00:00And I want to have a conversation about the Wiz
00:03with the number one overall pick.
00:04I think it's very likely they just draft somebody there.
00:09Probably DeBonsa, right?
00:12But you can make arguments for other players.
00:15Nathan Grooval is going to be on the show tomorrow.
00:19He runs the Draft Deeper website, I think.
00:23No Ceilings NBA, like a hardcore NBA nerd, right?
00:26He thinks Cam Boozer should go number one.
00:31And is it Draft that's always screaming about Cam Boozer should go number one?
00:35Yeah, I believe so.
00:36And you remember AJ Itai now at ESPN?
00:39He's been texting me for a month saying it should be Cam Boozer number one.
00:42And I do think Cam Boozer has the highest floor of all,
00:46of the kind of the big four that we talk about.
00:48Peterson, DeBonsa, Boozer, Wilson.
00:51I think there's no way, barring injury of course,
00:54but there's no way Boozer is a flop.
00:58With the other guys, I think there is some chance that could occur, right?
01:03Yeah.
01:03Peterson, you got the creatine questions.
01:06DeBonsa, I don't know what the question is there,
01:08but maybe can he develop the shooting necessary in the modern NBA?
01:11Wilson is a freak athlete,
01:13but as the game becomes more about three-pointers,
01:16do you need the freak athletes as much?
01:18I can understand the rationale for Boozer.
01:21I can't get behind it.
01:22The thing about me, when you look, I think people forget this one thing.
01:26When you look at the cleanest prospect,
01:27you probably can say Boozer is probably going to play 10, 15 years.
01:30He's going to be a very solid player.
01:33But I don't think you look at Boozer and say he's going to be a superstar.
01:37And listen, he may be able to go 20 and 7 for the next 10 years.
01:43But I don't think you ever think you're going to think about him
01:45as the people that people are going to be putting butts in the seats.
01:48Because the guys that normally attract attention
01:52are the guys that are out this world like a Wimby
01:56or can do the high-flying stuff like Flagg and all those type of guys.
02:01I think Boozer is like that guy that you see as the second,
02:05third guy to support and cast.
02:07You know what I mean?
02:08Yeah.
02:08And can be solid as hell.
02:10But I don't think he's a put-butt-in-the-seat type of guy.
02:12We haven't heard from our buddy Mark in Largo in a while.
02:15Mark, what's up, bud?
02:16Hey, what's up, guys?
02:17What's up, man?
02:18Hey, I kind of find that laughable.
02:21And I'm going to tell you why I find it laughable.
02:24I agree with you.
02:24I agree with you, Brian.
02:28I look at what the Wizards have right now,
02:31and I don't think Boozer is as good as Bilal or Keyshawn George.
02:35That's just my opinion.
02:36Right now, I don't think he's as good as Oshitt.
02:39And as far as, you know, Darren Peterson,
02:42I'm so glad I'm on here to say this.
02:44But when I look at Darren Peterson,
02:46this is why I know the Wizards are going with AJ.
02:48Darren Peterson and Trey Johnson last year,
02:50only Trey is better than Darren Peterson.
02:52If Trey was in this draft this year,
02:54you would have a real conversation between Trey and AJ.
02:57A real conversation.
02:59Because Trey Johnson can shoot from the parking lot,
03:02which no one outside of Steph Curry can do.
03:06No one.
03:09But I know people are trying to beef up the draft,
03:12and it's fine.
03:13I just feel like the Wizards have some of these pieces
03:16that I think are better, except for AJ.
03:19Except for AJ.
03:21And I think AJ with Trey, along with Alex Zarr,
03:25given time, this could be their big three.
03:28Really good big three.
03:29I really believe that.
03:31Oh, by the way, Brian,
03:33guess who you share the same birthday with?
03:34You probably already know.
03:35Who that?
03:37AMAC.
03:39What AMAC?
03:42AMAC, who's a producer on Chris Russell.
03:44Oh, really?
03:45Chris Russell's show, yeah.
03:47I never thought he...
03:48Oh, okay.
03:49He doesn't strike me as that Leo energy.
03:52Thanks for the call, Mark.
03:54Dude.
03:55Different wavelengths right there, bro.
03:56You know what's interesting with Mark Largo?
03:58He's a great caller.
03:59He's a passionate sports fan.
04:00Yeah.
04:01I feel like that's the first time he ever ended up not screaming.
04:03You generally, like, his phone calls build passionate throughout.
04:09Yeah.
04:09But, like, that must be football season Mark and Largo versus non-football season Mark and Largo.
04:14I am not sure we could say that Bilal is better than Cam Boozer.
04:19Like, here's what I think Cam Boozer's going to develop into.
04:24I think he'll develop a nasty three-point shot and be a real, like, stretch four.
04:30And I think he'll be a problem.
04:31I think he just has to go to the right offense that has other explosive athletes.
04:35I agree.
04:36And I wonder what he is on the defensive end going up against really athletic guys in the pros.
04:42And the one thing with Boozer, he always seemed to go left.
04:46You got to be able to go both ways, man.
04:48Hell yeah.
04:48Let's go to Lat.
04:50Lat, what do you think about Boozer at once?
04:52Hey.
04:54What's up, B-Mix?
04:55What's up, JP?
04:57I'm not going with him.
04:58It's funny that we're in this predicament with this because, like, a while back, I wanted Boozer
05:04because I didn't think we was going to be, you know, in the position that we were in.
