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Alex Spears
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Andrew
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Alex Spears
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Andrew
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Alex Spears
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Andrew
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Alex Spears
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Andrew
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Alex Spears
The post draft Slam and Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. On today's show, we're talking to Sam Bassini and we're doing draft awards and then we'll do some trivia. With me as always, this is my good friend Alex Spears. And Sam Bassini, right after the first round of the NBA draft is joining us to give draft awards. Sam, how's it going? You, you've already done a lot of podcasting tonight. You've done a lot of writing. Thank you so much for joining us. I'm a Slam and jam.
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Sam Bassini
I have only been streaming for four hours, so it's a very normal day for me. And we'll go for another amount of time here. It'll be great. And second round mock draft has been filed already. We're, we're just rolling here, guys. I'm ready to go.
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Alex Spears
We're just rolling. We're just rolling.
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Host Alex
The first round of the 2026 draft has concluded, which means it's time to give out some awards. So I've come up with 11 awards and I'm going to present the award and then Sam and Andrew will both give me their winners. So the first award, it's an easy one. Snug as a bug award. This award goes to your favorite player team fit in the entire first round. So Sam, we'll start with you. What was just your favorite fit?
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Sam Bassini
So can I, can I cheat here? Alex, real quick and you'll understand. Okay, so what I'm leading. So every year I do a winners and losers column for the Athletic right after the first round, really after the draft. And then last year after the first round. And what my first winner winner is going to be is all of AJ DeBancer, Darren Peterson, Cam Boozer and Caleb Wilson. I think it's all four of them as like human beings going to the locations that they went to because AJ DeBonsa. The Washington Wizards desperately need rim pressure within this core. They need somebody who can get to the foul line within this young core. And they needed help defensive rebounding. They took shots from two point range from the 25th furthest distance of any team in the league last year. They were 27th in free throw attempt rate and they were 27th or something like that in defensive rebounding rate. Debance is going to help in all those factors. Darren Peterson, the one thing that Jazz Corps need is like a secondary playmaker who could maybe be a primary at times, like a real unbelievable scorer who can also handle and pass and make decisions. Darren Peterson fits that best of these four players. Cameron Boozer, I think is like perfect for the Memphis Grizzlies because they already have one of the best interior centers in Zach Eddy, and they have the ability to weaponize what Cam Boozer can bring to the table offensively because of that, because they don't have to worry about playing him at the 5 because that center already exists. Then Caleb Wilson, he takes every single box for what Bryson Graham is looking for. Like, I think that Bryson Graham probably would have taken Caleb Wilson higher than fourth overall, if you would have made me guess. So to me, I think that it's all four of these guys. The order went in the way it was supposed to go is what I truly believe on this front. Because all four of those guys fit their locations best as compared to what the alternatives could have been.
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Host Alex
Well, can I ask you though, on Caleb Wilson? Because a few days ago we asked you about a frontcourt partner and. And since that time, the Bulls have traded for Nick Claxton, which did not really fit the mold of the type of front court partner you would. You would want. What do you think about that in terms of Caleb Wilson's development playing next to Nick Claxton?
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Sam Bassini
Yeah, I don't like it. Yeah, look, it's not like the worst thing in the world, right? Like, they got Nick Claxton for free, basically, other than using their cap space. Right. I think people are seeing this as some sort of like, steel for the Bulls are probably overstating it by like a pretty significant margin because, look, I know a lot of people haven't watched a ton of Nets basketball recently, but like, Nick Claxton has not been very good for like a year and a half now, to be honest. And I do think part of it has been, like, engagement has not been amazing from time to time. And I do think part of it is like that in general. He can struggle with physicality from time to time. Right. So I think that's a real factor for sure. But. And I think maybe his change of scenery is exactly what he needs. Probably wouldn't have Been my move if I was Bryson Graham, and I don't love it, but I don't think they're going to prioritize Nick Claxton at the expense of Caleb Wilson at the end of the day either.
