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Updated 2026 NBA Mock Draft in Under 20 Minutes | Shake-Up in Top 5 · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: So you guys loved the last mock draft that we did,
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  Speaker 1: and we're less than two weeks away from the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six NBA Draft. So now that we know a
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  Speaker 1: lot more going into this year's draft, let's do a
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  Speaker 1: new first round mock draft. This is the NBA Draft
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  Speaker 1: Board powered by aws AWSAI is how the NBA brings
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  Speaker 1: fans inside the game. So with the first overall pick,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think anything is changing right now. I still
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  Speaker 1: believe it's going to be a j De Bonsa out
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  Speaker 1: of BYU. Everything that has kind of came out of
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  Speaker 1: the Washington Wizards camp has signaled that they're going to
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  Speaker 1: take this as a slow process bring in aj closer
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  Speaker 1: to the draft, and I do believe he's still going
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  Speaker 1: to be the number one overall pick until proven otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: I still think there was a chance that it could
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  Speaker 1: be Cameron Boozer or Darren Peterson. But I think right
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  Speaker 1: now Washington is still looking at the six to nine
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  Speaker 1: forward that could score at all three levels, that could
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  Speaker 1: be the face of the franchise, something this team really
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  Speaker 1: hasn't had since prime John Wall. So I don't believe
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  Speaker 1: we're going to see anything changing here at the top,
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  Speaker 1: unless maybe there's a trade or something like that leading
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  Speaker 1: up to the NBA Draft. So right now, I do
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  Speaker 1: believe Washington is going to get their French player in
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  Speaker 1: aj Debonsa, So.
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  Speaker 2: At number two.
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  Speaker 1: This is a little bit of a switch up from
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  Speaker 1: what we had last I actually had Cameron Boozer going
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  Speaker 1: number two overall to the Utah Jazz over Darren Peterson.
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  Speaker 1: So Cameron Boozer's dad, Carlos Boozer, works in the Jazz
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  Speaker 1: front office. But I feel like that Danny Ainge is
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  Speaker 1: going to want that high floor, high basketball IQ forward,
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  Speaker 1: but they want to take the best player at number two,
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  Speaker 1: and there's reports coming out that the Jazz could still
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  Speaker 1: be very interested in Boozer with the.
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  Speaker 2: Second overall pick.
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  Speaker 1: You worry about the positional fit later, but you're taking
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  Speaker 1: somebody that could space the floor, that can operate as
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  Speaker 1: a point forward, as an offensive hub for you Going forward,
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  Speaker 1: I think there's going to be a lot of fascinating
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  Speaker 1: lineups of Boozer and Triple J or Boozer and Walker
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  Speaker 1: Kestler in the front court, and they can continue to
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  Speaker 1: develop Keyante George and Ace Bailey on the perimeter and
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  Speaker 1: just have a really big lineup over there in Utah.
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  Speaker 1: So that leads Memphis getting my favorite prospect and my
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  Speaker 1: number one prospect in the stript at number three, Darren Peterson,
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  Speaker 1: and this could be the successor to Ja Morant. You
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  Speaker 1: can even toy the idea of Jah Morant playing with
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  Speaker 1: Darren Peterson in your back court forward twenty twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: and going far.
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  Speaker 2: But I think Memphis would beginning a home run pick here.
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  Speaker 1: The best player in my opinion, falls into their lap
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  Speaker 1: at number three, which means here at number four, Chicago
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  Speaker 1: doesn't really have to do much thinking they're going to
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  Speaker 1: take kill Wilson out of North Carolina. Now, the offense
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  Speaker 1: is going to take some time outside of being a
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  Speaker 1: very dominant paint score somebody that is going to be
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  Speaker 1: a tremendous athlete around the rim, but the three point shot,
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  Speaker 1: the mid range jumper will be a work in progress.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's going to be a.
