00:00Well, let's talk about scouting and Ujiri.
00:02As RJ Choppy has done a little draft homework, as right now, we are picking at No. 9.
00:09No. 9!
00:09No. 9.
00:10No. 9.
00:11Well, we know a couple of things about Masai Ujiri and his draft history, okay?
00:17One, Bobby mentioned the 6'8 centers, but he does love super long arms.
00:26Length, right?
00:26He loves length.
00:28Maybe that gives us an idea of who he's going to draft at No. 9.
00:32He loves the eye-popping athleticism and the massive wingspan.
00:36So you get a leaper with long arms.
00:39Could be 6'8", 6'9", 6'10", whatever.
00:42And I think I saw Cam Boozer yesterday.
00:45Some of these guys are testing right now, and his wingspan is like 7'2".
00:48All right, Nate Immense name has been thrown out here.
00:51He's like 6'10", but his wingspan is like 7'2".
00:53Okay, so we're getting a lot of guys who think about it in that regard.
00:58Bobby, you missed it yesterday, but I put on my expert YouTube scouting hat.
01:04Oh.
01:05And I took five minutes and fell in love with the offensive game of Mikel Brown.
01:10I was saying Mikel, and then Kevin Hagelin, a little bit rudely, forcefully said.
01:14Yeah, Mikel.
01:14It's Mikel.
01:15We know him.
01:16We know him.
01:16Yeah, we know him, man.
01:17But while just checking, and I was a fan of Burry's as well.
01:21It is a deep draft.
01:22They're right.
01:23It's very deep.
01:23Good players.
01:24I think so.
01:25But I thought I was watching some Dominique Williams highlights when I just decided to go ahead
01:31and check out an extended version of Caleb Wilson.
01:33There will be no more electrifying dunker when they play these weeks and weeks and weeks worth of highlights.
01:43And it had me, I almost texted Jesse Hawley, and I was like, tell me about his jumper.
01:49Tell me about his mid-range, because this dunk highlight package was insane.
01:55It was sick.
01:57He is going to test very well, too.
01:59He's one of those guys that, like, he's going to be like the Sonny Stiles of the NBA draft.
02:06Like, he's a good player anyway.
02:08He's going to test really well.
02:10I don't think he could crack the top three, though.
02:14Peterson.
02:15Oh, you could put Boozer.
02:17Boozer.
02:17I just think it's, I think he might have more upside.
02:21He's a freak.
02:22I mean, he throws, I don't want to be guilty of hyperbole, but, and I haven't done, you know,
02:28I've just recently become a YouTube expert with scouting, like I did for the NFL draft.
02:32I don't know if you can give me a more impressive dunk highlight reel with the way this guy throws
02:38it down in the past three to five seasons.
02:41You've got to go three to five seasons, because otherwise you've got to include DSJ, Dennis Smith Jr.
02:45That's right.
02:45That's the last dunker we got.
02:47So, we know that one thing about Masai.
02:51Now, also, he could find a guy in the back of the first round.
02:54And we forget about that, that second pick.
02:57At least I have a lot.
02:58I forgot about that second pick.
02:59Yeah, I just figured they traded it to the Lakers.
03:02He found OG at 23.
03:05He found Siakam at 27.
03:09Right?
03:09So, he has found guys at all levels of this draft.
03:12You know, and what we don't know is, is he looking for best player at nine or positional fit?
03:22But, right, and this is also, like, a difference of the NFL draft versus the NBA.
03:26Like, if you need a point guard in the NBA, like, do you just take the point guard?
03:30Or do you still try to find the best player regardless of position?
03:33And it feels like we've kind of gone away from that, you know, with twos and threes.
03:37It's like, just go ahead and get, go get three 6'6 dudes.
03:41But, like, what if you have somebody that almost plays an identical way a game of Cooper Flagg?
03:47Like, would you?
03:47Yeah, I'm not worried about that.
03:49I'm worried about having an identical Kyrie, especially if they're shorter.
03:53Especially if they're shorter.
03:54Like, the A-cuff concern with him is height.
03:56Maybe some defensive concern, but he's, like, 6'2".
03:59Yeah, he's not the tallest guy.
