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Chase Hughes joins the show to preview what the Wizards will do in the draft with just a week to go.
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00:00And fired up to get on the rude guest hotline and talk to our friend mr. Chase Hughes sports network.
00:06What up to say
00:09Not much guys. How you doing? We're good, man. You gotta explain what's going on. Yeah, dude
00:13I mean, it's a week before the draft
00:18So there's gonna be all sorts of crazy stuff, but it seems like the crazy stuff is starting
00:24Indeed, you know, some people call it silly season right silly season in the NBA
00:30Happens every year usually picks up around this time
00:33But I think it's probably in overdrive when you're talking about a a star player and a potential contract extension
00:41And then you know the number one pick in the draft. Those are two big-time things so you can
00:45expect more rumors
00:47So the the latest rumor is that Miami's interested in Trey young or that other programs are interested in Trey
00:53young
00:54um, help us understand where contractually
00:57he is going into the last year of his deal and
01:03Eligible does he have a player option like how realistic is a contract extension here in washington?
01:09Yeah, so you've got a player option for next season that he's gonna have to decide on later this month
01:15And so there's potential for him to sign an extension with the wizards and you know
01:20There's all indications that both sides like the partnership that they had down the stretch the last season
01:25And you know, I think he likes the fit between team and player and city and player
01:31And I keep going back to the idea that first of all any rumor like this could be, you know
01:37Simply posturing for a contract um on either side, but also you know
01:43It wasn't that long ago that the wizards went out and got Trey young for a very specific reason is
01:47because
01:48They needed someone who could get into the paint 10 plus times a game and break down the defense and
01:53initiate
01:54good looks for their young players and
01:57As of now, you know, they don't have anyone else on their roster who
02:01Obviously could do that at the level that he does so I think you know
02:05They they felt it was a pressing enough need a few months ago to go out and get him to
02:08do just that so it would
02:10In theory create another need and one that I think someday could be solved by the top of this draft,
02:17but not right away
02:18so
02:19um, there's a lot to unpack there
02:21But um, I think i'd be pretty surprised if you know
02:23They didn't move forward together just because it seemed like a pretty good fit for a lot of different reasons
02:28Not only on the court, but you know, trey young liked it here and and he's got a
02:32A background um that goes back to when he was a kid with will dawkins
02:36So they're very comfortable with that partnership. Yeah, because I one of the things that really impressed me with dawkins
02:41after they made the trey young trade
02:43Is dawkins was saying he remembers watching trey in high school because he's from okc or outside of okc and
02:50then
02:50You know obviously played his college ball at oklahoma
02:53Um, that's a great point those two have kind of that deep long-standing connection
02:57And isn't there a dude on the on the whiz front office that was in atlanta when they drafted trey
03:02as well?
03:05Yes, travis schlank is like the vp of player personnel. Yeah, so he was the gm
03:10uh, when they drafted trey young
03:12Although I should know it's important to note. Um, because it's just a fascinating piece of nba history
03:18That he oversaw the big trade that got trey young to atlanta. Of course, they had the third pick
03:24Luka went there, but they moved back with the mavericks to pick fifth and get trey young
03:28But as mark cuban tells the story he told the story on podcast recently
03:32The gms weren't involved the owners made that trade. So I don't know if he you know personally traded for
03:37trey young
03:38But yes, he was the gm when trey young was in atlanta when they went to the conference finals interesting.
03:43All right, so
03:44Sounds like you think trey young staying in washington and you're right. That rumor could be
03:49Agent driven to try to get the contract extension done for young now
03:55The the thing that I find really interesting is we've seen the report that darren peterson is only meeting with
04:00the wizards
04:01He's he's saying no to all other visits
04:03That's not to suggest at the combine or various other, you know
04:08Events that have occurred he hasn't met with other teams, but at least at this point he's he's done
04:14Tabata has met with the wizards as well as utah
04:17Um, what do you think of peterson only meeting with washington?
