2024 NBA Draft Recap

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I'll be doing my NBA draft recap.

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I'm not going to go through every single player that was drafted and so forth.

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Actually, I want to take a little different angle.

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We've been talking about this.

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We'll talk about the international aspect.

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We'll talk about the international aspect.

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We'll talk about the international aspect.

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We'll talk about the international aspect.

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We'll talk about some notable players that were drafted.

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I'll talk about it.

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Of course, Bronny James, my thoughts on it, which I'm sure will be different than a lot

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of thoughts you'll hear, but I'll give them anyway.

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So just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

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Okay guys, it's your boy GD back with the all things basketball with GD podcasts.

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And guys, we're in the midst of summer, so a lot taking place, of course, right after

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the NBA finals, you have the NBA draft, which of course I'll be covering tonight.

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Also, you've got free agency that just started up.

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I'll talk about that as well.

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You got Olympics around the corner.

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You got WNBA action, all these different things.

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And I still owe you guys a clear spotlight on Jerry West.

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I will get to that as well.

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Some point during the summer once things ease up, but I will have that Jerry West's clear

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spotlight coming up.

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But tonight I want to focus on the draft.

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So with that said, let's get right into it.

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So of course they had the draft that was a two day event Wednesday night and then a Thursday

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night.

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The NBA draft is almost becoming like an afterthought.

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That's the distraught.

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I mean, I look up and down the draft.

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I'm sure there's going to be players that eventually pop, but I don't think it's going

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to be a right away thing with a lot of these guys.

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You look at the first six picks in the draft.

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All from France.

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So I guess it's the WNBA effect.

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I guess since they watched WNBA last year, they saw some other guys over there.

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So have that all in all out of the 60 or so picks in the draft.

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20 of them were international.

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So you got a third of the draft being international players.

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Of course that brings into discussion the state of American basketball as a whole.

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I'll get into that.

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But let me first just deal with the draft itself.

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So in the first round, you had four guys, French origin who went in the first round

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at the top and these names who boy, it's going to be a time with these names, but we'll try

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it.

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Zaccharie.

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Risa.

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Risa.

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Risacher.

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And he is the small forward out of France.

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He's 69.

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About 195 pounds.

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So like 19 years old, he played in the French league.

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He also played in the EuroCup games as well.

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He was the first pick for Atlanta.

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Atlanta is a team that I think will be going through a lot of changes.

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You'll see that in the offseason, but they take this French kid.

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A 69 forward.

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Whether it be small forward, power forward depends.

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But that's who they take with the first pick.

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So and there was a lot of buzz as to who they would pick among those two French guys and

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they pick the Zaccharie kid.

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So he compares a lot to Franz Wagner of the Orlando Magic.

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If you're getting that type of player, you're looking pretty good.

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But he's a number one overall pick talent wise.

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That's a story for another day, but that's who Atlanta takes with the first pick.

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Then you go to the second pick and that's Alex Sarr.

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And he's like a power forward center type.

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He's seven feet tall, 224 pounds, that is.

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And guys, he has a brother that's in the NBA right now, Olivier Sarr.

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And he's actually with OKC.

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Sarr played in the NBL League.

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And then he joins the Washington Wizards, who already has a French player over there.

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Bilal Coulibaly, who they selected last year.

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So you have that and Alex Sarr, he compares to a Mitchell Robinson, hopefully more healthy

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than Mitchell Robinson.

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But that's the type of player he stands to be.

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So I think he's more suited for center, if that's the case.

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But now Washington has himself a big man in Sarr.

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And then with the sixth pick in the draft, the Charlotte Hornets, they take a power forward

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in Tidjane Saluan, that's who they take an 18 year old, he's six nine, two 17.

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And he was picked by the Charlotte Hornets, another French player of course.

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So you have three of them going in the top six, like I mentioned.

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And then we as we go all the way down to 25, actually, my New York Knicks took this guy.

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Pacome Dadiet, he's kind of a wing, a small forward shooting guard type.

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And that's who the next pick he's six eight, 210 pounds.

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18 years old, so he's very raw.

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I was listening to him in the press conference.

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He sounds like a guy from up the street.

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And Queens or somewhere.

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Yeah, well, a French guy, he sound very, you know, he had his English down.

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That's for sure.

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So that's who the Knicks took.

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He played in Germany by the way, guys.

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qAnd he compares to a Jaime Jaquez.

