The nerds break down the biggest winners and losers of the NBA Draft, discussing how the Charlotte Hornets hit big with Brandon Miller, the Rockets nailed the draft with Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore, and the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers both improved with strong value picks like Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino.
Timeline:
0:00 Charlotte Hornets
7:37 Portland Trailblazers
12:41 Los Angeles Lakers
18:05 Houston Rockets
21:02 Brooklyn Nets
26:25 Utah Jazz
30:00 Miami Heat
35:31 Washington Wizards
39:14 Minnesota Timberwolves
45:49 Golden State Warriors
51:41 Dallas Mavericks
59:38 Denver Nuggets
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13 Comments
52:20 – Im convicned that people who talk about prospects don't actually watch the NBA. Bring back Mcgee in Dallas? First, Mcgee is sgined to a 2+1 deal so he isn't going anywhere even if dallas didn't want him. And second, Mcgee was AWFUL. He was benched for the rest of the year after like 4 games and dallas needed a competent center.
Warriors have Air Podz and Tracye Jackson Davis lol
Miami has another Center. He was hurt last season. They don’t actually need another Center.
JJJ has 39 inch vert did really well on combine. “Not a complementary piece” LOL I want what u smokin
Spot on with your Hornets grading.
Carson you need to do more talking or maybe just have your own show. Logan has ordinary takes. No offence but he talks too much.
I'm pretty surprised about the Jaime Jaquez take. This guy was the only player I saw miami taking because he embodies heat culture. If they could've gotten Scoot or Miller, maybe? But this guy is very obviously a "dawg."
All these analysts talikng about pull up hame but never about pull out game haha
You said for both Jaime and lively that there were several prospects who were better players at the spot they were selected and only mentioned whitmore for both of them. Pretty casual take, If you don’t have more examples than just cam don’t say several.
Diggin you nerds, gotta say it's a fair concern talking about Podeze……gemski on the Warriors that you make. It's true about his D. Not great despite being athletic enough to jump high. Not great with lateral movement, played in a system that brought in steals too….
….but while it's fair to doubt his D, i will say NBA history is full of WAY worse D players easily won while starting and being integral parts of that winning otherwise.
Say for instance Mark Price. Egads what pourous D. Much smaller, no athleticism at all other than quickness (and on D that's simply not as valuable,) and average at best arm and hand length. And of course i'll let your nerdish minds fill in many more less athletic and capable of D players than how do you pronounce it again portends to be for the Dubs.
And luckily in hoops a team can blend in really bad defenders if they already have a good team D concept and skill, which the Warriors still do although not as great as their D once was….but Dray, Wiggins, Klay is getting fully healthy now his D will probably be a bit better than last year, JK, Loons in the back, don't forget of course about Gary!
They can cover for some pourous one on one defenders, but this new cat and the W's other rookie out of Indiana both play smart ball, will way moreso help on D certainly than Poole did…but more importantly simply by being aware on that side of things and smart and team players…that critique of Gemski is how i'm spelling it until i get used to it….that critique is fair, but one the W's can certainly blend in and not be that bad.
Also, i think there is a strong case to be made that often when teams overly focus on taking advantage of mismatches, that they play themselves out of their rhythm on O, almost play into concepts the Ws can have ready by doubling, but point being you can get away with one or maybe two imperfect but smart and aware defenders out there, sometimes teams trying to take advantage of that don't really gain from trying, only get themselves out of their flow.
Peace
Weirdos
Lakers got STEALS!! love to see it 👏👏 We run this league always have. Lakeshow on top baby let’s get it 🫡
Is it just me or does dude look like Alex Caruso in high school 😂