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Host Alex
Yeah, yeah. Andrew, who is your bug? That is snug.
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Alex Spears
I really actually like what the Hornets did. I like Steinbach going to them at 14 and then Christian Anderson later. Just, like, add more shooting, add more offensive skill. Like a legit rebounder in Steinbach, too, I think is super helpful for them. Like, they just need to add, like, legitimate big men. And I think Steinbach has, like, a chance to be, like, one of the best bigs in this draft. So I like that for the Hornets as they, like, continue to build this team and like what I think is, like, a really good way in the Eastern Conference. I think they'll continue to be more competitive, and I think both these guys can help them. They do have a lot of guards, so I don't know how much time a guy like Christian Andersen can get next year, but I just love the idea of adding more shooting. So I like that.
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Host Alex
Sam, I know there's some concerns about Steinbach's defense, but otherwise, do you feel like he kind of fits into this identity of the Hornets?
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Sam Bassini
Love it. They have a serious emphasis right now on killing the glass and killing the possession game. It feels like to me, when I watch them, they were awesome on the offensive glass, awesome on the defensive glass. Steinbach, to me, is the best rebounder in this draft class. So to get somebody like him, I think is. I think it leans into exactly what they're trying to do on both ends of the court with the rebounding. Defensively, he needs to prove that he can protect the rim, but nonetheless.
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Host Alex
All right, now, on the flip side, we have the not like this award. This award goes to the prospect that you don't necessarily dislike, but you don't love the situation that they've ended up in. So, Andrew, who is your selection for the not like this award?
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Alex Spears
I. I'm a big fan of D. Swain. I don't love him in Chicago. I feel like they have a lot of these, like, wings that don't really shoot it off the catch, and he's just like another one of those there. I don't love that. I don't think that they need more guys that kind of need the basketball. So I don't love that for Chicago, and I don't love it for Swain either. As far as, like, development goes, they just haven't done a ton with those kind of guys. Now they'll have a new coach, and everything will be different there. But I don't love that for. For Swain, for sure. And then I. I mean, obviously, I don't.
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Andrew
I don't know that I would like
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Alex Spears
anybody on the Kings. I don't really wish the Kings on anybody. Maybe Acuff will be awesome for them. I just kind of wanted a cuff to go to a better situation overall. But, like, those are probably, like, the two that stick out the most to me.
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Host Alex
Oh, see, I love the Acuff because I. I feel like he's definitely going to be in a situation where he's going to get the keys to the car and we'll get to see the full Acuff experience, which is what we want.
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Alex Spears
Sure.
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Host Alex
Jeez, Andrew. Okay, Sam, who would you give it to? The not like this award.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah. So a couple of bigs late in the first round that I'm just, like, a little bit confused on, I guess. So the Atlanta Hawks take Zubie Edgy, a 4. A player that I like. Like, makes total sense to me. Good third big man in the NBA because he can play the four a little bit, because he can switch. He'll likely be able to play the five because he's strong and physical and can protect the rim. He has good vertical pop. Just kind of a lot of what they have already within Yeka Kongwu on some level in terms of, like, defensive role. And I'm a little bit confused they didn't try to find somebody in something that's, like, a little bit different, like a bit more of a compliment to a Kong Woo as opposed to being, like, a little bit more, you know, of an overlap, maybe, is the way to put it. And then the spurs taking both Jaden Quaintance and Terrace Reed is just interesting to me. It says to me, look, Jaden Quaintance, you know, has he was flagged by teams. That's not a secret. That's why he falls to 20 even. And if he didn't go 20, like, I do honestly wonder where he would have been picked. So I look at that and can see, okay, maybe they're just, like, planning on him taking, you know, a red shirt year or something, or they're not planning on playing him a lot next year. So they decided to take Terrace Reed and maybe they'll move Luke Cornett or something like that, try to find a different option that way. But, like, it felt like overkill for what that was, to take both of those guys. I guess to me, I think they're both good players. Like, I actually really like Quaintance's talent. I think Terrence Reed's going to be awesome backup center, and I think they both can play with Wemby on some level, too. But I. It almost feels like they're gonna throw like two. Like a broken pool cue in the middle of the court and just be like, hey, fight to the death. Whoever gets this, you know, ends up winning, gets to be the backup center for Wemby for the next decade. It's just like, well, okay, like, you probably didn't have to do that for two guys. You probably could just done that with cornet and, you know, left cornet out in the, you know, dumpster or whatever.