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  Speaker 1: Blessing for kill Wilson to play with somebody like Josh
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  Speaker 1: Giddy who's a tremendous passer and playmaker and could find
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  Speaker 1: kill Wilson another the pick and roll and in transition.
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  Speaker 1: But Chicago doesn't really need to do a lot of
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  Speaker 1: thinking here they're just getting the fourth best player in
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  Speaker 1: the draft.
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  Speaker 2: At the number four pack.
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  Speaker 1: So here at number five, this is where everything's kind
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  Speaker 1: of coming out that the Los Angeles Clippers really like
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  Speaker 1: mckel brown Junior out of Louisville. Now, mckil brown Junior
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  Speaker 1: was the number two guard going into this year's season
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  Speaker 1: after Darren Peterson, but he suffered a nagging back issue
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  Speaker 1: throughout the year, which definitely hindered his three point percentage
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  Speaker 1: and what he was going to be around the rim.
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  Speaker 2: You don't want to reaggravate that.
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  Speaker 1: You definitely don't want to have something that could go
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  Speaker 1: into your NBA career. So he was somewhat passive around
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  Speaker 1: the rim, but still was great finishing around the rim
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  Speaker 1: this year as well for Louisville. And I do believe
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  Speaker 1: if he was fully healthy, he was going to be
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  Speaker 1: the best shooter in this class. Now it's time for
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  Speaker 1: the Prospect of the Week power by AWS, and mckail
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  Speaker 1: brown showed that he was fully healthy. Not Christopher Brown,
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  Speaker 1: but mckel brown Junior. At the combine showed that he
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  Speaker 1: was one of the quickest players in this draft. He
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  Speaker 1: had the third best lane agility, drill only behind Billy Richmond,
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  Speaker 1: who's going back to school in cam Carr. And he
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  Speaker 1: was also in the top third of shuttle run drills
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  Speaker 1: at the combine where he was able to run that
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  Speaker 1: in a two point eight nine second, showcasing that he
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  Speaker 1: has got a great first step, he can attack closeouts,
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  Speaker 1: and he can get to the rim. And this year,
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  Speaker 1: when you compare him to some of the other top
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  Speaker 1: guards in this class like Darreon Peterson, Darius Cuff, and
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  Speaker 1: Keaton Wagler, he was one of the best, or he
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  Speaker 1: was the best out of that four some finishing at
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  Speaker 1: the rim, which I think is even more impressive because
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  Speaker 1: of what he had to go through with his back
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  Speaker 1: injury this year. And he matches up very well against
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  Speaker 1: these guys, and he's somebody that can be a high volume,
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  Speaker 1: high efficient three point shooter at the next level. You
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  Speaker 1: could see that he opts d thirty one and a
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  Speaker 1: half percent as a pick and roll ballhand over this year.
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  Speaker 2: That could even creep up.
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  Speaker 1: Next year if he wants to be maybe the backup
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  Speaker 1: to Darius Carland or maybe the successor to Darius Carland
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  Speaker 1: one day in Los Angeles. So here at number six,
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  Speaker 1: there's been some reports that Brooklyn could be interested in
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  Speaker 1: Carim Mopez or Native Men right now, I don't think
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  Speaker 1: they pass up on the star talent of Darius A
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  Speaker 1: Cuff sixth. Overall, you're getting somebody that, yes, is maybe
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  Speaker 1: labeled as a smaller guard, but he had a plus
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  Speaker 1: plus wing spin, He plays up, and he could finish
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  Speaker 1: around the rim. He shot forty four percent from three
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  Speaker 1: last year for the Arkansas Razorbacks. He dropped forty nine
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  Speaker 1: points in an overtime matchup against Alabama on the road,
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  Speaker 1: and he was in a walking boot earlier in the day.
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  Speaker 1: Brooklyn does not have their first round pick in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven. They still don't technically have their franchise player
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  Speaker 1: on their roster right now.
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  Speaker 2: But out of everybody available, I.