04:01You can't have him and Kyrie, I wouldn't, you know.
04:03It could be difficult to get a shot off at times.
04:06Now.
04:06It's going to be difficult to defend.
04:07And defend.
04:08Everyone can get their shot off.
04:09The issue is, you know, A-cuff is, he's kind of a, he's a bull, right?
04:16He's strong.
04:17He's not a, he's not, he's not a small, slender, built 6'2", who can't get off screens, who can't
04:25break through, you know, who can't work through screens, who can't defend.
04:28He's a bigger guy.
04:29I've said, he kind of reminds me of a slender, more slender Jameer Nelson.
04:34Just the size of him, right?
04:38But, that's one of the things you've got to figure out, is what does, what is he going to look
04:42for?
04:42But historically, he does like length.
04:45I said Trey Curry, but honestly, well, I mean.
04:48Nobody wants to hear it.
04:50I'm with you on that.
04:52You know, like, to me, it's about turning the page, too.
04:54And you can get some resources for him.
04:57I, looking around at this yesterday, because that was the most common name you were seeing, was Mike L. Brown,
05:02was the most frequent name that was mentioned with him.
05:05And I, I don't follow college basketball like that, so I was like reading up yesterday, and I was watching
05:10some of his highlights stuff and different things like that.
05:13The only thing that it looks like gives everybody pause, well, I mean, there's just one, the defense isn't great
05:20with him, I guess.
05:22But, it's like, all of these traits, and as strong as they are, and as much as it clicks into
05:26play sometimes, there are other times where it's just, it's not there.
05:30It's not, he's not putting it together, and his efficiency's really bad.
05:33Because, I mean, he was a 41% shooter last year.
05:36Yeah, that, that.
05:38And that's, that's, like, if you've got all these traits in your...
05:41Michael Brown?
05:41Yeah, yeah, Michael Brown, if you've got all these traits...
05:44And 34 from three.
05:45And it can look really good at times, why does that add up to 41 and 34?
05:51Like, and so it looks like, just with the size, the athleticism, everything else that he has in his bag,
05:56that the question would just be,
05:57okay, but, but why hasn't it completely clicked consistently yet for him with all those traits?
06:02Well, that's, I mean, personally, I like Phylon better.
06:06LeBaron Phylon out of Alabama.
06:08He's, he's the guy in this draft who I think has the best chance of being a 50-40-90
06:13type guy.
06:1550% field, 40 at three, and 90 line.
06:20Which is not the most common thing in the world.
06:24Yeah.
06:24Right?
06:25Especially when you're a guy who could defend, too.
06:28I really like Phylon.
06:29And I don't, I don't, I don't think he'd be too rich to pick him at nine.
06:34Maybe it, maybe it is, maybe by a couple of picks.
06:36A 34% three-point shooter in the NBA has you as the ranked 125th.
06:45And also means, it aligns further back.
06:48Amongst three-point percentage, yes.
06:50And if you, you could also, you would be labeled the savior of the WNBA if you shot that much.
06:55Wow.
06:56If you shot 34%.
06:57He had to get his Monday shot in.
06:59He had to get it in.
07:0026%!
07:01It's bad.
07:02It's bad.
07:03That's 2,000 points, Bobby.
07:04Yeah, even while bitter and angry at you yesterday.
07:07She put up, she put up 3,000 shots to get the 1,000 points.
07:11Okay.
07:12That is a chucker.
07:13Where is the WNBA destination that has you go, oh my lord, this is going to be a problem.
07:20Because, and finally it looks like for the third time, the Bucs are going to trade him.
07:25Schaum says, Golden State with the No. 11 pick.
07:29Miami with the No. 13 pick.
07:32They're going to be interested.
07:34And at the February deadline, the Wolves, Cavs, Celtics, and Lakers pursued him.
07:40Obviously, he did not go anywhere.
07:43One source from Schaum said, look, the conversation is going to be simple.
07:46Where does Giannis want to be moved and where will he sign long term?
07:50Because effectively having one year left, right, that team who gives up more than what the Mavs got back,
07:57whatever team gives that up is going to have to have, you'd think, the verbal guarantee of,
08:02all right, he's going to sign his next extension here.