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Host Alex
Yeah. Okay. Next award. Very important one. Biggest reaction award. Now, if anyone watched your stream, Sam, they probably would have seen whatever the answer to this is. But the award goes to the draft selection that resulted in the biggest reaction from you the moment you heard the pick. Now, this could be good or bad. And I remember from last year, I wasn't even. I wasn't even clipping it to post it on social media. I was just clipping it to share with my friends. When you got the news that the Pelicans were trading up.
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Nick
Yeah.
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Host Alex
Because your reaction to that was so good this year. Nothing that crazy, but was there a pick that kind of stunned you in the moment one way or the other?
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Sam Bassini
No. The biggest reaction for me came when Adam Silver got up and pronounced De La Rey. His name Sergio De La Rea. And I was like, man, my man, put some relish on the hot dog right there, baby. Let's go. We're rolling here. I got a good, like, minute long laugh for me.
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Host Alex
That's nice because it was right towards the end. You're probably getting tired. It was probably invigorating. Andrew, was it. Was there a pick that really got you going or pronunciation?
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Alex Spears
I mean, a lot of this draft felt pretty chalky. I would say it did. So not in particular. I did just like the Thunder. Trading a couple second rounders to move up a spot to get Bennett Sturtz. I just think that Sturtz fits really well. That was probably the biggest reaction for me, was Thunder getting him just because I really think he fits well with the Thunder and what they want to do offensively and adding more shooting, I think will help them, like, quite a bit and just the kind of passer that he is, too. So adding just like a multidimensional offensive player to this squad that you know, when certainly when they're missing like two of their best playmakers, they needed somebody like that. But even just adding a guy that can function off the ball like Sturts, I think is helpful. So to me, that was probably the biggest one. Either that or when the Mavericks took Merez Johnson Jr. I, I was a little surprised. They, they have a lot of forwards, they have bigs. That's kind of like where like the strength of their roster is. So it surprised me a little bit that that's the direction that the Mavericks went in. So that was probably maybe the more. The most like, shocking one to me is that as far as like, fit goes and, and I, I give the Mavericks credit.
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Andrew
You don't.
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Alex Spears
You shouldn't draft for fit if you're inside the top 10. And so I give them a ton of credit for not doing that because I do think that he was one of the best guys left on the board.
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Host Alex
My biggest reaction, I know I'm not allowed to answer, but I think it was lebaron Filon to the Sixers just because it's a player I really like and I just wasn't. I just didn't think they were going to take LeBaron Filon.
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Sam Bassini
So this is funny, like on the mock draft that I did last night. So when people are listening to this, like two nights ago with Bryce. Bryce Simon, podcast partner over at Game Theory, I had brought up the idea of them taking Okorie, actually.
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Host Alex
Oh, okay. Yeah.
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Sam Bassini
And the idea being, like, if you looked at their roster, like they have like one and a quarter ball handlers.
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Host Alex
That is true.
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Sam Bassini
Like BJ Edgecombe, like, depending on if you think he can handle the ball. Like, I think he's probably better as an off guard. Like he's really it behind Tyrese Maxey. I thought that it made total sense. I don't know what else you guys are going to ask in terms of questions wise, but like, I do just want to point out here that LeBaron Phylon in three second round picks for Jared McCain is a pretty good deal to me for the 76ers. Like, I think they're coming away looking pretty sweet on this, to be honest. And I like LeBaron Filon. I love Jared McCain. I think he's a terrific basketball player, but I think, you know, look hot. Take the Philadelphia fan base may have overreacted to that one a little bit, but you're telling me I get two extra years of Phylon on a rookie scale deal plus three second round picks. Hey, maybe that was not the worst idea in the world.