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So if the Knicks were to get that type of production that the Miami Heat got from Jaquez

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last year, I think the Knicks would be happy with that.

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But that's who they end up picking.

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Now there's rumblings, whether he'll stay overseas or come over to the States.

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I think the last thing I heard is that he does have an interest in coming to the state.

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So we'll see.

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So that's your four French men that went in the draft.

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Now let's talk about another international player who went in the lottery, Nikola Topic.

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And he was picked by the Oklahoma City Thunder at pick 12.

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He's six six, about two or three.

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He's from Serbia, guys.

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So he's 18 years old.

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And the thing is, he should have went higher.

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But he missed some time due to injury.

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So it kind of dropped him a little bit in the lottery to a 12.

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In the Oklahoma City Thunder, you know, they got a ton of picks guys.

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So they took him and he compares to this.

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Vasilije Micic, who actually he got traded during the seasons.

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I think he was with the.

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Well, he ended up with the Charlotte Hornets and he actually played.

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He looked good, two guys, by the way, playing in the stead of LaMelo Ball who was injured.

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So that's your international players that went lottery.

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Now the G League ignite.

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They had this is their last year of the existence, by the way, guys.

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And they had a couple of guys that went in the lottery at pick five.

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You've had Ron Holland II, small forward, about six, seven.

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And he went to the Detroit Pistons.

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And remember, guys, I actually talked about it in my last episode, how Detroit Pistons

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didn't have any GM or coach at the time of their drafting.

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They now have a coach.

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We'll talk about that when I talk about free agency and all those sort of things.

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But they pick this kid, Holland, 19 years old.

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He compares a lot to Will Barton, guys.

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Will Barton, who was a long time Denver Nugget, kind of a swing players shooting guys, small

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forward.

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He projects to be a small forward in the leagues.

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So explosive kid.

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So we'll see what happens there.

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And then Matas.

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Buzelis.

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And he's a six, 10 forward.

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He can play either forward position from what I understand.

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And he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls at pick 11.

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And he compares to a Lauri Markannen.

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Now if that's the case, he blossoms into a Lauri Markannen.

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You got a very good player there.

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So you will hope that for the Chicago Bulls.

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Now for the Notables at pick number three, you finally get a American born player in

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Reed Sheppard.

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He he's a shooting guard.

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He goes to Houston guys.

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So Houston adds them a shooting guard kind of on the short side, he's six three.

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He compares a lot to a Steve Nash, but more so like a Mark Price.

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And if you guys Google or go on your YouTube and see Mark Price, Mark Price was a smaller

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guard point guard, but he can shoot the lights out guys.

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And if this kid can come close to that, you got a very good player in in chapter.

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He goes to the Houston Rockets who definitely can use some scoring punch at pick number

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four that went to the San Antonio Spurs.

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Stephon Castle of the UConn Huskies to do the eventual NCAA champs.

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So Stephon Castle goes there.

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He's kind of a combo guard from what I understand.

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The Spurs are hoping that he becomes the point guard of the future over there.

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You saw last year the failed experiment with Jeremy Sochan.

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So they definitely needed point guard play.

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He's a six six guy.

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So he's got some height there.

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He compares to a Dante Exum, but I think for the Spurs liking, they would rapidly

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compare to a Tyrese Haliburton.

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Could he be that good?

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We'll see.

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But Stephon Castle going to the San Antonio Spurs at pick four.

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Six seven, Donovan Clingan, the center for the UConn Huskies.

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He's seven two over 280.

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And guys, you remember in the NCAA tournament in the final game, he went toe to toe with

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Zach Edey.

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And held his own.

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He compares to a Jakob Poeltl, the center that's playing now with the Toronto Raptors,

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a guy who could give you a solid double double.

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And he goes to Portland.

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So Portland now has them a young big man.

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You already have over over there.

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DeAndre Ayton. What happens with him?

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We'll see what happens there.

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But Donovan Clingan could be a major building block for the Portland Trailblazers were there.

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Then with the eighth pick, Rob Dillingham, the point guard out of Kentucky.

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Six one.

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So he's more likely that not will be a point guard.

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He was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs, but he was dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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So he compares to like a Immanuel Quickley, a Tyrese Maxey, even more so a Kemba Walker.

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You know, John Callipari likes those type of guards.

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And he's a guy who really shot up the draft board once the draft came.