04:23Well, I think it confirms that he's
04:24All along been a real contender for the number one pick. I mean, I
04:28At the beginning of the combine, you know the wizards win the lottery. I
04:33Make a beeline to debon to interview him think he's gonna be the number one pick a lot of people
04:37are saying that
04:38But then as the combine went on I heard from a couple people. I don't know
04:41They really like darren peterson and you know, these people
04:44Would know um, so I came out of the combine thinking it was legitimately 50 50 and I was I
04:50was sticking to that
04:51um, I think it remains
04:53uh, not a finalized decision, but
04:56We are obviously so close to the draft that it's unlikely that it's truly 50 50. I think they
05:03I'm sure are leaning in one direction or the other. They're just not going to tell us and
05:06They we might not find out until the draft starts and you know, of course, there's gamesmanship
05:12Involved, uh, I think it would probably be great for espn and the nba to have that kind of intrigue
05:17Because usually you know, as we all know
05:18It's all the draft starts at three or the draft starts at the fourth pick
05:22Um, you might have to tune in from the beginning of the draft because the wizards don't seem to be
05:27sending any strong signals
05:29And you know, they still have some time to gather more information
05:32But yeah, I think it just confirms that darren peterson is very much in play for the number one pick
05:36Well, after you say that hell it may be tv putting all that information out there
05:40They want people to be tuning in
05:42I mean
05:44You know
05:44If your draft normally comes out how you think it is you already know the one first second third pick
05:49gonna be well
05:50Why tune in tune in later?
05:52So now
05:53Right
05:53I guarantee is people like they can't wait to see what's going on
05:56They better draft this person. I can't believe they're gonna trade all that type of stuff
06:00It it it makes the interest go way up
06:04Chase, I also very unusual
06:05Yeah, totally
06:08Could trey young and darren peterson coexist in the backcourt together?
06:12A hundred percent. I am not moved whatsoever
06:16By the idea that oh if they draft darren peterson, they can't have trey young. I don't think that makes
06:21any sense at all
06:22I know
06:22Darren peterson grew up as a point guard
06:25I think it's very likely that a front office that drafts him could foresee him as a point guard
06:30But there's no real statistical case that suggests that could happen right away like all young prospects
06:37He's got room to grow and for him some of the areas that he's got to grow the most
06:42Are getting to the rim and as a passer and so
06:44I think those skills are going to have to develop um, you know, a.j.
06:48Debonza could be
06:49The primary offensive initiator for a team, but like just like peterson, he's got to improve in different areas
06:56He's got to you know improve his three-point shot
06:59Both guys have to cut down on turnovers. It's really hard to play point guard at the nba level
07:03So I think if you did foresee either of those guys is you know, someone who could take on that
07:09role a couple years down the road
07:11Trey young seems to represent a pretty good succession plan because if you look at how they would coexist on
07:16the court
07:17Darren peterson is a really good three-point shooter
07:19That includes off the catch. He shot 55 on corner threes tremendous number
07:24Trey young's one of the best players in the league at creating corner threes
07:28So you play off the ball and then you learn how to play on the ball and you take the
07:32reins
07:32Uh, debonza we've discussed
07:35Is six nine with you know, john wall speed and derrick rose hops?
07:39Well, you know
07:40If you join a team that plays fast for trey young with kick ahead passes like that seems like a
07:44pretty good situation to walk into so
07:47You know again the wizards
07:48They got trey young because they wanted
07:50Him in his skill set in their offense and I don't foresee that changing in the short term or at
07:56least that need changing in the short term
07:57With either of those guys as talented as they are as you reach out and talk to people
08:03uh, the
08:05Creatine stuff about peterson is that
08:08Subsiding or are people still discussing that?
08:11I do think it's subsiding. I think it's fizzled out
08:15Pretty much at the combine and you know
08:17We were talking to darren peterson and he said that he himself was kind of surprised that those questions weren't
08:22coming up
08:22And it kind of makes sense like obviously teams have to do their due diligence
08:26But the two problems at play were essentially a hamstring injury and cramps
08:31Hamstring injuries are
08:33Horrible to try to battle through within a season, but you never really hear of guys dealing with them
08:38You know from season to season or for a long period of time
08:42And then cramps
08:43It's not unprecedented for a player to have cramps issues, but
08:46Like paulo bancaro comes to mind
08:49In 2022, you know, he very famously had cramping issues. He went up against
08:55Chet Holmgren. It was the projected one and two picks in the draft
08:58He was dead like 20 points at halftime for duke and then he left the game because the cramps
09:03After he got drafted. I have not heard one thing about him battling cramps
09:07So I think it's something that doesn't tend to last very long and
09:10NBA training staff can mitigate
09:13So dude
09:14Talking with our friend chase hughes here on the rude guest hotline
09:18You can check out all chase's work on monumental sports network
09:22Here's my question
09:24What are the chances?
09:27Tuesday night
09:28It just they make the pick at one and there's no fireworks
09:32Like do you think there's a better chance of fireworks or of just making the pick?
