Who goes No. 1 overall? When will Bronny James be selected? Will there be blockbuster trades? NBA draft expert Jonathan Wasserman and college hoops reporter Seth Davis join Chris Miles to break down and grade every pick as soon as they happen.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> IT’S NBA DRAFT NIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. I AM YOUR HOST, CHRIS MILES. THAT IS SETH DAVIS FROM CBS SPORTS, COLLEGE BASKETBALL ANALYST, AND JONATHAN WASSERMAN. WE ARE HERE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH ALL THE PICKS OF THE NIGHT. THE ATLANTA HAWKS ALREADY ON THE CLOCK WITH THE FIRST PICK IN THE DRAFT. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME IN THEIR HISTORY THAT THEY HAVE MADE THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK, BUT THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DRAFT LOTTERY. WASSERMAN, SAW YOU YESTERDAY DURING THE MOCK DRAFT, YOU HAD ZACCHARIE RISACHER GO INTO THE HAWKS WITH THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BE THE SELECTION? >> HE SOUNDS LIKE THE SAFE PICK FOR THEM AND I THINK SAFETY THIS YEAR HOLDS A LITTLE BIT MORE STOCK, MORE VALUE. THE UNCERTAINTY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE — BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. HE IS A SEAMLESS PICK. THERE’S STILL THE QUESTION OF WILL TRE AND DARON HOLMES II — DAVONTE BE THERE LONG TERM? IT’S A CLASSIC 3D WING, IF HE CAN CATCH AND SHOOT GUYS, FINISH ON THE BREAK, DEFEND THE OTHER TEAM’S WINGS, AND NOT DO TOO MUCH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW HE HAS TO IMPROVE HIS OFF THE DRIBBLE GAME, HE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENT IN ATLANTA. LOOKING DOWN THE BOARD, I KNOW ATLANTA LIKES ALEX SARR. BUT ALSO RISACHER HAS BEEN THE GUY AND STILL IS. >> HE HAS HIM AS THE SIXTH BEST PROSPECT, THEN I SEE GUYS LIKE SHEPPARD. CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THOSE GUYS AND WHO HE HAS AHEAD OF RISACHER AS PROSPECTS? >> WE HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A LONG TIME AND I KNOW THAT JOHN COVERS THIS INTIMATELY YEAR ROUND, THIS WAS GOING TO BE A WEEK DRAFT AND CERTAINLY AT THE TOP OF THE DRAFT, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT FREE COMBINE, THAT THE NARRATIVE WAS OVERSTATED, THAT PEOPLE WERE UNDER RATING THE TOP OF THE DRAFT, PARTICULARLY THE INTERNATIONAL GUYS, BUT THE MORE THAT I TALK TO SCOUTS AND EXECUTIVES, THERE IS NOBODY EXCITING AT THE TOP OF THE DRAFT. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PLAYERS THAT WILL END UP BEING BETTER THAN WE THINK BUT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANYBODY THAT YOU CAN TELL IS GOING TO NUMBER ONE AND YOU CAN SAY HE IS A FRANCHISE PLAYER AND DEFINITE MULTIYEAR ALL-STAR, RISACHER IS A BIG SCORER, HE IS A BIG WING, SHOT 39% FROM THREES. HE WAS IN THE FRENCH LEAGUE WHICH IS NOT CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TOUGHEST INTERNATIONAL LEAGUES IN THE COUNTRY — ON THE PLANET. BUT HE VERY MUCH FITS THE MOLD OF AN NBA PLAYER WHO CAN PLAY IN SPACE. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE HIM OPPOSITE TRAE YOUNG IF THAT IS THE PICK BECAUSE THOSE GUYS NEED THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS, BUT RISACHER CAN PLAY WITHOUT THE BALL AND HE CAN CATCH AND SHOOT THREES AND THAT IS A VALUABLE ASSET IN THE NBA THESE DAYS. CHRIS: THIS DRAFT REMINDS ME OF SEVERAL IN THE PAST — I’LL NEVER FORGET ANTHONY BENNETT GOING NUMBER ONE OVERALL, AND YOU ARE LIKE, THIS IS A WEEK DRAFT, AND THEN WE GOT GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO OUT OF THAT DRAFT. IF YOU YEARS AGO, KILLIAN HAYES — A FEW YEARS AGO, KILLIAN HAYES, LISTED AS THE BEST PROSPECT. WE GOT SUPERSTARS AND THAT DRAFT AND THAT INCLUDED TYRESE HALIBURTON. WE SEE WITH THESE GUYS — WHAT THESE GUYS BECOME. YOU CAN NEVER TELL THE LEVEL THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IT BEFORE THE DRAFT. >> WE ARE NEVER THAT GOOD AT EVALUATING PLAYERS. IT’S TOUGH. THE BEST EVALUATORS IN THE WORLD GET A LOT WRONG. AND SO, PARTICULARLY THIS DRAFT, THERE WILL BE GUYS THAT SURPRISES WITH THE UPSIDE ONCE I GOT TO THE NBA. CHRIS: IT LOOKS LIKE JONATHAN WASSERMAN WAS CORRECT WITH THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK, AS YOU HAD IN YOUR MOCK DRAFT, ZACCHARIE RISACHER FROM FRANCE. THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK TO THE ATLANTA HAWKS. JONATHAN: AGAIN, IT IS A SAFE PICK, I THINK. THIS IS ALL THEORETICAL. I JUST DON’T THINK HE DOES AS MANY THINGS AS POTENTIALLY ALEX SARR WHO IS GOING TO GO NUMBER TWO IN THE DRAFT BUT HIS ARCHETYPE IS VERY VALUED AND EVERYBODY WANTS THAT BIG WING THAT CAN SHOOT AND DEFEND MULTIPLE POSITIONS. IT IS A PLUS. HE IS GREATLY. CRAZY ATHLETIC. TIME WILL TELL IF HE IMPROVES THE OFF THE DRIBBLE GAME. HE DID HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO IT WITH HIS CURRENT TEAM, GET TO THE CORNERS AND GET TO THE WINGS AND WAIT FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSITION OPPORTUNITIES. WE AT THE JUNIOR LEVELS, LOWER LEVELS, WE SAW IT HAPPEN AT LEAST, HE IS A SAFE PICK, FITS AND RIGHT AWAY. WITH ATLANTA, YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ADRIAN GRIFFIN AND BAY, HE’S PROBABLY AN UPGRADE IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH BETTER HE CAN BE AND I THINK ATLANTA IS A LITTLE BIT ON A TIME CRUNCH HERE, TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE FAST AND RISACHER PUT UP POINTS RIGHT AWAY. . SO HE COULD BE A STARTING GUY IMMEDIATELY. CHRIS: BACK-TO-BACK YEARS A FRENCH PLAYER GOES NUMBER ONE IN THE NBA DRAFT. RISACHER PLAYED IN 2 021-2022’S SEASON, IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT IS COMING INTO THE LEAGUE, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN AMERICA HAVE SEEN HIM PLAY, SO HE IS KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU SAY FOREIGN PROSPECT — FOREIGN TO PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO HE COULD BE, IS THERE A COMP THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OF RISACHER COMING INTO THE DRAFT? JONATHAN: KEVIN COMES TO MIND — SETH: KEVIN COMES TO MIND, HE’S GOT MORE LATERAL MOBILITY. HE HAS SIX FOOT EIGHT AND HIS WINGSPAN IS 6’9.5" — THAT IS NOT A GOOD CORRELATION. LOOKING AT THE ATLANTA HAWKS, 28TH IN THE NBA, IN DEFENSE OF SCORING. 20TH AND DEFENSIVE FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE. I DON’T SEE RISACHER HELPING THEM IN THAT AREA. I REALLY THOUGHT THAT WHEN THE HAWKS WIN THE LOTTERY, THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE ALEX SARR. ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT ALEX SARR IS HE’S A FANTASTIC RIM PROTECTOR AND REBOUNDER AND DEFENDANT. YOU CAN PUT ALEX SARR INTO THE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW ONTO AN NBA GAME RIGHT NOW AND HE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL ALL DEFENSIVE TYPE PLAYER. HE CERTAINLY HAS THAT POTENTIAL OFFENSIVELY. HE HAS SOME QUESTION MARKS. I WOULD JUST BE CURIOUS AS TO YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FIT WITH ATLANTA, RISACHER VERSUS SARR. THAT IS THE PICK THEY HAD TO MAKE. SARR DID NOT EVEN WORK OUT WITH THE HAWKS. WHAT YOU THINK PLAYED INTO THIS DECISION. JONATHAN: ONCE THE LOTTERY PLAYED OUT, AND THAT ATLANTA GOT THE NUMBER ONE PICK, THE FIRST THING I DID OF COURSE, BLEACHER REPORT WANTED AN INSTANT MOCK DRAFT, THEY WANTED ALEX SARR NUMBER ONE. HE GAVE THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY COULD USE WHICH IS A BIG SWITCHABLE POWER FORWARD CENTER. AND SO, THAT’S WHO I THOUGHT THEY WOULD TAKE. BUT THIS IS WHO THEY — T HEIR SCOUTING DEPARTMENT REALLY LIKED. THEY OBVIOUSLY LIKED HIM EARLY. I GAVE THE PICK A "B" — I HAVE MS THE SIXTH OVERALL YEAR IN THE DRAFT. IF YOU WANT TO PLAY IT SAFE AND MAKE SURE YOU GET A STARTING CALIBER PLAYER, I WOULDN’T DO IT AT NUMBER ONE. >> THERE’S A KEYWORD YOU USED THERE. I WANT TO HEAR FROM BOTH OF YOU GUYS. SAFE. HOW IS RISACHER A SAFER PIC THAN SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS THAT WE SEE IN THIS DRAFT THAT YOU HAVE WITH A HIGHER RANKING? >> IF YOU PUT STOCK INTO HIS NUMBERS THIS YEAR, 40% FROM THREE, 6’9" SIZE FOR HIS POSITION, ATHLETIC. THAT’S A VERY SAFE COMBINATION. TO SEE HIM SCORING THE PLAYOFFS — HE PLAYED HIS BEST BASKETBALL IN THE PLAYOFFS IN FRANCE. IT’S A COMFORTING THING. AGAIN, HE’S GOING TO PLAY TO HIS STRENGTHS. HE’S NOT GOING TO TRY TO DO TOO MUCH. I DON’T SEE HOW HE’S NOT AN IMMEDIATE QUICK ROTATION PLAYER. THE QUESTION IS UPSIDE. WHEN YOU HAVE THE NUMBER ONE PICK, YOU WANT TO GO UP THERE. MAYBE ATLANTA FELT PRESSURE. YOU DON’T WANT TO TAKE CHANCES ON GUYS WITH MORE POTENTIAL. IF THE SHOT IS REAL, WHICH ATLANTA BELIEVES IT IS, HE HAS TO BE CONSIDERED A SAFE BET. >> MY ANSWER WOULD BE AROUND THE NOTION OF AN ELITE SKILL. THERE WILL BE PLAYERS IN THE DRAFT THAT CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS PRETTY WELL. A LOT OF NBA TEAMS, MOST SCOUTS WOULD TELL YOU THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE A PLAYER WHO CAN DO ONE THING AT A SUPER ELITE LEVEL. AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS CONTEXT. THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK, YOU WANT SOMEONE WHO WILL BE ELITE IN A LOT OF WAYS. SOME OF THIS IS THE WIMPY HANGOVER. AGAIN, THERE WILL BE MORE INTRIGUE AS WE GET THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND. IF THERE WILL BE ONE SKILL THAT YOU WANT YOUR PLAYER, YOUR DRAFT PICK TO BE ELITE AT, IT IS SHOOTING. THERE’S NO QUESTION THAT RISACHER BRINGS ELITE LEVEL NBA SHOOTING. LOOK AT HIS SIZE, HIS AGE, HIS NUMBERS. THERE’S VERY LITTLE DOUBT TO ME THAT YOU CAN PUT HIM IN AN NBA GAME TODAY, LET HIM PLAY IN SPACE, PLAYOFF THE BALL AND HE WILL BE ABLE TO KNOCK DOWN SHOTS FOR YOU. >> SECOND PICK IN THE 2024 NBA DRAFT, WASHINGTON WIZARDS SELECT ALEX SARR. NUMBER TWO. THE SAME AS WASHINGTON HAD ON HIS DRAFT BOARD. WHAT GRAVE DO YOU GIVE THIS PICK — GREAT DO YOU GIVE THIS PICK? >> A MINUS. IN ANOTHER DRAFT, I DON’T HAVE HIM NUMBER TWO. IN THIS DRAFT, I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD TAKE A NUMBER TWO. LOOK OUT WHO ELSE IS ON THE BOARD. THE DEFENSE OF VERSATILITY WHICH IS VERY VALUABLE. FLASHES OF THREE-POINT SHOOTING. PULL-UP JUMPER’S. TURNAROUND FROM THE POST. OPEN FLOOR BALLHANDLING. HE DIDN’T DO THAT EVERY GAME BUT HE FLASHED IT. YOU HAVE TO HOPE THAT HE CAN PUT IT TOGETHER, SHARPEN EACH ONE OF THESE SKILLS THAT HE FLASHES INTO OSHA’S. IF HE DOES, YOU HAVE A VERY INTERESTING PLAYER. HE’S A LITTLE BIT TOO RAW OFFENSIVELY FOR ME TO CALL A TYPICAL NUMBER OVER — NUMBER TWO OVERALL PICK. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO ELSE THERE IS TO CHOOSE FROM, I LOVE THE GAMBLE ON THE UPSIDE. THE DEFENSE OF VERSATILITY CREATES A FLOOR WHERE EVEN IF THE OFFENSE DOESN’T DEVELOP, HE IS STILL A VALUABLE PIECE WITH THE ABILITY TO BLOCK SHOTS AND SWITCH OUT THE PERIMETER. >> BACK-TO-BACK FRENCH PLAYERS GOING ONE AND TWO. THE WIZARDS DRAFTED A FRENCH PLAYER LAST YEAR. SO THERE’S A REAL YOUTH MOVEMENT WITH THESE WASHINGTON WIZARDS. THERE’S A LOT OF RUMORS THAT THEY WILL TRY TO TRY TO UP EVEN MORE IN THE DRAFT. SO HOW DOES HE FIT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF THE TEAM? THE YOUTH MOVEMENT IN WASHINGTON. >> IF I MAY PLAY THIS EMPATHY CARD, I’M A LIFELONG WASHINGTON BULLETS WIZARDS FAN. DMV RESIDENT. VERY PROUD OF MY TEAM FOR THIS PARTICULAR DRAFT. >> SARCASM. >> WHO WAS IN THE DRAFT LAST YEAR? I CAN TELL YOU THAT WIZARDS FANS AND THE WIZARDS IN GENERAL SHOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PICK. ALEX SARR IS THE BEST PROSPECT IN THE DRAFT. IF I DIDN’T HAVE ANY PLAYERS, I WOULD START WITH HIM. I MENTION THIS ABOUT RISACHER. HE MEASURED 6’11" BUT HE HAS A 7’4" WINGSPAN. HE LED THE NBL IN AUSTRALIA IN BLOCK RATE. HE’S AN ELITE DEFENDER TODAY. EVEN THOUGH HE’S ONLY A 20% THREE-POINT SHOOTER, HE DID MAKE A FEW THREES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS STROKE, IT LOOKS GOOD. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT HE COULD DEVELOP. I DON’T THINK ANY OF US WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE LIKE BROOK LOPEZ WOULD BE ABLE TO SCORE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE FEET OUTSIDE THE BASKET. KAWHI LEONARD COULDN’T. THIS KID IS LONG, BOUNCY, GREAT COMPETITOR. YOU TALK ABOUT HIM BEING FROM FRANCE. HE PLAYED OVERTIME ELITE. PLAY FOR MADRID. PLAYED FOR PERTH. HE’S BEEN EXPOSED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT STYLES OF PLAY. THE NBL IS A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL OF BASKETBALL SO IT’S NOT LIKE YOU ARE DOING THIS AGAINST NOBODIES. HE’S ALL UPSIDE. HE RUNS. HE JUMPS. HE’S BOUNCY. HE’S LONG. HE WORKS HARD. WHATEVER’S GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY OF FRANCE, THEY SEEM TO BE CRANKING OUT SOME REALLY GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYERS RIGHT NOW. SO AS A WIZARDS FAN, I’M AMPED FOR THIS PICK. I THINK HE’S GOING TO BE A VERY EFFECTIVE STARTER ON A PLAYOFF CALIBER TEAM IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT THE WIZARDS GET BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS. >> THE TOP THREE PICKS IN THE LAST TWO DRAFTS. IT’S CRAZY TO SEE THAT THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS, WHO IT’S BEEN 11 YEARS SINCE THEY DRAFTED THIS HIGH IN A DRAFT, SO THEY ARE HOPING TO HAVE ANOTHER GROUP LIKE THAT STARTING WITH ALEX SARR. LET ME GO BACK TO YOU, SETH. SOME SLEEPERS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN THIS DRAFT. THERE COULD BE SOME GUYS WITH SOME IMPACT. WHO ARE YOU LOOKING AT? >> WE ARE NOT READY TO GET TO THESE GUYS YET. I ALMOST LISTED DALTON CONNECT AS A SLEEPER. I THINK HE’S GOING TO END UP GOING FIT WITH THE PISTONS. I LOOK AT GUYS LIKE KJ SIMPSON AS A POINT GUARD FROM COLORADO. IN THE COMBINE, HE PLAYED HIMSELF IN THE FIRST ROUND. KEVIN MCCULLOUGH THERE. TO ME, WHEN GUYS ARE DOMINANT IN COLLEGE, HE WAS HEADED FOR AN ALL-AMERICA TYPE OF SEASON. I’VE SEEN HIM LISTED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND ROUND. IF HE’S HEALTHY, I THINK HE’S GOING TO HAVE A SOLID NBA CAREER. LIKE JOSH HART. PLAYING DIFFERENT POSITIONS. WE WILL KEEP TALKING ABOUT SLEEPERS AS THE NIGHT GOES ON. >> WITH THE THIRD OVERALL PICK IN THE 2024 NBA DRAFT, WASHINGTON IS 3-3 SO FAR. READ SHEPPARD OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. WHAT GRADE DO YOU GIVE THIS PICK? >> I’M A BIG FAN. HE’S A TOP THREE PROSPECT IN THE DRAFT. SOMETIMES WE OVERANALYZE MEASUREMENTS, ATHLETIC ABILITY. HE IS SO SKILLED. HE IS SO INTELLIGENT. YOU HEAR ALL THESE GREAT THINGS ABOUT HIM IN TERMS OF WORK ETHIC , HOW MUCH HE STUDIES THE GAME. OBVIOUSLY HIS FEEL FOR THE GAME IS UNTEACHABLE. I KNOW ONE OF THE BIG DEBATES WITH DOUG: — WITH REED SHEPPARD IS UPSIDE. DOES HE HAVE ANY STAR POTENTIAL WITHOUT MUCH LENGTH? HE’S ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO IS GOING TO DEFY THE TRADITIONAL LAWS OF UPSIDE. THAT’S IS A GUY LIKE HIM CAN’T BE A STAR. LIKELY SAID ABOUT JALEN BRUNSON. THEY ARE NOT SUPERQUICK OR EXPLOSIVE. NOT ONLY DO I LOVE THE PLAYER BUT I LOVE THE FIT. THOMPSON IS THE PERFECT BACKCOURT MATE FOR HIM. ASSUMING THAT HE’S A LONG-TERM STARTER THERE. HE’S A GUY THAT IS SO GOOD TO GETTING TO SPOTS IN CREATING. HE STRUGGLES TO SHOOT. YOU HAVE READ SHEPPARD — REED SHEPPARD TO COMPLEMENT HIM WITH HIS FLOOR STRETCHING RANGE. SO I LOVE THE WAY THEY PLAY OFF EACH OTHER’S STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. WE GREAT THE PLAYERS, WHO ELSE IS ON THE BOARD? TO ME, HE IS THE BEST PICK. I WOULDN’T SAY THE BEST PROSPECT AVAILABLE BECAUSE I’M A SUCKER FOR ROB HOLLAND. I DO BELIEVE I HAVE REED SHEPPARD AT NUMBER TWO ON MY BOARD. I’M VERY OK WITH THIS PICK. >> YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT HE SAID WAS GREAT AND THEN THERE’S THE NUMBER ON MY SCREEN. 52% FROM THREE-POINT RANGE. THIS KID REALLY SHOT 52% FROM THREE-POINT RANGE GOING INTO THE NBA? ALL THE GAMES WITH AT LEAST FIVE STEALS. WHEN I LOOKED AT WHO HE IS ON PAPER, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PICK FOR THE HOUSTON ROCKETS. AN ACCOLADE THAT I WAS TOLD ABOUT HIM, BEST PERIMETER DEFENDER AND BEST SHOOTER IN A DRAFT. HOW TRUE ARE THOSE THINGS? >> IN TERMS OF HIS PERIMETER DEFENSE, HE’S MUCH MORE OF A STEEL GUY. PASSING LANE GUY. HE’S NOT A BALL STOPPER. THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY WRINKLE. I’M WITH YOU GUYS ON THIS. THIS IS A TERRIFIC PICK. I’M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN JOHN CALIPARI WAS TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER REED SHEPPARD WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY FOR KENTUCKY. THIS WAS THE SUMMER GOING INTO HIS JUNIOR SEASON OF HIGH SCHOOL . HE WANTED TO PLAY FOR KENTUCKY. BOTH OF HIS PARENTS WERE OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYERS AT KENTUCKY. HE WAS HIGHLY MOTIVATED IN THAT REGARD. THE COMMONWEALTH FANS WANTED HIM THERE. I SAW HIM PLAY IN A COUPLE OF TOURNAMENTS GOING INTO HIS SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. MY QUESTION WAS, IS A GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY AT KENTUCKY? I THINK HE’S PRETTY GOOD. I CAN SEE HIM PLAYING AT KENTUCKY, BEING A GOOD PLAYER. THE IDEA THAT HE WAS ONE EURO AWAY FROM BEING THE NUMBER THREE PICK IN THE NBA DRAFT, IT DID NOT ENTER ANYBODY’S MIND, LEAST OF ALL HIS. MAYBE THAT’S A BIG REASON WHY HE’S HERE. YOU TALK ABOUT HIM SHOOTING 52% FROM THREE, BEING A TERRIFIC STEALS GUY, PLAYING WITH OTHER GUYS. HE DIDN’T START AND NEITHER DID ROB TELLING HIM. THAT SPEAKS TO WHY HE’S NO LONGER THE COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. HE’S THE KIND OF PLAYER WHO CAN PUT THE BALL IN HIS HANDS, TAKE IT OUT OF HIS HANDS. HE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY WITH OTHER PLAYERS. HE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE GAME. HE’S YOUNG. JUST FINISHED HIS FRESHMAN YEAR IN COLLEGE. HE’S GOING TO GET BETTER. HE CEMENTED THIS PICK AT THE COMBINE DURING THE AGILITY TEST. HE HAD ONE OF THE HIGHEST VERTICAL LEAVES AT THE COMBINE. NOBODY WAS EXPECTING THAT. HIS SHOOTING NUMBERS WERE TERRIFIC. HIS AGILITY AND VERTICAL LEAP NUMBERS WHIRLY. ONCE THAT WAS THE CASE, IT ERASED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIM AND PAVE THE WAY FOR HIM TO BE PICKED WHERE HE IS TODAY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOUSTON, THEY’VE GOT A LOT OF WINGS AND GUYS WHO LIKE TO HAVE THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS. HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIT INTO THAT AND NOT BE A TAKEOVER GUY FROM DAY ONE. >> WHO DOES HE REMIND YOU OF? >> I’VE HAD TROUBLE COMING UP WITH A GOOD COMPARISON HERE. I THINK A SAFE COMPARISON, AND THIS ISN’T A KNOCK, DONTE DIVINCENZO IS NOT A NUMBER THREE GUY. EARLY IN HIS CAREER, THAT’S WHO IS GOING TO BE. HE WAS THIRD IN THE NBA IN THREE-POINT MAKES THIS SEASON. HE GIVES YOU THAT SHOTMAKING CONFIDENCE. SECONDARY PLAYMAKER. YOU CAN USE HIM AND BALLS. — BALL SCREEN SITUATIONS. IS HE A POINT GUARD? I DON’T THINK IT MATTERS ANYMORE. THAT’S WHO HE’S PAIRED WITH. SO I THINK EARLY ON, ESPECIALLY FOR A ROCKETS TEAM THAT HAS A LOT OF MOUTHS TO FEED, THERE’S A LOT OF WEAPONS ON THE ROSTER. REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE TAKING, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A HIGH USAGE GUY. EARLY ON, HE WILL BE A FLAMETHROWER OFF THE BENCH WHO JUST COMES IN AND GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SPARK. SETH TALK ABOUT THE ATHLETIC TESTING STUFF. THE ATHLETICISM SHOWS ON DEFENSE. HIS STEAL AND BLOCK PERCENTAGES WERE OFF THE CHARTS FOR A GUY HIS SIZE. PARTICULARLY THE SHOT-BLOCKING. THAT SAYS MORE ABOUT HIS ATHLETIC BIT — ABILITY THAN IT DOES ABOUT HIS DEFENSE OF UPSIDE. HE WILL GIVE YOU SOME SURPRISE. A LOT OF THESE KENTUCKY GUARDS OVER THE YEARS DON’T GET TO SHOW IT BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAYING WITH FOUR OF THEIR FIVE STAR GUYS. I THINK HE’S GOING TO DO SOMETHING IN THE NBA THAT HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DO IN KENTUCKY. >> HE’S ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO WILL REALLY FLOURISH. THE LEVEL OF TALENT IN THE NBA IS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN WHAT IT IS IN COLLEGE. STYLISTICALLY, IT’S EASIER TO PLAY IN THE NBA. READ SHEPPARD’S SO GOOD ON THE OPEN FLOOR. HE’S GREAT WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS. TO BE THAT GUY THAT RUNS TO THE THREE-POINT LINE WHILE AMON THOMPSON BRINGS THE BALL UP OR SOMEBODY PLAYS IN SPACE. WHENEVER HE’S ON THE COURT, IT’S NOT LIKE HE’S GOING TO GET THE BEST DEFENDER ON THE OTHER TEAM GUARDING HIM AS WELL. I THINK IT’S A SOLID PICK. YOU KNOW WHAT HE WILL BRING TO THE FRANCHISE AND THE LOCKER ROOM. THE KID IS JUST A WINNER. >> 4-4 RIGHT NOW. THE PICK IS IN FOR THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. STEPHON CASTLE. NUMBER FOUR IN THE DRAFT. GOING TO THE SAN ANTONIO STARS — SPURS. >> B PLUS. HE IS SOLID PLAYER. THERE IS SOME DEBATE ON WHO HE’S GOING TO BE IN THE NBA. IS HE GOING TO BE THE 6’6" POINT GUARD HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL? IS HE GOING TO BE THE JACK OF ALL TRADES, ULTIMATE GLUE GUY THAT HE WAS FOR UCONN? EITHER WAY, YOU’RE GETTING A GOOD PLAYER. WITH SAN ANTONIO, THEY NEED FLEXIBLE GUYS. THEY ARE STILL EARLY IN THE REBUILDING PROCESS. EVERYBODY WANTS TO DRAFT A POINT GUARD. YOU CAN’T JUST INVENT ONE OUT OF THIN AIR. THEY ARE THINKING BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK HE’S A TOP FIVE PROSPECT. THE MATURITY, THE INTANGIBLES. THAT GOES TO SAN ANTONIO’S CULTURE. IT’S HARD TO KNOCK THIS PICK. I THINK THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS UPSIDE. I THINK IF YOU ARE JUST LOOKING FOR A CORNERSTONE WHO IS GOING TO IMPACT WINNING AND FIND WAYS TO INFLUENCE GAMES IN DIFFERENT WAYS, HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE DOUG: — HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE STEPHON CASTLE? >> WE WERE ALL ON WATCH LAST YEAR. HE GOES UP AND DOWN THE COURT. YOU THINK, WILL SOMEONE PASS HIM THE BALL? CAN SOMEONE DEFEND ON THE PERIMETER? CAN CASTLE DO THOSE THINGS TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN THE NBA? THAT’S TRULY WHAT THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS NEED. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT’S INTERESTING. I DIDN’T REALIZE I WAS JOINING THE RON HOLLAND FAN CLUB TONIGHT. I AM A MEMBER. MAYBE YOU ARE THE CHARTER MEMBERS. HOLLAND HAS BEEN SUPPOSEDLY SINKING FOR HIS LEVEL IN THE DRAFT BECAUSE HE SHOT 24% FROM THREE WELL STEPHON CASTLE SHOT 27%. MUCH LOWER USAGE RATE. THAT’S THE BIG QUESTION. HE MADE 23-POINTERS AGAINST ALABAMA. LET THE KID DO WHAT HE WANTS. 23-POINTERS EARLY IN THE GAME. CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF THE GAME. ALABAMA HAD TO ADJUST ITS DEFENSE. HE HAS SHOWN THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. SHOT IT WELL IN THE OPEN DRILLS AT THE COMBINE. DIDN’T SCARE ANYBODY OFF. A SCOUT MADE THIS POINT TO ME RECENTLY WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THESE PROSPECTS. CASTLE PLAYED ON A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WHEN HE WASN’T THE GUY. HE WAS A REALLY GOOD PIECE ON THE BEST TEAM BY FAR, THE BEST TEAM IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. HE HAS SHOWN THAT HE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY WITH OTHER PLAYERS. FOR HIM IT STARTS AT THE DEFENSIVE END AND IT STARTS AT THE ATTACKING. HE IS A RIM ATTACKER MUCH LESS THAN HE IS A JUMP SHOOTER. THE JUMP SHOOTING PIECE IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME. WHEN YOU TALK IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL THAT A TEAM HAS AND ALSO THE CULTURE WITHIN A FRANCHISE, STEPHON CASTLE IS A BEAUTIFUL FIT WITH SAN ANTONIO. HE’S A GUARD. HE’S NOT GOING TO DEMAND ANYTHING. HE WILL WANT TO BE AT PLEASE — EYEPIECE. WE KNOW WHO IS THE BEST PLAYER ON THAT TEAM. I THINK THAT’S THE ATTITUDE THAT CASTLE IS GOING TO HAVE. HIS UPSIDE IS AS BIG AS ANY PLAYER. I WAS STARTING TO HEAR ROB PLEASE THAT HE COULD GO NUMBER ONE OVERALL. THAT’S HOW EXCITED SOME PEOPLE ARE ABOUT HIS UPSIDE. IF HE COULD BE A DECENT THREE — DECENT THREE-POINT SHOOTER. NOT A GOOD ONE. DECENT. HE WOULD HAVE GONE NUMBER ONE OVERALL. IT WAS ENOUGH OF A CONCERN THAT HE FELT THE NUMBER FOUR. THIS YOUNG MAN HAS A VERY BRIGHT AND LONG FUTURE IN THE NBA ABSOLUTELY. >> SOMETHING I SAW ON THE PREVIOUS GRAPHIC WAS BIG GUARD. WHEN TEAMS ARE DRAFTING AND BUILDING THEIR WHOLE UNIT AND YOU GO, VICTOR WOMEN YANA. HE’S GOING TO HAVE SIZE AT WHATEVER POSITION ON THE FOUR. YOU LOOK AT THE BOSTON CELTICS WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. DERRICK WHITE, JRUE HOLIDAY. FOR GUARDS. — TRUE GUARDS. IT FEELS LIKE A BIG DEAL FOR HIM TO BE THE POTENTIAL HEAD OF THE SNAKE DEFENSIVELY AND CREATING FOR THAT GROUP GOING FORWARD. >> THAT’S A BIG PART OF THE SELLING POINT TO HIM. IT’S NOT CREATING AND SCORING AND SHOOTING RIGHT NOW. IS USING HIS BODY TO PLAY THROUGH SMALLER GUARDS. DEFENSIVELY, HE SHOULD BE A BIG PLUS ON THE DEFENSIVE END WITH THE WAY HE’S PHYSICAL AND SLIDES HIS FEET AND CAN GUARD MULTIPLE POSITIONS. THE ARCHETYPE IS OBVIOUSLY ATTRACTIVE. AGAIN, TO MAXIMIZE HIS CEILING OR WHATEVER, TO BUST THROUGH THE GLUE GUY ROLL THAT HE PLAYS, HE HAS TO SHOW THAT HE CAN REALLY CREATE ADVANTAGES OFF THE DRIBBLE. BEING A 6’6" GUARD, EVERY TEAM IS GOING TO LOVE THAT. >> WINNING SHOULD MATTER. NATIONAL CHAMPION AS A FRESHMAN. MAKING BIG PLAYS AND BIG MOMENTS. HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT NBA EXECUTIVES NOTICE IN THIS KID. >> NO QUESTION. THAT MEANS BEING ABLE TO PLAY WITH GOOD PLAYERS. YOU CAN’T WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS BY YOURSELF. YOU CAN’T WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS. IN TERMS OF HIS ATTITUDE AND WORK ETHIC, BEING COACHED BY DAN HURLEY EVERY DAY, YOU WILL LEARN A LOT ABOUT HABITS. HE HAD THOSE HABITS COMING IN. HE WAS NEVER A SLEEPER. HIGHLY RANKED RECRUIT. GOT BANGED UP INJURY WISE EARLY IN THE SEASON SO WE DIDN’T QUITE HAVE A PRESEASON THAT THEY WANTED. HE MISSED A COUPLE OF GAMES EARLY ON. IT TOOK TIME FOR HIM TO GET BACK IN THE FLOW. ONCE HE DID, YOU COULD SEE HOW GOOD HE WAS. YOU CAN’T BE A SHOOTING GUARD/SMALL FORWARD IN THE NBA AND NOT BE AT LEAST A THREE-POINT SHOOTER. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT. CERTAINLY HE KNOWS THAT. THE SPURS KNOW THAT. TO ME, WE WILL HAVE THIS EXACT SAME CONVERSATION WHEN RON HOLLAND GETS PICKED. TO ME, THE SHOOTING IS THE ONE THING THAT’S THE MOST LEARNABLE AND TEACHABLE AT THE NBA LEVEL. IT’S NOT AUTOMATIC. BUT IF YOU PUT IN THE TIME AND YOU PUT IN THE WRAPS, YOU ARE GOING TO GET BETTER. YOU MIGHT NOT END UP BEING THE BEST FUNERAL — SHOOTER OF ALL TIME. IF YOU WILL BE ON THE RING, YOU HAVE TO KNOCKDOWN THREE-POINT SHOTS. IT WILL BE HARD TO GET MAJOR MINUTES ON A PLAYOFF LEVEL, CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL NBA TEAM IF YOU CAN’T KNOCK DOWN THE THREE-POINT SHOT. I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT DEVELOPS. KYLE KUZMA AND. LOOK AT HIS THREE-POINT SHOOTING. WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE, IT WAS AROUND 34%. GREAT NBA THREE-POINT SHOOTER. BY THE TIME HE GOT A MONTH INTO HIS ROOKIE SEASON IN THE NBA, HE WAS A GREAT NBA THREE-POINT SHOOTER AND HE’S MADE A LOT OF MONEY WITH THAT SKILL. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE SAME THING HAPPEN EVENTUALLY WITH STEPHON CASTLE. >> THE SPURS HAVE TO TO — TWO PICKS IN THE TOP 10. PROJECTING AHEAD, DO YOU THINK RON HOLLAND COULD GO TO THE SPURS IF HE IS STILL ON THE BOARD? I LOOK AT THAT AS BEING A PHENOMENAL DRAFT. IF THEY ARE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF. ESPECIALLY HOLLAND BEING A TEXAS NATIVE. SUCH A STOUT DEFENDER. SCORED OVER 20 POINTS. >> THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING. YOU WOULD BE ADDING TO BELOW-AVERAGE SHOOTERS. FINISHING 28 IN THE NBA. I’M ALL ABOUT TAKING THE BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE. REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING ELSE. I JUST CAN’T PICTURE THEM DOING IT. SOUNDS LIKE ME AND SETH ARE HIGHER. I WOULDN’T BET ON THEM TAKING HOLLAND. >> HE’S OFF THE BOARD. THE FIRST MISS ON YOUR MOCK DRAFT IS AHEAD FOR THE DETROIT PISTONS. THEY SELECT RON HOLLAND OUT OF THE G-LEAGUE. WHAT SAY YOU? >> THIS IS AN A PLUS FOR ME. LITERALLY IT MAKES ME NOT WANT TO PUT STOCK INTO ANYTHING I HEAR IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE DRAFT. EVERYTHING I’M HEARING IS THAT MONTES WAS AHEAD OF RON HOLLAND. LET’S JUST FOCUS ON RON WHO I THINK HAS A CHANCE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PROSPECTS IN THE DRAFT IF NOT NUMBER ONE. CRAZY EXPLOSIVE ATHLETE IN THE OPEN FLOOR. EVEN WITHOUT THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE’VE SEEN, IS GOING TO GET YOU OFFENSE. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE NUMBER FROM 24% GOES TO 32% WHICH IS VERY POSSIBLE? OF COURSE YOU LOVE THE ATHLETICISM, THE ABILITY TO GUARD WINGS AND STUFF. TO ME HE’S A NUMBER ONE PROSPECT BECAUSE OF THE IMPROVEMENT I’VE SEEN WITH HIS BALLHANDLING, HIS CREATION. A GUY WHO DIDN’T HAVE THAT IN HIS BACK COMING IN. I HAD HIM NUMBER ONE COMING IN AND I WASN’T BUYING THE SELF CREATION SCALE. I SAW HIM GET TO HIS SPOTS, CHANGE DIRECTION, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. THINGS THAT HE’S EVOLVED A LOT. I’M GOING TO BED ON HIM CONTINUING EVOLVING AND GETTING THAT 3% TO A RESPECTABLE NUMBER. SOMETIMES WE PUT TOO MUCH STOCK INTO SHOOTING PERCENTAGE AND NOT SHOTMAKING. HE DOESN’T SHOOT A HIGH PERCENTAGE FROM THREE. HE CAN MAKE A LOT OF JUMPERS. I THINK TEAMS MIGHT HAVE PUT TOO MUCH STOCK INTO HIS THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE. I’M GOING TO BANK ON HIM RECRUITING HIS SHOT JUST ENOUGH. >> I HAVE TO SAY, I FEEL LIKE THE DRAFT JUST STARTED NOW. IT’S A JOLT OF ENERGY. EIGHT TO 10 YEARS, THIS IS POTENTIALLY THE BEST PLAYER IN THE DRAFT. HIM FALLING TO THE PISTONS, SARTRE THOMPSON, CADE CUNNINGHAM. THEY HAVE ATHLETICISM ALREADY. IT FEELS LIKE HE COULD BE THE GUY TO HELP THEM GET OUT OF THE BASEMENT OF LOSING EVERY YEAR. >> I GET TO BE A COLLEGE BASKETBALL REPORTER. YOU GUYS COVER THE NBA. THE BENEFIT TO ME IS THAT I DIDN’T HAVE TO WATCH THE PISTONS THIS YEAR. SO MY SYMPATHIES TO THE TWO OF YOU. >> OR THE WIZARDS. >> THAT’S RIGHT. WARRIORS, SUNS, LAKERS, SPURS ON MY LATE-NIGHT TV. BUT YOU KNOW, I’M STARTING TO SENSE YOU GUYS MIGHT BE OVERRATING RON HOLLAND. I DON’T THINK HE’S THE BEST PLAYER IN THE DRAFT. HE’S A GREAT ATHLETE. HE BRINGS A LOT OF ATHLETIC SKILLS. HE COULD IMPROVE. HE WAS A HORRIFIC THREE-POINT SHOOTER. LOOK AT THE PISTON NUMBERS. THEY WERE 26TH IN THE NBA IN THREE-POINT SHOOTING. 27TH IN SCORING. 22ND IN ASSISTS. THEY WERE A HORRIBLE OFFENSIVE TEAM. SO I’M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE. OBVIOUSLY IT’S A LONG-TERM PLAY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A GUY WHO IS 19, 20 YEARS OLD. PLAYED ONE YEAR PROFESSIONALLY OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU ARE A TEAM THAT’S HAVING TROUBLE SCORING AND YOU DRAFT A NON-SHOOTING MAN WITH THE FIFTH PICK WHEN SOMEONE LIKE DALTON KNECHT IS SITTING RIGHT THERE. I HAVE A QUESTION. >> I THINK WE HAVE OUR FIRST DEBATE. RON HOLLAND IS 18 YEARS OLD. DALTON KNECHT IS 23 YEARS OLD. WE HAVE A TRADE. CHARLOTTE IS TRADING BACK FROM THE SIX PICK TO THE NINTH PICK WITH THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES. CLEARLY THE GRIZZLIES, WHO HAD A YEAR DERAILED WITH INJURIES, HAVE THEIR EYES ON A SPECIFIC PLAYER. WHO DO YOU THINK THEY ARE LOOKING AT HERE TO MOVE UP THREE SPOTS IN THE DRAFT? >> IT HAS TO BE DONOVAN CLINGAN. IF IT’S TO WHAT THEY NEED. THEY’VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS IDEA EARLIER IN THE DRAFT PROCESS. THEY THOUGHT HE WOULD BE GONE BY NOW AND THEY WEREN’T WILLING TO MOVE UP TO TOP FIVE. I THINK HE’S CLEARLY THE BEST PLAYER ON THE BOARD. SOMEBODY WHO CAN HELP THEM RIGHT AWAY, GIVE THEM SOME FEED DOWN LOW. IT MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE. >> GREAT POINT. COMING INTO THE DRAFT, YOU HAD HIM GOING TO THE HORNETS. YOU FELT LIKE TEAMS WOULD BE GOING FOR HIM. IT MAY BE PREMATURE. CLINGAN CLEARLY A GREAT COLLEGE PLAYER. SEEMS LIKE HE’S GOING TO BE A GOOD NBA PLAYER. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW HE FITS ON THE TEAM, JOHN MORAN. CLINGAN CAN REALLY CHANGE HANDS. HE’S A TERRIFIC ATHLETE. OBVIOUSLY HUGE. HE HAS SHOWN THE ABILITY TO SHOOT THE BALL A LITTLE BIT. I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOCKED TO SEE HIM GO NUMBER ONE OVERALL. ONE SCOUT THAT I TALKED TO CALLED HIM THE SAFEST PICK IN THE DRAFT. I CAN SEE WHY. HE’S AN IMMEDIATE RIM PROTECTOR. GREAT SWITCH ABILITY AT THE DEFENSIVE END. IF HE GOT SWITCHED OUT ONTO A POINT GUARD OR SHOOTING GUARD FOR SEGMENTS OF A POSSESSION, I THINK HE COULD HANDLE THAT. BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE MOVES HIS FEET AND BECAUSE OF HIS LENGTH. THE OFFENSIVE GAME IS GOING TO COME. YOU CAN PLAY THE PICK AND ROLL AS WELL AS RUNNING THE FLOOR. JAREN JACKSON. IT’S A GOOD FIT, SOLID FIT FOR THE GRIZZLIES AT NUMBER SIX. >> SO APPARENTLY THE TWEET WAS AN ACTUAL MISTAKE. CHARLOTTE IS WORKING ON A TRADE BACK TO NUMBER NINE. SO THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. SOMETHING THAT’S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. WHERE THERE IS SMOKE, THERE IS FIRE. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME ACTIVITY AROUND ONE OF THE BETTER PROSPECTS IN THE DRAFT. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS EVERY TEAM IS GOING FOR A BIT OF SIZE THESE DAYS. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT NICOLE JOKIC. THREE MVPS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. ONE YEAR HE DIDN’T WHEN M.V.P.. YOU WILL NEED COMPETITIVE BIGS. THERE’S TREMENDOUS VALUE. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET THAT FOR MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR PLAYERS IN ANY GIVEN DRAFT. >> YEAH. CLINGAN IS A GUY WHO CAN REALLY CHANGE THE CULTURE, CHANGE THE IDENTITY. HE CAN TURN A MEDIOCRE DEFENSIVE TEAM INTO A GOOD ONE. NOT MANY OTHER PLAYERS THAT ARE LEFT ON THE BOARD CAN SEEMINGLY HAVE THAT TYPE OF IMPACT. SO YEAH. TIMES HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. FIRST, YOU NEED A BIG GUY WHO CAN SHOOT. THEN YOU NEED A BIG GUY WHO CAN PLAY MAKE. I THINK WE ARE BACK TO SEEING TEAMS VALUE THE RUDY GOBERT’S OF THE WORLD. THOSE CLASSIC RIM PROTECTORS. CLINGAN IS CLEARLY THAT TYPE OF GUY. HIS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE TEAM IS GOING TO BE GREATER THAN ANYBODY ELSE LEFT ON THE BOARD HERE. >> IT’S INTERESTING TO SEE MEDICINE FOR ELLIS ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW. IT WAS ALMOST A CONSENSUS MOCK DRAFT THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE PISTONS AT FIVE. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE HE GOES. CHARLOTTE IS SELECTING TIDJANE SALAUN. THE THIRD FRENCH PLAYER TAKEN IN THE TOP SIX. THIS WAS HIGHER THAN HE WAS ON MANY MOCK DRAFTS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS PICK? >> I’M GIVING THIS A B MINUS. I THINK IT’S A REACH. I GET WHY HE’S BEEN A HOT NAME DURING THIS PREDRAFT PROCESS. BUT I WOULDN’T DO IT. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVES. HE IS — 6’9" COME 18 YEARS OLD. 70 THREES THIS YEAR. IN TERMS OF HIS PHYSICAL TOOLS AND HIS MOVEMENT, HE SHOULD BE A GOOD DEFENDER. I’M NOT SO SURE HOW MUCH I’M BUYING HIM BEING A KNOCK DOWN SHOOTER IN THE NBA. HE DOESN’T GIVE YOU MUCH ELSE OFFENSIVELY. HE DOESN’T PUT THE BALL ON THE FLOOR. ONE OF THE WORST FINISHERS BELOW THE RIM BASED ON THE NUMBERS. REALLY STRUGGLED TO FINISH LAYUPS. HE DIDN’T REBOUND OR PASS. YOU ARE BANKING ON HIM BEING AN ELITE SHOOTER AND PAIRING THAT WITH DEFENSE. I DON’T SEE AS MUCH UPSIDE AS YOU WOULD THINK AND 18, 19-YEAR-OLD GUY WITH THAT SKILL SET AND HIS SIZE. I DON’T SEE THAT TRANSLATING TO UPSIDE. BUT YEAH. I GIVE THIS A B MINUS. THIS IS A BIT OF A REACH FOR ME. I CAN SEE WHY THEY WERE LOOKING TO TRADE DOWN AND GET HIM. I’M SURE THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM A COUPLE PICKS LATER. I GUESS WE HAVE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE TRADE CONVERSATIONS. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS DRAFT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BRANDON MILLER HAD AN INCREDIBLE ROOKIE SEASON. YOU THINK, THEY’VE BEEN DRAFTING WELL. THIS DOES FEEL LIKE A TEAM. YOU ARE AN ACC COUNTRY. MAYBE GO GET YOURSELF A COLLEGE PLAYER. DALTON CONNECT. SOMEONE MORE PROVEN THAT CAN COME IN AND PLAY. ARE YOU SURPRISED? >> I AM. NOT PARTICULARLY A FAN OF IT. NOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. HE’S A WORSE VERSION. HE’S NOT A GREAT ATHLETE. HE SHOT UNDER 30% FROM THREE-POINT RANGE. IN TERMS OF HIS MEASUREMENTS AT THE COMBINE, HE MEASURED SIX INCHES WITHOUT SHOES. A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN HIS HEIGHT. HE’S NOT A SUPERLONG GUY. HE’S NOT GOING TO BRING A LOT AT THE DEFENSIVE END. ONE THING HE REALLY DOES IS SCORE AT THE PERIMETER AND HE DOESN’T DO THAT AT AN EFFICIENT LEVEL. SO WE WILL SEE. OBVIOUSLY A CHANCE TO GET BETTER. HE’S GOT SOME BOUNCED, AGILITY TO HIM. YOU CAN SEE THE UPSIDE. SOMEONE LIKE DONOVAN CLINGAN ON THIS TEAM JUST DIDN’T REALLY HAVE THAT STRONG POSITION WHO CAN SWITCH OVER DEFENSIVELY, FINISH AT THE RIM. I THINK HE WOULD’VE BEEN A BETTER CHOICE. >> THE BEST, FOR HIM, HE IS SOMEONE THAT ANYONE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW HAVEN’T SEEN HIM BEFORE. WHO IS THE BEST NBA COMP TO HIM? >> OBI TOPPIN WITH MORE DEFENSIVE UPSIDE. HE WAS A LOT DIFFERENT IN COLLEGE. HE MOVED TO THE NBA, HIS ROLE HAD TO CHANGE. HE’S A GUY WHO STANDS AROUND AND HITS THREES AND USES HIS ATHLETICISM AS A PLAY FINISHER. HE’S PROBABLY A NEGATIVE DEFENDER WHERE SALAUN HAS A CHANCE TO BE A POSITIVE DEFENDER. THEIR ROLES OFFENSIVELY WILL BE SIMILAR. OF COURSE SALAUN IS STILL 18. THERE’S OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE ROOM FOR HIM TO EVOLVE AND TURN INTO A DIFFERENT PLAYER. EARLY ON IN HIS CAREER, HE WILL GO TO CHARLOTTE AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ENERGY, ATHLETICISM, SPOT SHOOTING. JUST NOT MUCH ELSE. IT’S HARD FOR ME TO EVALUATE HIM DEFENSIVELY. HE MADE A LOT OF GOOD PLAYS. PLAYING A FULL-TIME ROLE IN THE NBA IS DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS IN FRANCE. I’M STILL IN WAIT AND SEE MODE. DEFENSIVELY, HE HAS THE TOOLS AND OTHER THINGS YOU NEED TO BE A GOOD DEFENDER. THAT DOESN’T NECESSARILY MAKE YOU A GOOD DEFENDER. WE WILL SEE HOW HE DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. HE’S A BIT OF A HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD TYPE OF GUY. OBI WITH DEFENSIVE POTENTIAL WAS MY GUY. >> WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SEVENTH PICK AND NOTE A COUPLE THINGS. THE TRAIL BLAZERS TRADED OUT OF THE 14TH PICK. THEY SENT MALCOLM BROGDON TO THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS. THE PICK IS IN. LET’S SEE WHO ELSE THEY ADDED. DONOVAN CLINGAN AT NUMBER SEVEN. THE TWO TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION. WE’VE ALREADY WAXED POETICALLY ABOUT HIM. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PICK BY THE PORTLAND DRUG BLAZERS? >> SEVEN. THIS IS CLEARLY THE BEST PROSPECT AVAILABLE. I THINK THEY NEEDED A MEANER DEFENSIVE PRESENCE AROUND THE BASKET. ANOTHER THE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE, DO YOU JUST PLAY CLINGAN AS A BACKUP? WHICH YOU DON’T REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE SEVENTH OVERALL PICK ON. THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PORTLAND WILL HAVE TO SORT OUT HERE. IT’S A PRETTY BIG CONTRACT. I’M ALL ABOUT TAKING THE BEST PROSPECT AVAILABLE. I DON’T SEE — HE’S THE SAFEST PICK IN THE DRAFT. YOU KNOW WITH HIS MEASUREMENTS, JUST WATCHING HIM PRODUCE AT EVERY LEVEL EVERY TIME HE’S IN GAME, HE’S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE EASY BASKET AND OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS. HE’S GOING TO GIVE YOU RIM PROTECTION. HE’S A BETTER PASSER THAN THE NUMBERS SUGGEST. THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY FROM A SCOUTING PERSPECTIVE WAS, HE COULD MAKE JUMPERS. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DO IT IN CONNECTICUT. WITH ALL THE CARAVANS THERE. WHAT I SAW USING MY OWN I TEST, HE WAS STROKING IT. IF YOU ARE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU WOULD THINK HE MAKES THREES NORMALLY. IF THAT BECOMES A PART OF HIS GAME, HE HAS A CHANCE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PROSPECTS IN THE DRAFT. I’M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW PORTLAND PLAYS THIS IN TERMS OF PLAYING TIME. THE YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE HERE? >> THAT’S A GREAT POINT. I HAVE TO GO TO YOU ON THIS. LAST YEAR, WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH CLINGAN, AND THEN WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN WITHOUT SONOMA ON THE FLOOR. HOW WAS HE A DIFFERENT PLAYER PLAYING WITH A GUY WHO ONE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT? AND THEN PLAYING WITHOUT HIM IN THE FRONTCOURT. >> FIRST OF ALL, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU COULD CALL SOMEONE GOING SEVENTH THE STEAL. I THINK THEY WILL BE SENDING THANK YOU NOTES TO THE HORNETS. THE HORNETS BEST BIG MAN IS MARK WILLIAMS. HERE’S A TEAM IN PORTLAND. THEY DO HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE. YOU GO FOR THE BEST PLAYER THAT YOU CAN AT NUMBER SEVEN. THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE WITH CLINGAN THIS YEAR WAS HIS CONDITION, HIS STRENGTH, HIS HEALTH. IT WAS TENUOUS EARLY IN THE SEASON BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING FOOT PROBLEMS. MISSED A LOT OF THE PRESEASON. BIG GUYS HAVE FOOT PROBLEMS. IT’S A MAJOR RED FLAG. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. YOU FIX IT SURGICALLY? IN WHICH CASE HE’S DONE FOR THE SEASON. DO YOU TRY TO PLAY THROUGH THE PAIN? MAYBE RUN THE RISK OF DOING MORE DAMAGE? FEET ARE NOT BUILT TO BE CARRYING THIS KIND OF WEIGHT. ONCE HE GOT HEALTHY AND STRONG, HE WAS THE BEST BIG MAN OUTSIDE OF ZAKI IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. IT DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUS TO SEE HIS UPSIDE LONG-TERM IN TERMS OF BEING AN NBA FIVE-MAN. PERIMETER.END OUT O THAT’S THE NUMBER ONE G GUYS HAE . BE ABLE TO SWITCH O THE WINGS,FROM THE BASKET. OFFENSIVELY, HE HAS A LOT OF TOOLS TO COVER. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PICK. YOU ARE GETTING A WINNER. YOU ARE GETTING A GUY WHO COULD GO INTO AN NBA GAME RIGHT NOW AND HELP YOU BEAT A REALLY GOOD TEAM. YOU ARE ALSO GETTING A GUY WITH A LOT OF ROOM TO IMPROVE IN A LOT OF UPSIDE. >> YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING VERY PARTICULAR IN HIS GAME. HIS PASSING ABILITY. SCOOT HENDERSON STRUGGLED A BIT AND HIS ROOKIE SEASON TO SCORE AND TO FIND HIS SHOOTING RHYTHM. HE COULD USE A BIG WHO COULD DO THAT. IF YOU ARE OUT WEST AND ARE BATTLING, YOU NEED A BIG THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THE FLOOR WHO CAN STAND UP TO THOSE GUYS. THIS FEELS LIKE A GREAT PICK FOR THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS. >> WE WILL SEE MORE PASSING IN THE NBA. CONNECTICUT IS SO LOADED. IT IS SUCH A PLUS TO TAKE A BIG MAN WHO CAN PASS. IT TAKES PRESSURE OFF THE POINT GUARD. YOU ARE RIGHT. SCOOT IS A SCORING BALLHANDLER. HE’S A POINT GUARD BUT HE’S A SCORER FIRST. TO GET PASSING FROM ANOTHER POSITION IS CERTAINLY A PLUS. I THINK WE WILL EVENTUALLY START TO SEE AS HE GETS MORE FREEDOM, WE WILL START TO SEE HIM DO A COUPLE THINGS THAT THEY DIDN’T DO IN COLLEGE. MAYBE STUFF AWAY FROM THE BASKET. >> SEVEN PROSPECTS OFF THE BOARD. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT GUYS WHO ARE LEFT ON THE BOARD. THE BEST PROSPECTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW. DEVIN CARTER. JARED MCCAIN. ROB BILLINGHAM. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH KENTUCKY GUARDS. THEY FALL LATER IN THE DRAFT. THEY END UP BECOMING ALL-STARS. MATAS BUZELIS. WE TALKED ABOUT HIM EARLIER. TOP FIVE INTERNATIONAL PROSPECT THAT HAS FALLEN WITH A KNEE INJURY. HOW FAR DO YOU THINK HE COULD FALL IN THE DRAFT? CONSIDERING HOW GOOD OF A PROSPECT HE WAS LISTED AS BEFORE THE KNEE INJURY. >> I CAN’T IMAGINE HE FALLS TOO FAR. AT SOME POINT IN THE DRAFT, IT’S JUST THE BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE. THE TEAM IS GOING TO SAY, I DON’T CARE ABOUT GETTING AN IMMEDIATE CONTRIBUTOR NEXT YEAR. THOUGH MANY GUYS AT 14 OR 15 IMPACTS THIS SEASON. I HAVEN’T SEEN THE MEDICALS. I HAVEN’T HEARD ANY CERTAINTY AROUND THE SEVERITY OF THE PARTIALLY TORN ACL OR WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO REHAB IT. BUT YEAH. BEFORE THE INJURY, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR SAN ANTONIO. I LINK THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE SPURS NEED FOR A SET UP MAN. THAT’S WHAT I BANK ON WITH TOPIC. A GUY WHO CAN CREATE EASY SHOTS FOR TEAMMATES. WILL THE SCORING TRANSLATE? HE IS NOT THE GREATEST AT CREATING SEPARATION FOR HIMSELF. HE WAS A 30% THREE-POINT SHOOTER. AT 6’6", HE CAN GET TO SPOTS. HE CAN PUT PRESSURE ON THE RIM. HE’S A GOOD FINISHER. HE’S GOOD PASSER. IT’S HARD FOR ME TO HAVE ANY STRONG, CONFIDENT OPINION BECAUSE I HAVEN’T HEARD ANY SPECIFICS ABOUT HIS KNEE OR RECOVERY. >> OBVIOUSLY THE SPURS TOOK STEPHON CASTLE A NUMBER FOUR. THEY ARE BACK ON THE BOARD AT EIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE THAT YOU LIKE? I KNOW YOU SAID — A FEW TIMES. TRYING TO BUILD THEIR FUTURE. >> DALTON KNECHT. HE’S THE BEST COLLEGE PLAYER IN THE DRAFT. HE’S GOT A LOT OF IMPROVING TO DO. HE’S GOT A LOT OF GROWING TO DO, ESPECIALLY ON THE DEFENSIVE END. HE WILL BE A GOOD DEFENDER BECAUSE HE’S A GOOD ATHLETE. HE’S NOT A GREAT LATERAL MOVEMENT GUY. HE WILL NEVER BE YOUR DEFENSIVE STOPPER. WHENEVER HE’S IN THE GAME, HE WILL BE GUARDING THE SECOND OR THIRD BEST PERIMETER PLAYER ON THE COURT. HE WILL DO AN OK JOB AT THAT. THIS KID IS AN ABSOLUTE BUCKET. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SPURS IN TERMS OF THEIR THREE-POINT SHOOTING, DOUG MCDERMOTT, THESE ARE NOT GREAT THREE-POINT SHOOTERS. 37% THREE-POINT SHOOTER. DALTON KNECHT WILL BE VERY GOOD HERE. BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. >> WATCH OUT FOR KENTUCKY. THEY ARE WILDCATS. SAN ANTONIO SELECTING ROB BILLINGHAM AT EIGHT. HE COULD BE MOVED TO MINNESOTA ACCORDING TO HIS SOURCES. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS PICK? IF IT IS SAN ANTONIO AND IF IT’S FOR MINNESOTA. >> WELL. HE’S IN THE BEST COMFORT — IN THE CONVERSATION FOR BEST PROSPECT AVAILABLE. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT WITH HIM. BECAUSE OF THE DEFENSIVE CONCERNS. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. MINNESOTA, IF THEY GET ANOTHER BIG-TIME SCORER TO START OR BRING OFF THE BENCH. EITHER WAY, HE’S OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER. I LOVE HIM IN THE SIX MINERAL. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER HE’S A POINT GUARD. HE CAN JUST PLAY TO HIS STRENGTHS. I WILL GIVE THIS A B PLUS. PICTURES FALLING OFF THE WALL. >> THEY WANTED THE A-PLUS FOR ROB DILLINGHAM. THOSE ARE KENTUCKY FANS COMING FOR YOU. >> THE GHOSTS IN THE ROOM ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE PICK. WE KNOW WHAT HE CAN DO. HE’S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. HE’S JUST YOUR CLASSIC MICROWAVE BUCKET GETTER. WE HAVE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH HE’S GOING TO DEVELOP AS A PASSER, DECISION-MAKER. IS HE GOING TO GET CRUSHED ON DEFENSE AT 106 HE FOUR POUNDS? IF YOU PUT HIM IN A SIX MINERAL TO PLAY IN HIS STRENGTHS, I LIKE THAT FIT THERE. >> IT’S GREAT FOR HIM TO BE GOING TO A TEAM OF HIS CALIBER. HE’S NOT GOING TO BE ASKED TO CARRY THINGS. THE EIGHTH PICK IS OFTEN PUT IN THAT POSITION. NOT QUITE READY FOR IT. I’M NOT A BIG DALTON KNECHT — A BIG DILLINGHAM GUY. THERE’S NOTHING THAT HE’S SHOWN SO FAR THAT HE CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE PLAYMAKER. THAT DOESN’T MEAN HE HAS TO BE A FULL-TIME POINT GUARD. THERE AREN’T ANYMORE FULL-TIME POINT GUARDS IN THE NBA, AT LEAST IN THE WAY YOU TRADITIONALLY THINK ABOUT THEM. I DIDN’T SEE A LOT OF PLAYMAKING SKILLS FROM HIM DURING THE SEASON. HE MEASURED SUPER SMALL IN THE COMBINE. SIX FOOT 1.5. 106 HE FOUR POUNDS. — 106 HE FOUR POUNDS. THAT IS SUPERLIGHT. YOU DON’T FIND MANY GUARDS IN THE NBA WITH THAT KIND OF PHYSICAL PROFILE. DEFENSIVELY, IT WAS HARD TO TELL IF HE WASN’T GOOD AT IT OR WASN’T INTERESTED IN IT OR MAYBE IT WAS A COMBINATION THEREOF. WHEN YOU LOOK AT KENTUCKY’S NUMBERS, THEY WERE WORST TEAM IN THE LINEUP’S WHEN DILLINGHAM WAS ON THE FLOOR. ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS SCORE THE BASKETBALL. HIS DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY, EVEN HIGHER SCORING AVERAGE. DILLINGHAM AND SHEPPARD BOTH DID NOT START AT KENTUCKY. MIGHT BE WHY THEY DIDN’T MAKE IT PAST THE FIRST ROUND. I’M INTERESTED TO SEE IT AGAIN. I’M NOT A BIG DILLINGHAM GUY. EIGHT, NORMALLY YOU LOOK TO CARRY A HIGHER LOAD. IF HE WILL END UP AT MINNESOTA, HE WILL BE IN A GOOD SITUATION TO TAKE HIS TIME GROWING INTO THE ROLE. >> THE TWO STATS THAT JUMP OFF THE PAGE WHEN I LOOK AT IT. 47% FROM THE FIELD. 44% FROM THREE-POINT RANGE. ARE THESE FAIR COMPS? >> >> — >> THE WORST CASE IS A BONES HYLAND. FRAIL. THEY HAVE SUCH LITTLE MARGIN FOR ERROR BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PLAYMAKING AND DEFENSE. THE SHOT DIET. TAKES A LOT OF TOUGH SHOTS. THAT’S WHY IT WAS SURPRISING WHY HE WAS SO EFFICIENT. IT’S FLUKY. OVER TIME LAST YEAR, HE THOUGHT THIRD — SHOT 38% FROM THE FLOOR. HE NEEDS A GOOD COACH. HE NEEDS DISCIPLINE AROUND HIM. IDEALLY, HE’S A LOU WILLS TYPE. >> WITH THE NINTH PICK IN THE 2024 NBA DRAFT, THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES SURETTE — SELECT ZACH EDEY. NUMBER NINE. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS PICK? >> OH BOY. NUMBER NINE. I HAVE TO GIVE THIS A C PLUS. >> WATCH FOR THE SIGN BEHIND YOU. IT’S GOING TO FALL AGAIN. >> I WILL HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF PICKS. I DON’T KNOW. I’VE TURNED AROUND A LITTLE BIT ON HIM SINCE EARLIER THIS SEASON. I WASN’T SURE HE WAS DRAFT ABOUT. SLOWLY HE HAS MOVED UP THE BOARD WITH SOME OF THE YOUNGER GUYS. IT’S A STRETCH. IF YOU ARE MEMPHIS, YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT WINNING RIGHT AWAY AFTER THE DOWN YEAR LAST YEAR. WILL HE BE ABLE TO PLAY DEFENSE IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF A PLAYOFF GAME? HE DID IMPROVE HIS CONDITIONING. HE WILL GET YOU EASY BASKETS. HE’S GOING TO BE A DEFENSIVE PRESENCE JUST BY STANDING THERE. I THINK WITH OTHER GUYS ON THE BOARD, THERE’S HIGHER UPS — HIGHER UPSIDE OPTIONS. I’M TRYING TO PROCESS HIM GOING NUMBER NINE. THAT’S NOT SOMETHING I SAW IN THE CARDS. PARTICULARLY NOT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. WE’VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT HIM I JUST WHEN I LOOK AT THE ACCOL, COLLEGE PLAYER OF THEEAR, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THING HISTORICALLY, THOSE GUYS HAVE WORKED OUT IN THE SENSE THAT HE DOESN’T HE FITS THAT SAME OLD AS SOME OF THOSE GUYS WHO HAVE ACCOLADES. >> EDEYESPECIALLY ON A PERSONAL. WHAT HE DID FOR THE COLLEGE GAME. GETTING PURDUE BACK TO THE FINAL , HATE, CONTROVEI THINK THE WORLD. I THIS IS A TERRIBLE PICK. I MEAN, THE IDEA THAT HE COULD EVER SHARE THE COURT WITH JA MORA BE THE FASTEST PLAYER IN THE WHOLE LEAGUE WITH THE BALL ZACH EDEY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT. SEE HIM IN THE PICK AND ROLL GAME. MAYBE THAT’S P OF THE PLAY THERE. FOR HIM TO BE EFFECTIVE, HE IS WHAT HE IS. YOU HAVE TO PARK IT NEAR THE BASKET. YOU HAVE POST-UP. YOU HAVE TO LET HIM SCORE OR GET FOULED. THE SIZE AND PHYSICALITY AND ATHLETICISM OF THE BIGS THAT HE IS GOING TO BE GOING UP AGAINST IN THE NBA ARE EXPONENTIAL COMPARED TO WHAT HE FACED IN COLLEGE. ON THE DEFENSIVE END, HE WILL BE HARD TO HIDE. ONCE YOU MOVE HIM A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE BASKET, HE’S A SITTING DUCK. HE DOESN’T MOVE HIS FEET WELL. HE’S NOT A WEAK SIDE SHOT-BLOCKER AT ALL. HE’S VERY GOOD AS A PRIMARY SHOT-BLOCKER. NOT ONLY GOING NINTH IN THE DRAFT. I DON’T KNOW WAS SINGLE MOCK THAT HAD HIM GOING IN THE TOP 10. MUCH LESS A TEAM LIKE MEMPHIS THAT HAS THE FASTEST POINT GUARD IN THE NBA. THIS IS A TERRIBLE PICK. >> I THOUGHT I WAS BEING OPTIMISTIC. I PUT HIM AT 13TH AND I HAVE TROUBLE DOING THAT. TO YOUR POINT, THE FASTEST POINT GUARD IN THE LEAGUE. A FAST TEAM. THE CRAZIEST AT IS THAT ZACH EDEY DID NOT MAKE ONE BASKET IN TRANSITION THE ENTIRE SEASON. HE PLAYED A LOT OF MINUTES. HE SEEMED LIKE HE WOULD GET ONE BY ACCIDENT JUST BY BEING IN A GOOD POSITION. CONTRASTING STYLES THERE. I’M WITH YOU. THIS IS A SHOCKING PICK. >> WHAT’S HIS BEST NBA COMP? I’M LOOKING AT THE UTAH JAZZ. WALKER KESSLER MAYBE. A PLAYER LIKE THAT. WHO IS HE LIKE CURRENTLY IN THE NBA? >> KESSLER MOVED DIFFERENTLY. THERE’S NO 7’4" 300 POUNDERS IN THE NBA. >> TENTS PICK. THE UTAH JAZZ ARE TAKING CODY WILLIAMS. THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF JALEN WILLIAMS FROM THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. THERE LOTTERY PICK FROM 2022. WHAT SAY YOU? >> THIS IS A B PLUS PICK. I LIKE CODY WILLIAMS. I DON’T LOVE HIM. WE ARE AT NUMBER 10 YEAR. LACKING STAR POWER. UTAH COULD USE — I DON’T KNOW HOW ATHLETIC HE IS. HE’S LONG AND RANGY. HE’S GOING TO BE AN OFF BALL GUY. I COMPARE HIM TO JADEN MCDANIELS. IF THE 40% THREE-POINT SHOOTING DOES TRANSLATE, HE WASN’T KNOWN FOR HIS SHOOTING. I WAS SURPRISED THAT HE WAS SO EFFICIENT. IF YOU EXPANDED THE SEASON OUT, THE NUMBER WOULD DROP. HE PLAYS THE RIGHT WAY. HE GETS YOU BUCKETS. HE CAN HAVE A BAD GAME AND NOT HURT YOU. THAT’S WHY I LIKE HIM. HE CAN PLAY OFF ELSE AND PICK HIS SPOTS TO ATTACK WHEN HE HAS SPACE DOWNHILL. VERY GOOD DEFENSIVE TOOLS. I HEAR GREAT THINGS ABOUT HIM OFF THE FLOOR. HIS BROTHER IS A STUD. MAYBE CODY HAS THE BLUEPRINT ON HOW TO KEEP DEVELOPING AND EVOLVING YOUR GAME. I LIKE THE PICK. I DON’T SEE A STAR HERE. I DON’T SEE MANY STARS LEFT ON THE BOARD. >> WHEN I LOOK INTO CODY WILLIAMS AND SEE THE INJURIES, MAYBE THE REASON HE DIDN’T PUT UP THE STOPS WE WANTED TO SEE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? >> CODY WILLIAMS COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA, HE WAS RANKED FIFTH NATIONALLY IN HIS CLASS. HE WENT TO COLORADO WHICH WAS A BORDERLINE TEAM. 12 POINTS PER GAME. 41.53-POINT SHOOTING. PRETTY GOOD. 1.6 ASSISTS. THREE REBOUNDS. CERTAINLY DIDN’T PLAY UP TO HIS BILLING COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. OUTSTANDING POINT GUARD. THEY HAD SOME OTHER GOOD PIECES AROUND HIM. HE WAS BANGED UP ALL YR. GOT THE SENSE DURING THE SEASON, CONFIRMED IN TERMS OF THE POINT SEASON — POSTSEASON INTEL, HE WAS PLAYING IN PAIN ALL YEAR. REALLY WANTED TO PLAY. DURING THE TIMES WHEN HE WAS HEALTHY, EARLY TO MID JANUARY, HE SHOWED YOU GLIMPSES WERE YOU ARE LIKE, OK. THERE’S ABER FIVE FRESHMEN IN THE COUNTRY. HE WILL GETFF. IT NEVER HAPPENED. IF I’M AN NBA SCOUT AND YOU ARE LOOKING DAYLIGHT, IT’S AMAZING TO ME LOOKING AT THIS BOARD. WE HAVE 10 PLAYERS PICKED AND NOT ONE OF THEM IS DALTON KNECHT . FORS IS THE HEADLINE OF THE DRAFT. HE’S HAD TO PROVE PEOPLE WRONG HIS ENTIRE LIFE. DIDN’T GET AFFER COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HIS ACADEMIC SITUATION PRIMARILY. SOMEDAY LIKE CODY WILLIAMS WHO DIDN’T HAVE NEARLY THE SEASON, ROB BILLINGM WHO DIDN’T HAVEARLS KNECHT DID. YOU AREN NBA SCOUT. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR DAY YOU ARE LOOKING FOR GLIMPSES. YOU ARE TRYING TO PROJECT TO THE FUTURE. MICHAEL PORTER JR. COMING OUT OF MISSOURI. HE HAD BACK ISSUES. TO ME, THAT’S THE BIGGEST RED FLAG OF ALL. BACK AND FEET FOR BIGGER PLAYERS. QUESTIONS.AMS GIV >> THE CHICAGO BULLS WITH THE 11TH PICK IN THE DRAFT TAKE MATAS BUZELIS. YOU HAD HIM AS HIGH AS FIFTH. HE’S ALSO A NATIVE OF THE SUBURBS IN CHICAGO. >> B PLUS. I DIDN’T EXPECT THEM TO BE ON THE BOARD HERE. I STRUGGLE BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE WAS BETWEEN HIS HIGHLIGHTS AND LOW LIGHTS. HIS LOW LIGHTS, A GUY WHO LOOKS LIKE A FRANZ WAGNER. EVERYBODY LIKES THAT ARCHETYPE. A BIG WING WHO CAN SHOOT THREES, PLAY ABOVE THE RIM, RUN PICK AND ROLL FOR YOU. THE LOW LIGHTS, REALLY STRUGGLED FROM OUTSIDE. COULDN’T TURN THE BALL OVER IN THE HALF-COURT. SO THERE’S A LOT OF GUESSWORK FOR ME IN TERMS OF HOW GOOD HE’S GOING TO BE IN THREE YEARS. THERE’S DEFINITELY POTENTIAL THERE FOR HIM TO BE A VERY VALUABLE PLAYER. IF YOU ARE CHICAGO, YOU ARE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE SOME SWINGS HERE. I THINK MATAS BUZELIS IS A SWING WORTH TAKING ON NUMBER 11. I KNOW SETH IS GOING TO GIVE THIS AN F BECAUSE DALTON KNECHT IS STILL ON THE BOARD. THE THINKING HERE IS THAT DALTON KNECHT, EVEN THOUGH HE’S NBA READY, HE DOESN’T MOVE THE NEEDLE ENOUGH AT 23 YEARS OLD. HOW MUCH BETTER IS HE GOING TO GET? CHICAGO HAS TO FIND SOMETHING EXCITING FOR THIS GROUP. PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE GOING TO START TO REBUILD, IF THEY EVER CHOOSE TO. >> YOU LOOK AT THE CHICAGO BULLS SITUATION. TRADED AWAY ALEX CARUSO. DEMAR DEROZAN LOST IN FREE AGENCY. LONZO BALL HASN’T PAID IN OVER TWO YEARS. THEY LOOK TO BE IN FULL REBUILD MODE. THE ONE THING THAT MATAS BUZELIS SAID ABOUT ZACCHARIE RISACHER, HE DOESN’T WANT TO SEE ME. HE HAS EDGE AND FLARE TO HIM. MISSED THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE G-LEAGUE BUT DID HIT THE GAME RENTER AND THE RISING STARS GAME. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A GUY THAT TALKS THE TALK AND YOU ARE THE CHICAGO BULLS, HE DOES THAT. THE STATS SEEM PEDESTRIAN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM. >> 26% THREE-POINT SHOOTER. HIS NAME IS MATAS BUZELIS. HE PLAYED FOR THE LITHUANIA NATIONAL TEAM. HIS PARENTS ARE LITHUANIA BUT HE GREW UP IN CHICAGO. HE’S GOT A GOOD PEDIGREE. HIS DAD IS ALL-AMERICAN. NOT A LOT OF LENGTH OR WINGSPAN. 26% THREE-POINT SHOOTER. 70% THREE-POINT SHOOTERS. HE’S GOT A GOOD STROKE BUT MAYBE NOT A HUGE UPSIDE THERE. ABSOLUTE DEMON IN THE OPEN FLOOR. I COULD SEE HIM RUNNING WITH COBY WHITE. REAL ATHLETIC CHARACTERS. WE WILL SEE. MY GUY DALTON KNECHT IS STILL OUT THERE. I WILL START THROWING THINGS IN THIS ROOM IF HE DOESN’T GET PICKED SOON. THE IDEA THAT ALL THESE PLAYERS ARE MORE PREPARED THAN DALTON KNECHT TO HELP THEIR >> WHEN I SEE TALENTED SHOT CREATOR AND BALL HAM– HANDLER FOR HIS SIZE WASSERMAN I PUT THE STATS OVER HERE, RIGHT? WHEN I WATCHED BULLS PLAY A COUPLE OF TIMES I’VE SEEN HIM PLAY, THOSE ARE THE THINGS I DID SEE. RIGHT? YOU PUT ALL THE BEST PLAYERS ON THE FLOOR AND IT’S LIKE OH, WHO’S THE LANKY KID WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS THAT FEELS CONFIDENT WITH IT? AND HE ONLY SHOT 44% FROM THE FIELD. I WANTED TO SEE MORE OF HIM. BUT FOR THE BULLS, THEY’RE GOING TO NEED SOMEONE TO CREATE SHOTS, RIGHT? THEY’RE GOING TO NEED SOMEONE THEY CAN GIVE THE BALL TO AND HE FEELS LIKE A GUY THAT THEY CAN DO THAT WITH. >> YEAH. SEE, I’M NOT SOLD ON THAT. I’M NOT SOLD THAT HE IS GOING TO BE THAT GUY WHO MAKES EVERYBODY BETTER. I MEAN, I THINK HE’S MORE OF A SCORER THAN A PLAYMAKER. AND KIND OF SPEAKS TO WHAT I SAID. IF YOU LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS, YOU WATCH OF WATCH A COUPLE OF GAMES AND SEE WHAT HE CAN DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY HE’S BEEN SO HIGHLY TOUTED IN THE RECRUITING RANKINGS AND WHY THERE’S TALK OF HIM GOING TOP FIVE EARLIER IN THIS DRAFT. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT TO ME IS HE LOOKS THE PART. I’M NOT SURE HE IS THE PART. BUT YEAH. HE CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS. LET’S SEE HOW HE DEMONS OVER THE COUPLE OF YEARS AND KIND OF SHARPENS EACH ONE OF THE WIDE RANGE OF SKILLS THAT HE’S FLASHED JUST NOT — HE HASN’T FLASHED THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. LIKE SHOOTING BY THE WAY, HE WAS THEIR 40% THREE-POINT SHOOTER AT SUNRISE. AND THIS YEAR, 24%, WHICH NUMBER DO I BELIEVE HERE? SO HE’S ONE OF THE TOUGHER EVALUATIONNESS MY OPINION. — EVALUATIONNESS MY OPINION. >> YOU BELIEVE THE G LEAGUE BECAUSE THOSE GUYS ARE PLAYING CLOSE TO THE NBA AND THAT’S THE NUMBER YOU LOOK AT THERE. HERE’S THE QUESTION FOR YOU WE’RE 11 PICKS IN. AND WE HAVE MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE WAY THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND. WHO DO YOU HAVE AS THE BIGGEST WINNER SO FAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE PICKS? SETH, LET’S GO TO YOU FIRST ON THIS AND WASSERMAN, WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. THE BIGGEST WINNER SO FAR, 11 PICKS IN. >> I’LL GO WITH MY WIZARDS. I LIKE ALEX SARR. I THINK HE’S A HIGH IMPACT FROM DAY ONE PLAYER WITH TONS OF UPSIDE. I THINK YOU’RE GETTING THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD RIGHT NOW AND HE’S ALSO YOUNG WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE. >> I MEAN, LISTEN. I HAD RYAN HOLLINS HIGH ON MY BOARD AND DETROIT GOT HIM AND AN EASY ANSWER FOR ME AND PEOPLE DON’T AGREE WITH ME ON HOLLINS AND WE ALL SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN ME THE OTHER OBVIOUS ONE IS PORTLAND GETTING DONOVAN CLINGAN AT NUMBER SEVEN. I’M GUESSING THEY WENT INTO THIS DRAFT NOT THINKING THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE AN OPTION OR THAT HE WAS SOMEBODY THEY WOULD HAVE TO MOVE UP FOR. SO I’LL GIVE THE ANSWER TO PORTLAND AS A BIG WINNER. >> ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT ON THE BOARD THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER NOW, YOU’RE PROBABLY WONDERING HOW DOES A TEAM THAT FINISHED WITH THE BEST RECORD OUT WEST DRAFT 12TH? HERE WE GO. TIMBERWOLVES TRADING THE 2031 UNPROTECTED FIRST-ROUND PICK, A TOP ONE PROTECTED 2031 SWAP TO SAN ANTONIO FOR ROB DILLINGHAM. MINNESOTA STILL HOLDS 27 AND 37 TONIGHT. SO THEY’LL PICK AT THE END OF THE FIRST ROUND. WASSERMAN, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FACT THAT MINNESOTA IS ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FIRST-ROUND PICK THIS YEAR AND ADD ROB DILLINGHAM WITH THE EIGHTH PICK TO WHAT THEY HAD ALREADY AS A TEAM? >> I’M STILL GETTING — WRAPPING MY MIND AROUND THAT YOU CAN TRADE A 2031 PICK. MY SON IS 4 YEARS OLD AND HE’S GOING TO HAVE HIS BAR MITZVAH IN 2031. WOW. YEAH. I MEAN, TO — I MEAN, I GUESS — I’M STILL TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS WAS. SO SAN ANTONIO GIVES THAT PICK UP, RIGHT? THAT’S WHAT WE DISCUSSED? SO THEY REALLY WANTED TO GET OUT OF THAT SPOT IT SOUNDS LIKE. THAT’S REALLY WHAT THIS COMES DOWN TO. >> WELL, SO IT’S REALLY INTERESTING IS WE LOOK AT THESE PICKS AND WE GO OH, THOSE ARE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. THEY’RE KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. THIS 12TH PICK THAT THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER HAVE FROM BEING THT RECORD OUT WEST, RIGHT? AND BEING A TEAM THAT’S PROBABLY GOING TO COMPETE FOR A TITLE NEXT YEAR. THAT’S FROM THEIR 2019 RUSSELL WESTBROOK TRADE. SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETIMES THESE DO PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN. SETH, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ROB DILLINGHAM WITH THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES ESSENTIALLY THEY SNATCHED THE EIGHTH PICK IN THE DRAFT AND JUST GIVE UP SOME FUTURE DRAFT RIGHTS? >> YEAH. I THINK IT’S AMAZING. I MEAN, WE JUST HAD THIS HUGE STORY YESTERDAY WITH THE KNICKS. REALLY MORTGAGING THEIR FUTURE FOR MIKAL BRIDGES WHO I THINK IS A PRETTY NICE PLAYER. BUT THAT’S A LOT. THAT’S A LOT TO GIVE UP WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE CELTICS GAVE UP FOR JRUE HOLIDAY AND DERRICK WHITE AND SOME OF THE GUYS THEY PICKED UP. YOU’RE NOT MORTGAGING YOUR ENTIRE FUTURE. SO THE FACT THAT YOU’RE GIVING UP NOT THAT MUCH FOR THE NUMBER EIGHT PICK IN THE DRAFT, EVEN THOUGH LIKE I SAID I’M NOT A BIG DILLINGHAM GUY. I THINK IT’S A COOL SPOT FOR HIM. I REALLY DO. IT’S A WINNING TEAM. HE’S GOING TO HAVE FUN. IT’S A VERY EXCITING TEAM, MINNESOTA, OBVIOUSLY. ANTHONY EDWARDS, WE SEE WHAT HE’S DOING AND EVERYBODY AROUND HIM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT’S VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE NUMBER EIGHT PICK, GIVING UP SO LITTLE, GIVEN THE SEASON THAT THEY HAD AND HOW YOUNG THEY ARE AS A FRANCHISE. HE WILL BE ABLE TO COME IN, COME OFF THE BENCH AND DO T THINGS THAT HE DOES WELL. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO ASK HIM TO DO THINGS THAT HE DOESN’T DO WELL. AND TO THE POINT THAT HE BECOMES A DEFENSIVE LIABILITY, NO PROBLEM. YOU CAN PUT HIM BACK ON THE STARTERS. BRING BACK IN THE AND THEN AWAY WE GO. SO GOOD FOR THE STEAL AND GOOD FOR DILLINGHAM FOR THIS. >> THE THUNDER SELECT NIKOLA TOPIC AT NUMBER 12. TOPIC AGAIN COMING OFF OF KNEE SURGERY PLAYING OVERSEAS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS PIC WASSERMAN, AT 12? >> I’LL GIVE THIS — THIS IS A BORING — AADE. BUT A B-PLUS. THERE’S SO MUCH — THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF UNCERTAINTY AGAIN WITH TOPIC. BUT WHAT’S INTERESTING IS THAT HE’S KIND OF SIMILAR TO JOSH GIDDEY. THESE ARE GUYS WHO ARE — WHO ARE BIG POINT GUARDS. WHO DON’T SHOOT AND JUST TRADED GIDDEY TO KIND OF ADD ANOTHER GIDDEY ARCHETYPE AS A BIG POINT GUARD WHO IS A PLAYMAKER. BUT YOU CAN’T REALLY PLAY HIM OFF THE BALL. SO MAYBE MAYBE THEY PART — PARY TRADED GIDDEY IS BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY COULD GETN THIS DRAFT. BUT IF WE’RE EVALUATING IN A VACUUM, YEAH, HE’S — HE’S VERY GOOD AT GETTING TO SPOTS IN THE HALF COURT. DESPITE HE DOESN’T HAVE LIKE BLOW-BY EXPLOSIVENESS. HE’SRE PTTY CREATIVE. BASKET.S C CREATIVE AROUND HE WAS ACTUALLY A VERY EFFICIE FINISHER DESPITE THE ATHLETICISM. AND I ALWAYS THINK PASSING TRANSLATES. WH THESE GUYS WHO HAVE VISION AND AND RACK UP ASSISTS, AND AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE TOOLS TO CONTINUE EXECUTING THOSE PASSES, I THINK THEY’RE GOING TO TRANSLATE. SO I SEE HIM AS A VERY EFFECTIVE SETUP MAN. THE QUESTION IS IT GOING TO IMPROVE HIS SHOT — CAN HE CREATE FOR HIMSELF? HE PROBABLY DOESN’T NEED TO WITH THAT — WITH THE OKLAHOMA CITY TEAM. HE’S JUST GOING TO COME IN AND THEY CAN TRY TO MAKE THE GAME EASIER FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT YEAH. I’M SURE — THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BECOME A CONVERSATION BECAUSE HE’S VERY SIMILAR TO GIDDEY IN WHAT HE DOES WELL AND WHAT HE DOESN’T DO WELL. >> I HAVE A PREDICTION THAT DALTON KNECHT IS COMING OFF THE BOARD SOON. BECAUSE SETH, I THOUGHT THIS IS WHERE HE WAS GOING TO GO. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF THE SALARY CAP AND WHAT THE THUNDER ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE. AND BY BRINGING IN TOPIC YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY GIDDEY SO YOU FILL THAT SAME SPOT AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET A GUY THAT CAN PRODUCE AT THE SAME LEVEL. BUT DALTON KNECHT I THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT FIT FOR THE THUNDER HERE. AND I’M LOOKING UP AND I GO, OK, SETH, I THINK YOUR TIME IS COMING, MY FRIEND. >> WELL, AGAIN, YOU SEE OUR GRAPHIC THERE TOPIC 6’6" HEIGHT, 6’5 1/2" WING SPAN. HE WILL NOT ADD A LOT ON THE DEFENSIVE EB END. A PASS FIRST POINT GUARD AND A NON-SHOOTER AND NOT ADD MUCH ON THAT END. WE GOT S.G.A. AND CHET HOLMGREN. THESE ARE GUYS TO HAVE THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS A LOT. WHO ARE GOING TO SCORE THE BALL A LOT. AND SO THEY DON’T NECESSARILY NEED A SETUP GUY. AND SO THERE’S A REASON WHY THEY TRADED JOSH GIDDEY. AND YOU BRING IN A GUY LIKE CARUSO WHO’S A DEFENSIVE GUY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE’LL SEE. WE’LL SEE. I DON’T NECESSARILY SEE THE FIT, THE GUY SHOT 30% FROM THREE-POINT RANGE. THE TALENT IS THERE. I’M NOT PERSONALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INJURY. THESE GUYS ARE A LOT YOUNGER THAN THE THREE OF US. THEY HEAL WELL. IT’S NOT ANYTHING THAT HE CAN’T RECOVER FROM. AND, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, AT HIS AGE, HE SHOULDN’T BE SOMEBODY THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING TO CONTRIBUTE RIGHT AWAY. I THINK HE’LL SPEND PLENTY OF TIME IN THE G LEAGUE. BECAUSE THAT’S REALLY WHAT HE NEEDS IS REPETITIONS, MINUTES ON THE FLOOR, RUNNING A TEAM, WORKING ON HIS OUTSIDE SHOT. AND THEN WE’LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. SO NOT A TERRIBLE PICK. BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD EXCITE ME IF I WERE A THUNDER FAN. I DON’T THINK HE’S GOING TO ACCEPTED — I THINK HE’S GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE G LEAGUE DEVELOPING DOWN THERE AND GETTING PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY READY TO PLAY IN THE NBA. >> 18 YEARS OLD. STARTED PLAYING PRO AT 16. AND I THINK THE BIGGEST — WASSERMAN, GETS TO HIS SPOTS AND KNOWS HOW TO CREATE. M.V.P. FIBA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER 18. YOU STARTED TO SEE ACCOLADES LIKE THAT AND OK, THIS GUY AS SETH IS SAYING, IN A FEW YEARS, COULD REALLY BE A DIFFERENCE MAKER AND A SHOT CREATOR FOR OTHERS. >> YEAH. GETTING TO SPOTS, CREATING, THAT’S GOING TO BE WHAT MAKES HIM MONEY IN THIS LEAGUE. PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE RIM. HE’S FAST IN TRANSITION. A LOT IS JUST GOING TO COME DOWN TO HIS SHOT AND WHETHER HE’S GOING TO GET EXPOSED DEFENSIVELY. BUT YOU DRAFT HIM AT NUMBER 12, BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT HE CAN CREATE A LOT OF OFFENSE FOR YOU. >> WE’RE STARTING TO GET TO THE PART OF THE DRAFT AND NOT NECESSARILY TO — THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS WHO TRADED BACK INTO THE FOUR TEAM SPOT, RIGHT? BUT WHERE TEAMS WERE EITHER CLOSE TO BEING GOOD. AND LIKE THE KINGS ONLY LOST TWO MORE GAMES THIS YEAR THAN THEY HAD THE PREVIOUS YEAR. YOU LOOK AT IT. THEY GOT MONK, FOX, SABONIS, KEVIN HUERTER, THEY REALLY DO HAVE A GREAT GROUP. SO SETH, OF THE GUYS ON THE BOARD, WHO DO YOU THINK COULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THE SACRAMENTO KINGS? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I’M A BROKEN RECORD OBVIOUSLY. BUT MY GUY KNECHT AT A CERTAIN POINT I THINK HE’S A GOOD FIT ANYWHERE. YOU KNOW, BUD CARRINGTON, THE FRESHMAN AT PITTSBURGH, IS SOMEBODY WHO REALLY SHOT UP ALL THESE DRAFT BOARDS HERE SINCE THE END OF THE SEASON. JARED MCCAIN FROM DUKE STILL ON THE BOARD. AS PURE OF SHOOTER AS YOU’LL FIND IN THE DRAFT. SO I THINK WE’RE ACTUALLY GETTING TO THE PART OF THE DRAFT THAT REALLY BECOMES INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF VALUE. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THERE’S NOT A LOT OF VALUE AT THE TOP. BUT IN LOOKING AT THE BODY OF THIS CLASS, I REALLY FELT LIKE THE MIDDLE TO THE LATE FIRST ROUND IS WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO GET THE MOST VALUABLE FOR THOSE SHOT SELECTIONS. SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT SACRAMENTO WANTS. BUT SACRAMENTO IS A VERY FAST PACED UP-AND-DOWN TEAM. AND TERRENCE SHANNON MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A SLEEPER AND MAYBE HIGH FOR HIM TO GO BY THE WAY. BUT AS GOOD OF A DOWNHILL DRIVER, SCORER, AS YOU’RE GOING TO FIND IN THIS DRAFT. >> WASSERMAN, LOOKING AT WHO’S LEFT ON THE BOARD, AT 13, FOR THE SACRAMENTO KINGS, OBVIOUSLY THEIR BIGGEST STRENGTH IS AT CENTER AND AT THE GUARD POSITION. SO THE PLAYERS ON THE BOARD WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A GREAT FIT? >> I LOVE DEVIN CARTER. I MEAN, I THINK THAT HE’S — HE’S GOING TO BRING A LEVEL OF TOUGHNESS THAT YOU CAN’T TEACH. LITTLE THINGS LIKE NINE BOARDS A GAME AT 6’2". HE BLOCKED 70 SHOTS I THINK IN HIS CAREER AT 6’2". THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD FOR SACRAMENTO. AND I LIKE HIM AS A — KIND OF T ACTUALLY WITH DE’AARON FOX AT THE TWO SPOT. SO HE WOULD BE MY PICK. I THINK I HAVE HIM — HE’S MY BEST AVAILABLE PLAYER. I REALLY LOVE JARED MCCAIN. I’M A BIG MCCAIN GUY. >> AND YOU WERE RIGHT ON, MY FRIEND. SACRAMENTO IS GOING TO SELECT DEVIN CARTER WITH THE 13TH PICK. YOU WERE JUST WAXING POETICALLY ABOUT HIM AS A POTENTIAL BEST PROSPECT AVAILABLE FOR THEM IN THIS SPOT, WASSERMAN. >> YEAH. I MEAN, I’LL JUST TRY NOT TO REPEAT MYSELF TOO MUCH FROM 30 SECONDS AGO. BUT HE — HE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, I STARTED TO WRITE ABOUT HIM EARLY IN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR. AND HAD NOTHING TO DO ANYTHING WITH OFFENSIVELY. I WATCHED PROVIDENCE AND THE GUYS HE WAS GUARDING LOOK MISERABLE. HE’S CHASING THEM AROUND AND THEY COULDN’T ESCAPE TWO INCHES FROM HIM. HE WAS BLOCKING THEIR SHOTS. THIS IS — YEAH, THIS IS AN A FOR ME. MY BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE, AND I LIKE WHAT HE DOES FOR THIS PARTICULAR TEAM. YES. SO HIS DEFENSIVE INTENSITY, HIS PERUSEK ANIS AND ANTICIPATION, A 6’7" WING SPAN WHICH HELPS COMPENSATE FOR THAT LACK OF SIZE BUT HE’S IN THIS CONVERSATION AT 13 OVERALL IN THE LOTTERY BECAUSE OF THE STRIDES HE MADE OFFENSIVELY. I MEAN, HE MADE OVER TWO THREES A GAME THIS YEAR. HE WAS ONE OF THE MORE EFFICIENT PICK-AND-ROLL PLAYERS IN THIS DRAFT. HE’S JUST A VERY CRAFTY GUY. HE’S OBVIOUSLY LOADED WITH CONFIDENCE. HE SHOOTS IT FROM 30 FEET OUT. AND I THINK A — 25 DUNKS THIS YEAR. HE STOLE THE SHOW DURING THE ATHLETIC TEST. AND I DIDN’T REALLY SEE COMING. HE HAD THE HIGHEST — TIED FOR THE HIGHEST MAX VERTICAL AND SET THE NBA COMBINE RECORD FOR FASTEST SPRINT TIME. AND HE FINISHED THIRD IN THE AGILITY DRILLS. SO YOU THROW IN THE ATHLETICISM, THE POSITIONAL LENGTH AT 6’7". THE GUARANTEED DEFENSE THAT’S GOING TO TRANSLATE IN MY OPINION. THE IMPROVING OFFENSE AND JUST HIS TOUGHNESS IN GENERAL. I LOVE THE PICK. >> SETH, I LOOK AT HIM AND YOU GO,K, THE PEDIGREE IS THERE. SON OF 13-YEAR VETERAN ANTHONY CARTER, RIGHT? YOU KIND OF LOOK AT HIS AGE. 22 YEARS OLD. THE SACRAMENTO KINGS, THEY’RE LOOKING FOR GUYS WHO CAN COME IN AND CONTRIBUTE RIGHT AWAY. IT REMINDS ME OF LIKE WHEN THE MIAMI HEAT DRAFTED JAIME JAQUEZ LAST YEAR LIKE OK, WE KNOW WHO WE ARE AS A TEAM. WE DON’T NEED LIKE PROSPECTS ANY ARE. IT FEELS LIKE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE IS COMING IN IF YOU’RE THE SACRAMENTO KINGS. >> YEAH. AND WATCHING HIM RIGHT NOW HUG HIS DAD. YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST WEIRD FOR ME. I COVERED IN COLLEGE. THEIR SONS GETTING DRAFTED INTO THE NBA. I LOVE THIS PICK. I LOVE THIS KID. I LOVE THIS PLAYER AND LOVE THIS FIT. SACRAMENTO HAS THESE INCREDIBLE TALENTED WINGS AND ELITE ELECTRIC POINT GUARD IN DE’AARON FOX AND LOTS OF GUYS WHO CAN SCORE KEEGAN MURRAY A HIGH LEVEL SCORER, MALIK MONK, KEVIN HUERTER, ALL THESE GUYS AND YOU THROW IN AN ABSOLUTE DOG INTO THIS LOCKER ROOM. WHERE HE JUST WANTS TO FIND THE BEST PLAYER ON THE OTHER TEAM AND MAKE THEM MISERABLE. MAKE THEM MISERABLE. AND THE REASON WHY HIS OFFENSIVE GAME CAME ALONG WAS OUT OF NECESSITY.IDENCE’S BEST PLAYER AND A GUY WHO COULD HAVE BEEN EAST PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND I THOUGHT THATEVIN CARTER COULD HAVE BEEN BIG EAST PLAYER OF THE YEAR. BUT BRYCE HOP HURT IN LATEBER. AND WAS THE SEASON. AND PROVE DENSE WAS ALREADY KINY D DIDN’T MAKE THE TOURNAMENT AND ONE OF THE FIRST TEAMS LEFT OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT. BUT DEV IS THE ONLY REASON THEY WERE IN THAT CONVERSATION. SO HIS OFFENSE CAME ALONG AS OFNECESSITY. I WOULD ARGUE HE WAS THE BEST TWO-WAY PERIMETER PLAYER IN ALL OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL. THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE PICK SO FAR OF THE NIGHT TO BE HONEST. BECAUSE IN TERMS OF WHO THIS YOUNG MAN IS, HOW HE PLAYS HIS CHARACTER, THE TEAM HE’S GOING TO, THE FIT ON THIS ROSTER. I JUST — I LOVE MY GUY KNECHT. BUT IN THIS SITUATION, DEVIN CARTER IS BETTER FOR THE KINGS. >> YOU KNOW, I JUST — IF THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS, YOUR WASHINGTON WIZARDS WHO ARE READR SECOND AND TRADED DENI AVDIJA TO GET MALCOLM BROGDON AND THE 14TH PICK IN THIS DRAFT, IF THEY END UP DRAFTING DALTON KNECHT IN A FEW MINUTES HERE AT 14, I JUST DON’T KNOW IF WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SETH DAVIS FOR THE REST OF THIS DRAFT. I MEAN, JUST FEELS LIKE SO MANY THINGS ARE BREWING RIGHT HERE AS WE WAIT FOR THIS 14TH PICK TO COME IN. BUT FOR THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS, TO KIND OF SET OFF THOSE FIREWORKS BEFORE THE DRAFT EVEN STARTED, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THEM TRADING AWAY DENI AVDIJA WHO HAS SHOWN GLIMPSES THAT HE CAN BE REALLY GOOD PLAYER ON A BETTER TEAM THE THINGS THAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE TRADING HIM AWAY TO GET THIS PICK AND TO BRING IN MALCOLM BROGDON? >> YEAH. WHY DON’T WE GIVE THAT ONE TO SETH? BECAUSE AS A WIZARDS FAN, I’M SURE HE’S WATCHING MORE THAN I AM. >> YES, SETH. >> WELL, A DEAL — A GREAT PLAYER. EPPS A GREAT PIECE. HE’S NOT GOING TO MAKE OR BREAK YOUR FRANCHISE. I DON’T THINK I WOULD BET — IF YOU ASKED THE WIZARDS, WHEN THEY MADE THAT PICK, THAT THEY’RE GOING TO GET — MADE THAT TRADE THAT THEY WILL GET THE 14TH PICK THAT DALTON KNECHT WOULD STILL BE ON THE BOARD. I THINK THEY WOULD — IS NOT. SO TO ME THIS SHOULD REALLY BE AN OBVIOUS CHOICE. NO ONE IS LIST TONG ME TONIGHT. THIS IS AMAZING. AM I OVERSTATING IT? TELL ME THE TRUTH. THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE CARRINGTON AT 14. KNECHT IS STILL AVAILABLE AT 15. IS THIS A SHOCK? >> IT’S — IT’S A SHOCK HE’S STILL ON THE BOARD. I DON’T KNOW ANY — I HAVEN’T HEARD ANYONE THAT I’VE SPOKEN TO THAT THOUGHT KNECHT WOULD SLIP OUT OF THE LOTTERY. IF ANYTHING I WAS HEARING HE WOULD GO EARLIER THAN PEOPLE EXPECTED. BUT CARRINGTON TO WASHINGTON. I GIVE THIS A C PLUS. I GET THAT HE’S SUPER YOUNG AND THIS IS A REBUILDING TEAM. SO HE HAS THE RUNAWAY TO MAKE MISTAKES AND HE BE PATIENT WITH HIM. I DON’T SEE THE UPSIDE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW. I GET THAT HE IS A — LET’S TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVES. BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO KILL HIM. HE DID 1 — HAD 100 PULLUPS THIS YEAR. A GOOD SHOT MAKER AND PICK-AND-ROLL PASSER. HE BARELY GETS TO THE RIM. HE DOESN’T GET TO THE FREE-THROW LINE. THIS IS KIND OF A NERDY ANALYTICAL THING TO SAY. BUT HE A 1.0% STEAL PERCENTAGE. AND IN ALL YEARS I CAN’T REMEMBER A FIRST-ROUND GUARD I THINK I DID THE RESEARCH, I COULDN’T REMEMBER A FIRST-ROUND COVERAGE THAT HAD A STEAL SUCCESS WITH THAT LOW. NOT INDICATIVE OF DEFENSE BUT MORE QUICKNESS. AT THAT POSITION, YOU NEED QUICKNESS. SO I THINK IT’S A BIT OF A REACH. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY CAUGHT ON TO BOB AND HE MOVED UP THE BOARD DURING HIS PRE-DRAFT PROCESS MOSTLY BECAUSE OF HIS POSITIONAL SIZE AND SHOT MAKING. THE IDEA THAT HE CAN MAKE THE PICK-AND-ROLL READS. BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO CREATE SEPARATION. PUT PRESSURE ON THE RIM. AND THEN EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A SHOT MAKER, HE DIDN’T — HE DIDN’T REALLY SHOOT A HIGH PERCENTAGE FROM THREE. SO I THINK THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF BUST POTENTIAL WITH HIM. BUT HE’S REALLY YOUNG. AND I GET WHY TEAMS WOULD WANT TO TAKE A GAMBLE HERE, PARTICULARLY WASHINGTON WHO I’M — OF COURSE IS STARTING FROM SCRATCH HERE. >> WELL, 18 YEARS OLD, RIGHT? AND SETH TO THAT POINT, HE’S THE FIRST FIRST A.C.C. PLAYER TO HAVE A TRIPLE-DOUBLE IN HIS FIRST GAME SINCE DENNIS SCOTT BACK IN 1987, RIGHT? LIKE THAT’S A PLUS YOU SEE NEXT TO HIS NAME. AND THE FACT THAT HE’S A KID FROM BALTIMORE, RIGHT? SO FOR THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS, TRYING TO SELL THEIR FAN BASE, IS THAT OVERSTEPPING A BIT TRYING TO BRING SOME POSITIVES TO THIS PICK FOR THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS AT 14? >> LOOK, NOT IN THESE PRIVATE WORKOUTS THAT HE HAD SINCE THE END OF THE COLLEGE SEASON. HE DID NOT PLAY IN THE OPEN SCRIMMAGES AT THE COMBINE IN CHICAGO. THERE WAS NO BUZZ ABOUT BUB CARRINGTON GOING INTO THE COMBINE IN CHICAGO THAT I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP ON. SO I WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO SEE HIM MOVE UP THE BOARDS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY WHO PLAYED AS A FRESHMAN, STARTER ON THE TEAM. THAT DID NOT MAKE THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. BARELY MISSED OUT. BUT DID NOT MAKE THE NCAA TOURNAMENT AVERAGED 14 POINTS A GAME. SHOT 32% FROM THREE AT 6’4". MAYBE THESE TEAMS ARE SEEING SOMETHING I DIDN’T MISS AND I KNOW WHAT I SAW FROM DALTON KNECHT AND A LOT BETTER THAN THIS. MAYBE HE WILL TURN OUT TO BE THAT. OBVIOUSLY THE WIZARDS ARE IN A MAJOR SORT OF TANK, FLUSH, REBUILD TYPE OF MODE HERE. AND WE’LL SEE WHAT MOVES THEY MAKE OFF OF THIS. I DON’T THINK ANYBODY IN THAT BUILDING EXPECTS BUB CARRINGTON TO COME IN HIS ROOKIE YEAR AND HAVE A MAJOR FACT ON THE TEAM. >> HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WE’RE ALL ON THIS SHOW LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND OUR EYES AND SETH DAVIS TWEETS THIS OUT. ALL THESE TEAMS ARE TO REGRET NOT TAKING DALTON KNECHT. PURE MALPRACTICE. NOW THEY MADE HIM MAD. SO SETH, IS SOMEONE RUNNING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT? OR DO YOU HAVE LIKE HIDDEN FINGERS OVER THERE? WHAT’S GOING ON? >> IT’S CALLED ADULT ONSET A.D.D. IS HOW IT’S GOING. I GOT A LOT GOING ON HERE KEEPING TRACK — IT’S THE DRAFT. YOU CAN’T JUST BE IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME. COME ON. BUT THE BIGGER QUESTION IS HOW IS DALTON KNECHT STILL AVAILABLE IN THIS DRAFT? WHAT AM I MISSING? WHAT AM I MISSING? SOMEBODY PLEASE — THIS IS NOT — MY FIRST TIME WATCHING BASKETBALL? AT THIS BOARD HE’S NOT MAKING IT PAST THESE FOUR TEAMS. >> GIVE ME A BREAK. >> MIAMI — WHO WOULD TAKE HIM JUST BASED ON — THEY TOOK JAQUEZ. IN WIN NOW MODE. IF THEY DON’T TAKE HIM AT 15 MAYBE WE FIND OUT THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITH DALTON KNECHT. >> NONE OF US — NOBODY PICKED UP ON THAT THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF RED FLAG WITH HIM PHYSICALLY. SOMETHING POPPED UP IN ONE OF HIS FISTLESS. I — PHYSICALS. I GUARANTEE NOTHING POPPED UP IN TERMS OF INTERVIEWS AND THE DUE DILIGENCE ON HIS BACKGROUND AND CHARACTER AND WORK ETHIC BECAUSE ALL THAT WAS OFF THE CHARTS. I CALLED IT MALPRACTICE AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO MOVE — >> JUST MEANT TO BE THAT HE FALLS TO MIAMI. BECAUSE THAT’S — >> THAT’S WHAT MIAMI DOES. >> THE PLACE FOR HIM. >> AND I WOULDN’T RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE WE HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO. GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY TWITTER FEED FROM THE DRAFT LAST YEAR. I WAS SAYING THE SAME THING ABOUT JAQUEZ. YOU PEOPLE ARE NUTS. AND YOU’RE OVERTHINKING. BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS 22, 23 YEARS OLD, THAT THEY’RE A FINISHED PRODUCT. AT LEAST THEY’RE A KNOWN QUANTITY AND THEY’RE GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYERS WHO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER ONCE THEY’RE IN THE LEAGUE. YOU GIVE THEM A FULL SUMMER OF FULL TRAINING CAMP WHERE THIS IS ALL THEY DO ESPECIALLY SOMEONE LIKE JAQUEZ, SOMEONE LIKE KNECHT, WE KNOW WHAT THEIR WORK ETHIC IS LIKE. SO YEAH. I HOPE THAT THE THEATER GET HIM BECAUSE THE HEAT HAVE THE BEST CULTURE, NOT ONLY IN THE NBA BUT ONE OF THE BEST CULTURES YOU’LL FIND IN ALL OF SPORTS. I THINK HE WOULD BE A GREAT FIT THERE. >> AND HEAT CULTURE JUST KEEPS NAILING IT IN THE DRAFT IN THE SENSE THAT THE GUYS THEY WANT ARE SITTING THERE FOR THE TAKING. EVERY SINGLE YEAR, JAIME JAQUEZ LAST YEAR. MAYBE IT WILL BE DALTON KNECHT THIS YEAR. OR LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER PROSPECTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT ARE STILL ON THE BOARD. IT COULD BE A SLEEPER, WE’RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF THIS 2024 NBA DRAFT. WHO ARE SOME OTHER GUYS THAT YOU THINK AT THIS POINT MAY HAVE FALLEN OR COULD BE GREAT SLEEPER PICKS FOR THESE TEAMS THAT ARE LOOKING TO BE CONTENDING TEAMS NEXT YEAR? >> WELL, AGAIN, THESE SLEEPERS THAT I HAVE HERE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARD THE SECOND ROUND. BUT YOU KNOW, LET’S TALK ABOUT KEVIN MCCULLAR. BECAUSE KIND OF SIMILAR TO ME WITH A GUY LIKE DALTON KNECHT. YOU KNOW, TO ME, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS WITH JALEN BRUNSON. I DIDN’T KNOW JALEN BRUNSON WOULD BE THIS GOOD WITH THE KNICKS. I SAID IT’S ABOUT DRAYMOND GREEN. GUYS WHO ARE DOMINANT AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL USUALLY FIND A WAY TO PLAY — >> WO. >> IN THE NBA. HERE’S YOUR NUMBER 15 PICK. >> MIAMI IS EXPECTED TO SELECT JARED MCCAIN OUT OF DUKE. WE KNOW HIM AS A 30-POINT SCORER IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS PICK AT 15 OR THE FOR THE MIAMI HEAT, WASSERMAN? >> I GIVE IT