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So he made it all the way up to pick number eight.

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And now he's going to the Timberwolves who can definitely use a point guard of the future.

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Mike Conley's not getting any younger.

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So he has this young guard.

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He can grow and teach the tools of the trade when it comes to being a point guard.

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That was a bit of a surprise, guys.

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I didn't think Zach Edey would go lottery, but he did.

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He went up with the ninth pick to the Memphis Grizzlies.

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He's seven four, and he's pushing three bills, guys, over 300 pounds.

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I say he compares to a taller Jonas Valanciunas.

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And guys, he was a two time College Player of the Year.

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The knock on him, speed.

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They say he's very flat footed.

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During his time at Purdue.

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But I tell you what, this kind of helps.

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Jared Jackson, Jr.

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Now he could slide back to the four.

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He was playing the five last year because she had no Stephen Adams at the time.

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So now you bring in an Edey.

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You put Jackson back at his natural position of power forward.

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And I think that'll serve Jackson very well in going back to power forward.

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Zach Edey going to the Memphis Grizzlies with the nine pick.

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The 10 pick Cody Williams.

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He goes to the Utah Jazz, Utah Jazz.

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I mean, they're just loading up with all these picks and just throwing it against the wall.

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See what sticks.

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So Cody Williams coming out of Colorado.

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19 years old.

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He's about six, seven, six, eight.

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So he projects to be in a small forward, possibly a shooting guard.

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He compares favorably to Brandon Ingram of the New Orleans Pelicans, a guy who can light

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it up.

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Oh, by the way, guys, he has a brother already in the league and Jalen Williams for the Oklahoma

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City Thunder.

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And that's J-A-L-E-N, because you know, they got two Jalens over there.

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Go figure.

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He was another one hampered by injuries and probably should have went higher, but he

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go at the 10 pick for the Utah Jazz.

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So what Danny Ainge doing over there?

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Who knows?

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But here's a kid who has a promise.

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You can fill him into your lineup and then at pick 13.

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So we're rounding out the bottom half of the lottery.

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13 and 14.

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You have Devin Carter going 13 coming out of Providence.

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He's a two way player, guys.

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He's a combo guard.

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He could play point or just shooting guard.

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And he's going to Sacramento and Sacramento.

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draft Carter here.

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He compares to Ayo Dosunmu.

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The guard that's with the Chicago Bulls.

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So he compares to him.

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And then at the 14th.

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You have Carlton "Bub" Harrington.

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He is the point guard/shooting guard.

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He's about six, four.

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He compares to a Spencer Dinwiddie.

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That's who he's comparing to right about now.

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He play for University of Pittsburgh.

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Just 18 years old.

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He ends up getting traded to the Washington Wizards.

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So the Wizards now have a young guard there in Carrington.

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So that's the lottery portion of the draft guide.

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Let's talk about some other notable players.

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As we go through 17 Dalton Knecht.

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He's a swing man coming out of Tennessee.

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He's six, six guys.

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He compared to Mike Miller tight.

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He played two years at Northern Colorado before transferring to Tennessee.

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He's 23 years old.

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One of the older players in this draft.

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He goes to the Lakers and he'll be under the tutelage of JJ Redick.

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He's a guy who knows how to get his shot.

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So Dalton Knecht.

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Who actually was thought to be a lottery pick fell in the draft.

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He fell right into the laps of the Lakers.

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So definitely a player.

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I'm sure they'll try and work into their system.

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At pick 23, AJ Johnson.

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Now this is a peculiar pick guys at pick 23 for the Milwaukee bus.

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He's a combo guard.

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He could play the shooting guard or he can play a point.

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He's six, four guys.

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He compares to a Bones Hyland of the Los Angeles Clippers.

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He played in the NBL.

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So he's coming from the NBL and he gets drafted into the NBA.

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19 years old.

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So very young.

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So a young piece there, especially, you know, you got Dame over there.

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The shooting guard position was kind of in flux during the season.

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So you have a guy like AJ Johnson can he develop quickly and be part of that rotation there.

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We'll see what happens there.

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And then at pick 27, I think it will be a steal guys is Terrence Shannon, Jr.

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playing out of the University of Illinois.

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Now he compares to a Donovan Mitchell type even going further back.

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Rich Mitch Mitch Richmond.

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So you definitely like those comparisons.