09:38I think a better chance of just making the pick
09:40Um, you know, they they have a unique year and a unique position to leverage
09:46But just looking at the the history of the league and the draft
09:48It's pretty rare that a trade happens involved with the number one pick
09:52Um, this could be an unusual year that we don't know who the player is until they're on the clock
09:57But it's it's not often that a trade happens with the number one pick. I think sometimes
10:02People would probably expect a greater return in terms of the trade that teams have often gotten
10:09It's usually
10:10An additional first round pick and like two examples would be like
10:14The celtics moved back from one to three to get jason tatum
10:17They got a second first that uh ended up being romeo langford. I think it was like the 17th pick
10:23Or uh, you know the hawks that aforementioned trade that I that I said where
10:27You know, they move back from three to five
10:29They got a number number one pick that was the 10th pick they got cam reddish so
10:33If the wizards were to get more than that that'd be a huge boon compared to those other deals, you
10:38know
10:38In those cases, they they moved back further than going from one to two and still only got an extra
10:43first
10:44So if they could get more than that, obviously, they got to consider it but
10:47You know when you get the number one pick, I think it's pretty simple
10:50You want to come out of the draft with the best player in that draft
10:53And so there's a lot of power in just making that decision and holding on to that pick
10:58What team
11:01Is trey young on next wednesday a week from tomorrow?
11:08I'll i'd say the wizards. I i've seen no
11:11Indication other than you know a report and and rumors
11:15Otherwise, um, it seems like
11:18Everything from what I could tell you know
11:21In in the in the public view and also behind the scenes that things went great down the stretch of
11:25last season between the two sides and
11:27You know, we mentioned the background we mentioned the the needs that he fills
11:31Uh, I would imagine. It's just sort of usual
11:34Posturing uh for contracts and that uh, you know, he'll be on the team next year. That's my guess
11:38What about ad?
11:42Oh, there's been no real updates other than you know, the internet's loose finding his instagram stories and he's been
11:49wearing wizard shirts
11:51Uh here and there which is kind of interesting. That's really the only clue we have at this point
11:55um, but I was
11:56Send him some more place in my hat
11:59Yeah, right right. Yeah, send the whole uh
12:01Old bag of merch. Um, yeah, so I I don't think anything's changed to suggest otherwise and
12:07You know, the only thing that really has changed is he said he wanted to see sort of the path
12:10towards
12:11The team becoming contenders and that was before they got the number one pick
12:14So I think the path is a little bit more clear than it was
12:17Dude, I I can't believe we forgot this. There's so much intrigue surrounding the number one pick sarge said surgery
12:24Tell me why I shouldn't be freaked out because i'm kind of freaked out
12:28I can give you a glass half full perspective on that. So, um, obviously
12:33Unfortunate broke his foot in an offseason workout. Um, but you know, it's the first time he's had an injury
12:38to this foot
12:39It's not like something that's happened before where you know, you might wonder about a chronic issue
12:44Um, he had a toe injury this year, but it was his left foot. So a new injury for him
12:49And it's really early in the offseason. You know, he's got three and a half months until training camp starts
12:53The team made it clear that he's gonna be ready to start the season
12:56And I think this is important to note
12:58He got injured last offseason. He was with team france and had a left calf injury and he had to
13:03shut it down
13:04And that was in early september
13:07And he made a big leap last year and you know, you don't do that without having a very productive
13:12offseason so
13:13He can pull he's very young player, but he does have that experience that he can pull from
13:18Um, so I think that's working in his favor
13:20All right, buddy. Um, I know you and c-mill are rocking the podcast
13:24It's a busy time for you with the off the bench pod
13:27Uh, what should we be looking for what what is your pod schedule getting to the draft?
13:32You'll do one friday and then maybe again after the pick
13:36Yeah, so every wednesday we had john wall on last week, uh, he talked about how much money he would
13:41make in nil
13:42Uh, he was a recruit now, which is crazy
13:44He said 30 million dollars
13:46Yeah, but we got him on debonta and peterson all these guys
13:50Tomorrow, we got a big guest sam bassini of the athletic who I think is the best draft analyst out
13:56there
13:56And you mentioned alexar wizards fans were in an uproar last year because he did a redraft that had alexar
14:0311th overall one year after being picked second
14:06I'm going to ask him about that and see what he thinks about the leap that alexar made
14:10So we'll see what he says. All right. Look forward to it, buddy. Thank you for the time. Be cool,
14:14brother
14:15Absolutely guys. Thanks for having me. All right. That's our guy chase hughes monumental sports the off the bench podcast
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