00:00I was Trajan Langdon, and he's fired up.
00:07That's how he always sounds.
00:08If he's mad, if he...
00:09Could you imagine him lecturing his kids or praising his kids?
00:13I'm very proud of you.
00:15I'm very disappointed in you.
00:16You guys did a great job today.
00:18I feel like every time I hear him speak, we just woke him up.
00:22Right?
00:22And he's like fighting the tiredness still.
00:25He's like, yeah, I really like his gets to the paint.
00:30And I'm real twitchy.
00:33He's a coffee.
00:34Yeah, and that's literally how he sounds all the time.
00:37And yet, there's nothing wrong with that.
00:38That's his personality.
00:39It doesn't mean he can't GM.
00:41No.
00:42They got 60 wins last year in the one seed.
00:44So he must be doing something.
00:45Yeah, you keep sleeping, Trajan.
00:47You're doing a great job.
00:49He does exactly what he says he's going to do.
00:52What did he say?
00:53Well, we'd like to move up if we can.
00:56We're not going to move back or trade out.
00:57Well, they moved up.
00:58What kind of player are they looking for?
01:00We're looking for ball handlers and shooters.
01:01Yeah.
01:02What's this guy?
01:03He's a ball handler and a shooter.
01:04And where did you get him?
01:06You moved up.
01:07You moved up.
01:08A couple things here.
01:09Grunt Guy 11B says, Doug wants a 250-word double-spaced essay turned in by the end of the week
01:15with at least five peer-reviewed resources and a works cited page included.
01:20Indeed, I do.
01:22No chat.
01:23GPT on this?
01:24Actually, sure.
01:26Do a chat GPT analysis of the pick and let's do your proof of this.
01:29So, what do you want to have happen next?
01:31That's what I want the essay on.
01:33Gulags 2 said, I'd like the Pistons to still look at pursuing Tyler Hero if the Bucks want
01:38to move him and maybe looking at guys like Rui, Powell, or Canard as free agents.
01:44Murphy will likely be a great ad, but it's all going to be a matter of what the price is.
01:50A lot of analysis that if Trey Murphy didn't get traded last night, it's going to make a trade more
01:58unlikely
02:00because they were going to want draft capital back and you can't trade back-to-back first-round picks.
02:08So, to get literally to trade him this offseason and get nothing back in terms of draft capital
02:14seems like it would be a stretch that this deal could get done.
02:18Now, maybe it still can.
02:19Well, but the Pistons have players to offer, too.
02:21They do.
02:22And, you know, we talked about what would be a deal they'd have a hard time saying no to,
02:26and yesterday we had four first-round picks, Ron Holland and Isaiah Stewart.
02:30That's a heavy price, and I think that would make them think.
02:35Yeah, I think it would make them think, too, or give them three first-round picks
02:39and those two players, and obviously you're not giving them last night's first-round pick,
02:44but I suppose you could give them the player.
02:46I don't necessarily want them to do that.
02:48I kind of, I'm already getting attached to this player.
02:53But absolutely, a move can still happen because the Pistons are one of those teams
02:56that actually have players that make sense.
02:58Every team in the league would want a guy like Isaiah Stewart.
03:01Isaiah Stewart's not an all-star.
03:02Don't misconstrue what I'm saying.
03:04He's the type of player that people want.
03:06He's a great teammate.
03:08He is tough as nails.
03:09He plays really good defense, and he's just very well-liked.
03:14And then you add a talented player that, you know,
03:17they're just scratching the surface of what Ron Holland is.
03:20It's a good start.
03:21I don't know if it gets it done with that and three first-round picks to get Trey Murphy.
03:24I said four.
03:25I know you said.
03:26I said three.
03:26I don't want to go four.
03:27I'd go three.
03:28So Joe Dumars and Troy Weaver drafted – Troy Weaver's in New Orleans.
03:34Trey Murphy playing for New Orleans.
03:36Troy Weaver drafted Isaiah Stewart.
03:38So we know he's liked him once.
03:40He did not draft Ron Holland.
03:42That was a Trajan Langdon pick.
03:45But, okay, as far as responses we've gotten so far, the approval rating.
03:52What do you think the approval rating is for this draft pick?
03:5574%.
03:56Kang, do you think it's higher or lower than 74%?
04:00Oof.
04:01I think it is higher.
04:03Higher.
04:06From our Twitter poll, do you approve of the pick?
04:10Yes, I approve.
04:1182.7%.
04:12No, I don't.
04:1317.3%.
04:15As far as what move people would like to have next,
04:20Andy in Westland says three firsts in beef stew for Jalen Brown.
04:25Well, that's not good.
04:26No.
04:27I mean, yes, I would love that trade.
04:29No, if I'm Boston, I'm like, thanks.
04:32Thanks for calling.
04:33No, thanks.