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The six, six guys again, 23 years old, and he's going to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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So adding another piece there for the Timberwolves, a team that's on the uptick.

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You know, you have Anthony Edwards over there, Karl Anthony Towns, those guys.

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And then remember, too, they picked up a dealing Rob Dillingham.

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So you add in a Terrence Shannon, Shannon, Jr.

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who I think could be a surprise player guys.

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I was hoping the Knicks would grab him, but they went for the French kid instead.

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I hope it's not one little steal where it comes back to haunt the Knicks.

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What can you do?

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So he goes 27 right after him, a player that the Knicks was iron, but did not take Ryan

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Dunn.

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He's coming out of Virginia.

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He's six, seven.

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He compares to kind of a poor man's Herbert Jones for the New Orleans Pelicans.

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And he's the best defensive.

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He's the best defender, rather, in this draft, according to a lot of trap knicks.

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So Ryan Dunn, which I thought, you know, the Knicks, you know, just in case they lose

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the OG Anunoby, you know, you got a guy you can groom.

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His offense isn't there, but he's a very good defender.

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Somebody I thought Thibs would like, but the Knicks didn't go in that direction.

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Then we slide into the second round.

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You see guys like Kyle Filipowski coming out of Duke, power forward about 6 11 to 30.

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And he gets drafted by Utah.

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And I'm like, this is like a typical Utah type of pick.

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He compares actually to Isaiah Hartenstein guys.

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He's one of the most skilled bigs in the draft.

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You have a John Collins there, and then they also drafted a forward last year that they

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didn't really play.

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Then two picks later, the Knicks get Tyler Kolek.

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And this is a point guard out of Marquette.

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He's 23 years old and he compares to TJ McConnell.

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The backup point guard over there with Indiana, the best backup point guard in the league,

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in my opinion.

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So the Knicks add a guy like this.

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And then remember guys, you know, there's worries about Jalen, Jalen Brunson, you know,

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with the hand.

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He should be fine for training camp and all these sort of things.

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Here's a guy who can run an offense and I'll be interested to see how he looks in summer

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league.

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So I'll definitely be watching that closely.

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This is a guy who he also transferred.

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He played at George Mason that one time, but he ends up at Marquette and he plays well.

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So we'll see what happens there.

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Six one by the way.

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Few more of these guys.

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Then I'll turn to my attention to Bronny James at pick 49.

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Actually pick 49 and pick 53 a couple of UConn Huskies.

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Tristan Newton.

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He's the point guard there.

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And he goes to the Indiana Pacers, so you draft more guard help.

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And then can Spencer another guard with UConn and he goes to the Memphis Grizzlies at

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pick 53.

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So you got a couple of Huskies there in the draft.

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And now I want to turn my attention to Bronny James.

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He goes with the 55th pick guys.

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Now let me talk about the good things.

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Let me start with that first.

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I watched tape of Bronny James.

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I'm not going to go as far as some would say that the kid can play.

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The kid clearly can play.

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Of course we know he had the incident with the cardiac arrest that kind of sidelined

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him.

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He didn't get the play until January of this year.

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So he missed about a couple of months before he got back on the court.

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And the coach there did the prudent and wise thing didn't give him a lot of minutes.

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He played about 19 minutes per game.

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And you know, with that comes limited opportunity.

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He average close to five points a game over to assess and nearly three rebounds.

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What the tape I saw of him, I saw flashes of a player that can be a very good player,

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very solid player.

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He compares if he develops and he does what he needs to do.

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He's at six to about six to six three to 10.

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So he's a solid kid.

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I think he compares to a more athletic Marcus Smart because he's a very good defender guys.

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And he can leap and get up there.

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He has a nice shot.

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Although we didn't see enough of consistency on it.

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He only shot 36.6% from the field, 26.7 from three and 67.6 from the free so line.

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And then of course, his father is LeBron James, as we all know, he gets drafted to the Lakers.

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So there's a chance at history being made guys, if he were to end up playing with his

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father in a game.

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So you have the nostalgic aspect of it and the actual chance at history being made.

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You know, a lot of the pundits I've heard Stephen A talk about him, you know, he's

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dresses the fact that, you know, him going at the cardiac arrest.

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Us, you know, perhaps losing his life, which, you know, thankfully, he did not.

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And I echo that, you know, thankfully, the kid is still with us.

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And he's pursuing this dream of basketball.

