00:00I'm still in, I read every single write-up of these players up until pick 10.
00:07Oh, wow.
00:07Bobby finding, I'm still in mock draft.
00:10Caleb Downs got me in mock draft season and the latest one from Kevin O'Connor and the Mavs.
00:16Yep, Kevin O'Connor, who is one of the more prominent, I'd say, NBA draft analysts.
00:23He covers the NBA in general, but he's somebody who does a lot when it comes to draft time
00:29and really diving in on these prospects.
00:30So he's one of the handful of guys who really knows these classes every year for the NBA draft.
00:36And yeah, you go down the list and...
00:37Let's go one on down.
00:38Yeah, number one pick was A.J. DeBonsa to the Washington Wizards.
00:42Not happening.
00:43Why not?
00:44Trading out of it or not taking DeBonsa?
00:46He's going to force his way to Utah, man.
00:49He's going to force his way to Utah because he wants to be comfortable in BYU territory.
00:54Well, number two for the Utah...
00:55Well, he also said, I was interested in how he projected him, and he said he's got an MVP ceiling.
01:03MVP ceiling for A.J. at 6'9".
01:07He'd better.
01:08He'd better if Jamal Mashburn's going to say there are 12 players that are better than Cooper Flagg in this
01:13draft.
01:14It was six, right?
01:15Yep.
01:15It was however many he said, too many, it seems like, according to the way people are talking about this
01:21draft.
01:21But DeBonsa goes number one to the Wizards.
01:24Number two, Utah takes Darren Peterson and all of his electrolyte issues or whatever was wrong.
01:30There was a creatine.
01:31He was a creatine guy.
01:32So they've got the creatine issue that Danny Angel have to deal with now.
01:35Pick three, the Grizzlies.
01:37Take Cameron Boozer.
01:39So the write-up in here is very interesting because I have not been as high on Boozer.
01:43And Kevin O'Connor wrote, there's a small but notable group of NBA executives who believe Boozer should be the
01:52top pick.
01:53He's the most polished player in the class.
01:56He scores from the post with both footwork and power.
01:5940% of his threes on high volume and can run the offense as a point forward.
02:06In your expert YouTube scouting era, and I guess watching that game there, do you think it's impossible?
02:14Because I don't, the times I've watched Cameron Boozer, I don't look at him and go like, oh, he's definitely
02:18going to be better than his dad.
02:20Like, Carlos Boozer was not a bad player.
02:21He was not a bad player.
02:22And I don't know, like, watching him, I don't sit there and watch him and go like, oh, he's definitely
02:25better than Carlos.
02:27Like, I think Carlos Boozer very well could end up having a better career.
02:29I think, Choppy, you can speak on this, you watch more college basketball than me, I mean, he's a better
02:36athlete.
02:38Like, I basically think of Carlos Boozer as that ugly, hideous jumper that went all the way back here and
02:46he would hit mid-range jump shots.
02:47He was built and he was jacked, but I think Cam is definitely a better athlete.
02:54He is.
02:55Is he one or two inches taller?
02:57What would you, Carlos, 6'7"?
02:596'8", I think.
03:00Yeah, they're pretty, so he was.
03:03He measured 6'8", barefoot, with a 7'2", wingspan.
03:07So, in shoes, Carlos Boozer was 6'9".
03:10He measured just a tick under 6'8", without his shoes on.
03:14Yeah, but Carlos Boozer, he was a fine player.
03:16Yeah, Cam Boozer is, that write-up is correct.
03:18He is the most polished.
03:20Although, I could argue that Peterson is, too.
03:23Peterson's pretty polished.
03:24I think Peterson's got offensive upside to Kobe.
03:29That's his ceiling of, that's the type, I don't want to say, do that, that's the type of offensive game
03:35he can get to, right?
03:38Boozer is very, very polished.
03:39He's very, very ready for the NBA.
03:41I just don't think his ceiling's that high.
03:43I think his ceiling is, like, maybe, like, I've heard people throw Kevin Love's name out and Al Horford.
03:51I think that's fair.
03:53And I would certainly take those guys.
03:55I just wouldn't take those guys No. 1.
03:56Yeah.