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  Speaker 1: Think Darius A Cuff has the most star potential, and
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  Speaker 1: that's what Brooklyn has to do. So I have Darius
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  Speaker 1: A Cuff going to the nets here at number six seven. Here,
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  Speaker 1: Sacramento was just taking the best guard available and that
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  Speaker 1: is going to be Keaton Wangler. I think Sacramento really
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  Speaker 1: wants Darius A Cuff. They might have to leap Frogquikland
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  Speaker 1: if they want him. On the night of the draft,
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  Speaker 1: but you're taking Waggler, who does play at a slower pace,
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  Speaker 1: but he's also one of the best shooters in this class.
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  Speaker 1: He's got tremendous patience and timing when he's finishing around
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  Speaker 1: the rim.
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  Speaker 2: He could play off at two feet and I do
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  Speaker 2: think that he can play.
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  Speaker 1: In multiple lineups with Sacramento moving forward, they also don't
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  Speaker 1: really have their franchise player on the roster right now.
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  Speaker 1: We may see some turnover with De Marto Rosen, Demanta
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  Speaker 1: Sabonis and some of the veterans out this offseason, and
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  Speaker 1: they're trying to just have a youth movement, and he's
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  Speaker 1: somebody to build around with his size and somebody that
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  Speaker 1: can maybe play the one one day, but is most
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  Speaker 1: likely going to be a shooting guard for them.
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  Speaker 2: And here at number eight Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: Something I've loved to mock was at Daymar going to
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  Speaker 1: the Hawks, but this time I think it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be Kingston Flemings. I think they're going to look for
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  Speaker 1: that successor to CIJ McCollum as the weak ballhandler. I
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  Speaker 1: expect them to bring back CJ this off season on
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  Speaker 1: a short term deal, and he could be a really
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  Speaker 1: good mentor for Flemings moving forward. I think Flemings is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a really solid defender out of the gate,
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  Speaker 1: something Anci Sala and Quinn Schneider have preached and they
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  Speaker 1: signaled that when they traded away Trey Young last year
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  Speaker 1: in January. So Flemings might not be the starting guard
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  Speaker 1: for them right away, but hey, he could be the
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  Speaker 1: backcourt partner to Dyson Daniel's moving forward. So now let's
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  Speaker 1: go back to the AWS dashboard here and you could
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  Speaker 1: see Kingston Flemings at the combine was really fast and
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  Speaker 1: you could really jump out of the gym. So here
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  Speaker 1: you could see that his three quarter sprint was at
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  Speaker 1: three point zero seven seconds, which was actually sixth in
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  Speaker 1: this class, ahead of guys like la Baron Filine, Darren
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  Speaker 1: Peterson that are going to go in the first round
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  Speaker 1: or even the top ten as well. And Kingston Flemings
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  Speaker 1: also had the thirteenth best standing vertical leap, which is
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  Speaker 1: really impressive for somebody that's a guard that could get
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  Speaker 1: downhill and then you hope you can finish at the
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  Speaker 1: rim at a really.
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  Speaker 2: Nice level when he gets to the NBA.
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  Speaker 1: And then you can also see Flemings' efficiency this year
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  Speaker 1: too insane for a rookie, especially excuse me, a freshman
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  Speaker 1: when you're playing under Kelvin Samson in Houston forty seven
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  Speaker 1: and a half field er percentage forty four percent from
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  Speaker 1: corner threes forty four percent as a mid range jumper.
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  Speaker 2: That's why I love Kingston Flemings.
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  Speaker 1: As a prospect because he would hit such difficult shots.
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  Speaker 1: So coming in here at number nine, Dallas is going
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  Speaker 1: to select Brandon Bury's out of Arizona, somebody that could
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  Speaker 1: definitely be a good backcourt partner to Kyrie Irving.