08:04So that gives him control as he's going to be able to sign for four years, $275 million.
08:09So does Jalen Brown, Giannis, just obviously make all the sense in the world?
08:17Is Jalen Brown, you know, young enough or enough with whatever else we've thrown in?
08:23Is that an obvious, okay, there it is?
08:26Or do you take, someone going to sacrifice their picks in this loaded draft?
08:32Golden State 11, Miami 13.
08:37Well, everybody pointed to the Knicks with him for years.
08:40I feel like he is destined to end up in Texas or Florida.
08:44Because I feel like he...
08:45Why?
08:46I think he has mentioned the income tax thing.
08:48Oh, he mentioned the Knicks, too, apparently.
08:50Yeah, he did.
08:50Yeah.
08:51Yeah, the Knicks are a little different out of an animal.
08:54It's the garden, I guess.
08:55But I am...
08:56Have you remember the game Risk?
08:58Mm-hmm.
08:59Yeah.
08:59I feel like Oklahoma City, San Antonio, and Houston are just, like, getting their chess
09:05pieces together just to place him in one of those spots just around us.
09:09And we're, like, this tiny little bubble where we're just trying to fight off everybody right
09:14now.
09:14We're Jon Snow in the desert.
09:16Why does it feel like, to me, that Giannis is, like, eight years older than Jalen Brown?
09:24Because we've only really talked about Jalen Brown the past two or three years.
09:29Yeah, because, I mean, he's less than two years younger.
09:33Like, he's a year and 10 months.
09:35Yeah, because if I was Milwaukee and Jalen Brown was 24, I'm like, all right, let's do
09:39it.
09:40Because I was just sitting here thinking, yeah, when you were talking about it, I'm
09:41like, well, yeah, just go take Jalen Brown, because, I mean, Jalen Brown's, like, six years
09:44younger than that.
09:45Right.
09:45And then I'm like, oh, God, no, he's not.
09:47And what is he?
09:48He's going to be 30 at the start of next season.
09:50Giannis is going to be 32.
09:51Oh, wow.
09:52Shalm says the Bucs are also leaving the door open to pursue a major trade to convince
09:56Giannis to stay.
09:57They're going to have up to three first-round picks and tradable contracts like Bobby Portis
10:03and Nico's favorite Kyle Kuzma to offer in deals this offseason.
10:09So, Giannis, finally, getting up out of there, hopefully, give me another team to follow and
10:14be interested in, because I'm sick of Giannis on the Bucs, and I have been for a while.
10:18You better leverage your relationship, Masai.
10:20You better figure this out.
10:21Get Giannis here.
10:23They'll have the 10th pick, right?
10:25They have the 10th pick.
10:26So, you know, they could have a chance to rebuild their team.
10:27I'd rather not give up any draft picks.
10:29I'd rather just do, like, Lively and, like, maybe Klay Thompson or something.
10:32Yeah.
10:34These are Mavs Twitter trades.
10:35Would you put together a pack?
10:38Would you give up nine and whatever else, three-way facilitation, to try to get Giannis
10:43with the flag timeline?
10:47Oh, let's see.
10:49That's a good question.
10:50Keeping Kyrie?
10:53Sure.
10:54Yeah.
10:55So, Kyrie flag Giannis.
10:56Again, Josh Clark, don't clip this for these freaking idiots who take it out of context.
11:02I'm just throwing it out there, because Shams is mentioning Golden State at 11, and he's
11:09mentioning Miami at 13.
11:11Yeah.
11:11We got a better pick than them.
11:12We got nine.
11:13Yeah, I would take a look at it.
11:15I mean, you get Giannis, you're back in the game.
11:17You know, again, Milwaukee's had him for the last few years.
11:21They haven't done anything.
11:22Right.
11:22You know, but.
11:23Doc Rivers, though.
11:24Yeah.
11:25Would you, Bob?
11:26Yeah.
11:27I'd be all over Giannis.
11:28That'd be fun.
11:28At the end of the day, number nine, the chance that number nine is a player that even comes
11:33close to Giannis is so slim.
11:36Dirk.
11:37Rolando Blackman.
11:38Giannis was 15.
11:39Or Giannis.
11:40There's been decent players at nine.
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