.920 stand out. Has the tools, has the athleticism, but two 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:58.920 years he showed no improvement as a score, and obviously 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:01.040 he can't really show that during workouts, so I wouldn't 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:03.840 be surprised if Robert Williams tips slides a few spots 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:07.280 in this year's first round. In addition to Kevin Knox, 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.400 the six was also brought back Sire Smith for a 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.800 second time. And we don't get to see all the workouts, 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:15.320 but from what we saw on Tuesday, it seems like 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.320 they tried to put him in situations where he could 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:20.480 show his range and his ball handling a little bit more. 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.760 He had a really impressive athletic dunk and obviously he 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.920 made a name for himself defensively in his lone year 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:29.960 at Texas Tech. What have you been hearing about Sire 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:31.960 Smith and why he's been able to peak the interest 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:35.680 of teams. I mean, he's just a crazy athlete and 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.600 he just turned nineteen years old this month and he 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:40.480 made eighteen to forty three's. I know it's not a 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:44.680 big sample size, but he can make outside shots, and 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:47.680 again we saw flashes of ball handling, flashes of passing, 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:51.240 and giving his age and the window he has to improve, 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:54.520 there's just a lot to like here. And he's also 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.320 one of those self made guys, wasn't highly recruited. If 0:15:57.320 --> 0:15:59.560 you talk to him, listen to him, he's very humble, 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.000 not some he who expected to be here. So he's 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:05.120 really worked for everything he's gotten, and not one of 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.600 those guys who just thinks he's got starred him coming 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.680 for him, Like the way you listen to DeAndre Ayton speak. 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.760 I mean, he's called himself Shack and Devin Booker as 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.440 the next Kobe. This is the complete opposite type of mentality. 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:19.360 I think he's one of those guys where if you 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.720 put him in the right situation, he's gonna look like 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:23.400 a steel However, if you put him in a bad 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.520 situation because he has still limited skill wise, you know, 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:27.760 you put him on a team like Sacramento. I worry 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:29.880 about his development. I think he needs to go to 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.480 a place that already has star players. He can play 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:36.480 with strengths early as a cutter, as a defensive player, 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.880 as an energy guy, and then let his confidence and 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.080 skill build over time. Actually, I think Philly would be 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:45.600 a perfect fit for Smith. Number ten does seem high, 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:47.880 particularly given who else will be on the board. But yeah, 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.240 he's definitely somebody worth looking at if you're Philly. He 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:54.280 just seems real workman, like, you know, very much business 0:16:54.440 --> 0:17:01.160 in his approach, no nonsense, has he been comped to anyone? Ah, 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:03.360 He's one of those guys who I think is expect 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:07.880 Oh he has he had any comparisons? You know, none 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:09.920 come off. None come off the top of my head. 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.719 Trying to think really fast now, I can't think of anybody. 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:15.480 I could just think it the type he is, the 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.200 type of player. He's just one of those guys who 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:21.480 can who can make an impact without having his number 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.360 called once. You know, just go out there and make 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.600 players off the ball, you know, don't take too many dribbles. 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:30.560 And there's a niche out there for players like that, 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:32.720 particularly if you can land on a team that has 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:36.480 other players, other playmakers and scores around you. You're right, 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.800 the eye test passed for something. In the two appearances 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.200 he had with the Sixers the last two weeks, certainly 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:45.160 looked like he was doing some good things. Who were 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.920 some players that you feel could be around at number 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:51.439 twenty six? Should the Sixers hold onto that second slot 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:53.199 that they own in the second round, I beg your 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:56.240 part in the first round, Yeah, Kyrie Thomas from Crayton, 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.360 I think would make sense, particularly if the Sixers think 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:03.280 they're gonna lose JJ and Bell Nelly Kyra Thomas, as 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:08.080 you're a prototypical three D off guard over thirty nine 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:11.000 percent from three and three straight years, two time Big 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:15.040 East Defensive Player of the Year. Doesn't need touches to 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:17.439 be effective. It doesn't need dribbles, I should say, to 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:21.800 be effective. Jacob Evans from Cincinnati another similar versatile guy 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:23.879 who's not really a score but a very good passer, 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:25.800 a very good or at least I should say, a 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:28.560 very competent shooter and a guy who can guard a 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:30.840 couple of positions. So I think he falls under that 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:35.240 same umbrella. You know, Mitchell Robinson's going to be there. 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:37.840 He's an upside pick. You know, Philly has two picks. 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:40.040 Sometimes with the second pick, he might be willing to 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:44.320 gamble on upside, and he certainly has plenty of it, 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:46.640 so he'd be an intriguing option. And how about Grace Nowen. 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:50.160 Grace Nowen's hit over eighty threes and three straight seasons. 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.639 He's a big time athlete. I think he's showing an interviews, 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:57.280 at least from what I've heard, that he's kind of 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:59.520 passed the immaturity and he's kind of learned from him 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:01.600 his miss stakes. He had a setback for a year 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:05.560 off the floor. This season, everyone seems to like him 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:10.640 outside of you know, the Duke crowds. But I think 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:14.359 that he's gonna I think he's gonna be a surprise player, 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:17.360 particularly again if he lands in the right situation where 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:19.560 he could play it with strengths as a shotmaker in 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:22.840 a transition weapon Kevin Hurder, Do you think his injury 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:26.840 news will effect or he goes much? No, not at all. 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:28.960 I mean, it's a hand injury. It's not gonna linger. 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.480 I think we all know that he can really shoot 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:34.880 lights out, and I think as teams kind of saw 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:37.119 that he stood at it the combine, they'll go back 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:39.000 and look at the tape and realize, Man, this guy 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:40.560 average three and a half assists. He can put the 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:42.840 ball on the floor and make things happen. He can 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:45.240 create shots for himself. He's pretty confident with the step 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:48.800 back and the pull up from deep high IQ player, 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:52.399 high IQ defender. Obviously, his arms, you know, are not 0:19:52.520 --> 0:19:55.560 very impressive physically. He needs to get the weight room. 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.280 But he's still very young. I think he's still nineteen 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.600 years old, and as the NBA size, and again, that 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.880 shooting stroke which every team likes, and I think he's 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:06.360 going to fit anywhere he goes. As we're going to 0:20:06.359 --> 0:20:08.840 wrap this up, we talked a bit about mcal Bridges 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:10.800 and how high he might be able to go, potentially 0:20:10.800 --> 0:20:13.520 to the seventy six ers. What about two other names 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:18.160 from Villanova, We referenced Dante DiVincenzo, there's also Jalen Brunson. 0:20:18.320 --> 0:20:20.080 How high do you think they could go in an 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:23.720 ideal situation in the first round. I think Devencenso goes 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:26.600 top twenty. Got an invite to the green room, and 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:28.439 history says if you get an invite to the end 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:31.359 green room, you're going to go in the range of 0:20:31.440 --> 0:20:34.399 the guys invited there, and there are twenty guys invited. 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:37.480 I think he goes top twenty, and then Jalen Brunson 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:40.080