All Things Basketball with GD - 2023 NBA Draft Recap and Knicks News

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Greetings my peeps and welcome to the all things basketball podcast with your boy GD.

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In this episode I'll be giving you my NBA Draft recap.

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We'll go through the draft and we'll talk about the Knicks.

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They're not having the picks so what they end up doing and some of the things going

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on behind the scenes there.

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So just sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

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Okay guys this is your boy GD back with the all things basketball with GD podcast and

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right about now we're going to talk NBA draft.

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We'll do a recap of that and we'll kind of assess also what the Knicks did who did not

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have a draft pick in this draft as well so we'll talk about it.

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So let's get into it.

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First I just want to do a little commentary on the draft itself.

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I grew up in a time where once the NBA Finals were over I was like glued into the NBA draft

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and what was going on and so forth.

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Especially after watching college basketball what happens in those tournaments and seeing

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guys and things like that so it was like a real treat because you still had a taste

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of basketball after the season was done.

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So nowadays the draft has changed so drastically from those days.

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Of course you have the international players now who are coming into the league and that's

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fine that makes sense if you're going to grow the game globally.

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But now you have all this G league at night you have overtime elite and you just got to

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be watching all these different leagues and so forth.

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So it's kind of hard for the natural fan like myself who basically your pool of talent is

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pretty much from the college game and coming later it was the international game as well

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where you heard about guys and you were able to do a little research and so forth on these

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international guys.

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But now you have this league over here this league over here and then NCAA it's been kind

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of hard to follow if I want to be completely honest here.

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And again of course talk with my boy D we were talking about how it's been difficult to follow

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the draft in recent memory because of all these different leagues you got to pay attention

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to so and then you hear this analyst say oh this guy is G league at night he's going

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to be this he's going to be that but where are these games are they even televised with

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is just confusing the whole thing so but nonetheless this is what it is right now guys.

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I think there's no working around it so we'll see what happens from here but I'm just

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saying all this to say the NBA draft has been hard to kind of get a passion for because

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of all these different leagues and all these ways you have to kind of follow and figure

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out who's who and so forth and then you know you got the draft next that go to the draft

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you know they're just cheering for you know whatever the scouts and analysts say oh this

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guy is going to be good so we cheer for this guy so it's no real feels sort of speak so

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that's my little rant and commentary on that so nonetheless let's get into the draft let's

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talk about it right at the top the San Antonio Spurs no surprises Victor Wembanyama the

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center out of France who everybody is seen to be pointing to the fact that he's going

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to be this generational talent he's seven four two hundred and thirty seven pounds doesn't

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seem like a lot of weight for seven over seven foot guy let alone seven four but he's going

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to be this generational talent along the likes of a LeBron James. I heard Woj too. I love Adrian

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Wojnowski say that he's best draft pick in terms of any sport generational talent wise

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I wouldn't go that far but again I remember when LeBron James was coming into the league

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and they said he was this generational talent and he looked like a man among boys we were

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able to see at least a couple of his high school games on ESPN so at least you got a

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taste of that he came in with a lot of hype and I tell you what he lived up to it so can

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he do similar can he live up to the hype and the promise we'll see he's in a perfect situation

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with San Antonio and I heard my guy on NBA give and go on that show Antonio Daniels say

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this about the San Antonio franchise it's like leaving your kids with a responsible

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adult that's what San Antonio Spurs organization is like and there's a lot of cretins in that

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we see how well things went with former overall first round draft picks and David Robinson

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and then later Tim Duncan so he's definitely in the right situation the right franchise

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for that I think he's going to the right place I just worry about the bulk he needs to add

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bulk but he's lean he's quick and he has immense talent so we'll see what happens there but

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San Antonio doing the prudent and smart thing and getting Wembanyama so and then you had

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the second pick in the draft which could have went either way between a Brandon Miller of

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Alabama or Scoot Henderson of the G League Ignite so of course one guy is the small for

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it the other guy is the point guard so so you know Charlie had to make a choice do you

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take a Scoot Henderson when you got a Lamello ball there and then I guess maybe you move

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the Mellow off the ball and playing with a Scoot Henderson or do you bring in a Brandon

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Miller who you know you still have the situation with Miles Bridges you got to try and bring

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him back into the fold after all he's gone through off the court so the Hornets go and

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select Brandon Miller so he's a slasher he's a shot maker he lost a lot of weight though

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due to mono that he suffered during the college season and then of course there's the off

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the court issues with him Charlotte rolling the dice and taking Brandon Miller with their

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second choice which leaves Portland to go and select Scoot Henderson the 6295 pounder