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  Speaker 2: Right now.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think Braden Berger's is ever going to be
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  Speaker 1: a point guard long term, but he's going to be
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  Speaker 1: that ultimate glue guy. He's going to knock down corner threes.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to die for loose balls. He's going to
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  Speaker 1: crash the offensive glass, and that's something you need around
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  Speaker 1: Cooper Flag moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: And here at number ten, Milwaukee.
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  Speaker 1: I'm making this pick thinking that they will be trading
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  Speaker 1: Giannis this offseason. They're going to have more of a
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  Speaker 1: youth movement in Milwaukee in a prospect type that john
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  Speaker 1: Ford is the main decision maker in Milwaukee, loves these
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  Speaker 1: rangy high upside boomer bust guys, and I believe that's
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  Speaker 1: going to be Nate Aman here out of Tennessee at
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  Speaker 1: number ten. He did a great job getting to the
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  Speaker 1: free throw line this year. He improved as a three
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  Speaker 1: point shooter over the course of the year, but he
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  Speaker 1: needs to get better finishing around the rim and utilizing his.
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  Speaker 2: Six to ten size. He's a great ballhand er for.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody at six', ten but he needs to work on
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  Speaker 1: a Lot AND i feel like As milwaukee's going through
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  Speaker 1: a retool slash rebuild going, forward this could be a
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  Speaker 1: solid place for A nata meant to. Grow and if
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  Speaker 1: so and he hits his best possible, outcome this could
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  Speaker 1: be a top five.
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  Speaker 2: Player in the.
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  Speaker 1: Class So Golden state's already worked Out Jackson, lendenborg AND
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  Speaker 1: i do believe that's going to be the here at number.
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  Speaker 1: Eleven yaxell is on the older, side, yes but he
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  Speaker 1: could step in right away For Golden, state a team
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  Speaker 1: that's not going to have their second best player In
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  Speaker 1: Jimmy buller for the first part of the twenty twenty seventh.
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  Speaker 1: Season you're trying to compete Around Steph curry before he
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  Speaker 1: retires And yaxell can be an immedia contributor from day.
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  Speaker 1: One he's going to crash the. Glass he's going to
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  Speaker 1: be super physical down low and he could space the.
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  Speaker 1: Floor AND i feel like he wants to adapt Around
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  Speaker 1: Steph curry Under Steve kerr and wants to be a winning.
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  Speaker 1: Player he just won a national championship With michigan and
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  Speaker 1: he's hoping to do the same next year In Golden
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  Speaker 1: state Before steph. Retires so here at number, twelve Ok
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  Speaker 1: see gets arguab with the best center in this draft
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  Speaker 1: falling into their lap at number, twelve and that's going
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  Speaker 1: to be At. DeMar they lost to The San Antonio
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  Speaker 1: spurs in the conference. Finals they need more big men
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  Speaker 1: depth going, forward And mark can be that guy for.
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  Speaker 1: You seven foot three without choos at the, combine a
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  Speaker 1: nine foot nine standing, reach a great wing. Span this
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  Speaker 1: is just another body that you could throw At wemby down.
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  Speaker 1: Low they're going to have some financial decisions to make this.
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  Speaker 1: Offseason will or will Not Isaiah harnstain be. Back you,
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  Speaker 1: know Chet holmgren is most likely going to be the
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  Speaker 1: power forward unless they make a crazy trade this. Offseason either,
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  Speaker 1: way you have another trusted center that you can deploy
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  Speaker 1: out there for twelve minutes in his rookie, season but
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  Speaker 1: then over time could be your starting center next To Chet.
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  Speaker 1: Holmgren so at, THIRTEEN i have a new guard here
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  Speaker 1: to The Miami. HEAT i feel Like Christian anderson has
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  Speaker 1: a really good chance going ahead of A Baron Filon.