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So definitely I afford him for persevering through that.

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And all the things that go with that.

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So with that said, I think, and I think I'm gonna be totally by myself when I say this.

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I think the kid has, I don't think they've done right by Ronnie James.

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By that, I mean, let's start with Rich Paul, his agent, his agent, who happens to be LeBron's

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agent.

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He goes and tells other teams not to draft them or else the kid is going to go to Australia

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and play.

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If I was the other teams, I would call their bluff.

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I would honestly call their bluff and say, Oh, really, you're going to send LeBron's

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kid to play in Australia as opposed to playing with a NBA team.

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I would have called his bluff because I wouldn't even believe that.

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I don't believe LeBron will let his son go over to Australia and play.

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I don't believe that one second.

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I was always of the mindset that Bronny should transfer, which he initially announced that

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he was transferring out of.

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I was of the opinion that he should transfer go to a bigger name school, maybe.

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Or maybe not even a bigger name, but go somewhere where you can get your numbers up, where you

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could get consistent play just for a year.

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And then you go into the draft.

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And if you've done that, I would say I don't see any reason why he would end up being a

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lottery.

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He could have been a lottery pick guys if he did his transfer, went to another school

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that would feature him and go play and put up numbers.

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Then you got a kid that now is a lottery type player and his chances to get a bigger bag

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is there.

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I understand LeBron is his father and, you know, they got all the money over there.

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But I'm pretty sure Bronny wants to carve out his own knit and his own name.

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By transferring to another school, he could have did that.

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He could have carved out something for himself and got himself where he could be a lottery

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pick in the 2025 draft.

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I believe that.

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I'd solidly believe that.

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So I'll say something that's not very popular, but you know me; doesn't stop me from doing

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it.

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I think Rich Paul did that kid a disservice just for the sake of making history.

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He did that kid a disservice by not allowing him to make his choices to go to another school,

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put up numbers and become a lottery pick for next year.

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The money isn't going anywhere.

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In fact, the money could have been greater if he went that route.

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But I think Rich Paul selfishly.

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Steered this kid towards this grandiose idea of playing with his father LeBron James.

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That's the way I feel about that.

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I think he probably was done a disservice by doing that.

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Let him carve his own lane where he can go and make a name for himself.

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Now he's got to be on the Lakers in the shadow of LeBron and with new coach J.J.

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Redick.

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And let's be clear, it's going to be a circus next year because of that aspect of it all.

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LeBron having the chance to play with his son.

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It's going to be a circus over there next year.

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And I'll talk about the Lakers offseason when I get to the free agent, these stuff.

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But it's going to be a circus.

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And this young kid is going to be involved in that circus.

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No fault of his own.

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I think it's idea of Rich Paul putting them in this position and did LeBron have an influence

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on this?

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All of this?

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I, one was saying, why wouldn't he?

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Why wouldn't he have an influence on all this?

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Being Rich Paul's ear, so I know it's going to sound bad, but I don't.

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I hope LeBron didn't put the bug and Rich Paul's ear to have his son go this route and

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become a second round pick in this draft.

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Just in order to play with LeBron and fulfill a dream.

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I hope that wasn't the case guys.

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I really do.

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I don't want to say.

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LeBron is this bad father or anything like that, but I hope that's not the case here.

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Cause I just, I feel bad for the kid.

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I feel bad for him because of course he's going to have to earn his way.

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Any way you slice it, wherever he went, he was going to have to earn his way.

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I think it was wrong for Rich Paul to put these ultimatums on these other teams, not

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to draft them.

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And oh, by the way, to use his clientele also as a deterrent as well.

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Like if you were to draft Bronny, some people say, oh, that happens a long time, but no,

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no, it's just something that just doesn't sit right with that.

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For me at least.

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So, and then you have the team dynamic.

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His son is going to be there.

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So you're going to have this situation there.

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They even so much so today, even they had a segment top a list of what Bronny is going

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to call his father during games.

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And I'm like, this is what we're dealing with guys.

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Is this the route we're going?

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Really?

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So yeah, so I don't know.

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Maybe it's just me, but I think Bronny James was done at this service throughout this whole

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draft process and everything else.

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So I'm going to leave it there.

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I'm going to leave it there for I get some trouble anyhow.

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So I just want to touch on one other thing and then I'm through.

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I talked at the top about the draft not being this, you know, not a great deal of buzz around

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this draft.