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Host Alex
Yeah. I think that that was part of my reaction because some of the names you had heard had all been more the bigs. And specifically I'd heard like Sanak and I was like, man, if it's Sanak here. And I would have felt much different. But a player like Phylon, who I feel like has real upside, I was pretty excited. Okay, next award, the league Pass Leap award. This award goes to the team who most improved their watchability for next season based on their draft selections. Sam, who would you give this award to?
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Sam Bassini
I don't even know that it's like fully based on their draft selections, but I mean, I think Utah is going to be like must watch TV next year.
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Alex Spears
Yeah, yeah.
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Sam Bassini
Because again, like, I don't know how many people have watched the Utah Jazz the last few years just because they haven't been amazing, but Will Hardy's offensive scheme is freaking awesome. Guys, it's so sweet. All of the off ball movement, like the synergy, the way that they like think through all of their actions, the way that they space the court, the architecture of the offense is absolutely sublime. And now you're adding like everybody on the court except for Walker Kessler can shoot. They can go to five outlineups very easily with guys like Kyle Filipowski or even Jaren Jackson at the 5 and like bench units. Right. And you're adding Darren Peterson, one of the best shooters in the class, to that group with that coach. That's going to be one of the most fun teams to watch in the NBA next year. Like no questions asked to me.
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Host Alex
I agree with that, Andrew.
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Alex Spears
I will say both of these teams increase their watchability for at least the first two months of the season in the the Nets and Kings just having like two like primary guys that they drafted and it's going to be really fun to see. Like who are these guys? And they're probably going to be measured against each other a lot because these, they're. They're both like on ball scores. And Mikel Brown and Darius Acuff, I think they're both guys that will be like fun to watch. That could be. And is it crazy to think there could both be the leading scorers on their teams? Is that insane to think so? I think like those two help both those teams a lot.
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Host Alex
Now, now, why'd you say two months, Andrew? Why are you only giving them two months? There's no. Tanking. Doesn't exist anymore.
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Alex Spears
It has nothing to do with tanking.
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Sam Bassini
Nets don't Even have their pick.
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Host Alex
Yeah.
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Alex Spears
Andrew has nothing to do with tanking.
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Andrew
I don't know.
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Alex Spears
I'm just saying that you're not going
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Host Alex
to tune into some relegation battles in March.
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Alex Spears
You know what? Maybe the two months are the. It's the first month of the season and then the relegation battle. Honestly, if I could take those months and split them up, like, I think we want to watch, like, the first 10 games of these guys, and then we want to watch the relegation battle for both of them.
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Host Alex
I am just realizing now I was only thinking of the downside of relegation, but there is going to be, like, a player who hits a shot to move his team outside, and that's going to be awesome.
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Alex Spears
Could be Mikel Brown Jr. And do
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Sam Bassini
you think Sean Marks is going to storm the court? Because I don't think the players are
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Host Alex
probably not. Yeah.
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Sam Bassini
It was Sean Marks and BJ Johnson just, like, storming the court with excitement. We're out of the relegation zone.
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Host Alex
Yeah.
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Alex Spears
Excited. They won, you know, like, that they won a basketball game. And then it.
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Andrew
It.
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Alex Spears
It's. It's kind of cool because it does allow both the players and the front office to both be excited about winning games. Because I rem. When the Thunder were tanking and, like, poor Isaiah Roby, you know, won a game for the Thunder in Portland, and that guy got some mean DMS from people, you know, he did that. The relegation zone can, like, take that away.