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he's an NBA ready playmaker now remember Damian Lilith went on the record saying that

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they should deal this pick for veteran talent now that you've done this does this mean Dame

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Lilith is on the move I think at this point Dame Lilith he's special he's going to be

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seen in high regard by the Portland fan base so yeah I think it's high time that you resign

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him to that lucrative deal but I think now is a time where you cash in your chips now

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and bring backs a haul for Damian Lilith which you will get nonetheless will it be equal

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value maybe not but you know you know you're going to get several first round draft choices

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you're going to get some talent maybe it's talent that you can develop Miami's been a

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place you know he and here we go with social media again I still say it's the bane of society

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right now but I digress he went to IG posted Will Smith's Miami song so you know everybody's

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reading between the lines so it's just ridiculous anyway but a Miami you know they have the assets

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to do it I don't think Tyler heroes going to be it although you can include him in you

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still have salaries like a Duncan Robison you have Kyle Lowry's last year of his deal

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so that can make the money work I would definitely try and get a guy like Nikolaj Jovic the young

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international forward who you don't even know what you have in him because he was buried

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on that Miami bench so maybe this is a guy who has something and Chelsea billups can

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pull it out of him so who knows we'll see but it definitely have some pieces you can

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bring back of course Philly is another team that's name it probably have to take a Tobias

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Harris Tyrese Maxi which that would make things a bit redundant because you still have Anthony

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Simons there so it would involve a lot of teams and so Philly's another place but outside

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of that those are the only two teams I can think of who got a shot at Dame so I hear

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the name Brooklyn I don't know why to me that be lateral move so we'll see so that's your

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first three picks then you have Houston and Detroit going back to back with the twins

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are men Thompson and then Osar Thompson are men the more talented of the two he's athletic

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three his jump is not there yet but he solidifies a position for Houston that they've been in

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flux for several years now trying to lock down that small forward position you would

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do so with Thompson and then Detroit they're getting a guy who's also athletic but he's

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more impactful on the defensive end his jumper two isn't quite there yet but you know that

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could be a work in progress so that's your four and five then as you go on you get Orlando

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get another point guard and Anthony Black he's a big point guard guy six six two way player

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so definitely your days of a Mark health faults your days of a Cole Anthony could very well

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be over now that you bring in Anthony Black who I think can have an impact maybe not right

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away but definitely over time and then you go further down actually at seven and oh by

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the way guys there was six trades in this draft so it was kind of dizzying all the trade

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movement and so forth of course you had trades prior to that but within the draft itself

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about six major trades so Washington and Indiana does a trade swap where Washington gets Bilal

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Kula Bali and he's out of France so he was a high riser in the draft he has tremendous

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upside might have to wait a while on him though so you have to have some patience so Washington

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figures you know we got a young team here so we can be a little bit patient especially

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now that you have a new backcourt now so they're looking for the long term payoff so we'll see

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what happens with him and then Indiana gig get Jarray Walker the power forward out of

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Houston with the Houston Cougars who's a defensive four who could add he can add offense to his

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game as well and then you'll add him to the glut of power forwards that you have in Jalen

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Smith and also with Isaiah Jackson so Walker walks into that situation no pun intended

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then you move down the draft to number nine Taylor Hendricks power forward himself out

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of central Florida and he's a 3 and D guy so and perhaps you can have him in your front

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court along with a Laurie marketing you could play either guy you can interchange them between

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the forward positions so in fact he plays similar to Laurie marketing so that's made

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for a curious pick there but nonetheless he was chosen at nine then you have Dallas trading

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out of their 10 spot to make a trade with OKC who picked Derek lively the second and

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Dallas they chose case and Wallace so initially you thought case and Wallace this is insurance

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just in case we can't resign Kyrie so you thought that but then comes the deal that

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they make with OKC where they get lively and they were also able to get off of the contract

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of Davis Bertant's so Davis Bertant's goes to OKC along with Wallace but even that is

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odd for OKC because now you have case and Wallace he's a 6 3,195 pound point guard you

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already have Josh Giddy there the Australian point guard 6 8 and you also have shy Gilchis

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Alexander so I guess you can never have enough guard help I guess but case and Wallace he's

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more like a combo guard so I guess you can play him with either guy and you don't lose

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much so I guess I see the fit there but Dallas gets their man in Derek lively the second

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who by the way they could have chose at 10 but I guess they saw the value in getting

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a Wallace and it helped him and shedding some salary with Bertant so you know on his face

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it looks like a smart move by Mark Cuban so you give him some credit there so Dallas would

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be getting their man while shedding salary like I said he has shot blocking ability