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  Speaker 1: Now Christian anderson has a case for being the best
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  Speaker 1: shooter in this class right, now and can be the
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  Speaker 1: best shooter in this class after he gets. Drafted ONCE
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  Speaker 1: jt toppin The Best Texas Tech Red raider went down
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  Speaker 1: with a torn Acl anderson leveled up even more taking
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  Speaker 1: on that number one offensive workload throughout the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the season for The Red, raiders AND i just think
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  Speaker 1: he makes great.
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  Speaker 2: Reads he's super tough and.
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  Speaker 1: Physical he can hold his own, defensively even being labeled
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  Speaker 1: as a smaller. Guard so at Fourteen charlotte, HERE i
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  Speaker 1: think they could use more either forward or wing. Depth
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  Speaker 1: there's been some rumors that they may look to trade
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  Speaker 1: Away Miles burges this. Offseason go out and Get Morris,
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  Speaker 1: johnson somebody that runs baseline to baseline extremely. Well he's
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  Speaker 1: so fast for somebody at his, size it doesn't make any.
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  Speaker 2: Sense he's a great.
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  Speaker 1: Rebounder he can extend possessions Like Lusa diabodi And ryan
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  Speaker 1: Kolprender ken to get another second. Chance three Four, Continentpple
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  Speaker 1: Brandon miller And LaMelo. Ball Fifteen chicago needs to get
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  Speaker 1: a center on their, roster and they could pair Up
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  Speaker 1: Kile wilson With Hannah steinbach out Of washington. Here steinbock
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  Speaker 1: is a great, Rebounder he's somebody that can also extend.
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  Speaker 1: Possessions he does need to work on BEING i think
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  Speaker 1: a physical enough rim protector at the next. Level, well,
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  Speaker 1: hey Kill wilson can help him out a ton right.
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  Speaker 1: There they just need to at least take a chance
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  Speaker 1: on one center in this, draft given that their center
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  Speaker 1: rotation changed a lot last. Year Jalen smith is under
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  Speaker 1: an expiring contract And steinbock could maybe be the long
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  Speaker 1: term center there in The Windy. City and then sixteen
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  Speaker 1: here for The Memphis, GRIZZLIES i believe they could take
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  Speaker 1: another guard and that's going to be. Able Baron, filon
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  Speaker 1: you can make an, argument Devil Baron filon should go
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  Speaker 1: as high as nine To dallas or ten To. Milwaukee
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  Speaker 1: SO i Think memphis is getting great value here at,
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  Speaker 1: sixteen they may trade Away john morantosom, Season Todd jerome
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  Speaker 1: can be a free agent next. Summer AND i don't
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  Speaker 1: think That Javon small Or Scottie Pippen junior are long
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  Speaker 1: term point. Guards But filon can also be a great
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  Speaker 1: pick and roll ball. Handler he could score out of
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  Speaker 1: certain sets under two months isolo and can honestly play
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  Speaker 1: With Darren peterson in that Backward bilon's knock is he's
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  Speaker 1: a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Skinny he's not the greatest defender in the.
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  Speaker 1: World oh, Hey Darren peterson And Cedric coward And Zach
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  Speaker 1: edy next to him can really help him out on
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  Speaker 1: that end of the. Floor so here at, Seventeen Oklahoma
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  Speaker 1: city is getting another great value, pick and this is
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  Speaker 1: going to be cam. Car somebody that reminds me a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of mckel bridge is when he was coming out.
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  Speaker 2: Of villanova in twenty. Eighteen his wingspan is.
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  Speaker 1: Insane he was extremely efficient last year For bailor and
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  Speaker 1: really his first full year as kind of like a
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  Speaker 1: legitimate starter at the college.
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  Speaker 2: Level he didn't really play a lot in his first
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  Speaker 2: two years At.