03:56Six years with Utah, which was kind of Carlos Boozer's prime, he was a 20-10 guy.
04:01I mean, that's a good player.
04:02All right, next pick, No. 4, the Chicago Bulls take Caleb Wilson.
04:06Total freak.
04:07Mike, the concern is, can he shoot the ball a lick?
04:10Is he just going to be this dunk highlight reel?
04:15I think he's, and he tests really well.
04:18He's the best athlete.
04:19He tests really, really well.
04:21That was the highlight of my YouTube expert viewing, is his dunk highlight reel.
04:25Yeah.
04:25And this is like Dominique.
04:26It's pretty good.
04:27Is he, so he's not, like, clearly he's not built like him weight-wise.
04:31And again, I don't know anything about the NBA draft, so this will all be new for me.
04:34But, like, what you're saying there, just like, he's an athlete.
04:36Can he shoot?
04:37Man, he dunks a lot.
04:38Like, that sounds similar to Zion.
04:39I know he's not as big as Zion.
04:40Like, he's not as bulky as him, but that sounds like similar type of style.
04:44Yeah.
04:46I've seen people throw, I think that's terrible to do, because I've seen people throw Giannis out there.
04:51I'm like, you can't ever athletically compare somebody to Giannis.
04:54Five, Clippers take Braden Burries from Arizona.
04:57So this is where we start.
04:58I think we need to dive into these a little bit more, because Burries is kind of high up that
05:04I've seen for him in these mocks.
05:07He's been a guy we've been talking about a lot here.
05:10Here's what O'Connor wrote.
05:12Executives have spotlighted him as one of the biggest risers after the combine.
05:17One executive cited his maturity and intelligence.
05:20Another exec cited his measurements, not his height, 6'4", or his wingspan, 6'6".
05:25It's his weight.
05:26He measures in at .215, so he's 25 to 35 pounds heavier than every other guard projected in the mid
05:33-late lottery range.
05:35For that reason, a lot of people have him going to the Clippers, because they've got a lightweight Darius Garland,
05:406'1", in their backcourt.
05:42They would blend perfectly together, but he's also a versatile scorer.
05:46He competes hard on defense.
05:47Peterson was getting defensive props as well at No. 2 to Utah.
05:52Arrives at Arizona as a top-ten recruit, started slowly, then erupted once conference play began, Final Four run.
05:59Teams are now trying to figure out where he stacks up, and right now he is trending up quick.
06:04I like him.
06:05I think he's got a little Brunson to him.
06:10Bigger, though.
06:11I was going to say, yeah, he'd have to be bigger.
06:12He's bigger at 6'4".
06:13Yeah, he's much bigger.
06:14But he stacks to the rim, the way he plays at the rim, and that driving reminds me of Jalen
06:18a little bit.
06:196, Brooklyn Nets take Keaton Wagler, Illinois guard.
06:23This is someone who was a four-star, and then he scored 46 at Purdue, top-ranked team in the
06:32country.
06:32Most points by a freshman in Big Ten history.
06:36Unexpected Final Four appearance.
06:39It's an interesting line in this.
06:40He's a quirky player in that he logged zero dunks.
06:44To become an NBA star needs to overcome a lack of traditional athleticism, but his feel for the game enough
06:52for him to be ascending.
06:54This is one guy that I have kind of a blind spot on.
06:57I didn't watch a ton of Illinois games this year.
06:59Yeah.
07:00I've heard people say, like, kind of try to compare him to Halliburton.
07:04I don't know.
07:04I don't know.
07:06I'll take five minutes and break him down at some point.
07:09A surprise Final Four appearance, except for me, who had Illinois in the Final Four.
07:13Oh, I should just say that.
07:14Even though I don't know anything about this guy or Illinois, I was just guessing.
07:18Number seven, the Sacramento Kings take Darius Acuff, the guard from Arkansas, who it seems like a lot of Mavericks
07:24fans, that's right near the top of the guys that they're interested in.
07:27And people are trying to marry him to Sacramento right now.
07:30I'd take him in a heartbeat.
07:32If this is the guy that I end up with, I am cartwheels man.
07:36I heard Ari Temkin and others, though, at G-Bag, when they had Ari on, talking about the tournament.