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and he's very skilled as a big so good pickup for them Derek lively the second out of Duke

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and then sandwiched in between that is a I pick from the Orlando Magic at 11 shooting

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guard jet Howard out of Michigan he's the son of John Howard at this point in the draft

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he's a reach they thought he'd be more like a mid first rounder so for him to go up in

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the lottery was a bit of a reach that's what they're saying he's a shot maker though and

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that's definitely something that's needed in the league of course and of course this

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would push a guy like Jalen sucks who's already in your program who's you know he's had a

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uneven pro career thus far so maybe a guy like jet Howard pushes him a bit but you know

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a lot of analysts saying this was a reach at this point in the draft especially when

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you got a guy like Grady Dick who is still out there so speaking of Grady Dick he gets

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chosen at pick 13 for the Toronto Raptors him with his red bedazzled suit he's a three

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and he's one of the best shooters in this draft guys and I thought the pick was perfect

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for Toronto because this is something that outside of red van fleet who's going to be

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a free agent and also Gary Trent Jr. you don't really have outside shooting like this so Grady

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Dick I think is a perfect fit for these Toronto Raptors so he's a kid with a lot of confidence

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so we'll see what he does in Toronto's but and then of course we have the Stephen A

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talking to Fat Joe and the clip that went viral yeah you go look it up it's pretty funny

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but anyway I digress at 14 the New Orleans Pelicans they select Jordan Hawkins of Yukon

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the shooting guard who's part of that championship team 6486 pounds he's a tough shot maker he

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reminds me a lot of Richard Hamilton who a former Husky himself Yukon Husky he has that

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type of ability guys and remember he's the cousin of Angel Reese and Angel Reese who

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was watching the draft saw that at 14 her cousin wasn't picked yet so she kind of tweeted

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it out there all this be a perfect spot for him to get picked at and lo and behold he

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becomes a pelican so now you have both cousins in Louisiana so that's a bit of a nice story

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there he needs to add a bit of muscle kind of lightened the pants as we like to say so

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he's a guy who can definitely help that pelican squad that's for sure much needed shooting

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help you'll get in Hawkins and then as we go down the draft is some interesting choices

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I thought the Lakers with at 17 they got the point guard Jalen hood Shafino out of Indiana

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I thought they should have went Jaime Yachuez Jr. out of UCLA will been perfect local kid

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and definitely insurance and case don't resign Austin Reeves he's a kid who he can make shots

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he's a scorer he projects as a swing man as opposed to small boy four which he was in

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college so he'll have to make a bit of a transition I don't think it'll be that hard for him

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6 6 226 pounds so I thought that was the better pick for the Lakers but the Lakers pick point

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guard Jalen hood Shafino he's a streaky shooter though guys he might not be ready right away

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to make it into the rotation so that's why I said a jock quest he's somebody who I thought

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could get into that rotation and be a help to that team jock quest goes to the Miami

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Heat and we know Miami's record of developing young talent so he goes to a perfect situation

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so and then you have guys like Cam Whitmore who was supposed to be a lottery pick he fell

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to 20 it was the clippers pick but it goes to Houston so Houston gets Cam Whitmore now

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you add Cam Whitmore with our men Thompson so you it was getting got a glut at the small

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forward position so a talent like Whitmore you can't let pass by tremendous pick at

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this point athletic three who's a shopmaker as well so Houston definitely loading up

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in that regard then you have a guy like Chris Murray who goes to Portland he's out of Iowa

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his brother is Keegan Murray who's in Sacramento this was originally to be the next pick so

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if you think about it as a Nick fan or one who follows the Knicks you would definitely

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more better off with a Josh Hart who helps your program right away whereas Chris Murray

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he's a floor spacing for he's fundamentally sound he's a young piece for that Portland

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team so again I hark back to Dame Lillard now is the time get a bunch of assets for

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him rebuild you got Chauncey billips there who can kind of develop these guys so that

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would be the move there then as you go along the draft you got 3 and D guys you got combo

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guards then you get Anthony Blacks teammate Nick Smith Jr. going towards the end of the

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first round actually going to Charlotte in a pick that was originally Denver's 6,500

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and 85 pounds there he reunites with his UAA teammate Brandon Miller so there's familiarity

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there injuries affected his value in this draft he's a guy with big upside and insurance

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just in case you may have to move Terry Rose here so he's a guy who would fit in there

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so I'd be interested to see what happens with him in Summer League whether he plays or

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not he's a guy who could benefit in Charlotte other than that I think the draft pretty much

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went as drafts go no real surprises but all in all not too bad and then for the second