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  Speaker 1: Tennessee in his first, year getting over double digit shot
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  Speaker 1: attempts a night at a high usage. Rate he absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Delivered he was a great three point. Shooter he was
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  Speaker 1: a really good spot up in braids shooter as. Well
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  Speaker 1: and if you can get a little bit stronger and
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  Speaker 1: improve as a defender under maybe the best defensive ecosystem
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  Speaker 1: in THE, nba this is another steal For Sam presty
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  Speaker 1: in the thunderfront. Office so at fourteen For, charlotte i
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  Speaker 1: Went Morris. Johnson at, Eighteen i'm going to Go Jaden.
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  Speaker 1: QUINTAN'S i just want a lot of big man depth
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  Speaker 1: going there To. Charlotte and this could be another steal
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  Speaker 1: If jada A quaintance can kind of revert back to
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  Speaker 1: what he was in twenty twenty five With Arizona, state
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  Speaker 1: BECAUSE i do believe if he was eligible for the
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, draft he would have been a top
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  Speaker 1: twenty pick for what he could do on the defensive
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  Speaker 1: end of the. Floor and this immediately becomes the best
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  Speaker 1: defensive prospect In, charlotte better Than Call, brenner better Than Mussa,
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  Speaker 1: diabodi because he can guard guys on the, perimeter he
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  Speaker 1: can guard guys in the, post he can run.
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  Speaker 2: Protect he could be a week side.
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  Speaker 1: Defender he can run and transition extremely well at his
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  Speaker 1: size and can have multiple chase town blocks in a single.
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  Speaker 2: Game he just needs to be.
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  Speaker 1: Healthy so it's a big, risk BUT i Think charlotte
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  Speaker 1: with two first round picks can one hundred percent take
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  Speaker 1: that chance here at, eighteen so let's go to THE
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  Speaker 1: awa stashboard here where we can Compare Jade acquaintance to
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  Speaker 1: some of the other centers in this. Draft aquaintance at
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  Speaker 1: the combine measured in at six foot nine without, shoes
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  Speaker 1: a wingspan of seven foot five and a quarter and
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and nine inch standing, reach and we can
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  Speaker 1: compare him to some of the other centers in this. Class,
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  Speaker 1: Well Ruben chanemu was going back to, school so it's
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  Speaker 1: really only a Day mara that's projected to go in this.
• 12:56
  Speaker 2: Range ahead of A quaintance in the wingspan.
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: Department but A demara has more than a couple of
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: inches On jade And quaintance in terms of, Heights so
• 13:03
  Speaker 1: that just goes to show you quaintance upside long term
• 13:05
  Speaker 1: as a rint protector in THE. Nba so at nineteen,
• 13:08
  Speaker 1: HERE i think it's been a popular mock to Have
• 13:10
  Speaker 1: Christian anderson to The Toronto.
• 13:11
  Speaker 2: Raptors, well he's off the.
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: Board SO i think a similar archetype could Be Abuca
• 13:15
  Speaker 1: corey out Of, stanford somebody that nobody really expected to
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: go in the first. ROUND i thought he was going
• 13:19
  Speaker 1: to actually go back to school make a little bit
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: more in the transfer. Portal BUT i think his upside
• 13:24
  Speaker 1: as a three point shooter and a shock greater has
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: to tantalyize The Toronto raptors at.
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  Speaker 2: Nineteen here somebody that can self.
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: Create he's somebody that you could trust with the ball
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: in their, hands and he can maybe just be a
• 13:34
  Speaker 1: great backup To Emmanuel quickly who's had some injury concerns In.
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: Toronto Jamal shed's.
• 13:38
  Speaker 1: A great defensive, player But abuka could be a lot
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: better of an offensive player Than Jamal shed In. Toronto
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: so at number, twenty San antonio was going to take
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: a flyer On Karim mopez out of THE, nbl the
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: first international prospect off the board here in the mock.
• 13:51
  Speaker 1: Draft somebody that didn't really start off as a great
• 13:53
  Speaker 1: defender for The New Zealand breakers this, year but really
• 13:55
  Speaker 1: improved over the course of the. Season he does have
• 13:57
  Speaker 1: somewhat more of a, slow methodical pace do. Game but
• 14:00
  Speaker 1: he doesn't really need to step in right away For San.