05:07So, I thought we were going to be at least, like, three to five.
05:10Boozer definitely has a great upside.
05:12I really, I told y'all last week, I really love Caleb Wiltshire.
05:16He has a really good upside.
05:18But we got to go A.J.
05:20And I think, to Mark's point, I mean, Trey Johnson is just like a Darrell Peterson.
05:26So, I think if you go that route with A.J., you could have a big three with Sarr and
05:32Trey
05:32Johnson for sure with the other guys.
05:35Because I like Keyshawn George, too.
05:37So, I think they could really be dangerous.
05:39And I think we should go with that route.
05:41And I don't know what A.J. is thinking.
05:45Like, do you really want to go to Utah, bro?
05:48Because it ain't nothing happening with Utah, Memphis, and Chicago right now, bro.
05:52So, the Clippers and the Wizards will be your best chance.
05:56And you ain't going to drop all the way down to five to go to the Clippers.
05:58So, he better get with the program, man.
06:01He can get with us or like it or not, man.
06:03But we're going to do some things this year.
06:04It's going to be a different season.
06:06So, I'm excited and pumped up, fellas.
06:08But just didn't think we were going to be in this position.
06:10But I'm glad it's something.
06:12And even, I know J.P. was saying a while back about possibly trading down, too.
06:17I wouldn't go past the fourth or fifth.
06:19Me either.
06:20Maybe not fourth, though.
06:21Yeah, maybe fourth.
06:22Yeah, I wouldn't go down fourth.
06:24Appreciate the call, Lapp.
06:25Thanks, man.
06:25Appreciate it, bro.
06:26All right, man.
06:27My stance for the trade down is you draft DeBonsa.
06:31And then.
06:33Try to trade up.
06:34Then trade back in.
06:35Like, you draft DeBonsa.
06:37Because I wouldn't go to four unless I knew Wilson was still there.
06:42And I think Wilson could go three.
06:44You know what I mean?
06:45So, like, I think overwhelmingly, Boozer ain't going one to the Wiz.
06:51Like, to me, you can close that door.
06:54That is not going to happen.
06:55I think DeBonsa or Peterson is far, far most likely.
07:01But I think it is not going to be a Boozer.
07:06I don't think, really, they're even going to trade it.
07:09I think the fact that.
07:12So, we have this report.
07:13The phones are open.
07:14800-636-1067.
07:16800-636-1067.
07:19So, the reporter is Sean Devaney.
07:23He writes for an outlet called Heavy right now.
07:27But this dude, I think, has legit contacts around the NBA.
07:34Okay.
07:34Like, I'm not particularly familiar with his work.
07:38But, I mean, he does, like, Yahoo stuff.
07:40Like, this dude is around, right?
07:43His report, I think this was from last Friday, probably after we were off the air.
07:50Of Anthony Davis, he said, he has yet to play a single game for the Wizards and has played
07:54just 71 games in two seasons.
07:57But he already is dropping not-subtle hints that he wants out.
08:01He might have to wait, though.
08:02The Wizards want him on the floor, rebuilding his value before they trade him.
08:06So, that, to me, feels like you got to get him playing in October and November, looking
08:13good, and then you flip him.
08:14Yeah, yeah.
08:15People would have to see him play because when you look at him missing that many games
08:19and his age and his history, it's going to be hard for somebody to come up and see the
08:26young AD.
08:27Okay?
08:28If I'm still going to go with him, he has to show me that he's still good at it and
08:34seems
08:34to be a guy who's going to be a little healthy for 75% of the season.
08:39High 50.
08:40Not less than 50.
08:4275%.
08:43And he needs to be careful because if you want to out so bad, he'll just send you
08:47somewhere.
08:49Totally.
08:49He might not like it.
08:51Like, do you want to go to a good team that would want to add a player like Anthony Davis
08:58that he would be properly motivated for?
09:00I'm trying to think, like, who makes sense?
09:02I just always felt that when you were a dog or a star or whatever, you didn't need to
09:07be motivated.
09:08You are the motivation.
09:09Yeah.
09:09You could go lead the way.
09:11What is wrong with these people that all these players who always talk about how good they
09:15are, what they're about, they never want to be the ace.
09:18They never want to be the lead dog.
09:20LeBron started all that.
09:22I need my pieces.
09:23That's some, that's, that's crap.
09:25I'm going to go to Ron real quick.
09:27Ron, Boozer at one?
09:30No, Boozer not at one.
09:31I don't like Boozer at one.
09:33And the reason why is because I think he's too close to a ceiling already.
09:36He's very good.
09:37I think when he comes into the league, he can probably be like all-star backup.
09:42But I think in five years, that's probably where he's still going to be.
09:46I don't think Devon or Peterson would be an all-star in their first year, but I think
09:50they have superstar potential.
09:51And so if I'm picking number one, I'm not picking off the first year.
09:54I'm picking off of what I believe they can be.
09:56And both Devon or Peterson, I wouldn't consider Caleb Wilson the first pick at all.
10:02But with those guys, I would pick them based off of their potential, not based off of what
10:07they're, what they can do in their first year.
10:09I think Boozer is going to be an excellent rookie.
10:11Might even win rookie of the year, but I don't think he's got the higher ceiling than the
10:15other players.
10:16All right.
10:17That's a damn good call, man.
10:18Appreciate it.
10:18Thank you, buddy.
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