AN A. I LOVE MCCAIN. I LOVE HIS GAME. I LOVE HIS PASSION AND PERSONALITY. LET’S SEE, HE’S GOING TO COME IN AND HE’S GOING TO GIVE YOU SHOT MAKING RIGHT AWAY. AVENUES SHOT MAKER IN HIGH SCHOOL. — HE WAS A SHOT MAKER IN HIGH SCHOOL. IT CARRIED OVER TO COLLEGE. HIS SHOOTING IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE DRAFT. ONE OF THE REASONS I PUSHED HIM UP THE BOARD THROUGHOUT THE SEASON IS I DIDN’T THINK HE WOULD BE THIS GOOD INSIDE THE ARC WITH HIS PICK-AND-ROLL COMMAND AND FEEL AND CHANGE OF PACE. HE CAN SHOOT OFF THE DRIBBLE. HE’S GOT A VERY GOOD FLOATER. I THOUGHT HE WOULD STRUGGLE BADLY AROUND THE BASKET. I REMEMBER IN HIGH SCHOOL THINKING THERE’S NO WAY THIS GUY IS GOING TO FINISH AT THE NEXT LEVEL. AND HE MADE ADJUSTMENTS. I LOVE GUYS WHO STRUGGLE AT SOMETHING AND THEN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. AND MCCAIN DID THAT. I LOVE THAT EFFECT. THAT HE’S SO ADAPTABLE. I MEAN, RUN HIM AT BALL SCREENS AND PUT HIM OFF THE BALL. THERE’S NO PERSONAL AGENDA WITH HIM. HE’S A TEAM GUY. I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REALLY LIKE HIM. AND YEAH. I JUST THINK HE’S A VERY WELL ROUNDED GUARD. I KNOW HE’S NOT THE BIGGEST. I KNOW HE’S NOT THE MOST ATHLETIC. BUT HE REMINDS ME OF AN IMMANUEL QUICKLEY TYPE. WHO YOU CAN — DON’T GIVE HIM A POSITION. JUST PUT HIM IN AT GUARD. HE’LL BE ON THE BALL. HE WILL BE OFF THE BALL AND HE WILL MAKE SHOTS AND COMPENSATE FOR THE LACK OF EXPLOSION WITH HIS TOUCH, WITH HIS CRAFTINESS. I THINK HE’S GOING TO SHOW THAT HE’S GOT SOME POINT GUARD VISION IN HIM OFF THE LIVE DRIBBLE. AND SO I’M A FAN OF THIS — >> SO WASSERMAN, APPARENTLY THERE WAS A MISTAKE. SHAM CHANIA IS SAYING THAT MIAMI IS SELECTING KHALIL WARE AT 15 FOR THE MIAMI HEAT. SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT SELECTION? >> OK. LET ME REWIND HERE. AND GET THE LAST 30 SECONDS OF MY LIFE BACK AND YOUR LIFE BACK. KHALIL WARE, I LIKE WARE MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE. HE’S HAD THIS NARRATIVE SINCE HIGH SCHOOL THAT HE DOESN’T PLAY HARD. I THINK IT’S MORE ABOUT HE’S NOT SUPER PHYSICAL. AND THAT HURTS HIM. BUT IN TERMS OF JUST PURE TALENT, HE’S GOT A CASE TO BE THE MOST TALENTED GUY ON THE BOARD AT SEVEN FOOT WHO PLAYS HIGH ABOVE THE RIM. AND SKILL WISE, I MEAN, HE IS — HE SHOT 40% FROM THREE THIS YEAR. HE HITS TURNAROUNDS AROUND THE POST. THE FOOTWORK IS THERE. HE’S A VERY SKILLED SEVEN-FOOTER WHO CAN PROTECT THE BASKET AND FINISH HIGH ABOVE IT. I GUESS I’M GOING TO GIVE THIS PICK A B-PLUS. I LIKE MCCAIN BETTER. SO — I THOUGHT — THINKING I’M OF DOWNGRADING KEL’EL WARE A LITTLEIT. BUT AT THIS POINT IN THE DRAFT, I THINK THE POTENTIAL REW IS WORTH THE RISK. BUT Y STRUGGLE AGAINST QUALITY OPPONENTS LIKE WHEN HE PLAYED EDEY, AND YOU — HE PLAYED CLINGAN, I’M TO THINK THE OTHERR BIGS HE DID PLAY HE STRUGGLE AND SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR. A PT PERSPECTIVE, HE’S DEFINITELY WORTHY OF A 15TH PICK GET THE RIGHT COACHING STAFF AROUND HIM, YOU MAKE BASKETBALL A CAREER WHERE HE LIVE IN THE WEIGHT ROOM AND HAS TO BE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. YEAH. I CAN GET BEHIND THIS PICK. >> YOU KNOW, WASSERMAN MAKES A GREAT POINT, SETH. AND WHEN YOU SAY OK, WHAT ARE THINGS IN A CERTAIN PLAYER NEEDS TO WOR HE NEEDS THE RIGHT PLACE, WELL, THE MIAMI HEAT HAVE THEY’RE THE RIGHT PLA ALLUDED WO BAM ADEBAYO. YOU SAW HIM DRAFT NIKOLA JOVIC A FEW YEARS LATER. A FEW YEA EARLIER AND NOW KEL’EL WARE. WHAT DO Y OF KEL’EL WARE COMING INTO THEBA, THE 15TH PICK IN THE YEAR? Y>>EA YH.EAH. EICH EOCH A LOT OF WHAT WA SAI. HE’S A FRUSTRATING PLAYER TO WATCH.OFF AT OREGO WAS A VERY HIGHLY RATED RECRUIT COME OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. TO IND. REALLY SHOWED YOU GREAT FLASHES. SOME GAMES WHERE HE WAS ABS AND IN FACT LOOKED LIKE A LOTTERY PICK. AND HE ESSENTIALLY WHAT BUT — WHAT HE IS. BUT THERE WERE TIMES HE DISAPPEARED AND NOT IN GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE. EPPS NOT STRONG ENOUGH. ENOUGH.DITIONING ISN’T GOOD I EVEN HEARD IN SOME OF HIS WORKOUTS HE WOULD GET SUPER WINDED. AND SO YOU HAVE THIS NARRATIVE OF A GUY NOT PLAYING HARD. I CERTAINLY — I KNOW THESE NBA TEAMS ARE DIGGING LIKE REALLY DEEP. HEARD A BAD THING ABOUT KEL’EL WARE’S CHARACTER. I JUST THINK HE’S JUST NOT PHYSICALLY DEVELOPED. AND AGAIN, HE’S SOPHOMORE IN SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER HOW YOUNG THESE KIDS ARE. IF THE LIGHT DOES GO ON WITH HIM, AND HE UNDERSTANDS MAN, ALL YOU GOT TO DO JUST RAMP UP SOMETHING IS VERY MUCH IN YOUR CONTROLYOUR WORK ER ABILITY TO GET IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION. AND YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. BECAUSE THIS KID IS SUPERSOMETID BECAUSE THERE IS SOME TYPE OF CHARACTER RED FLAG, JUDGMENT QUESTION, MATURITY, WHATEVER. I HAVER HEARD THAT. AND MAY BE TRUE IN SOME INSTANCES, SOME CIRCLESHAT CERTAINLY WASN’T THE BUZZ OUT OF INDIANA. THE INDIANA COACHES LIKED HIM AND ENJOYED COACHING HIM. PERSONALITY.T TO GET A LITTLE GT THE PHYSICAL TALENT IS THEI WOU. BUT I THINK GUYS WHO SHOOT THE BASKETBALL CAN PRETTY MUCH FITI. I THINK WARE, YOUENTIONED ABOUT GIVING HIM ANOTHER BIG BODY AND THEY HAD KEVIN LOVE TH. BAM A YOU KNOW, GUYS SHUFFLING IN AND OUT OF THEUP AA TEAM. I THINK A TEAM LIKE MIAMI AND PAT RILEY AND ERIC I WOULD TRUST THEM TO DO THE DUETO BE LIKE LOOK, IF THIS KID IS GOING TO COME IN AND JUST WORK HARD AND DO EVERYTHING WE THEN HE CAN BE A GOOD CONTRIBUTOR FOR US BOTH THIS SEASOWN THE ROAD. >> ALL RIGHT. WE TOOK A LOOK A FEW PICKS NOW WE ARE THEFIRST ROUND. BIGGEST SURPRISE FOR YOU SO FAR OF THE FIRST SETH, WHY DON’T YOU GO FIRST HERE. >> IT’S GOT TO BE ZACH EDEY. YOU KNOW, I JUST SAW SOMEBODY — CALLING IT THE WORST DRAFT PICK. >> WOW. >> I THINK THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS MIGHT SOMETHING ABOUT — TO SAY ABOUT THAT, PASSING ON A CERTAIN GUARD FROM NORTH CAROLINA. BUT IT’S JUST — HE’S JUST GETTING PICKED WAY TOO HIGH FOR A GUY WHO JUST DOESN’T BRING A LOT OF VALUE. AND THEN JUST STYLISTICALLY ABOUT AS BAD OF FIT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. >> YEAH. BIGGEST SURPRISE FOR ME IS TIDJANE SALAUN SIXTH BEFORE DONOVAN CLINGAN IS HARD FOR ME TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND. PARTICULARLY WITH CHARLOTTE THAT NEEDED TOUGHNESS AND NEEDED A SURE THING, TIDJANE SALAUN IS LIKE SUCH A WILD CARD HERE. AND MAN, THAT ONE SHOCKED IF –S BEEN LISTENING, DALTON KNECHT IS STILL ON THE BOARD. THAT IS HIM NOT GETTING PICKED IS AT THIS POINT EQUALLY AS SURPRISING AS EDEY AT NINE AND TIDJANE SALAUN AT SIXTH O CLINGAN. >> SO THAT’S A GREAT POINT THAT YOU MAKE ABOUT DALTON KNECHT. AND I THINK THERE’S AN ELEPHANT IN THIS ROOM THAT NOW THAT WE’RE AT 16, 17, 18, WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND WASSERMAN, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE MOCK DRAFT SHOW YESTERDAY. SO SETH, I KIND OF WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT ISAIAH COLLIER. HERE’S A GUY CAME IN MCDONALD’S ALL-AMERICAN AND M.V.P. AND SO HERALDED GOING INTO U.S.C. WAS ON A LOT OF MOCK DRAFTS AS LIKE THE NUMBER ONE PICK. AND HERE WE ARE 16 PICKS IN, WE HAVEN’T MENTIONED HIM YET. WHAT HAPPENED WITH HIM HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AT U.S.C. WHERE HE’S DROPPED SO FAR? >> WELL, THE MAIN THING THAT HAPPENED IS THAT HE GOT HURT AND MISSED SIX GAMES. MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR. AND THEN HE PLAYED ON A TEAM THAT HAD SOME OTHER JUICE, BRONCO — BRONNY JAMES HAD THE HEART ISSUE AND OTHER ISSUES WITH U.S.C. AND NOT A PARTICULARLY GOOD TEAM. KIND OF FELT A LITTLE BIT DYSFUNCTIONAL AND WAS ALREADY A REBUILDING TYPE OF SEASON. AND HE JUST WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH. COULDN’T SHOOT THE BALL ALL THAT WELL. SO YOU LOOK AT HIS PERCENTAGES, IT WAS 34%. BUT IF YOU WATCH HIM SHOOT, IT DIDN’T FEEL LIKE THAT. THAT SAID, HE IS A PHYSICAL SPECIMEN AND THERE WAS — THERE ARE VERY REAL REASONS WHY HE WAS THE NUMBER ONE RATED HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR IN THE COUNTRY. AND PROJECTED TO GO THAT HIGH IN THE DRAFT. SO THIS MIGHT BE FOLKS OVERTHINKING IT. WE’VE SEEN SOME NON-SHOOTERS GOING EARLIER. WE TALKED ABOUT BUZELIS, WE TALKED ABOUT RON HOLLAND OBVIOUSLY. AND GOOD ATHLETES WHO DON’T SHOOT THE BALL WELL. BUT CAN DO OTHE THINGS. I THINK ISAIAH COLLIER IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE. I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO HEAR HIS NAME CALLED AT SOME POINT TONIGHT. SO BEING IN THE FIRST ROUND NBA DRAFT PICK IS NOTHING TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN. BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE HE WAS PROMPTED TO GO A YEAR AGO — PROJECTED TO GO A YEAR AGO, IF I TOLD YOU AT THE START OF THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL SEASON THAT WE WOULD GET THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NBA DRAFT AND ISAIAH COLLIER WOULD NOT BE PICKED, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT ACTION. >> YEAH. BY THE WAY, FUNNY HOW THE NAIR ACTIVE SHIFT IN THE BEGINNING — NARRATIVE SHIFTED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON. I THOUGHT HE WAS OVERRATED AT THE TOP THREE AND NOW I THINK HE’S UNDERVAVALUED. PEOPLE ARE PUTTING TOO MUCH STOCK INTO THE NEW ENGLAND TISCH AND NOT ENOUGH STOCK INTO — NEGATIVES AND NOT ENOUGH STOCK INTO WHAT HE CAN DO WELL. HE WILL NEED THE RIGHT FIT AND MAYBE BETTER OFF AS A SIXTH MAN SPARK TYPE OF GUY INSTEAD OF SOMEBODY WHO WILL RUN OFFENSE FOR 30 MINUTES. BECAUSE WHEN YOU’RE A BAD DECISION MAKER, AND YOU’RE A BAD SHOOTER IT’S HARD TO TRUST YOU FOR 35 MINUTES A GAME WITH THE BALL. BUT IF YOU CAN JUST SAY, HEY, ISAIAH, COME OFF THE BENCH. PUT PRESSURE ON THE RIM. PLAY FAST. YOU KNOW, GET YOUR PHYSICALITY IN. YOU CAN ADD A DIFFERENT ELEMENT TO OUR ROTATION. >> AND THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS GET A PLAYER THAT THEY MOST CERTAINLY COULD USE. JARED AMERICA CANE OUT OF DUKE AT — JARED MCCAIN OUT OF DUKE AT PICK NUMBER 16, WASSERMAN. >> YEAH. CAN WE GO BACK AND GET WHATEVER I SAID 10 MINUTES AGO. I’LL DO IT AGAIN. AND I GUESS — I GOT THIS PICK RIGHT ON THE MOCK DRAFT. I REALLY LIKE THE FIT HERE WITH PHILLY AND WITH TYRESE MAXEY AGAIN. TWO INTERCHANGEABLE GUYS. BUT YEAH. HE’S A — HE IS A SHOOTER, SHOT MAKER. HE CAN HIT EVERY TYPE OF JUMPER IN THE BOOK. AND I PUT A LOT OF STOCK INTO THESE YOUNG — THESE UNDERSIZED GUARDS INTO THEIR FLOATERS. I THINK IT’S SUCH AN IMPORTANT SHOT. HE’S GOT SOME OF THE BEST TOUCH IN THIS DRAFT. AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE PICK-AND-ROLL STUFF THAN MAYBE HE WAS GIVEN CREDIT FOR PLAYING AT DUKE WHERE THEY HAD ED PROCTOR AND ROACH. AND SO OF COURSE, THE OFFENSE IS GOING TO RUN THROUGH JOEL AND MAXEY. BUT I THINK THERE IS MORE DIOUF UPSIDE THAN HE GETS CREDIT FOR WHICH — THE LACK OF SIZE AND ATHLETICISM, AND THE LOWER ASSIST TOTAL AT DUKE OVERSHADOWS SOME OF HIS CREATION ABILITY. SO HE’S SO CRATCHITY AND AGAIN, I — CRAFTY AND AGAIN, I LOVE HIS PERSONALITY. I KNOW THE TIKTOK STUFF ISN’T FOR EVERYONE BUT A FAN OF HIM AS A PERSON. HE HAS THIS POSITIVE ENERGY THAT’S GOOD FOR THE LOCKER ROOM. AND WHEN HE GETS ON THE FLOOR, HE’S SUPER TOUGH. IT’S NOT LIKE HE’S PLAYFUL ON THE FLOOR. HE’S A KILLER ON THE FLOOR. I’M A BIG FAN OF HIM AS A PERSON AND REALLY LIKE HIS GAME. >> SETH, YOU LOOK AT THE 76ERS’ SITUATION, THEY HAVE AN M.V.P. IN JOEL EMBIID. BUT THEY HAVE A TON OF CAP SPACE IN WHICH YOU THINK THEY’RE GOING TO GET A MAX PLAYER TO GO ALONGSIDE TYRESE MAXEY AND JOEL EMBIID. AND ANOTHER MAX PLAYER. IT SEEMS LIKE HE’S GOING INTO A GREAT SITUATION WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO NEED HIS SKILL SET. AND HE’S GOING TO GET OPPORTUNITIES TO PRODUCE. >> YEAH. FOR SURE. HE WAS DUKE’S BEST PLAYER. HE WAS DUKE’S TOUGHEST PLAYER. HE WAS DUKE’S MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER. WHEN DUKE WAS PLAYING IN THEIR TOUGHEST GAMES AND THEIR MOST CRITICAL SITUATIONS, HE WAS THE PLAYER WHO CAME THROUGH THE MOST. IT REMINDS ME OF DEVIN BOOKER WHEN HE WAS COMING OUT OF KENTUCKY. HE’S ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS THAT WHEN HE PULLS UP, IN RHYTHM, IN CONTROL, AND GETTING SOME SPACE, YOU JUST EXPECT THE BALL TO GO IN. AND TO WASS’ POINT THE WHOLE TIKTOK THING AND VIBE, HE’S INTO SORT OF MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION AND BEING MENTALLY PREPARED AND TAKING ALL THE STEPS. EVERY LEVEL THAT HE’S EVER PLAYED AT, THERE WERE DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER HE WAS PHYSICALLY ABLE TO COMPETE. HE’S NOT — HE’S NOT SMALL. BUT HE’S NOT BIG. CERTAINLY FOR A TWO GUARD. HE’S NOT A ONE AND DEFINITELY A TWO. BUT HE’S A PURE TWO. HE’S GOT A PURE STROKE. SUPER CRAFTY. PLAYS WITH A GREAT SPIRIT ABOUT HIM. AND HE’S JUST GOING TO KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER BECAUSE HE’S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF. AND NOT ONLY GETTING STRONGER BUT GETTING HIS REST AND DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT HE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO TO RECOVER TO GET READY. AND HE’S GOING — I THINK HE’S THE TYPE OF PLAYER, I’VE SAID THIS ABOUT A COUPLE OF GUYS TONIGHT WHO WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH OTHER GOOD PLAYERS. SO YOU LOOK AT A TYRESE MAXEY, TOBIAS HARRIS, OBVIOUSLY JOEL EMBIID HAS TO GET THE BALL AND JOEL EMBIID CAN STEP AWAY FROM THE BASKET. JARED MCCAIN IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD CATCH-AND-SHOOT THREE-POINT SHOOTER. SHOT OVER 41% OVERALL FROM THE ARC AS PROGRAM IN THE A.C.C. AS A STARTER ON A TOP 10 TEAM. SO I THINK HE’S NBA READY WITH A LOT OF UPSIDE. GREAT PERSONALITY. AND HE CAN REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SHOOT THE BASKETBALL. THOSE GUYS TEND TO STICK AROUND FOR A WHILE. >> I KNOW WE’RE GOING TO SEE A JOEL EMBIID, JARED MCCAIN TIKTOK VIDEO COMING IN LIKE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM NOW. BUT WASSERMAN, I MEAN, I LOOK AT HIM AND I GO, A LOT OF THESE PLAYERS WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. AND WITH HIM, I THINK WE KNOW EXACTLY WHOERS AND EXACTLY HOW HE FITS ON THE PHILADELPHIA — EXACTLY HOW HE FITS ON THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS. AND THIS IS AN A PLUS A SHOT IN THE ARM THAT FRANCHISE NEEDS. BECAUSE THEY’RE TRYING TO PUT A LOT OF NEW PIECES TOGETHER. >> YEAH. I MEAN, I ALMOST FORGOT THAT YOU CAN DO AN A PLUS. >> AT 16. THAT’S A VALUE PICK, YEAH. >> I GUESS WHOEVER TAKES DALTON KNECHT NEXT GETS THE FIRST A PLUS OF THE DRAFT. THE LAKERS BY THE WAY WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO WIN RIGHT NOW. I’VE HEARD THE LAKERS LIKE YVES MISSI FROM BAYLOR AND WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BACK TO MCCAIN. HE’S JUST SO ADAPTABLE AND INTERCHANGEABLE. AND YEAH. HE IS GOING TO FIT IN RIGHT AWAY AND CERTAINLY — Y HAS LIKE NOBODY — Y HAS LIKE NOBODY UNDER CONTRACT NEXT YEAR. THE FLEXIBILITY THAT HE GIVES YOU AS SOMEBODY WHO CAN PLAY ON AND OFF THE BALL AND BE POSITIONLESS IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU TRY TO BUILD A ROSTER. >> THEY HAVE GUARDS THAT KIND OF FLUXED BETWEEN THE G LEAGUE AND THE NBA LIKE RICKY COUNSELL IV. LET’S GO TO THAT FOR A SECOND, SETH DAVIS. I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO RICKY COUNSELL FOURTHS IS. I THOUGHT — RICKY COUNSELL IV IS. I THOUGHT HE WAS FANTASTIC IN THE G LEAGUE AND HAVE TO GET THIS GUY PLAYING MORE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT JARED MCCAIN AND RICKY COUNSELL IV. THE 76ERS HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG TALENT, TERQUAVION SMITH ANOTHER GUY, THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH BUT YOU KNOW THESE PLAYERS AND THE FACT THAT THEY CAN PLAY IN THE NBA. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND AGAIN, IT’S NOT JUST A MATTER OF ASSEMBLING TALENT. AND THE CELTICS WERE THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS WHICH IS WHY THEY JUST WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT HAS TO FIT. AND THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A GOOD PLAYER AND KNOWING HOW TO PLAY WITH OTHER GOOD PLAYERS. AND SO THAT’S WHY I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT AS A GUARD IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE A PLAYMAKER ON THE PERIMETER, IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE A SCORER, YOU GOT TO SCORE IN DIFFERENT WAYS. HE’S NOT GOING TO BE A POWERFUL MCCAIN, A POWERFUL FINISHER AT THE RIM BUT I THINK HE WILL BE AN EFFICIENT FINISHER AT THE RIM. AND I THINK HE CAN BRING BACK THE SORT OF — YOU KNOW, THE THROWBACK MID RAKE GAME THAT SEEMS TO BE ILLEGAL — MID-RANGE GAME THAT SEEMS TO BE ILLEGAL IN SOME QUARTERS. WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING IN SPACE AND PLAYING OFF OF OTHER GOOD PLAYERS AND YOU BRING THAT TOUGHNESS. DON’T LET THIS FOOL YOU. THIS KID WITH THE TIKTOK VIDEOS AND SMILING AND THE FINGERNAIL POLISH HE’S GOT IT ALL GOING. PUT HIM IN BETWEEN THOSE LINES, AND THAT 94-FOOT RECTANGLE, AND HE’S GOING TO FIGHT YOU. AND I THINK THAT THE FANS IN PHILLY ARE GOING TO LOVE THAT ATTITUDE. HE’S A MUCH BETTER DEFENDER THAN PEOPLE GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR. AND HE’S A PRO. HE’S GOING TO — HE’S GOING TO APPROACH EVERY ASPECT OF THE JOB, EVERY ASPECT OF HIS LIFE AS A PROFESSIONAL. YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT HE’S DOING IN HIS SPARE TIME. WHERE HE IS AND WHAT DECISIONS HE’S MAKING. HE LINEBACKER ABOUT ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. >> ALL RIGHT. THE PICK IS IN. AND THE LAKERS SELECT DALTON KNECHT. >> THANK YOU. >> HE’S OFF THE BOARD. >> THANK YOU. >> SETH DAVIS, A HAPPY CAMPER. WASSERMAN AT 17, JACKPOT FOR LEBRON JAMES AND ANTHONY DAVIS. WHAT DO YOU GIVE THIS? >> LET’S DO OUR FIRST A PLUS OF THE DRAFT. MAYBE THE FIRST A PLUS I’VE GIVEN. DOING THESE GRADES. ONE OF THE — WHAT A PERFECT GUY TO FALL TO L.A., RIGHT? THIS IS — THEIR WINDOW IS NOW. THEY DON’T HAVE TIME FOR A PROJECT. AND SO YEAH. YOU GET — HOW MANY TIMES WE GOT TO SAY THIS CLICHE? PLUG-AND-PLAY. HE’S GOING TO COME IN RIGHT AWAY AND KNOCK DOWN SHOTS. HE TO PLAY TO HIS STRENGTHS AND DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CREATING OR PICK-AND-ROLL BALL HUNTING. HE’S GOING TO BE AN IMMEDIATE SHOT MAKER. BUT ALSO HE’S TOUGH. MAN, HE’S — HE DOESN’T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR HOW TOUGH HE IS. AND THE BETTER ATHLETE I THINK THAN HE GETS CREDIT FOR AS WELL. YOU SEE HIM IN THE OPEN FLOOR, HE CAN PLAY ABOVE THE RIM. BUT HE’S SO POLISHED. AND REFINED. HIS FOOTWORK COMING OFF SCREENS, HE’S SO FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND. AND SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT J.J. REDICK IS GOING TO LOVE DALTON KNECHT. I MEAN, I COULDN’T THINK OF A BETTER GUY TO FALL TO THEM. AND SOMEBODY I WOULD IMAGINE THEY WEREN’T EVEN TALKING ABOUT AT NUMBER 17. SO EVERYTHING ALIGNED HERE I THINK FOR BOTH PARTIES WITH J.J. JOINING THE LAKERS AND THEN GETTING A SKILLED SHOOTER WHO UNDERSTANDS THE GAME. AND YOU CAN COME IN AT 23 YEARS OLD AND PLAY RIGHT AWAY. I MEAN, I DON’T THINK IT COULD HAVE WORKED OUT BETTER FOR BOTH PARTIES HERE. >> OR SETH DAVIS. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> YEAH. WAIT UNTIL THEY TELL DALTON KNECHT THEY’RE SENDING HIM TO THE G LEAGUE SO THEY CAN BRING BRONNY UP. THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, I THINK J.J., YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT ABOUT J.J. REDICK. I THINK J.J. REDICK LOOKS AT DALTON KNECHT AND SAYS THAT’S A PLAYER THAT I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN. BECAUSE J.J. ONE OF THE GREAT COLLEGE SHOOTERS IN HISTORY. DIDN’T HAVE THAT SIZE, CERTAINLY DIDN’T HAVE THAT BOUNCE. AND SO FOR HIM TO FALL TO THE LAKERS AND THE LAKERS MADE ALL THESE MOVES LAST YEAR BRINGING IN TAUREAN PRINCE, BRINGING IN GABE VINCENT, RE-SIGNING AUSTIN REAVES OF COURSE WITH THE HOPES OF IMPROVING THEIR THREE-POINT SHOOTING. DIDN’T REALLY HAPPEN. OBVIOUSLY LEBRON IS A BALL DOMINANT GUY AND DOESN’T — NOT SUPER EFFICIENT WHEN IT COMES TO THREE-POINT RANGE. BUT DALTON KNECHT IS A GUY WHO I THINK PROBABLY LOOK TO BRING HIM OFF THE BENCH AND FASCINATING WATCHING HIM PLAY OPPOSITE AUSTIN REAVES. VERY, VERY SIMILAR PLAYER. IN FACT, IF I’M J.J. REDICK AND THE LAKERS, I’M GOING TO TELL KNECHT TO MOVE IN WITH AUSTIN REAVES. I LIVE IN L.A., DALTON. I’M SURE YOU’RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW AS YOU GO TO THE PODIUM AND WANT TO CRASH ON MY COUCH. I GOT TWO KIDS WHO LEFT FOR COLLEGE SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE. WE’LL FEED YOU. HE’S GOING TO LOVE LIVING IN L.A. AND LOOK, IT’S — WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A GUY WHO DID NOT GET A DIVISION ONE SCHOLARSHIP OFFER COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AS AN ACADEMIC NON-QUALIFIER, COULD HAVE GIVEN UP ON THE WHOLE BASKETBALL THING ALTOGETHER AT THAT POINT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ENDED UP — SAYING I WANT TO KEEP GOING. AND HE WENT TO JUNIOR COLLEGE AND WORKED OUT WELL FOR HIM AND GOT HIS GRADES IN ORDER AND WENT TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. BIG SKY’S LEADING SCORER. HAD A SENSATIONAL SEASON AT 18TH PICK IS AN EUPBINCREDIBLE STORY, AND YET BECAUSE THE FIGHTER ACTIVE OF THE NIGHT AND OUR EXPECTATIONS WERE HE COMES IN WITH SOMETHING TO PROVE. HE HAS A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER WANTING TO PROVE TO EVERYBODY WHO PASSED HIM OVER. HE WILL COME OUT FIRING. >> THE ORLANDO MAGIC AT 18 SELECT TRISTAN DOA SILVA. >> A MINUS. I LOVE DA SILVA. HE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THESE HIGHLY SKILLED SUPER INTELLIGENT GUYS YOU EXPECT TO JUMP INTO A ROTATION AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN WITHOUT NEEDING A LOT OF TOUCHES. HE WILL BE A LOW MAINTENANCE STRETCH THE FLOOR PICK HIS SPOTS. HE CAN PLAY IN THE POST, HE SHOT AROUND 38% THE LAST COUPLE YEARS FROM DEEP. IT IS A SIMPLE COMBINATION OF SHOT MAKING, HIGH SKILL LEVEL AND I.Q. I THINK THAT COMBINATION IS ANOTHER LET’S GO BACK TO PLUG AND PLAY FOR ORLANDO. I HEAR SUCH AMAZING THINGS ABOUT HIM OFF THE FLOOR AND HOW CULTURED HE IS. IT SEEMS LIKE HARD TO IMAGINE HIM NOT BEING A SUCCESSFUL PRO AND PRETTY GOOD FIT OFF THE BENCH FOR ORLANDO MANY >> SETH, I LOOK AT THE MAGIC, THIS IS THE LOWEST POSITION DRAFTING AT 18 SINCE 2012. THEY HAVE BANCHERO, COLE ANTHONY, WAGNER, JALEN SUGGS, ANT ANTHONY. IT FEELS LIKE TRISTAN DA SILVA FITS WITH THEM. >> YOU HIT IT ON THE HEADS. I CAN’T SAY I’M A HUGE DA SILVA GUY. I SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT WASS S SAYS. PLAYED WITH OTHER GOOD PLAYERS AND GOOD POINT GUARD K.J. SIMPSON NATIVE OF GERMANY. THE THING YOU DID HEAR FROM SCOUTS IS THAT HE IS A LITTLE SOFT. DOESN’T PLAY WITH PHYSICALITY. IF YOU GOT UP IN HIM YOU COULD TAKE HIM OUT OF HIS GAME BUT THAT IS AN ADJUSTMENT BUT ORLANDO IS A GOOD FIT. HE WON’T HAVE TO DO A LOT. HE CAN COME OFF THE BENCH, FIND HIS SPOTS. PLAY INSIDE A LITTLE BIT SO IF BANCHERO OR WAGNER WANTS TO COME OUT HE HAS THAT OUTSIDE SKILL. PLUG AND PLAY. WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED TO SEE HIM SPEND SOME TIME IN THE G LEAGUE. HE HAS TO GET STRONGER AND GET USED TO THE PHYSICAL PLAY IN THE NBA BECAUSE CERTAINLY THE SCOUTING REPORT IS IF YOU CAN GET PHYSICAL HE WILL SHY AWAY FROM CONTACT AND PLAY AWAY FROM THE BASKET. IF THAT FEELS THE CASE IN THE PAC-12 IT CERTAINLY WILL BE THE CASE IN THE NBA BUT VERY SOLID PICK. >> I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE CHAT. THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE SHOW ON BLEACHER REPORT. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE KIND OF FUNNY. THEY SAID THE LAKERS SHOULD HAVE SELECTED ZACH EDEY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS HILARIOUS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT EDIE WOULD BE VALUABLE AND HE WENT WAY HIGHER THAN ANYBODY THOUGHT. BUT THIS ONE SEEMS A LITTLE SERIOUS. JACK IRWIN SAYS MAGIC ARE GOING TO WASTE DA SILVA. WASSERMAN, I DISAGREE. I FEEL LIKE THEY GIVE THEIR PROSPECTS OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ON THE FLOORED A PLAY. >> THEY DO. I’M NOT SURE ABOUT WASTED. THAT WOULD SUGGEST BECAUSE PALO AND FRANZ ARE THERE HE WON’T GET PLAYING TIME BUT DEPTH IS SO IMPORTANT TODAY AND HE WILL GET HIS CHANCE AT SOME POINT. I WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED IF HE GOES TO THE G LEAGUE FOR A LITTLE BIT BUT WE DON’T FEED INSTANT PRODUCTION. THERE’S GOING TO BE INJURIES, HE WILL GET OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY AND EVERYBODY WILL NEED SHOOTING AT SOME POINT IN THE SEASON. I THINK THAT IS ONE THING HE’S PROVEN THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND EYE TEST HE CAN MAKE SPOT-UP JUMP SHOTS AND SPACE THE FLOOR. THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON WE MONTH HEAR HIS NAME BUT HE WILL GET ON THE FLOOR AND GIVE THEM A SURE-FIRE TRANSLATABLE SKILL THAT ORLANDO CAN VALUE. >> IF MO WAGNER CAN GET MINUTES, TRISTAN DA SILVA WILL. CA CARLOS, I’M GUESSING THAT — I CANNOT TELL IF HE IS TROLLING OR ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHEN YOU GET INTO YOUR LIP — I DON’T KNOW IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU — PEOPLE TALK TO YOU ABOUT BASKETBALL — IS BRONNY GETTING DRAFTED OR NOT? I’M CONFUSED. SETH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENLIGHTEN THE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FIRST ROUND WITH REGARD TO BRONNY JAMES? >> HE WILL BE SELECTED TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE SECOND ROUND BY THE LAKERS. ON THE ONE HAND IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A WASTE OF A SECOND ROUND PICK YOU CAN GET PRETTY GOOD PLAYERS AT ANY TIME A TWO-TIME M.V.P. PLAYING FOR THE NUGGETS WHO WAS DRAFTED IN THE ATTACK BELL COMMERCIAL. — THE ATTACKO BELL. BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT SOME OR WANTS TO TALK BRONNY JAMES IT SCREW WITH THE LAKERS OR DO SOMETHING LEBRON DO YOU WANT TO COME BUT YOU MAKE AN ENEMY OF RICH PAUL AND I WOULDN’T WANT TO DO THAT. SO I DON’T THINK THERE’S A LOT OF SUSPENSE PROPOSAL WASS IS HEARING SOMETHING DIFFERENT BRONNY IS BEING PICKED TOMORROW BY THE LAKERS. >> LET’S LOOK AT THE BIG BOARD AS THE RAPTORS ARE ON THE CLOCK. THEY JUST RE-UPPED SCOTTIE BARNES IN A FIVE-YEAR DEAL WORTH UP TO $IT225. THEY TRADEED A COUPLE PLAYERS. WASSER PAN, WHO DO YOU LIKE AS A GOOD FIT FOR THE RAPTORS AT 19? >> AGAIN, AT 19 I’M STILL GOING — I’M STILL TAKING BEST AVAILABLE PLAYER. I’M NOT WORRYING WERE FIT. I LIKE COLLIER WITH QUICKLEY. YOU HAVE TO PUT COLLIER NEXT TO A SHOOTER AND A GUY WHO I THINK IS A GOOD DEFENDER. BEING A NEW YORKER, I WATCHED QUICKLEY AND 6’9" WINGSPAN HE CAN DEFEND AND HE HAS THE REPU REPUTATION. SO, QUICKLEY IS A SHOT MAKING AND DEFENSE IS A GOOD FIT FOR COLLIER’S LACK OF SHOOTING AND PHYSICALITY. I LIKE JAYLON TYSON. HE IS A PRO’S SCORER. >> THE PICK IS IN AND THEY TOOK JACOBY WALTER — >> KOBE WALTER AT 19 NAMED AFTER MICHAEL JORDAN AND KOBE BRYANT. WASSERMAN, AT 19 DO YOU LIKE THIS FOR THE TORONTO RAPTORS IS IT >> YEAH, I WILL GIVE THIS A STANDARD B. I DON’T SEE A LOT OF UP SIDE WITH HIM WITH JA’KOBE WALTER, BUT I DO THINK HE HAS A VALUE AS A 3 OR DID — D2. I LIKE THEM TO OFFER SOME LEVEL OF PLAY MAKING BECAUSE IF YOU ARE A GUARD THAT DOES PLAY MAKE YOU HAVE A LIMITED MARGIN FOR ERROR AS A SHOOTER AND SCORER AND I DON’T SEE HIM AS A GUY WHO WILL CREATE FOR HIMSELF BUT HE IS A POLISHED SHOT MAKER AND RUNNING OFF SCREENS AND HE IS PRETTY PHYSICAL GETTING DOWNHILL. IF THERE IS SPACE BEING ATTACK AND GET TO THE RIM. HE HAS SOLID DEFENSIVE TOOLS, B MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARSH, I COULD UPGRADE TO B PLUS. AT THIS POINT I DON’T THINK THEY EXPECTED HIM TO BE THERE WHEN HE OPENED THE YEAR WITH A BIG OFFENSIVE GAME. I’M NOT BUYING THE CREATIVITY. I AM BUYING HIS SHOT MAKING AND HOPEFULLY THE DEFENSIVE TOOLS. HE REMINDS ME OF KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE. >> THAT IS A PERFECT COMP. BEFORE THAT PICK WAS ANNOUNCED WE WE HAD THE LIST OF BEST REMAINING PLAYERS JA’KOBE WALTER WAS A GUY I WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT. I THINK HE HAS GREAT UP SIDE. HE KIND OF HAD A TYPICAL FRESHMAN YEAR HE SHOWED YOU SOME REALLY GREAT POTENTIAL AND THEN LIKE DISAPPEAR FOR A FEW SEGMENTS BUT THERE ARE STRETCHES IN WATCHING BAYLOR WHERE GENTLEMAN COU — >> KOBE — WHERE HE MIGHT PUT TOGETHER. LIKE CODY WILLIAMS, JA’KOBE WALTERS SHOT A LOT MORE POTENTIAL THAN CODY WILLIAMS. SO SOME CONSISTENCY AND PLAYED IN A GREAT SYSTEM FOR GUARDS. 34% FROM THREE-POINT IS RESPECTABLE FOR A GUY WHO HAD SOME COLD STRETCHES. NOT EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE A LOT YEAR ONE. PUT HIM IN THE D LEAGUE, GET STRONGER AND HUNGRIER AND LEARN TO PLAY. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF HE COULD ADD PLAY MAKING SKILLS. HE HASN’T SHOWN THAT BUT HE IS A BUCKET AND I THINK HE WILL GET BETTER GIVEN HOW YOUNG HE IS. >> FOR THE RAPTORS, THEY ARE AT A POINT WHERE THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR FRANCHISE DIRECTION. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR GUYS THAT CAN PLAY AROUND SCOTTIE BARNES AND SCOTTIE BARNES IS THIS NEW AGE POINT FORWARD. WE TALKED ABOUT POINT GUARDS AND FINDING TRADITIONAL GUYS IN THE DRAFT. SETH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCOTTIE BARNES AS A GUY WHO WILL POTENTIALLY BRING THE BALL UP. DEFEND DIFFERENT POSITIONS, HOW DOES WALTER FIT WITH SCOTTIE BARNES? >> TESTIFY THE POTENTIAL TO — THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER BUT I THINK SCOTTIE BARNES CAN DO MORE THINGS. ALSO A 34% THREE-POINT SHOOTER SO NOT GREAT BUT RESPECTABLE. BUT HE GETS TO THE GLASS, EIGHT REBOUNDS, SIX ASSISTS, 1.5 BLOCKS. WALTER IS NOT SUPER STRONG SO HE WON’T BE LIKE A DEVIN CARTER WHERE HE CAN TAKE GUYS OUT. SOME FOLKS ARE LATE IN DEVELOPING THAT. A LOT OF TIMES I GO TO COVER AN NBA GAME AND I SEE GUYS I COVERED IN COLLEGE AND HADN’T SEEN IN A WHILE AND I’M AMAZED HOW MUCH THEIR BODIES CHANGE. I’M A BIG JA’KOBE WALTER GUY AND LIKE ROB DILLINGHAM I THINK JA’KOBE WILL BE A BETTER PRO THAN ROD DILLINGHAM FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH. >> WASSERMAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT ASSESSMENT. D DILLINGHAM WENT EIGHTH AND JA’KOBE 19. DO YOU AGREE WITH HIS ASSESSMENT? >> THEY ARE SUCH DIFFERENT TIMES OF GUARDS. ROB CAN HURT YOUR TEAM. WALTER CAN MISS SHOTS AND WON’T HURT YOUR TEAM. HE CAN IMPROVE OFF THE DRIBBLE BUT BAYLOR HAD A BUNCH OF GUARDS IS HE WAS PLAYING A SPOT-UP ROLE. I’M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I GUESS, WHERE HE CAN GO, WHERE JA’KOBE WALTER CAN GO WITH HIS GAME BECAUSE IT WAS A SIMPLIFIED ROLE HE HAD AT BAYLOR. — WE HE WAS AT BAYLORMENT ROB BRINGS YOU SUPPORT CREATIVITY BUT MORE DOWN SIDE BECAUSE HE IS NEGATIVELY DEFENSIVELY AND TAKES SOME TOUGH SHOTS WHERE JA’KOBE IS KIND OF JUST LIKE A ROCK SOLID PLAYER. I THINK THE SHOT MAKING WILL BE THERE. FORGET THE 34%. I THINK HE HAD OVER 70 THREES AND IF YOU FOLLOWED HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL HE CAN MAKE PLENTY OF SHOTS. I THINK HE IS A SAFE PICK, I GUESS. >> I THINK THE SECOND THIRD OF THIS FIRST ROUND I LOVE DEVIN CARTER AT 13, JARED MCCAIN, DALTON KNECHT AT 17. I THINK WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THIS DRAFT LAKE WE TYRESE HALIBURTON WAS FALLING AND I’M LEAK KILLIAN HAYES AHEAD OF TYRESE HALIBURTON. I THINK THERE WILL BE A BUNCH OF GUYS WHEN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT MCCAIN AND KNECHT AT 16 AND 17 AND HOW DID THEY END UP ALMOST AT 20, LET’S LOOK AT THE PLAYERS AVAILABLE AWAY PINE ABLE TO SCREAM ABOUT IN YEARS TO COME. LET’S NOT. THE PUCK IS IN. NUMBER 20OR CLEVELAND — 20 FOR CLEVELAND JAYLON TYSON IS TAKEN BY THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT, WASSERMAN. >> A MINUS. I HAD HIM ON MY RADAR COMING IN AS A POTENTIAL BREAKOUT GUY. HE CERTAINLY WAS THAT FOR CAL. I KEEP USING THIS TERM BUT HE LOOKS LOOK A PRO SCORER BUT WITH HOW POLISHED HE’S IN TERMS OF FOOTWORK, CREATING SHOTS FOR HIMSELF, HITTING DIFFERENT TYPES OF JUMP SHOTS, FALL AWAYS, PULL-UPS, THREES, PLAY BEFORE THE RIM. I THINK THEY CAN IMPROVE OFF THE BALL AND INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HIS ROLE S. I LIKE HIM MORE AS A SECOND UNIT GUY AND BE A SCORER. HE HAD A REALLY HIGH USAGE AT C CAL. IF HE GETS THAT ROLE WHERE HE GETS TO CREATE BIG PLAYS FOR HIMSELF AS A SECOND UNIT GUY I LIKE THAT AT NUMBER 20. >> I WOULD AGREE. AT 20 I THINK HE IS A SOLID PICK. WAS A LITTLE UNDER THE RADAR THROUGHOUT THE COLLEGE SEASON, NOT LIKE WE WERE LOOKED IN ON CAL BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT AN NCAA CALIBER TEAM. CAL HITS THIRD COLLEGE, STARTED AT TEXAS, THEN TEXAS TECH. HE WAS LOOKING TO GET A WAIVER EARLY AND MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEASON BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL HITS THE NCAA WAS TAKING IN COURT HE WAS ABLE TO DEATH ELIGIBLE AND PLAY 31 GAMES, SHOT 36% FROM THREE. AND IT IS HIS SIZE AND POSITIONAL SIZE. HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS YOU WATCH IN THE COLLEGE SEASON YOU THOUGHT LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET TO THE PREDAFT PROCESS. PLAYED WELL AT THE COMBINE AND TTS BELIEVE AS SOMEONE WHO PHYSICALLY LOOKED LIKE HE COULD DO THINGS. IN THE PRIVATE WORKOUTS HE TESTED WELL AND HAS PERFORM WELL. SO, GOING LATE FIRST ROUND TO THE CAVALIERS YOU WOULD EXPECT HIM TO SPEND TIME IN THE G LEAGUE BUT IN TERMS OF MATURITY AND PHYSICALITY HE IS MORE READY TO PLAY IN THE NBA THAN A LOT OF GUYS. >> WE ARE 20 PICKS IN, OVER TWO HOURS IN SO WE WILL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DRAFT, BACK TO THE FIRST OVERALL PICK. ZACH RISACHER. WASSER PAN YOU HAD THE FIRST FOUR PICKS RIGHT. RISACHER, SHEPPARD. CASTLE. HOW DID YOU KNOW THEY WOULD BE THE FIRST FOUR LANGUAGE WITH SARR. >> YOU TALK TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN I THINK THAT THE FIRST COUPLE THERE WAS LIKE A CONSENSUS ON HOW IT WAS GOING TO PLAY OUT. AND ONE WRONG PICK AND IT HAS THE DOMINO PICK ON THE BOARD. I DON’T GET UPJUDGED BY THE MOC DRAFT ON THE DAY OF. BUT I’M DIVING YOU GUYS WHO YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE AND I THINK THAT MY MOCK DRAFTS MIDDLE OF THE SEASON ARE MORE IMPORTANT. >> THE NEW ORLEANS PELICANSES — PELICANS SECOND YVES MISSI. >> THIS IS AN A MINUS. HE HAS A FAIRLY SIMPLE GAME. HE IS A RIM RUNNER, FINISHER, SHOT BLOCKER BUT I HEARD IN WORKOUTS HE IS SHOWING MORE IN TERMS OF BALL HANDLING. I THINK BAYLOR RAN A LOT OF PLAYS FOR HIM AT THE TOP WHERE HE WAS FACED UP WITH SLOWER FOOTED BIG PEN AND PUT THE BALL AND FINISH ON THE MASSIVE BUT IT PROBABLY WON’T BE SOMETHING HE DOES MUCH IN THE NBA. HE WILL BE THERE TO PLAY DEFENSE. I THINK HIS PERIMETER DEFENSE IS SUPPORT VALUABLE THAN RIM PREPA PROTECTION. HE BLOCKS MORE IN PICK-AND-ROLL AND NOT LETTING GUYS TURN THE CORNER. HE HAS GREAT HANDS AROUND THE BASKET. HE WILL RUN THE FLOOR, GIVE YOU EASY BUCKETS. ONE OF THOSE GUYS DOESN’T HAVE SUPER EXCITING UP SIDE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SKILL AND VERSATILITY BUT HAS MORE FACE-UP GAVE THAN GIVEN CREDIT. >> I’M A BIG YVES MISSI GUY. A DYNAMIC ATHLETE. WHEN SOMEBODY IS THAT TALL, A LOT OF BOUNCE, HE CAME TO THE GAME LATE IS HE IS YOUNG AS BASKETBALL PLAYER. HE IS VERY DISRUPTIVE DEFENSIVELY. HE IS NOT A TREMENDOUS SHRT BLOCKER BUT — SHOT BLOCKER BUT CAN HAS TRICK SWITCH ABILITY. HE CAN GUARD NBA PLAYERS OUT IT THE THREE-POINT FOR SEGMENTS OF THE GAME IF HE NEEDS TO SWITCH OUT OR RECOVER. THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW MUCH IS THAT SKILL SET GOING TO COME ALONG. FOR SOMEONE WILL DIDN’T GROW UP PLAYING THE WAY A LOT OF AMERICAN BIG KIDS DID, YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF THERE MIGHT BE A CEILING THERE BUT IT IS ATTENDANT LACING — ATTENDANT LAYING TO SEE. FOR THESE TEAMS TO PROJECT YEAR TWO, YEAR FOUR, YEAR SIX, WHAT IS YVES MISSI GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS AN OFFENSIVE PLAYER. IF HE DOESN’T GET BETTER HE PROBABLY WON’T BE IN THE LEAGUE. BUT IF HE DOES HE COULD BE A STARTER OR ROTATIONAL GUY ON A CHAMPIONSHIP GUY BECAUSE HE HAS SO MANY QUALITIES YOU CANNOT TEACH. >> THOSE ARE GREAT POINTS AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS THE PERFECT SITUATION. THE PELICANS KNOW WHERE THEIR OFFENSE IS COMING FROM. WE SAW ZION WILLIAMSON PLAY CAREER HIGH GAMES AND YOU SAY VALANCIUNAS WE ZION IS NOT THERE HE IS PERFECT AND TIMES A LITTLE MESSY ON THE FLOOR BUT ZION DOESN’T GIVE YOU THE SAME IMPACT ON DEFENSE. SO WITH ZION ON THE FLOOR YOU LOOK LIKE THEY ARE DRAFTING A KID THAT MAYBE WON’T GIVE YOU AS MUCH OFFENSIVELY THAT CAN COVERER ZION DEFENSIVELY AND MAYBE SOME OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE BETTER OFF. SO, I THINK FOR THAT REASON FOR PELICANS I REALLY LIKE THIS FOR THIS KID JUST TO BE ON A TEAM THAT SEEMS IT IS A GREAT FIT. HE DOESN’T SEEM LIKE HE WOULD FIT ON EVERY TEAM BUT FOR THE PELICANS IS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD FIT. >> NEW ORLEANS WAS HOPING HE WOULD BE ON THE FLOOR AND THEY DIDN’T THINK HE WOULD. SO IT IS A NICE SURPRISE FOR THEM AND I THINK VALANCIUNAS IS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS DEAL SO TELL NEED SOME RIM PROTECTION AND BEEF UP FRONT AND ONE OF THOSE SPOTS MISSI COULD PLAY TO HIS STRENGTHS. >> LOOKING TO THE PHOENIX SUNS BECAUSE THEY ARE A TEAM THAT CAME IN WITH SUCH LOFTY EXPECTATIONS — YOU HAVE BRADLEY BEAL, KEVIN DURANT, DEVIN BOOKER RUMORS THEY MIGHT BE TRYING TO MOVE KEVIN DURANT. WHAT POSITION DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST NEED FOR THE PHOENIX SUNS, WASSERMAN? >> I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS ABOUT A POSITION. I THINK YOU JUST NEED IT FIND A CONTRIBUTOR. THEIR DEPTH REALLY ISN’T THERE. THEY RELY SO HEAVILY ON THE BIG THREE. I WON’T LIE, I WON’T WATCH A TON OF PHOENIX BASKETBALL, I HAVE TO WATCH THE FRENCH LEAGUE, WATCH THE G LEAGUE. NBA IS NOT A PRIORITY FOR ME BUT I DO SEE THEIR ROSTER AND IT LOOKS LOOK THEY FEED DEPTH AND WHEN YOU PAY THESE GUYS THAT MUCH MONDAY YOU HAVE TO FIND VALUE CONTRACTS. ANYBODY THAT CAN COME IN AND PLAY A ROLE FAST IS SOMETHING AT THE VALUE. I HAVE THEM TAKING RYAN DUNN. I HAVE NO INTEL ON THAT. I THINK DUNN IS ANOTHER PLAY A STRETCH, GET OUT THERE AND BREAK HAVOC DEFENSIVELY AND FLY IN THE OPEN DOOR AND PLAY OFF OTHER SKILL PLAYERS. THAT WAS KINDS OF MY HOLOGIC. >> I HAVE TO STOP YOU THERE AND SAY I HOPE YOU ARE WRONG BECAUSE I’M LOOKING AT OUR DRAFT AND AWARE TWO PICKS FROM THE KNICKS POTENTIALLY GETTING HIM AND I’M LIKE PLEASE, I HOPE, I HAVE MY FINGERS CROSSED THATER INCORRECT BECAUSE EVERY KNICKS MOCK DRAFT WE HAVE THE WHA-HOO-WA, THE TON BENNETT PRODUCT COMING TO THE KNICKS. SO, WASSERMAN, I RESPECT YOU, I LIKE YOU TO BE RIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS YOUR SUPER BOWL. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE I HOPE YOU ARE WRONG BECAUSE I THINK THAT HE WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE FNEW YORK KNICKS. >> HE WOULD BE. HE WAS A LONG ISLAND GUY LIKE MY MYSELF. I THINK THE QUESTION WITH NEW YORK NOW AFTER THE MIKAL BRIDGES TRADE YOU HAVE BRIDGES, O.G., HART, I GUESS YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH DEFENSIVE WAVES BUT PRIORITIZE SOMETHING ELSE. >> THERE YOU GO, YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY DEFENSIVE WINGS. ESPECIALLY IF YOU TRY TO DEFEND THE CELTICS THE NOW REIGNING CHAMPS. >> IT IS INTERESTING THAT AS A KNICKS FAN YOU ARE THAT HIGH ON RYAN DUNN. I WILL GIVE YOU A SLEEPER FOR THE KNICKS PICK IN TERMS OF SOMEBODY THAT CAN SPACE THE FLOOR IS BAYLOR SLIDECHEIERMAN. MAYBE A TAD HIGH AT 4 BUT NOT M MUCH. DON’T YOU WANT TO SCORE OR GRIND TO AN NBA TITLE? >> YOU SAID NBA TITLE. THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. >> TRADE ALERT. PHOENIX IS TRADING THE 22ND PICK TO DENVER, WHICH TAKES DON’T RIGHT HAND HOLMES. THAT IS — TAKES DARON HOLMES. THAT IS GOING TO NUGGETS. WASSERMAN, WHAT SAY YOU? >> IN MY MOCK DRAFT I HAVE THE NUGGETS SELECTING HIM AT NUMBER 28. >> WE ARE COUNTING THAT AS A WIN. >> I NEED ALL THE W’S I CAN GET. I LIKE HOLMES. WITHIN REASON, OTHER THAN THE ATHLETICISM IS HE GOES IT COMBINE LAST YEAR, SCOUTS GIVE HIM SPECIFIC THINGS TO WORK ON, AND HE DID IT. HE BECAME A THREATENING SHOOTER. HE BECAME A GUY THAT CAN ATTACK. IF THOSE TRANSLATE 10 WE’VE SOMETHING INTERESTING. THIS IS — WHAT DID I GIVE? DID I SAY — LET’S GIVE IT A B. I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM A LITTLE LATER. BUT THE ATHLETICISM AROUND THE RIM YOU CAN’T TEACH. HE IS TOP THREE IN DUNKS, WALKING EASY BASKET AND IF THE SHOOTING IMPROVEMENT TRANSLATES I THINK IT FWAS 38%, NOT HIGH VOLUME, THEY DIDN’T NEED HIM TO STAND AWAY FROM THE BASKET, HE IS TOO EFFECTIVE AROUND IT. BUT IF YOU ADD THE THREE BALL TO COMPLEMENT THE ATHLETICISM AROUND THE HOOP YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING IT BEING TAKE COAST OUTS, HE IMPROVED HIS PASSING. I LOVE THAT SCOUTS TOLD HIM TO IMPROVE CERTAIN SKILLS AND HE DID THAT. SO, IMPROVING IS A SKILL ITSELF. SO WE WILL SEE HOW HE ADJUSTS AT THE NEXT LEVEL. IS HE A RIM PROTECTOR, POWER FORWARD IF I’M NOT SURE IF IT MATTERS IT HE IS OFF THE BENCH FOR A PLAYOFF TEAM LEAK DENVER. HE IS ONE OF THE GUYS I’M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE HIS DEVELOPMENT GOES. WE HAVE SEEN HIM EVOLVE A LITTLE BIT EACH YEAR. BUT OF COURSE HE IS SUPER INTERESTING JUST BECAUSE OF HOW ATHLETIC HE IS INSIDE. >> PLAYING WITH NIKOLA JOKIC WILL BE A GIFT. WE HAVE SEEN WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR AARON GORDON THE PAST CAN BE YEARS. HERE IS MORE DETAILS ON THE TRADE BETWEEN THE DENVER NUGGETS AND THE PHOENIX SUNS. THE NUGGETS SENDS THE 28TH PICK AND 56TH PICK AND TWO FUTURE SECOND ROUND PICKS IT THE SUNS TO MOVE UP SIX SPOTS. SETH, CLEARLY, THE NUGGETS HAD A HOME CIRCLED LIKE THIS IS A GUY WE CAN USE THAT FITS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO ONE YEAR FROM WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. >> I’M NODDING MY HEAD WITH A LOT OF WHAT WASS IS SAYING BECAUSE I’M A BIG DON’T RIGHT HAND HOLMES — DARON HOLMES GUY. HE PAID ONE THREE-POINTER HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AT DAYTON. HE WAS A 32% THREE-POINT SHOOTER, 6-19 AS A SOPHOMORE. PUT HIS NAME IN THE DRAFT, GOT THE FEEDBACK AND HE WAS A 39% THREE-POINT