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And actually, I was talking about this with a friend of the show, of course, he's been

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on the show, Dee when we were talking about the erosion of the American game as far as American

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born players, the erosion of that.

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I think American basketball can be saved guys.

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And you want to know how these legacy players that's coming up in other words, players,

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former players, sons that are playing basketball right now.

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And I got a list of them.

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Of course, we start with Carmelo Anthony son, Kiyan.

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He's a junior right now in college about to be a senior.

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And he's very promising.

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I think the kid looks good so far.

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I don't know where he's going to end up at college.

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He could end up at his father's alma mater.

479
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Syracuse will see, but he looks good.

480
00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:43,100
Carlos Boozer has two twins looking good right now.

481
00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:45,300
Cameron and Cayden.

482
00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:49,340
Jermaine O'Neal has a son playing Jermaine O'Neal, Jr.

483
00:39:49,340 --> 00:39:53,860
Six, five, and he's looking good.

484
00:39:53,860 --> 00:39:57,420
Gilbert Arenas, his son Alijah.

485
00:39:57,420 --> 00:39:58,660
He's looking real nice.

486
00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:00,340
He's a sophomore.

487
00:40:00,340 --> 00:40:04,620
Trevor Ariza has a kid playing a sophomore as well.

488
00:40:04,620 --> 00:40:12,780
Chuck Hayes, son Dorian Hayes, Dominique Wilkins' son is following him to his alma mater.

489
00:40:12,780 --> 00:40:14,740
Jacob Wilkins.

490
00:40:14,740 --> 00:40:20,340
He's going to the University of Georgia.

491
00:40:20,340 --> 00:40:27,260
Then you have guys like Mark Alarie of Duke fame.

492
00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:34,660
His son, Xander, he's going to the University of Miami.

493
00:40:34,660 --> 00:40:37,020
Ray Allen has a son that's playing right now.

494
00:40:37,020 --> 00:40:43,220
Walker Allen, Matt Barnes, his twin boys Carter and Isaiah.

495
00:40:43,220 --> 00:40:45,940
Their freshman right about now.

496
00:40:45,940 --> 00:40:52,700
Shane Battier, he has a freshman son that's playing Zeke Badi.

497
00:40:52,700 --> 00:40:56,780
Dee Brown, his son, Anakin Brown.

498
00:40:56,780 --> 00:41:00,580
He's a senior right now who's heading to Jacksonville University.

499
00:41:00,580 --> 00:41:05,860
Oh, by the way, he has a sister that's in the WNBA -> Kalani Brown.

500
00:41:05,860 --> 00:41:10,860
Ron Harper's son Dylan Harper, who's going to Rutgers.

501
00:41:10,860 --> 00:41:16,060
Robert Horry, son Christian Horry, he's going to UCLA.

502
00:41:16,060 --> 00:41:20,540
So the list goes on and on guys.

503
00:41:20,540 --> 00:41:24,180
Even Vernon Maxwell has a kid playing ball.

504
00:41:24,180 --> 00:41:28,820
Trey Maxwell, he's going to Hampton University.

505
00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:35,300
Randy Livingston, he has a son RJ Livingston, who's actually going to play for him while he's

506
00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:39,140
in high school, rather.

507
00:41:39,140 --> 00:41:43,660
King and Martin son Cameron, he's playing right now.

508
00:41:43,660 --> 00:41:45,980
Tracy McGrady has a son.

509
00:41:45,980 --> 00:41:47,380
He.

510
00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:54,420
Scottie Pippen has another son, Justin Pippin, who's actually going to University of Michigan

511
00:41:54,420 --> 00:41:56,060
go blue.

512
00:41:56,060 --> 00:41:59,700
So you have that.

513
00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:04,060
Jason Richardson, he has some twin boys as well.

514
00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:05,980
I believe one is going to Michigan State.

515
00:42:05,980 --> 00:42:08,340
I'm not sure about the other.

516
00:42:08,340 --> 00:42:10,460
Dennis Scott III.

517
00:42:10,460 --> 00:42:15,140
Well, son, his father's Dennis Scott, but Dennis Scott III he's going to Georgia

518
00:42:15,140 --> 00:42:17,660
State.

519
00:42:17,660 --> 00:42:22,020
Etan Thomas, someone I follow on Instagram.

520
00:42:22,020 --> 00:42:26,980
His son Malcolm Thomas going to Villanova.