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round some possible standouts to me I think Minnesota getting a Leonard Miller at 33

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he was a lottery projected guy guys that you get in the second round he's a big three who

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can be a nice piece definitely if you want to build for the future have him alongside

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Anthony Edwards seems like they're sticking with Carl Anthony Towns they have recently

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said oh we're not interested in moving him they want to continue to see if the towns

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go bare twin towers so to speak see if that can work out I guess they're willing to throw

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out last season because of Towns injuries so a guy like Leonard Miller he's from the

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G League ignite so he's a guy who could contribute right away I thought that was a nice pick

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there then you have a pick at 36 for Milwaukee shooting guard Andrew Jackson Jr. out of

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Yukon he's an athletic defender who definitely feels a need after we saw Jimmy Butler go

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off of 56 points against them in the playoffs so you probably have to be patient with him

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he's a guy who could pan out down the road then we look at the 45th pick going to Memphis

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Memphis getting a power forward Gregory Jackson out of South Carolina he's the youngest player

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in this draft has huge upside and definitely somebody who you want to see develop especially

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over there with the Grizzlies so nice pick there and then we move to the 50th pick for

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OKC Keontae Johnson out of Kansas State he was a Florida transfer who revived his value

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he has the size and versatility needed for the next level then we move on to the 53rd

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pick that was a Nick pick that ended up going to Minnesota and they got Jaylen Clark out

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of UCLA he had ACL injuries and that hurt his value but defense that's his calling card

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guys so he's the guy who could pan out for the Timberwolves and then at 57 for the Washington

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Wizards power forward Trace Jackson Davis out of Indiana he's a four-year player and

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he was lottery projected he's a guy I think can contribute right away for Washington he'll

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be a guy that you want to look at and see how he looks in summer camps so those are

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some of the possible second round standouts I think that could pan out for their given

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teams so and then we talk about the Knicks did not have a pick in this draft there were

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a lot of rumors saying that Obi-Toppin first of all let's talk about Obi-Toppin right quick

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there was a video that mostly got out there of him going back and forth with Tom Tibberdough

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and how the players had to kind of calm him down and so forth so according to guy listen

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to CP the franchise and Nick fan TV they're saying how they were thinking of moving on

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from top and that the trade deadline last season but nothing materialized so I said it

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in the season recap for the Knicks he's a man who I think as long as Tibbs and Julius

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Randall's around he won't get the opportunity guys ten minutes a game won't cut it the only

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time he gets chances when Randall is out or he's down with the injury so he'll never

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get a chance to shine and show what he really can do on a full-time consistent basis so

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he's a guy you know he's a local kid out of Brooklyn you'd love to hear that but he's

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not gonna get the fair shake here so there was rumors saying that the Knicks in this

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draft they could get into the first round maybe deal toppin but no one bit so he's still

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a Nick as of now the Knicks did add two undrafted free agents one of which is from the overtime

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elite 6'6 Jaylen Martin and the book on him he has athletic ability and he could shoot

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it from three so definitely a guy who you know we're in a league where you need shot

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makers and if this guy can stroke it from three you definitely like that it'd be second

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undrafted free agent you might be familiar with the last name guys Kentucky's power forward

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Jacob Toppin yes he is the brother of Obi Toppin it's like are they trolling Tom Tibbadoe

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at this point what exactly are you doing here he's the exact prototype of his brother supreme

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athleticism not a great feel for the game he has a thin frame can be pushed around a

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bit he's a work in progress guys so it just seems crazy to me after that report that came

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out everybody knows about it I'm sure the front office knows about it and you go and

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sign up man's brothers so both of them to two way contracts you'll see them in summer

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league that's for sure so we'll see what happens in that regard so if any of them can stand

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out in that regard and of course for summer league it'll be dice Hashimoto of course

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coaching that team he usually does that for the summer league team and then last bit of

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Nick news as predicted they did decline Derrick Rose's team option which was at 15.5 million

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so they're all for that so we'll see what happens with Derrick Rose of course a few

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landing places for him could be back to his first team Chicago Bulls who needs point guard

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help desperately or maybe to where he played college at Memphis Grizzlies now that you'll

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have job Iran out those 25 games of course you'll have Marcus smart there but you'll

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need a backup point guard so why not a Derrick Rose so we'll see what happens with him and

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then they extend the deadline on Josh Hart's player option and they move it to June 29th

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so we'll get our answer as far as him opting in to that 12.6 million dollar deal or him

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opting out but I think they're working behind the scenes trying to get something done before

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that option deadline hits so we'll see what happens there alright guys so that's it for

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the draft once again you know where to find me all things basketball with GD.com that's

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