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Host Alex
Okay, next award, the Deep Impact Award. This award goes to the players selected deep in the first round that you think will make the biggest impact in year one. Now, deep in the first round, I'm really just talking about the back half. Okay. So it doesn't have to be that deep. It's just. I just wanted to call the award Deep Impact because I was just watching the clip from Deep Impact when all the people die, you know, And Frodo. And Frodo. Yeah. I was just watching it. It popped up on YouTube, recommended it to me. I had to watch it. You've seen it. The guy on. The guy's sitting on the. The bench, reading the paper. The wave just rushes over him.
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Alex Spears
Yeah.
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Host Alex
Oh, man. What a movie, huh, Sam, You're a big movie buff.
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Sam Bassini
Deep Impact. Yeah.
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Host Alex
Oh, yes. Thank you. Okay, what are we talking about? All right.
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Sam Bassini
Believe there's like, an arrow 4k release of deep Impact. I've almost bought it a couple of times. Or maybe it's Deep Blue Sea. Maybe Deep Impact doesn't have one.
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Host Alex
Oh, man. I was gonna say you should treat yourself.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah.
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Host Alex
Or just or just watch that one clip over and over again like me. Okay, Andrew, who is your Deep Impact award winner?
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Alex Spears
I do like violon to the 76ers. We already mentioned him, but I just think adding a talent like that, that can come off the bench for you and bring like instant scoring for a team in the 76ers that not only needs that when they're healthy, but they struggle with injury. And they probably will continue to struggle with injuries in some capacity next season. And so just to have like another on ball score I think is super important for them. So I think to me when I'm looking at like the back half, I think Phylon makes the most sense for this one.
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Sam Bassini
And Sam, Alex Caraban, he's really like the guy on that Kings team that will move the ball. He'll knock down shots that are open. He plays really good team defense. Like you look at the rest of that roster, it's like, well, not a lot of guys are doing the dirty work, you know what I mean? Not a lot of guys are, you know, making the quick swing pass, making the right decision every time. Like, I think he's probably gonna end up playing 20 minutes a game with the Kings because he just knows how to play and makes the right choices every time he touches the ball. And he can shoot in a way that Darius A Cuff will need spacing around him. So I would go caravan our next award.
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Host Alex
Sam, this will be easy one for you because you just wrote the article pick 31 award. This award goes to the player that you would select with the first pick on day two.
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Sam Bassini
I mean, look, I would take Richie Saunders, but like, I don't know that the Knicks will do that because they probably don't want like a red shirt guy who like is going to be, you know, maybe a portion of the year, maybe, you know, a few months. But like Richie Saunders is my best player available. I wonder if the Knicks are going to move that pick. They've already picked up five second rounders to, you know, add to their cache of second rounders already. I think that having second rounders is a contending team is really valuable as well. Like, it's a really, really useful thing. So I don't know, I would imagine that there will be something of like a bidding war for that and that they might end up auctioning it off again and end draft night may or end the two days of the draft with like eight second rounders or something like that. And we'll see where it goes. But I mean the best Player on my board, left, is Richie Saunders.
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Host Alex
From who did you mock?
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Sam Bassini
I have mocked Isaiah Evans there.
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Host Alex
Okay. Okay. Andrew, anyone else you like?
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Alex Spears
I was gonna say. I was gonna say Isaiah Evans. Also, shout out to Baba Miller, who just has a cool name.
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Host Alex
Shout out to Baba Miller. Our next award, the miffed and peeved award. This award goes to the fan base that we think is the most frustrated after night one of the draft, which I think is an interesting question because as we've talked about, it kind of went chalk. No one really fell. Andrew, who would you pick for this miffed and peeved award?