• 14:02
  Speaker 1: Antonio they have great, depth they're in THE Nba, finals
• 14:05
  Speaker 1: and he could be somebody that can maybe learn From
• 14:07
  Speaker 1: Harrison barnes if they bring him back as a veteran
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: and could slide into that stretch four role long term.
• 14:12
  Speaker 2: Next To wemby one.
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  Speaker 1: Day So detroit here at twenty one needs to take
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: a ball hand or they need to take somebody that
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: can allow K cunning him to just get a breather
• 14:19
  Speaker 1: in the, playoffs and that Could Bennett. Starts Bennett starts
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: played basically every single minute For iowa last. Year he
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: doesn't turn the ball, over he makes great, reads can
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: run an offense in the half court and in, transition
• 14:30
  Speaker 1: and he's a great three point. Shooter Dannis stankins could
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: be more of an off ball scorer at the two
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: with or Without kaid And Bennett starts could be the
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: backup point guard In detroit because they need that this
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: offseason to.
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: Help out their franchise.
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: Star so at twenty two, HERE i Think philadelphia needs
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: a high flour but a semi high upside player and
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: that's going to Be Dalan swayin out Of. Texas he
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: started off really solid Ad xavier last. Year he transfers
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: With Sean miller To texas this, year and he can
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: finish around the, rim which is going to be completely
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: wide open Because embiid could take his center rimp protector
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: on the Because embid you need to respect from. Three
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: So Dalen swain can utilize that aspect of his game
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: finish around the. Rim he can easily be a power
• 15:07
  Speaker 1: forward for The sixers next. Year and if he develops
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: that three point, shot that's gonna be the steal of the.
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: Draft SO i didn't go big With atlanta at number,
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: eight So i'm gonna have them select a big here
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: at twenty, three and that's gonna Be Chris sinak out Of.
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: Houston he really improved as a reboutter over the course
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: of the. Season he showcased a little bit of three
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: point shooting. Upside he was a really good shooter coming
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: out of high. School wasn't the best shooter At, houston
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: but the, mechanics the, form it's absolutely. THERE i think
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: he can warn From Anka, kungu who also improved as
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: a big three point shooter in THE nba And sanak
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: could be a rim protector for this, team something they absolutely, need.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: Especially for what we saw The Knick studs to them
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: in the.
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: Playoffs so then for The New York knicks at twenty,
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: FOUR i think they can take the chance On Alan,
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: graves somebody that is everybody's favorite analytical. Prospect he was
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: coming off the bench For Santa clara this. Year he
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: did foul, aton but he has one of the best
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: steel rates block rates in this. Class he is a
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: great help defender and he can also space the.
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: Floor he's a good catch and shoot three point.
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: Shooter you can have him out there With Karl Anthony
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: towns Or Mitchell robinson if they bring him, back and
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: they need some size there in the front court in
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: terms of, depth speaking and needing depth in the front,
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: court we got to go there with The Los Angeles
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: flakers at twenty. Five Henry vassar is still on the
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: board out OF unc and that is going to be
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: the pick here at twenty. Five his life is going
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: to be so easy out of the, gate catching moobs
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: and getting great reads From Muka. Doncic maybe a Returning
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: Austin reeves Or Lebron James vasar can also space the
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: floor extremely. Well he's a better three point shooter than
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: A DeMar Hannes, Steinbach Jaden quayden centers that went ahead
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: of him in this, class and that could be great
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: playing With Muka doncic in the pick and. Pop So
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: denver here at twenty six is going to Take Joshua
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: jefferson one of the smartest players in this.
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: Class plays a little bit Like Cameron.
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: Boozer maybe not as talented long term As Cameron, boozer
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: but he can make great reads out of the short.
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: Role he could Throw Ali yub's the guys in the dunker,
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: spot and he can learn from somebody in that role
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: In denver already In Aaron.