07:41He does not appear very interested in defense whatsoever.
07:46Oh, he's not.
07:476'2".
07:49Okay, he's not the most explosive, not the biggest.
07:53And you're going to have to have a lot of defensive help around him if he's not going to try
07:58to be committed to it.
08:00Pick eight, the Atlanta Hawks take the guy that's been most commonly mocked to the Mavericks lately, Mike L. Brown,
08:05guard from Louisville.
08:07The clearest stylistic fit, he's saying, for the Hawks is Brown.
08:13When Brown is in the zone, he has an unstoppable pull-up jumper, and his highlight reel, y'all, is
08:18fun.
08:19An ambidextrous finishing ability, the quick reads to rifle passes before the defense is time to react.
08:24He scored 45 in his breakout performance after a back injury.
08:29This is what Chuck Cooper's team was worried about when he came on with us.
08:33The back issue, the absences from the injury, muddy the evaluation, and leave real questions about his consistency that may
08:40not get answered until he's on the floor as a rookie.
08:43That's scary, but the NBA draft is the ultimate futuristic play.
08:50You know you're getting seven years with these guys, right?
08:53Because you're going to, unless they're just a bum, you're going to give them their...
08:58None of his back's messed up.
08:59No, yeah, none of his back.
09:00But you know you're going to give them that second contract to get him to seven years.
09:04It's just financially is the smart thing to do.
09:07Again, obviously, if he's hurt, then you're not going to.
09:09So you could, like, you don't care necessarily that he's, like, right away day one, but...
09:16What's the back going to be?
09:17What's the back going to be?
09:18Back injuries are...
09:19We talk about Tyron Smith around here.
09:21You don't love...
09:22Yeah, you don't want a back injury at 20.
09:26Number nine, the Dallas Mavericks select.
09:28A name I think has been uttered one time on this station.
09:30I think Choppy said it in a quick throwaway to Nick Angstadt.
09:34But Kareem Lopez, 6'8 forward from the New Zealand Breakers, where he played professionally.
09:42I think he's from Mexico.
09:43Yeah, he came from Mexico.
09:44He played for New Zealand.
09:46You want to do the write-up, Sean?
09:48No, you go.
09:48New Mavericks president Masai Ujiri has always loved drafting jumbo-sized forwards, which must
09:53have been part of the appeal in joining a franchise that's headlined by Cooper Flagg.
09:56And that's the logic here with Lopez.
09:58Lopez is the best basketball prospect Mexico has ever produced.
10:02He left Hermosillo.
10:03I was about to make that joke, and I decided not to, because I couldn't remember if he
10:07was actually from there.
10:07At 14, to play professionally in Barcelona.
10:10Then at 17, moved to New Zealand, where he shined for two years in the NBL Next Stars
10:15program.
10:15He checks a lot of boxes with his excellent physical tools, a hard-nosed approach, a well-rounded
10:19ability to defend multiple positions and handle the ball, and a blossoming shot.
10:24But he's thus far more of a jack-of-all-trades, since his jumper runs hot and cold, and he
10:29lacks the burst to blow by defenders off the bounce.
10:31He has all the requisite skills to become a long-time pro on a winning team, though, and
10:35Dallas certainly has the key piece with Flagg.
10:39I watched about three minutes over Rangers baseball, and he had a little fun offensive
10:45game.
10:46I was looking for some of the comps that were out there.
10:48Tobias Harris.
10:50Out.
10:51Wagner.
10:52Ananobi.
10:55Ananobi.
10:55A Ujiri guy.
10:56Yeah.
10:57So he had a little fun offensive game.
10:58He got some flair to him.
10:59I don't like reading in a scouting program.
11:02I know nothing about this guy, to be honest.
11:04But when we hear from Masai Ujiri, when Raptors fans, the one negative, they said, they went,
11:07oh my God, Masai's going to surround Cooper Flagg with six, eight athletic wings who can't
11:13shoot.
11:13And then I read here, he's got a blossoming shot, which is code for he can't shoot right
11:18now very well.
11:19And then his jumper runs hot and cold.
11:21No, I don't need that for the team that shot 26th in the NBA last year from beyond the
11:25arc.
11:26Give me somebody who can put up buckets.
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