SHOOTER WAIL BEING EFFECTIVE AROUND THE RIM. IT IS NOT LIKE HE SAID THAT IS ALL I’M GOING TO DO. HE’S A SPACER NOW AND PHYSICALLY CAN STEP INTO AN NBA GAME AND HOLD HIS OWN AND HE IS WALKING INTO A SITUATION, I THINK THE GUYS, THE MONDAY IS NOT THE SAME BUT THE GUYS PICKED AT IT POINT ARE IN THE BEST SITUATIONS. I THINK IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANY ROOKIE TO WALK INTO THE NBA AND TRY TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PLAYER. HE IS A LITTLE OLDER THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER YOUNGER PLAYERS GOING AT THE TOP OF THE DRAFT, GOING TO BAD TEAMS, NEEDS TO PRODUCE MORE. HE CAN COME OFF THE BENCH, SPELL PLAYERS AND MAYBE SPEND TIME IN THE G LEAGUE IF THE MACHINES ARE NOT THERE, BE PART OF A CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL ORGANIZATION AND BRING THE MATURITY. WITHIN POINT THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE THINK NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NUGGETS WHO ARE A TITLE CONTENDER. CAN DON’T RIGHT HAND HOLMES — CAN DARON HOLMES HELP THEM WIN IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL, THE NBA FINAL. HE MAY NOT BE ON THE COURT FOR THOSE BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF GAMES BETWEEN OCTOBER AND MAY THAT BEING PLAYED WHERE YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY AT FULL HEALTH AND WINNING THREE IT TAKEOFF MORE GAMES COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BEING THE NUMBER ONE OR THREE SEED SO I THINK HE WILL BRING A LOT OF VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION RIGHT AWAY AS A ROOKIE BUT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY WILL KNOW HAD YOU TO DEVELOP HIM. SKWRAEURBG THE GUYS THEY HAVE DRAFTED THE LAST IF YOU ARE YEARS WITH ALL-IAN STROTHER OR WATSON OR ENDOCRINE BROWN, THEY PLAYED LESS MINUTES IN THE PLAYOFFS BUT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON THEY WON THEM SOME GAMES AND THAT AFFECTS THE SEEDING IN THE WEST. YOU NEED THOSE GUYS FOR HOMES. WASSERMAN, WHO IS HIS BEST CURRENTS NBA PLAYER COMP? >> I THINK I COMPARED HIM, THIS IS NOT PERFECT BUT IT TRACE JACKSON DAVIS BECAUSE THEY KIND OF ADD A LITTLE MORE EACH YEAR, IMPROVE PASSING, TOUCH MORE. REALISTICALLY THEY ARE ON THE FLOOR FOR WHAT THEY DO INSIDE. HARD TO PUT A COMPARISON ON A GUY THAT KEEPS CHANGING. BUT I THINK EARLY ON HE WILL BE SUPPORT OF A JACKSON DAVIS WHO WORKS AROUND THE POST, PLAYS A LOT OF PICK-AND-ROLLS. IF THE THREE BALL BECOMES PART OF HIS ARSENAL ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT COMPARISON HAS IT CHANGE. >> THIS IS A BIGGER TOPIC WHEN I LOOK AT THE NBA DRAFT AND GUYS WHO SPEND TWO OR THREE YEARS AND SHOW IMPROVEMENT I’M SURPRISED THEY DON’T GO HIGHER. WHEN YOU EXPLAIN DON’T-DARON HOLMES, THE RIGHT SIDE AND ADDED SOMETHING TO HIS FAME EVERY YEAR SO IF I’M AN ORGANIZATION I’M THEY THINKING HE WILL CONTINUE IT INDIANA AND THAT IS WHY THE NUGGETS CAN SPOT HIM AND MOVE UP AND GET HIM. I THINK WE SHOULD SEE MORE OF THAT GOING FORWARD IN THE DRAFT. >> I THINK SO, TOO. EVERY ARGUMENT THERE’S DATA AND FACTS IT UNDERLIE IT — TO UNDERLIE IT. I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF THIS WELL WAY OF THINKING YOU LIKE SUBWHO IS NOT AS GOOD OF A PLAYER BUT HE IS 19 OVER SOMEBODY WHO IS A BETTER PLAYER BUT HE IS 23 BECAUSE YOU THINK THE 23-YEAR-OLD HAS TOPPED OUT WE IN THE GRAND SCHEME AT 23 YOU ARE A BABY, YOUR LIFE IS JUST STARTING. SO THE IDEA YOU CAN’T IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY AT AGE 23 I DON’T BUY. SO THAT DOESN’T. LIKE THEY ARE A FINISHED PRODUCT, ESPECIALLY AS YOU TALK ABOUT HOLMES. WHY WOULD YOU THINK BECAUSE HE HAS A TWO AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS AGE NUMBER HE WILL STOP IMPROVING. THERE ARE GUYS IN THE NBA SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS THAT ARE STILL MAKING SIGNIFICANT STRIDES. I SEE SYSTEM OF THE OTHER GUYS L L LIKE FRIEND DOA SILVA IS A BETTR PROGRESS THAN HOLMES. THAT IS WHAT MY EYES IS SEEN. >> HERE IS A LOOK AT SETH’S SLEEPERS STILL ON THE BOARD. WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE NEXT GUY OFF BOARD IS IT >> I DON’T KNOW IF ANY OF THESE ARE GOING IN THE FIRST ROUND. I THINK SCHEIERMAN IS AN X FACTOR BECAUSE OF THE SHOOTING. TRISTEN NEWTON, FOR A GUY WHO WAS THE BIG POINT GUARD IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, WON BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, POST PEOPLE ARE PROJECTING HE DOESN’T GET DRAFTED OR LATE IN THE SECOND ROUND. DO YOU THINK HE WILL HEAR HIS NAME CALLED TOMORROW NIGHT? >> WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? TRISTEN NEWTON. >> HE HAS A CHANCE. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING AT THE NBA COMBINE HE CHOSE TO SKIP SCRIMMAGING, I DON’T KNOW IF THE TEAM TOLD HIM TO DO THAT OR CONFIDENCE IN WHERE HE IS GOING. BUT HE IS THE TYPE OF GUY WHERE IN THE 45 TO 60 RANGE THROW OUT SOME OF THE TYPICAL LAWS OF SCOUTING AND SAY HE DOES A LOT. HELPED CONNECTICUT GAMES SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. ALL IT TAKES IS ONE TEAM TO BUY A WINNER LIKE HIM. BUT HE DOESN’T, ON PAPER, FIT THE COPY OF A CLASSIC NBA GUARD. >> GREAT MONTICELLO Y– DECORAE POINTS YOU MAKE. WHEN YOU SEE A KID A TWO-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION RUNNING THE SHOW WAS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE AN. THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS ARE ON THE CLOCK AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEM THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. WHEN YOU WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. GIANNIS TWO M.V.P.’S, DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR BUT BEEN INJURED IN THE PLAYOFFS. TRADED JRUE HOLIDAY AND HOLIDAY HAS WON ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP. SO AS THE YEARS HAVE GONE ON, KHRIS MIDDLETON SUFFERING THROUGH YEARS. DAMIEN LILLARD CLEARLY GETTING OLDER. THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF YOUTH IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOMEONE THAT CAN STEP ON THE FLOOR AND PLAY FOR THEM. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PICK. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE DRAFT PICKS RIGHT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND IT ATLANTA WORKED. IS ANYONE YOU SAY IS READY TO CONTRIBUTE BECAUSE THAT FEELS LIKE THAT IS WHAT THE BUCKS NEED. >> RYE DAN DUNN, WE TALKED ABOUT HIM. KYLE FILIPOWSKI COULD PLAY A ROLE EARLY. I LIKE SCHEIERMAN AS SETH SAID. I HAD HIM GOING TO THE KNICKS AT 24. WE WILL SEE IF THAT HAPPENS. BUT YOU TAKE AN OLDER GUY. >> THEY SELECT A.J. JOHNSON FROM THE NBL AT 23. WASSERMAN, CAN YOU ENLAYTENLYON. — ENLIGHTEN US. >> A.J. JOHNSON IS, I WONDER IF HE DIDN’T HAVE A COUPLE FLASHES AT THE COMBINE THERE IS THE MOST SURPRISING PICK MAINLY BECAUSE I THINK HE AVERAGED MAYBE THREE POINTS A GAME OVERSEAS. HE CHOOSES TO SKIP COLLEGE. HE WAS A HIGHLY TOUTED RECRUIT. BY THE WAY THIS GRADE GETS A C. I’M NOT A BIG FAN OF HIS. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVES. HE’S A BIG ATHLETIC JAMAL CRAWFORD LIKE GUARD WHO I DON’T THINK HE IS REALLY A POINT GUARD ALTHOUGH THAT’S WHAT HE IS GOING TO TRY TO SELL MILWAUKEE ON. HE IS A SCORER. I’M NOT SURE IF HE IS A GOOD SHOOTER YET. I DON’T THINK HE IS A GREAT DECISION MAKER YET. RIGHT NOW THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT IS AWAY LIKE THE IDEA OF A.J. JOHNSON. WHETHER THAT COMES TO LIFE WE ARE GUESSING BECAUSE HE PRETTY MUCH TOOK OFF THIS SEASON. HE SHOWED UP AT THE COMBINE, PRETTY WELL, FLASHES OF SELF-CREATION AND MAYBE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE COMBINE OF A DRIVING DUNK. BUT 16 POUNDS AND AT 6’4" HE IS SUPER THIN. I DON’T THINK HE IS POLISHED ENOUGH AND WHEN YOU ARE A GUARD YOU CAN’T BE RAW. THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE MOST SKILL. I THINK SO FAR AWAY, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MILWAUKEE NEEDED A GUY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. I CAN’T PICTURE AMOUNT J. JOHNSON STEPPING — A.J. JOHNSON — WITH A GUY LIKE THIS THERE IS SO MUCH GUESSWORK OF HOW HE WILL DEVELOP. THE POTENTIAL IS THERE, SURE. I HAVEN’T SEEN ENOUGH TO MAKE ME CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL REACH IT. >> TELL US WHAT YOU REALLY THINK. YOU SAID A C. THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN FORT MINUS. SKWRA>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU T AND YOUR PHILOSOPHY AS A FRANCHISE. EVERYONE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS LOVING JRUE HOLIDAY BUT YOU KACANNOT GRADE A TRADE WE THE T BEST GUYS ARE HURT. WHAT IS DOC RIVERS SUPPOSED TO DO, WHAT ARE THE BUCKS — >> WHOA. >> HERE WE GO. >> THE KNICKS ARE TRADING THE 24TH PICK TO THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS. FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT PAYING COAST ATTENTION HERE — CLOSE ATTENTION HERE, THE WIZARDS TRADED INTO THE 14TH AFTER TAKING ALEX SARR WITH THE SECOND PICK. THEY TRADED WITH THE TRAILBLAZERS FOR THE 14TH PICK. NOW THEY ARE TRADING WITH THE KNICKS FOR THE 24TH PICK IN THE DRAFT. THAT WOULD BE THREE FIRST ROUND PICKS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF TRULY REBUILDING. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT? >> I GUESS WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GIVING UP FOR THIS PICK. BUT FOR ME AS A SNAKE BITTEN BULLETS AND WIZARDS FAN ALL MY LIFE I GO BACK IT ELVIN HAYES AND WES UNSELD AND THIS TELLS SPEME THAT THEY WILL BE BETTER BUT THEY WON’T BE BAD ENOUGH TO DRAFT COOPER FLAK. SO THEY TANK FOR THIS AND GET LEGIS ALEX SARR. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHO THEY GAVE UP. BUT TO GET BACK TO THE BUCKS AND A.J. JOHNSON, IF YOU TOLD ME RIGHT NOW A.J. JOHNSON IS NOT GOING TO PLAY A SINGLE GAME FOR THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS NEXT SEEN HE WILL BE SPENDING THE YEAR IN THE G LEAGUE THAT WHAT SURPRISE ME BUT IF YOU SAID IN FIVE CARRIES HE WILL BE AN ALL-STAR THAT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME. YOU SAID WHAT HE DID AT THE COMBINE. HE IS ONLY 6’4" AND A SUPER NARROW FRAME LIKE TAYSHAWN PRINCE. BUT THE WAY HE ATTACKS THE BASKET AND CAN GET BEFORE THE RIM IS SOMETHING THAT EXCITES NBA TEAMS. IF YOU’RE THE BUCKS LATE FIRST ROUND YOU HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER TEAM IF YOU STAY HEALTHY, YOU WON’T GET A TON OF VALUE ALTHOUGH I THINK SCHEIERMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT AN OLDER GUY BUT A.J. JOHNSON CLEARLY A FUTURE PLAYER. >> IN THE CHAT SOME SAYS IN THIS CASE ALL DAY — KNICKS ALL DAY. THE PICK IS IN AND IT IS GOING TO THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS. NO, HERE IS THE TRADE. KNICKS TRADED THE 24TH PICK TO THE WIZARDS FOR 26 AND 51. WASH SELECTS — WASHINGTON SELECTS KYSHAWN GEORGE OF THE — WASSERMAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. SEVEN POINTS PER GAME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. >> HE IS ANOTHER IDEA. YOU HAVE THE IDEA OF A 6’8" GUY WHO CAN HANDLE AND SHOOT. BUT NOT HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE. THE FLASHES WERE ENTICING, THE BIG WINGS THAT CAN MAKE PLAYS OFF DRIBBLE AND 40% THREE-POINT SHOOTER. YOU HAVE TO BUY THE POSITIONAL SIZE AND SHOOTING. I’M GIVING THIS A B MINUS. I GET WHY TEAMS WOULD SEE UP SIDE. I DON’T BECAUSE I’M NOT BUYING THE CREATION FLASHES. I DON’T THINK HE IS QUICK ENOUGH OFF THE BOUNCE AND HE HAS NO EXPLOSION AROUND THE RIM. I THINK YOU ARE GETTING A BIG SHOOTER WHO CAN HANDLE IT BUT I DON’T THINK THE HANDLE WILL BE FUNCTIONAL TPWHAUFRS OF — BECAE OF HIS LACK OF SPEED. ‘S FUN YOUNG GUY AND 40% SHOOTING FOR A 6’8" GUARD ALTHOUGH I CANNOT CALL HIM A WING OR FORWARD BECAUSE HE IS NOT PHYSICAL ENOUGH TO GUARD THAT POSITION. BUT AT THIS LATE OF THE DRAFT I GET IT. I DON’T THINK I EXPECTED HIM TO BE THERE. WASHINGTON BETTER HOPE HE BUILDS STRENGTH AND GETS MORE EXPLOSIVE. >> SETH, YOU SAID A FEW MINUTES TO GO THE WIZARDS WON’T BE IN THE COOPER FLAG BUSINESS. I CAN ALMOST SAY THEY WILL BE IN THE COOPER FLAG’S BAILEY WEEP — SWEEPSTAKES. SARR, ABOVE CARRINGTON AND GEORGE I DON’T THINK TELL HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS. >> KYSHAWN GEORGE IS A 6’8" WING FROM SWITZERLAND WHO DIDN’T SHOW ANY DEFENSIVE PROWESS WHATSOEVER, AVERAGED ABOUT 58 POINTS IN — EIGHT POINTS A GAME THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE TOURNAMENT. SOUNDS LIKE A WASHINGTON WIZARD TO ME. WHO KNOWS HOW IT PANS OUT. WASHINGTON WAS NOT THE ONLY TEAM ENAMORED WITH HIS SKILL SET. I THINK WASS PUTS IT PERFECTLY LIKE WITH AVERY JOHNSON — A.J. JOHNSON, A GUY THAT CAN HANDLE AND SHOOT ON THE WING. HE HAS THAT EUROPEAN STYLE COMBINATION. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT STRIKES ME AS SOMEBODY WHO WILL COME IN NEXT YEAR AND HAVE A HUGE IMPACT. BEING SHOOT THE BALL AND PLAY IN SPACE AND AT THE USUALLY FIND A WAY TO MAKE MONEY. >> CLEARLY THE WIZARDS TAUGHT POTENTIALLY THE KNICKS MIGHT TAKE HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE AT 26, THE KNICKS WERE AT 24 AND THE WIZARDS MOVED UP TWO SPOTS TO GET HIM. SO IT IS ALMOST LIKE IF YOU THINK THE KNICKS ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE HIM HE WOULD BE THERE AND THEY GAVE UP THE 51ST PICK TO GET HIM. INTERESTING TO SEE A TEAM MOVE,250 SLOTS FOR A — MOVE UP TWO SLOTS. MAYBE THEY HAD INTEL THAT THE KNICKS WITH TAKE HIM. >> AND THERE WAS SPECULATION THAT THE KNICKS WITH TRADE ONE OF THOSE AND MAYBE WASHINGTON WAS NERVOUS ABOUT A TEAM MOVING UP TO TAKE KEYSYSHAWN GEORGE. BUT THEY DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES SUCCEED MOVE UP AND THE KNICKS WILL SAY SURE. THEY DID THE SAME DALE — DEAL WITH EMANUEL QUICKLEY AND DEUCE MCBRIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO MARRY WHO INITIATED — WHEAR WHO INITIATE THAT BECAUSE IT IS A THEME MOVING BACK A COUPLE SPOTS. WE WILL SEE WITH GEORGE. THERE’S A LOT OF GUESSWORK ANDEN ISN’T WITH HIM BUT I WOULD — UNCERTAINTY WITH HIM. >> THE FANS ARE CHIMING IN ON THE CHAT ON BLEACHER REPORT, SOMEBODY SAYS KYSHAWN NEEDED TO GO LATER YOU COULD GET HIM LATER OR SECOND ROUND AND SIMMONS SAID BIG GUARD WITH HANDLE SOUNDS LIKE LUKA. NO, HE DOESN’T SOUND LIKE LUKA. THERE IS NOTHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE LUKA DONCIC WITH THIS PICK. CAN WE AGREE ON THAT, THAT WE — >> CAN WE NOT HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND WASTE OUR BREATH? >> I CAN’T TELL IF PEOPLE ARE TROLLING ON THE CHAT OR IF THEY ARE SERIOUS, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GO IN ON THIS PERSON. YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE GYM. SOMEBODY WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING SO NINE LIKE NO. >> BUT I GET CAUGHT IN THIS WASHING WITH MAYBE THE SAME GUYS YOU DO IN ATLANTA. WE WHEN I MAKE A COMPARISON I’M SO THE SAYING HE IS AS GOOD AS BUT HE PLAYS LIKE BECAUSE WE WANT OUR VIEWERS — I REMEMBER ME MITCH MCGUIRERY WAS AT MICHIGAN AND SAID HE REMINDS ME OF BLAKE GRIFFIN AND STEVE SMITH WENT BALLISTICS LIKE BLAKE GRIFFIN. I DIDN’T SAY AS GOOD AS BLAKE GRIFFIN. ‘S BIG POWER GUY WITH BOUNCE AND STEPS AWAY FROM THE RIM AND LEAVE ME ALONE, SMITTY. BUT THE FOLKS WHO TROLL US LIKE TO GET OUR BLOOD UP. >> I LOVE YOU WILL SMITTY DOWN TO A TEE BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS SO SMOOTH. >> I KNOW WHERE HIS BUTTONS ARE. >> THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE DRAFT. BECAUSE WE’VE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE KNICKS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SECOND APRON. O.G. ANUNOBY, THAT FIVE-YEAR AND $250 MILLION EXTENSION THAT HE SIGNED AND TRADED FOR MIKAL BRIDGES, NOT GOING TO HAVE MANY DRAFT PICKS GOING FORWARD. THEY GOT TWO PICKS HERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF WHAT THE KNICKS HAVE DONE WITH THESE LATE FIRST ROUND PICKS, QUINTEN GRIMES, MILES MCBRIDE, EMANUEL QUICKLEY, MITCHELL ROBINSON. THEY HAVE REALLY NAILED IT THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS IN THIS RANGE WITH GUYS WHO COME IN AND CONTRIBUTE EVEN IF THEY TOOK A FEW YEARS TO DEVELOP. >> I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY AT THE WON’T BE TAKING ANYONE FROM VILLANOVA. >> THEY HAVE FOUR WILDCATS. I THINK THAT IS ENOUGH. >> I PROMISE MY GOOD FRIEND JAY WRIGHT IS NOT COMING THROUGH THAT DOOR. HE IS COACHED HIS LAST GAME. TO ME, THE KNICKS PARTLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY GREAT VILLANOVA PLAYERS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF CULTURE. YOU HAVE TO HONOR YOUR CULTURE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CULTURE, AN IDENTITY AND YOU HAVE TO STICK WITH IT. SOMETIMES THE BEST PLAYERS ARE THE ONES YOU DON’T GET. SO, I THINK THE KNICKS HAVE TRADED AND DRAFTED WELL AND SIGNED WELL TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH THAT CULTURE, GETTING A LITTLE BIT LUCKY SOMETIMES WHEN THEY TRADED FOR JALEN BRUNSON I DON’T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE PROJECTING THAT HE WOULD BE AN NBA CALIBER PLAYER BUT I KNOW AT THE MADE THAT PICK ON CULTURE SO THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN POSITION TO GET LUCKY. AND SOMETIMES THAT IS EVEN SUPPORT IMPORTANT THAN GETTING LUCKY. I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE. I THINK THEY SHOULD TAKE SCHEIERMAN, GET A SHOOTER, SPACER, SOMEBODY THAT CAN PLAY AWAY FROM THE RIM. HE HAS RANGE. HE COULD SEE HIM OPPOSITE DIVI DIVINCENZO. THAT IS WHAT I THINK THEY SHOULD DO. >> THERE’S SOMETHING DEVELOPING HERE THAT WE CAN’T IGNORE. ISAIAH COLLIER. I SEE HIM NINE, WE TALKED ABOUT HIM EARLIER. WE ARE DOWN TO PICK 25 AND HE’S STILL NOT OFF THE BOARD. IS THERE SOMETHING ELEMENTS R ELSE — WE WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT LATER. THE PICK IS IN APND THE NEW YOR KNICKS ARE SCHRECK ING DIDIER – ARE SELECTING DIDIER. >> THIS IS A B PLUS PICK. THE KNICKS ARE DEEP AND WHOEVER THEY DRAFT WILL BE INSURANCE IN CASE 10 GUYS GET HURT. DADIET, I DON’T KNOW IF HE IS COMING OVER RIGHT AWAY. BUT I REALLY LIKE HIS GAME. HE’S GROWN ON ME. HE IS AN NBA SIZE WING THAT SHOOTS WELL, SHOOTS IT OFF THE DRIBBLE. HE PRODUCED IN GERMANY PLAYING WITHOUT THE BALL A LOT. CUTTING, RUNNING THE FLOOR. HE HAS A VERY ADAPTABLE GAME. WE DIDN’T GET TO SEE HIM ON THE BALL IN TERMS OF CREATING FOR HIMSELF. I’M NOT SURE HE IS A LOCKDOWN DEFENDER TYPE. BUT HE HAS A VERY VERSATILE SKILL SET AND HE IS SOMEBODY — HE WILL FIT EVERYWHERE BECAUSE OF HIS OFF BALL SKILL. SUPER YOUNG, PLAYS A VERY MATURE GAME. WE WILL SEE IF HE COMES OVER RIGHT AWAY. WITH THE KNICKS YOU HAVE TO SEE IF THEY KEEP THE PICK. BUT TO TAKE HIM AT 25 SUGGESTS THEY HAD BEEN CLEARLY SCOUTING HIM FOR A WHILE. I KNOW THEIR INTERNATIONAL SCOUT WHO LIVES OVERSEAS AND I’M SURE HE IS FAMILIAR WITH DADIET AND A LOT OF TEAMS HAVE GROWN ON HIM SO I THINK EVERY MONTH HE MOVED A LITTLE HIGHER. THERE’S STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAINTY BUT CLEARLY A LONG-TERM PLAY AND NOT SOMEBODY THEY EXPECT TO BE PART OF THE UPCOMING ROTATION. >> WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUCKS AND A.J. JOHNSON, THAT IS REALLY THE FIRST DECISION YOU ARE MAKING. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO? DO WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT CAN COME IN AND PLAY RIGHT AWAY THERE DO YOU HAVE A POSITIONAL NEED OR SKILL SET, BODY TYPE THAT WE NEED FOR THIS TEAM RIGHT AWAY. FOR THE KNICKS I’M A LITTLE SURPRISED BECAUSE YOU MAKE THE TRADE FOR MIKAL BRIDGES AND TRADE A TON OF DRAFT PICKS IT WAS LIKE YOU ARE PLAYING FOR NOW. THEN YOU DRAFT A GUY WHO HASN’T REACHED HIS 19TH BIRTHDAY. HE IS A GOOD PLAYER, 36% THREE-POINT SHOOTER. SO HE HAS ALL THE TOOLS BEING SEE PROJECTED BUT HE DOESN’T STRIKE ME AS SOMEONE WHO WILL HAVE A HIGH IMPACT THIS COMING SEASON. YOU PUT HIM IN THE G LEAGUE OR LEAVE HIM OVERSEAS. KYLE FILIPOWSKI AT DUKE, YOU KNOW PHYSICALLY YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT AGILITY OR FOOT SPEED HE IS NOT A SURE-FIRE SUCCESS IN THE NBA BUT HE IS A SEVEN-FOOTER WHO KNOWS HOW TO PLAY AND CAN SOOT THREE-POINTERS. IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO IMPACT YOU RIGHT AWAY THAT’S THE TYPE OF PLAYER YOU CAN PICK. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IT STASH OR DEVELOP DOWN THE LINE THEN DADIET IS BETTER. >> IT SEEMS LIKE THE CENTER POSITION IS ONE THE KNICKS NEED TO ADDRESS WITH UNCERTAINTY WITH ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN AND MITCH THE RLE — RITUAL ROBINSON. THEY ARE RETURNING OUT OF CAP SPACE AND SEEMS LIKE THEY WON’T BE ABLE TO KEEP BOTH. INTERESTING TO SEE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE. THEY HAVE BACK-TO-BACK PICKS. THEY TRADED DOWN WITH THE WIZARDS WHO WERE IN THAT 26 SPOT TO GET UP, STILL ON THE BOARD. THE DENVER NUGGETS WERE AT 28 AND TRADED UP TO TAKE THEIR GUY, DARON SHOEPLS OF HOLMES APPEAR — HOLMES AND PHOENIX IS BACK. I WANT TO LOOK AT THE GUYS STILL AVAILABLE AND THERE’S SOMEONE I FIND INTERESTING I DON’T KNOW IF HE WILL GO IN THE FIRST ROUND AND THAT IS TYLER KOLEK. HE IS A GUY THE NERD ALERT PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TYLER KOLEK. I GUESS I HAVE TO WATCH MORE OF HIM. AND ISAIAH COLLIER, THEY ARE ON THE BORE AND ARE AWAY GETTING TO A — ARE WE GETTING TO THE PLACE IF THEY ARE GOING FIRST ROUND. TELL ME WHERE WE ARE NOT TAKEN OFF THE BOARD. >> IN TERMS OF COLLIER I’M SEEING TERRENCE SANON WHO IS A BETTER VERSION OF ISAIAH COLLIER. SIMILAR PLAYERS DOWNHILL PLAYERS. THERE ARE MINI LEBRONS. NOT SAYING THEY ARE AT GOOD AS LEBRON. I’M SAYING THEY ARE MINI LEBRONS IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO DEATH DOWNHILL. TERRENCE SHANNON AN OLDER PLAYER, BETTER SHOOTER. HE COULD BE A GREAT NEW YORK KNICK. I I THINK KOLEK WILL BE A GOOD FIT. HE WON’T OVERWHELM YOU WITH THE SPEED BUT HE CAN RUN THE TEAM AND PLAY DEFENSE AND MAKE SHOTS. THE LAST TWO YEARS HE’S BEEN ONE OF THE BEST POINT GUARDS IF NOT ARGUABLY THE BEST WHAELT IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL — HEALTHY IN COLLEGE PLAYER IS I WON’T SAY HE IS A SURE-FIRE SUCCESS BUT LOOKING AT THOSE GUYS, JOHNNY FURPHY IS A GUY THAT CAN SPACE THE FLOOR, SNEAKY GOOD ATHLETE BUT IN TERMS OF GUYS THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON A GAME IS TERRENCE SHANNON AND IN A DIFFERENT WAY I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BAYLOR SCHEIERMAN WHO IS A GOOD SHOOTER, BIG GUY AND AS A GUARD OUTSTANDING REBOUNDER SO IF I’M DRAFTING FOR THE KNICKS RIGHT NOW I WILL TAKE SCHEIERMAN. >> YES, THEY ARE NOT PICKING. >> I THOUGHT THEY HAD THE NEXT PICK. >> THEY ARE TRADING IT AWAY FOR DILLON JONES. >> THERE YOU GO. POOR IN THIS CASE THE KNICKS FANS. >> THE THUNDER ARE BACK ON THE BOARD FOR DILLON JONES AT 26. SO, FOR THE KNICKS MAKING A LOT OF MOVES. IT WAS LEAK LATINOS RAIL — LIKE LATERAL MOVES. MIKAL BRIDGES AND ONLIY ANUNOBY — I’M SORRY, JONES GOING TO THE THUNDER. WHAT DID YOUITY OF DILLON JONES? >> FIRST OFF THE KNICKS ARE NOT GOING TO WASTE MONEY ON FIRST ROUND CONTRACTS FOR GUYS THAT WON’T PLAY. THEY HAVE A 38TH PICK WITH A NONGUARANTEED WHICH IS EQUAL. B PLUS FOR DILLON JONES. I LIKE HIS GAME. YOU EITHER LIKE HIS GAME OR YOU SEE — YOU SIEVERS TILT OR A — YOU SEE VERSATILITY OR A ‘TWEENER. HE WAS A LIE USAGE GUY AT — LIE USAGE GUY. I THINK HE AVERAGED 20-10 IN ALMOST FIVE IN COLLEGE AND OVER TWO STEALS A GAME. I STARTED TO BUY THE CREATION OFF THE DRIBBLE. I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL, BUT HE’S GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER HANDLING THE BALL, GETTING TO HIS SPOTS, CAN FINISH A LOT OF WAYS AND A VERY GOOD PASSER. PLAY MAKING IS WHAT SEPARATES HIM FOR A GUY WHO IS BUILT LIKE AN NFL TIGHT END AND SHOOTING ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION MARK SO THE PESSIMIST WILL SEE A GUY IS HE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AT THE NBA AND IS HE A GOOD ENOUGH SHOOTER OFF THE BALL. THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE ALUMNI — HIM A POEUINT. >> SHAWN MARION BLAKE GRIFFIN LANES, JWILL WILL WORST THREE-POINT BUT BETTER ROUNDING. FLASHES OF JAYLIN WILLIAMS FROM THE THUNDER AND THEN THE THUNDER DRAFT HIM. SO, SETH, MAYBE THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER SEE JAYLIN WILLIAMS IN THIS 26TH PICK WITH JONES. >> BUT IS HE HAS GOOD AS MITCH MCGARY. >> I THINK HE MIGHT BE BETTER. >> WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST ROUND I THINK HE IS GOOD. PLAYING MID-MAJOR. I’M NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO ANSWER BUT FOUR YEARS AT WEBER STATE SOMETHING TO ADMIRE, STICKING IT OUT BUT YOU ARE SAYING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM DO IT AGAINST A EYE MAJOR LIKE DOLTON KNECHT BECAUSE THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING PIECE HE SHOT 35%, HE IS A 6’6" WING SO HE WILL NEED TO MAKE OUTSIDE SHOTS AND BE A FLOOR SPACER. 35% AS A SOPHOMORE FROM THREE-POINT RANGE, 30% AS A JUNIOR AND ONLY 32% THIS YEAR. SO I’M NOT SAYING HE IS A FINISHED PRODUCT BUT HE DID PLAY FOUR YEARS IN COLLEGE AT A PROGRAM AT WEBER STATE WHERE HE COULD DO ABOUT ANYTHING HE WANTED AND HE STILL ONLY SHOT 32%. I THINK HE IS WORTHY OF BEING A LATE FIRST ROUND OR EARLY SECOND ROUND PICK BUT IF THAT SHOOTING PIECE DOESN’T COME AROUND HE WON’T BE THE LEAGUE ALONGMENT >> LED THE CONFERENCE IN SCORING, ASSISTS, REBOUNDS. HE SEEMS LIKE HE DOES — HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHERE YOU ARE DRAFTING HERE IT WAS LIKE IF HE IS A BAM YOU REALLY LOOK OUT AND IF HE DOESN’T WORK OUT IT IS NOT THAT BIGPWBIG OF A LOSS. >> YOU HAVE TO HOPE THE BOXES TRANSLATE. SHOOTING IS A BIG SWING SKILL FOR HIM. I WILL BE CURIOUS HOW TELL USE HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTED AT WEBER STATE. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT ROLE. >> THE THUNDER ARE SENDING FIVE SECOND ROUND PICKS BETWEEN 2025 AND 2027 TO THE KNICKS. AND AGAIN THE KNICKS SENT A BOATLOAD OF DRAFT PICKS TO THE NETS FOR MIKAL BRIDGES SO THEY NEEDED TO GET SOMETHING BACK. THOSE ARE SECOND ROUND PICKS BUT JUST TO HAVE SOMETHING TO EITHER MOVE IN THE FUTURE OR TRY TO GET PLAYERS. THAT IS JUST AN INTERESTING MOVE FOR THE THUNDER TO GET UP TO 26 BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN AWAY FOE SAM PRESTI HAD 5,048 DRAFT PICKS THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. >> I CANNOT REMEMBER A DEAL LIKE THAT, FIVE SECOND ROUND PICKS FOR NUMBER 26. FIRST OF ALL THAT TELLS YOU THE THUNDER WERE TARGETING DILLON JONES AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT HIM. THEY ARE ALL NOT GOING TO BE THE THUNDER PICKS THEY USUALLY PICK AT THE BOTTOM BECAUSE TELL BE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS BUT I ASSUME THEY ARE FROM OTHER TEAMS AND COULD BE EARLY SECOND ROUNDERS. >> TERRENCE SHANNON IS OFF THE BOARD. THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES ADD HIM WITH ROB DILLON HAM. WASSERMAN, YOU HAD TERRENCE SHANNON AS A GUY STILL HIGH ON YOUR BOARD. WHAT ARE THE TIMBERWOLVES GETTING? >> IT LATE, THIS IS AN A. SHANNON IS SO EXPLOSIVE THAT EVEN IF SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF DOESN’T CARRY OVER HE HAS A SPECIALTY AND IT IS SPEED, EXPLOSION, HE WILL PUT A TON OF PRESSURE ON DEFENSES. THE SECOND HE GETS A DEFENSIVE REBOUND HE WILL GO. DEFENSIVELY I THINK HE HAS EXCELLENT DEFENSIVE TOOLS. I LIKE THIS PICK. HE SHOULDN’T HAVE SLIPPED THERE FAR PROBABLY. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER HE IS NOT A CONSISTENT SHOOTER BUT HE IS A VERY DANGEROUS SHOT MAKER AND SOMEBODY THAT CAN CATCH FIRE. WE SAW TOWARD THE END OF THE SEASON HE PUT UP SOME MONSTER SCORES. HIS BALL HANDLES IS BETTER. HE HAS SOME MOVES. HE IMPROVED THE ONE-ON-ONE SCORING OVER FIVE YEARS WHICH YOU HOPE PEOPLE DO OVER THAT LENGTH OF TIME BUT HIS SPECIALTY IS EXPLOSIVENESS, POWER, DEFENSIVE QUICKNESS. AND A PMORE REDUCED ROLE. THAT COMBINATION WILL BE EFFECTIVE. >> I WILL ADD SOME SPEED, ATHLETICISM AND DEFENSE TO THE TIMBERWOLVES, A TEAM THAT NEEDED MORE OF THAT. >> THEY REALLY HAD A DISAPPOINTING SEASON. TO GET A PLAYER OF THIS CALIBER AT 27 DIDN’T HAPPEN. WE CAN GO OVER THE LAST 10 PICKS AND NONE OF THEM WERE AS GOOD AS TERRENCE SHANNON. HE ARRANGED 23 POINTS A GAME FOR A BIG 10 TEAM TAPEH THE ELITE — TEAM THAT MADE THE ELITE EIGHT. GREAT OUTSIDE SHOOTER. THERE IS RYAN DUNN GOING AT 28. I WANT TO FINISH IT THOUGHT. HIS THREE-POINT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE IS 36%, BUT HE WENT THROUGH A THREE-WEEK SUSPENSION AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF RAPE WHERE HE WAS LETTER FOUND NOT GUILTY FOR. WHEN HE CAME BACK HE WAS AN EFFECTIVE PLAYER BUT WENT THROUGH A TERRIBLE THREE-POINT SLUMP. IF YOU TAKE OUT THOSE FIVE OR SIX GAMES AFTER THE SUSPENSION I WOULD BET THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE IS CLOSER TO 40 OR MAYBE ABOVE 40%. SO HE IS A GREAT PICK AT 2007. CONVERSELY, RYAN DUNN AT 28 GOING TO PHOENIX HE IS ALL ABOUT DEFENSE. I THINK HE IS A GREAT FIT WITH THE SUNS BECAUSE AS WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT LACKING FOR SCORERS. THEY HAVE ALL THE SCORERS THEY NEED. THEY NEED DEFENSE, CULTURE AND SOMEONE OFF THE BENCH, PLAY A ROLE, BE A GOOD CITIZEN, BE A GOOD CITIZEN IN THE ORGANIZATION, 28TH PICK PHOENIX HAS TO BE HAPPY. >> SUNS WITH THE 28TH PICK. THEY SELECT RYAN DUNN OUT OF U.V.A. WASSER PAN, WHEN YOU LOOK — WASSERMAN, THE SUNS FEED GUYS THAT CAN — NEED GUYS. >> I GIVE THIS AN A PLUS. WE DISCUSSED I HAD THEM TAKING RYAN DOWN IN 22 AND HOLMES AT 28 AND THEY FLIP FLOPPED AND I WON’T GET CREDIT. >> YOU WILL GET CREDIT WITH US. >> PARTIAL CREDIT. >> DUNN IS 10% BLOCK PERCENTAGE FOR A WING IS UNHEARD OF. 3% STEAL PERCENT. WHEN HE IS IN THE GAME HE MAKES DEFENSIVE PLAYS. THAT IS WHAT WILL BE HIS MONEY MAKER IN THE NBA. THE ONLY OTHER GUY WAS MATISSE THYBULLE AND THEY ARE OUTLAYERS BECAUSE USUALLY AS A WING YOU NEED BALL HANDLING AND SHOOTING AND NEITHER OF THEM HAVE EITHER OF THEM. BUT I THINK SO GOOD DEFENSIVELY AS LONG AS YOU PUT THE RIGHT GUYS AROUND HIM YOU CAN MASK SOME OF HIS EVERY LIMITATIONS. BUT HIS JOB OFFENSIVELY IS GOING TO BE TAP INTO THE ATHLETICISM. FLY IN THE OPEN FLOOR, FINISH PLAYS AROUND THE BASKET AND MAKE PLAYS FOR US DEFENSIVELY. HE COULD FIND A SPOT IN THE ROTATION. SO THAT IS THE SALES PITCH IT RYAN DUNN IF HE IS ABLE TO JUST MAKE AN OPEN JUMP SHOT THE VALUE SKY ROCKETS. EVEN WITHOUT IT HE ADDS AN ELEMENT OF DEFENSIVE VERSATILITY. >> IT SEEMS LIKES GOING TO A GREAT SITUATION BECAUSE AT THE NEED GUYS WHO ARE WILLING TO PLAY DEFENSE, WHO CAN STAY ON THE THAT ARE BECAUSE THEY IMPACT THE GAME THAT WAY. AND FROM EVERYTHING I’M HEARING TRUE GUYS RYAN DUNN SEEMS LIKE A GUY YOU CAN PUT HIM AT EITHER GUARD POSITION BECAUSE YOU HAVE DEVIN BOOKER OR BRADLEY BEAL ON THE FLOOR OR HAVE ALL THREE ON THE FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE OF SIZE. IT SEEMS LIKE A PERFECT FIT WHERE GETTING HIM AT 28, LAKE WASSE WASSERMAN, IS A STEAL. >> I THINK IT IS HARD TO SHOOT WITHOUT THE BALL IN YOUR HANDS IF EVERYBODY IS HEALTHY. PHOENIX WAS A DISASTER BECAUSE OF THEIR HEALTH BUT IF EVERYBODY IS HEALTHY AND GRAYSON ALLEN CAME ON AND PLAYED GREAT. THEN RYAN DUNN WILL NOT HAVE THE BALL. HE WILL BE A SPOT DEFENSIVE STOPPER AND GET TELL OVER THE HUMP WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A BEAL OR BOOKER. E SPEND TAME IN — SPEND TIME IN E G LEAGUE BUT HE BRINGS HEY VALUE. IT IS INTERESTING WE STILL HAVE ISAIAH COLONELLIER AND FIIFILIP. THERE IS ISAIAH COLLIER GOING TO SALT LAKE CITY. >> THE JAZZ TAKE HIM AT 29. WASSERMAN, YOU HIM AS THE NINTH BEST PROSPECT ON YOUR BOARD. >> THIS IS AN A PLUS FOR ME. I THINK PEOPLE ARE — TO GET HIM AT 29? HE MAY NOT BE A TOP 15 STARTING NBA POINT GUARD BUT AT 29 I THINK THE THINGS HE DOES WELL IS ATTACK IN THE OPEN FLOOR, HIGH LEVEL CREATE FOR. HE MAKES A LOT OF PLAYS. HE MAKES A LOT OF MAKES, TOO BUT IF PUT HIM IN A SIX P– SIX MAN ROLE I THINK THE JAZZ GET A TON OF VALUE OFF THE BENCH WITH THE UNIQUE ELEMENT OF SPEED AND POWER AND CREATIVITY AND PLAY MAKING. SOME TURNOVERS MIGHT COME FROM IT. IF HE JUST IMPROVES HIS SHOT A LITTLE BIT HE WENT FROM OVERRATED TO BEING A TOTAL VALUE PICK. I KNOW NBA GUYS ARE TURNED OFF BY A BALL DOMINANT GUARD THAT DOESN’T SHOOT BUT TURNS IT OVER BUT INSTEAD OF PICTURING HIM AS A 35 PIN LED GUARD — MINUTE LADY GUARD SUPPORT OF A BENCH PLAYER. >> IS HE A COLLIN SEXTON IS IT ANNOUNCER: HE SHOT 34% FROM THREE-POINT. HE AVERAGED THREE A GAME. HE SHOWED — AGAIN, HE WAS HURT, VERY DIFFICULT TO BE A STARTING POINT GUARD IN THE PAC-12 FOR ANYBODY. YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY A DIFFERENT GAME. YOU ARE USED TO COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL OR A.A.U. YOU CAN PHYSICALLY OVERPOWER PEOPLE. IT IS NOT SO EASY AT THAT LEVEL. HE HAD THE INJURY ISSUES. IF YOU LOOK AT HIS LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT GAMES OF THE SEASON THERE WERE DEFINITELY STRETCHES — LONG STRETCHES, EVEN A COUPLE GAMES IT WAS LIKE THAT IS WHY HE WAS AT THE TOP OF THOSE MOCK DRAFTS AND A NUMBER ONE PROSPECT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS FUNNY, YOU HAVE THIS NARRATIVE IF HE DOESN’T LIVE UP TO WHAT WE SAY IT IS THE PLAYER’S FAULT SO THE IDEA HE IS THE NEXT TO THE LAST PICK OF THE FIRST ROUND DOESN’T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. IF YOU TALK ABOUT PICKING A.J. JOHNSON, A.J. JOHNSON HAS SHOWED YOU TO INDICATE HE IS A BETTER PLAYER TAKEN ISAIAH COLLIER. HE IS 19. HE IS GOING TO GET A LOT BETTER. HE WILL WORK VERY HARD AT SHOOTING. SO, I’M WITH YOU. I THINK WE PROBABLY OVERTAUGHT HIM RATING HIM AS HIGH AS WE DID. BUT I THINK THE — >> WHOA, WHOA, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE MONSTER. YOUR HANDS ARE ON THE SCREEN AND YOU TWEETED THIS YOU ARE NOT RUNNING YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT. POST EVERY PMOCK DRAFT HAD ICE SAY COLLIER AT ONE SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO I WONDER IF YOU HAVE THE VOICE, I SEE YOUR HANDS. DID ANOTHER TWEET POP YOU? WHAT IS GOING ON? >> IS TEKELE SI FOLLOWING — DO I HAVE TO BLOCK HER. I ALWAYS SAY MY OPINIONS ARE VALID AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO SAY THEM. BUT I TWEETED THAT RIGHT BEFORE — IT JUST STRIKES ME APND I’M BIG EMPATHY GUY. THESE POOR KIDS HE SAT THERE THREE HOURS, KYLE FILIPOWSKI IS THERE, ESPN IS SEVERELY TELL. IT IS — IS SHOWING THEM. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE GREATEST FIGHT. EVEN DALTON KNECHT. I THINK THEY STOP SHOWING THEM IN THE GREEN ROOM. BUT IT IS NOT EASY. >> LET’S SEE THE BIG BOARD ONE LAST TIME THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS ARE ON THE CLOCK. WHO IS GOING TO THE BOSTON CELTICS IS IT I’M GOING KYLE FILL POI FILIPOWSKI. WHO YOU GOT, WASS IS IT >>HE IS THE BEST PROSPECT ON THE BOARD AND AT 30 THERE’S NO WAY BORN THOUGHT HE WOULD BE — NO WAY BOSTON THOUGHT WOULD BE AVAI AVAILABLE. UNLESS THE OTHER 29 TEAMS DON’T THINK HIS GAME TRANSLATES TO THE NBA. I HAVE THEM TAKING JONATHAN BOBO. SO I DON’T KNOW. THIS PICK. >> YOU WILL TYLER KOLEK GOING TO THE CELTICS, DIDN’T YOU? >> I HAD KOLEK — KOLEK AND SCHEIERMAN. >> SCHEIERMAN TO THE CELTICS AT NUMBER 30. DRAFT DAY ONE IS OVER. ON TO DAY TWO. WASSERMAN WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SCHEIERMAN TO CELTICS? >> A. THIS IS JUST A VALUE PICK. IF YOU DON’T WORRY ABOUT UP SIDE AND YOU THINK MORE ABOUT HOW CAN I GET VALUE ON THE CHEAP CONTRACT, THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT SOON TO BE 24-YEAR-OLD SLIDER MAN COULD MAKE THREE ASSEN MAKE THREES AND OVER EIGHT BOARDS. HE IS YOUR CLASSIC CONNECTOR AND CONTACTORS ARE EASY TO FITMENT HE WILL SPOT UP ON THE BALL AND HE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. HE IS VERY SKILLED AND CRAFTY. HE HAS A TON OF EXPERIENCE IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. SO IF YOU ARE THE CELTICS YOU ARE NOT REALLY FOCUSED ON UP SIDE YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO FIND VALUE, A GUY WHO CAN GIVE YOU 15 MINUTES OR GIVE YOU A SURE FIRE SKILL ON A ROOKIE DEAL. THERE ISN’T A SUPPORT PROVEN SHOT MAKER IN THE DRAFT THAN SCHEIERMAN. I’M SURE HE’S MADE MORE THREES THAN ANYBODY ELSE. >> I KNOW I HAVE TO GO, WASSERMAN. YOU HAVE ANOTHER SHOW FOR A CUB HOURS SO WE APPRECIATE YOU HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE PWHRA BLEACHER REPORT. >> GOOD WORK, WASS. >> SETH, YOU AND I STILL HAVE TO TALK. FIRST ROUND IS OVER. I LOOK AT YOUR WASHINGTON WIZARDS AND THEY HAD THREE PICKS, CARRINGTON GEORGE I DON’T KNOW HOW HE FEEL ABOUT THE SECOND TWO BUT I LIKE THE FIRST WINNERS OR LOSERS TONIGHT? >> I WOULD CALL WIZARDS ONE OF THE WINNERS OF TONIGHT BECAUSE OF ALEX SARR. I THOUGHT HE WAS THE BEST PLAYER AND BEST COMBINATION OF SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP YOU THIS YEAR AND GET BETTER. POST OF THE PICKS IN THE FIRST ROUNDER ONE OR THE OTHER. I THINK THE OTHER PICKS THAT TED WERE KIND OF THROW AWAY PICKS. I DON’T THINK EITHER ONE OF THOSE WILL BE LIE — HIGH IMPACT PLAYERS MAYBE THEY WILL BE IN THE COOPER FLAG ACE BAILEY. I LOVE DONOVAN CLINGAN AT SEVEN. I THINK HE FELL INTO PORTLAND’S LAP IN A WAY THAT THEY ALREADY WILL DEANDRE AYTON AND TOOK HIM SHOWS HOW MUCH THEY LIKE HIM AND GIVES THEM MANEUVERABILITY. I THINK INCOME BOTH MOVE — I THINK THEY CAN BOTH MOVE FROM THE BASKET AND CLINGAN IN PARTICULAR SO THAT IS SOMEONE WHO SKWROUFRPLTS — JUMPS OUT. SACRAMENTO PICKING DID HE EVER CARTER. >> WE KNOW WHO YOU WANTS A YOUR BIGGEST WINNER, THE HRALOS ANGE LAKERS AN DALTON KNECHT. >> MY LOS ANGELES LAKERS A BETTER VERSION OF J.J. RED DIG R DICK — REDICK. TO WAY DALTON KNECHT SHOULD HAVE FALLEN TO 17. IT IS ONE OF THE MORE SURPRISING FALLS THAT I CAN REMEMBER. I’M SURE THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES IF YOU WANT TO THEY THEM OUT BUT THAT IS ONE THAT COMES TO MIND THE LAKERS GETTING MY GUY DALTON KNECHT. >> TWEETS COMING YOUR WAY. ROB PELINKA AN DALTON KNECHT WE HAVE NEVER IMAGINED A PLAYER AS SKILLED AND PERFECT FOR OUR FEEDS — NEEDS. WE HAD HIM AS A TOP 10 PLAYER AND WE HAVE IT AGREE BECAUSE — TO AGREE BECAUSE I TAUGHT HE WOULD BE A TOP FIVE AND UPSET THE APPLE CART AND 10 WHEN WE GOT TO EIGHT, NINE, 10 AND I STARTED GOING THE HORNETS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DALTON KNECHT, YOU NEED SHOOTERS WITH LAMELO BALL. WE STARTED TO GET POSITIONS THE WE KNOW KNECHT IS A WINNER, THE LAKERS ARE WINNERS. WHO ARE LOSERS FOR PASSING ON DALTON KNECHT. >> WELL, I KNOW YOU GUYS HRLOVE RON HOLLAND BUT FOR A TEAM LIKE THE PUFFS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO — PISTONS I THINK HOLLAND WILL BE A SOLID PLAYER. HE WAS NOT JUST LIKE AN AVERAGE THREE-POINT SHOOTER. HE WAS A MID 20% THREE-POINT SHOOTER IN A LEAGUE WHERE HE CERTAINLY HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY IN OPEN STYLE AS OPPOSED IT WHAT HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IN COLLEGE. THERE’S NO MIND WHAT THE WORSE PICK OF THE FIRST ROUND WAS AND THAT WAS THE GRIZZLIES TAKING ZACH EDEY. I DON’T KNOW WHAT — I’M NOT A BIG LIKE — I LOVE ZACH EDEY AND I THINK THERE’S A PLACE IN THE NBA. BUT EDIE VERSUS FILIPOWSKI WHAT DOES EDIE BRING THAT FILIPOWSKI NOT. A FEW PMORE INCHES BUT STYLE AN ABILITY TO PLAY AT THE NBA LEVEL DIDN’T MAC A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. OTHER THAN THAT I DON’T THINK THERE WERE IF I REALLY — IF I REALLY BAD PICKS. I THINK IT IS WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY AS A FRANCHISE. DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY RIGHT AWAY, LOOKING FOR A POSITIONAL FIT OR MOVES THAT PROTECT THE CONTRACT STRUCTURE AND THAT IS THE KIND OF GUESSING GAME THAT WE HAVE IN THE LATE FIRST ROUND. BUT THERE ARE STILL GOOD PLAYERS, KYLE FILIPOWSKI COMES TO MIND THAT WILL HAVE SOMEBODY GETTING A GOOD PLAYER. >> GUESSING GAME SO THE NEXT TIME I GET TO CAR SERVICE OR TRAIN AT THE AIRPORT THAT I CAN TAKE IT KIP — CLIP FROM YOU BRONNY JAMES IS GOING WHERE? >> HE WILL BE PICKED BY THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS. I WON’T PUT IT IN SHARPY BECAUSE THAT IS PLAYING WITH FIRE, BUT I LIKE THE KID, I THINK HAIL OF HIM ON THE — HIGHLY OF HIM THERE’S IT RAIN — RAIN IT THINK HE CAN’T BE AN NBA PLAYER. THEY ARE GUY WHO WILL HEAR HIS NAME CALLED IS ENRIQUE FREEMAN, A GREAT STORY FROM AKRON. NO SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. WENT IT AKRON, PLAYED INTRAMURAL BALL. BUDDIES ENCOURAGED HIM IT TRY OUT AND THEY PUT HIM ON THE SCOUT TEAM. PLAYED 13 MINUTES AS A TRAM. BY THE — FRAGILE — FRESHMAN. LED THE NATION IN REBOUNDS AND HE WILL BE A SECOND ROUND PICK TOMORROW AND GREAT STORY AND GREAT KID. >> I KNOW YOU ARE GREAT AT MARATHONS BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A MARATHON SHOW. >> NO COMMERCIALS. NOT USED TO THAT. >> COMMERCIAL FREE. THANKS TO JONATHAN WASSERMAN AND MISS MOCK DRAFT AND — HIS MOCK DRAFT AND THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US ON THE BLEACHER REPORT APP AND THE NBA DRAFT.
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Bronny to Orlando
When’s Round 2 ?
Where did bronny go??
Where did bronny go?
WHY IS BRONNY IN THE THUMBNAIL WHEN HE DIDNT GET DRAFTED?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Draft projection don't mean shit
Where did bronny go?
Some people thought Bron was going first round 😂😂😂😂
johnny Furphy hope for tomorrow
Dominated by Europeans and White players, this is good for the league
I believe that Clingan will be the best of this draft when it's all said & done
Daron Holmes great pick
Round 1 draft c brony sa panaginip 😅😅😅😅
No warriors
Bronny to Boston lmao 😂
It’s not rocket science I’m not dumb or bias either but if Bronny James didn’t have that open heart surgery combined with weak draft year he’s in top 5 pick maybe #1 overall depending on team needs. He’s a walking nightly double double combined with speed I think in 3-4 years don’t be surprised if he’s not 2 or 3rd team defense player. I’ve watched NBA for over 50 years and come back to my post in 3-4 years I’m not stupid that’s elite talent and if he doesn’t have another heart attack or heart surgery he will dominate the league in rebounds and scoring plus he has the genes . I’m shocked he didn’t go in first round teams might be scared of the open heart bypass surgery and he’s being discriminated against and that’s probably causing his heart to stress in my opinion. I even seen comments after comments other people kept saying next team he be picked but idk how it didn’t happen.
Why is Bronny even in the pic? He is not NBA caliber.