521
00:42:26,980 --> 00:42:32,020
Damian Jones, his son Dyllan Thompson is going to Georgia Tech.

522
00:42:32,020 --> 00:42:40,380
Oh, by the way, his mother is Tina Thompson of the WNBA Houston Comets when they was

523
00:42:40,380 --> 00:42:41,940
running that dynasty.

524
00:42:41,940 --> 00:42:44,620
She was one of the linchpins there.

525
00:42:44,620 --> 00:42:55,740
So I think these these kind of young players here, I think can revitalize things.

526
00:42:55,740 --> 00:43:00,660
Of course, they have to have success in college and bring that into the pros.

527
00:43:00,660 --> 00:43:08,620
But I think that could save USA basketball if you want to put it that way.

528
00:43:08,620 --> 00:43:12,420
And will the international players still be coming over?

529
00:43:12,420 --> 00:43:15,660
Of course, I don't think you can stop the floodgates on that.

530
00:43:15,660 --> 00:43:22,980
But I think you could have a resurrection of American basketball if these kids click

531
00:43:22,980 --> 00:43:27,580
and, you know, make it in the NBA.

532
00:43:27,580 --> 00:43:31,980
So I would say all hope is not lost, guys.

533
00:43:31,980 --> 00:43:35,620
In terms of American basketball, there is hope on the rise.

534
00:43:35,620 --> 00:43:45,020
And I just would like to see more development of these guys, more all around skills, not,

535
00:43:45,020 --> 00:43:50,020
you know, these mixtapes where you're dunking and flying all over the place, some fundamental

536
00:43:50,020 --> 00:43:51,020
basketball.

537
00:43:51,020 --> 00:43:54,860
And I think you'll be in a good place if you do that.

538
00:43:54,860 --> 00:43:57,380
So with that said, I'm going to leave it there.

539
00:43:57,380 --> 00:44:00,700
So as always, guys, I thank you for listening.

540
00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:02,780
Much appreciated.

541
00:44:02,780 --> 00:44:05,460
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542
00:44:05,460 --> 00:44:09,900
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543
00:44:09,900 --> 00:44:13,780
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544
00:44:13,780 --> 00:44:17,180
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545
00:44:17,180 --> 00:44:21,180
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546
00:44:21,180 --> 00:44:22,180
That'd be nice.

547
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548
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549
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550
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551
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552
00:44:37,180 --> 00:44:39,980
That's my cash app again.

553
00:44:39,980 --> 00:44:43,620
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554
00:44:43,620 --> 00:44:46,500
And then also I'm on YouTube guys.

555
00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:48,740
So I got my YouTube page going.

556
00:44:48,740 --> 00:44:51,380
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557
00:44:51,380 --> 00:44:54,100
I do my shorts as well over there.

558
00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:56,780
Like the video comment on the videos guys.

559
00:44:56,780 --> 00:45:01,780
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560
00:45:01,780 --> 00:45:02,980
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561
00:45:02,980 --> 00:45:07,940
You can write reviews and I'm on all the socials.

562
00:45:07,940 --> 00:45:13,940
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563
00:45:13,940 --> 00:45:14,940
All right.

564
00:45:14,940 --> 00:45:16,420
So that's it for me guys.

565
00:45:16,420 --> 00:45:20,500
Next time you hear from me, more than likely I'll be talking to free agency stuff.

566
00:45:20,500 --> 00:45:24,700
There's a lot of things happening I want to address with that.

567
00:45:24,700 --> 00:45:27,940
Of course, WNBA basketball.

568
00:45:27,940 --> 00:45:29,900
You got the all-star game that's coming up.

569
00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:31,780
Like I told you guys, I'll be there.

570
00:45:31,780 --> 00:45:38,420
So I'll give you all the little inside stuff to that.

571
00:45:38,420 --> 00:45:40,460
Olympics is coming up as well.

572
00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:44,540
And then of course, Jerry West's player spotlight.

573
00:45:44,540 --> 00:45:46,980
That'll be coming down the pike eventually.

574
00:45:46,980 --> 00:45:48,660
So all right guys, that's it.

575
00:45:48,660 --> 00:45:50,940
I thank you for listening as always.

576
00:45:50,940 --> 00:45:51,940
We'll talk soon.

577
00:45:51,940 --> 00:46:20,940
Take care.