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: Gordon i'm not saying.
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: He's going to be the Next Aaron, gordon but there's
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: shades Of Aaron gordon In Joshua jefferson's. Game he can
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: also be a floor spacing power forward. Well and we're
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: gonna have a run of big men. Here we're gonna
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: Have Terris reid go twenty seven to The Boston. Celtics
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: they didn't really maybe hit a home run on The
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: Nicolo vucavich. Trade we'll see if they bring Back Luca
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: garza this, offseason And Tarris reid could stay kind of
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: in That New england area and could go here To
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: boston at twenty. Seven he wasn't really a four spacer
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: at al For, yukon but watching him at The combine
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: actually did think his form is not bad and maybe
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: they can work on that In boston Under Joe.
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: Mizoula they just need bodies.
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: Down, low and that could be read here at twenty
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: seven and then at twenty. EIGHT i Think minnesota is
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: just gonna go highest upside. Here they need to kind
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: of take a home run. Swing that's gonna Be, coopete
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: who's definitely sliding in this mock. DRAFT i Think coopete
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: has a lot of question marks on what he's going
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: to be as an offensive player in THE. Nba he's
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: got a solid mid range, jumper but definitely needs to
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: improve as a three point.
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: Shooter AND i think if.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: He does fall to twenty, Eight Tim connolly can take
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: that upside swing With, pete who is tremendous For TEAM
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: usa in THE u nineteenth last.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: Summer he could finish around the.
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: Rim he's super physical AND i think learning from Nas,
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: Reed Ruby gobhar And Julius randall can really help him.
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: Out as a long term.
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: Player so here in the aws stand and looking At,
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: copete you could see that he really likes to shoot
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: the ball around the. Rim he had a sixty point
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: eight percent paint field goal, percentage but he can struggle
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: a little bit as a corner three point. Shooter he
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: didn't hit a single three this past year For. Arizona
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: he was overall about fifty three percent from the, field
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: thirty seven percent on above the break, threes and twenty
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: eight percent from mid. Range and he's somebody that does
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: like to take that mid range number as. Well you
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: could see right here compared to the positional average for
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: somebody that kind of plays like a, big but he's
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: more listed as a wing AND i think he really
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: needs to figure that out at the next level for
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: where he's going to. Stick so at twenty, NINE i
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: Think cleveland needs to go with the shot, creator And
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: i'm gonna have them Go Malik thomas out Of. ARKANSAS
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: i was kind of Surprised Mollie thomas actually didn't go
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: back To, arkansas BUT i do believe now he's going
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: to be a.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: For sure first round.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Pick another really good shot, creator somebody that shot the
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: ball very well from three last year For. ARKANSAS i
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: can't really expect demonstrator to be on this team long.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: Term they might look to shed some money this offseason
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: to duck the Second, apron so maybe there's A Sam
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: merril trade Or Max shrews, trade so you could bring
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: in a really good three.
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: Point shooter here at twenty.
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: Nine and then, lastly one of my favorite picks in this,
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: draft it's going to Be Isaiah evans out Of duke
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: here at number thirty To, dallas where here gets the
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: team up again With cooper Flag they played together At
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: duke in twenty twenty, five And Isaiah evans is one
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: of the best.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: Three point shooters in this. Class he's a tremendous movement.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: Shooter he's not the greatest athlete in the, world but
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: he doesn't have to be that In.
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: Dallas he also gets to.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: Learn from one of the greatest three point shooters of
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: all time In Klay thompson there In, dallas AND i
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: think it's really cool that he gets to reunite With Cooper.
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: Flagg so that's going to wrap it. Up from my
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: updated twenty twenty SIX Nba Mock. Draft we're going to
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: be doing one more mock draft before the draft actually.
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: Happens it's coming here quicker than you.
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Think we're seeing a lot of movement in the top
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: ten in the first round in, general And i'm real
• 19:37
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