04:35Jim writes, call up Brooklyn and offer Stewart, Holland, Levert,
04:40and the 2027 first-round pick for Michael Porter Jr.
04:43and Danny Wolfe.
04:45I don't think that gets it done to you.
04:46I don't either.
04:47I think Stewart, Holland, Levert, and three first-round picks
04:51might get you Michael Porter Jr.
04:53Correct.
04:56OX Capital says, outstanding pick.
05:00Jacob tweets us, I definitely approve of the pick.
05:02The next move needs to be a trade for a quality four,
05:05Michael Porter Jr., for example,
05:06or a signing of a starting two-guard, Norm Powell, Kobe White.
05:12So, again, he didn't propose a trade.
05:14Michael Porter Jr. would cost a lot.
05:17Norm Powell is intriguing.
05:19Kobe White is intriguing.
05:22There was a report last week,
05:24and there's a player that Detroit could make a move for
05:31that I really like, and I think he'd fit really well,
05:34and that's Isaiah Joe out of Oklahoma City.
05:38The problem is, right now, if you look at the Pistons,
05:42they're at a point where I'm not sure where a role player guard fits
05:51because you've got a Corey now to mix in with Danis Jenkins
05:57and Duncan Robinson
06:01and the kid they drafted last year,
06:03Lanier and Marcus Sasser,
06:06and you've got all these guards.
06:08I don't know that if you're going to get a starting caliber guy,
06:11like Powell would come in and start
06:14or Hero would come in and start.
06:16That's one thing Isaiah Joe I'm not sure makes any sense anymore
06:20given how many, like, contributing guards they will have,
06:24non-starting guards.
06:26248-539-9797.
06:29Text coming in.
06:30Corey was smart enough to get into Harvard and Stanford.
06:33He was a six-high scorer in college basketball.
06:36He was an 18-year-old playing in the ACC,
06:38a top basketball conference.
06:40That's from an unnamed texter.
06:41That profile is...
06:43It's a great profile.
06:44It's a very attractive profile.
06:47I thought Fillion's measurables and stats look better than a Corey's,
06:51but the Pistons must see a higher ceiling and fit with a Corey.
06:54I saw some of Fillion's games, but none of a Corey.
06:58Think of Corey being six-scorer in NCAA basketball playing in the ACC.
07:02It does mean something, doesn't it?
07:04Yes, it does.
07:06Well, and Fillion was passed on by a lot of teams.
07:12A lot of people thought he was going to go around 15,
07:16and he ended up going 22nd,
07:19which would have been after the Pistons' original pick at 21.
07:23Well, I mean, you get into borderline surprises.
07:26Isaiah Evans didn't get drafted last night.
07:30No.
07:30The two-card that...
07:31He's the odds on favorite to go first in the second round.
07:33Yeah, everybody thinks he's going to go first.
07:34If he doesn't, I mean...
07:37Well, it's clear that Trajan, like, obviously,
07:40the Pistons weren't the only ones that passed on Evans,
07:41but it's clear that their main focus, at least with this pick
07:44and what they liked about Okori so much,
07:46was he can handle the ball.
07:48Like, one of the players I liked this offseason to go get was Kyrie Irving,
07:51and one of the main reasons was he's an elite ball handler.
07:55He can take pressure off Cade Cunningham
07:56bringing the ball up to court every single time.
07:58Or when Cade's hurt or he's not playing that game,
08:00they need someone else to be able to bring the ball up
08:02and get the offense going.
08:03Okori, that's the goal with a guy like him.
08:06Like, he handles the ball.
08:07He can get into the paint at will.
08:09The question is, and you mentioned those other guards, Doug,
08:12Marcus Sasser, Jenkins.
08:14They're all three of those guys going to be fighting for minutes now.
08:17I think Landon even said it last night.
08:18He's going to be fighting for a rotation spot.
08:21Hopefully, he's that good where he's going to be part of this rotation early.
08:25But let's remember, he's 19.
08:27He literally just turned 19 years old in April.
08:29He's very young.
08:30It's hard for rookies in this league to contribute to a team
08:32that's trying to win right away.
08:34So we'll see how fast his development is.
08:36But the goal is clear.
08:37Get a guy that can handle the ball, create his own shot,
08:40get in the paint, and that's what they see in him.
08:42How fast can he develop is how fast.
08:44Hopefully, it's fast because we want the Pistons to win now.
08:462-4-8-5-3-9-9-97-97.
08:50It's Carson Anderson.
08:50Morey, open line calls and feedback.
08:53Do you approve of the pick?
08:55And what's the next move?
08:57Pistons drafting the Okoye kid out of Stanford.
09:01Abuka Okoye, lightning quick guard with high upside.
09:05Trade it up to do it.
09:06It's Carson Anderson, 97-1.
09:08It's Carson Anderson, 97-1.
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