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Alex Spears
Yeah, I think a lot of Thunder fans are miffed about the a Daimara pick just because the Thunder have a lot of centers on their roster. If. If they get Hartenstein back. I think they feel like there's too many bigs on the team at this point and don't really understand the Mara pick. And I. I can sympathize with that. I. It wouldn't. It wasn't the guy that I picked for the Thunder. Now we can talk about this. The way that the board fell, like, right, Johnson's gone. Braden Burries is gone. Jax Lindenborg is gone. Like, to me, those are all guys that you take there and then you kind of look at after that. Like, I don't think Nate Event was going to be that guy. I don't think the Thunder would draft a guy like Steinbach, who I do like, but I just don't know that he is a guy that can play defense the way the Thunder want him to. Swain is a guy that like, maybe you swing for. For swain there at 12. But to me it, when you kind of think about it, it probably makes sense with the way the board fell, but I think that Thunder fans were hoping for a like a more versatile guy that could maybe play the four or the three rather than just like a true center.
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Sam Bassini
Well, Andrew, can we. Can we talk about this just like a little bit more with the Thunder before we move like to my section here?
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Host Alex
Yes, yes, of course.
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Sam Bassini
What do we think this means for Hartenstein? Because I've gotten the impression that they want to keep him. Like regardless, they are trying to keep Hartenstein is the plan.
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Alex Spears
I think that's true.
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Sam Bassini
And I wonder if like the move now is just to opt into the team option. Like if you feel like Mara or Sorber, who they just drafted last year.
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Alex Spears
Yeah.
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Sam Bassini
Could be like the cheap long term option at center where you have two really cheap years at the center position. It actually just like kind of Gets them out of cap hell if they feel like either of those guys can be your starting center in year two. So, yeah, I'm like, kind of curious about the way that they handle the Hartenstein situation now. Knowing again that, like, I think they genuinely, like, are planning on keeping him. They really love having Hartenstein.
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Alex Spears
Yeah. I guess my question to you would be, which of Sorber or Amara do you think fits best with chat? Because, like, that's. That's a very important question.
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Sam Bassini
It's a great question. I don't have an answer to it.
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Alex Spears
Like, I do either. I feel like I need to see these guys.
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Sam Bassini
Like, honestly, the Mara chat combination feels like one that could get moved around a little bit too easily against certain. Right. But Sorber has like a lower center of gravity super long. Can really pass. I love the fact that they're prioritizing, just getting bigs. Who can really pass. Obviously, like, all three of these guys in Hartenstein, Mara and Sorber, awesome passers and playmakers. I would imagine that they're just looking at this like, hey, we have three guys now where they can pass. They can defend in space a little bit. Mara can't really do that, but, like, he's certainly a big, big time drop coverage defender. I think they're just trying to give themselves a lot of options. The other name here that obviously comes up is like, okay, Jalen Williams of Arkansas fame is the only one of these guys outside of Chet who can really shoot. Right. Like, I don't really buy Mara as a shooter. I don't buy Sorber as a shooter, and Hartenstein has the floater, but that's really it. Like, Jalen Williams is kind of a. Like, he's a. He's an important luxury, but, like, he's kind of a luxury now at $8 million. Like, do you look to move on from him? I think that what this does is it almost just like creates more questions for me in terms of what happens with their summer now. Not in a bad way. It just gives them more options. At the end of the day, I'm interested to see what options they choose to, you know, express or implement.
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Alex Spears
Yeah, yeah. And I would, I would say that Jay will is also like, really important to the locker room and to, like, the overall spirit of the team.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah.
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Alex Spears
As well as a guy that's like, like really developed into a good player. A guy that when he was drafted, he was kind of this strange. Like, I take charges and I can pass. Okay. And I don't really know what else he does, but Then he's like turned himself into like a good three point shooter. He's like improved his body. His athleticism is much better than it was. He can slide his feet. He's tough. He. He like wanted the Victor Wimanyama assignment. Um, so like, he. There's. He. He's. He's pretty important to them too. So there's. There's just a lot of guys that play mostly center on the Thunder right now, and maybe they want to create some competition over the course of the next year, plus to see who is the best of those. And when you have as many picks and many options that the Thunder do, you could do that. Like, you could just, instead of like making a decision now, you create competition and you just see who kind of rises to the top like that. That may be part of, like, what they're going to do
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Host Alex
in terms of the board breaking the wrong way. It is kind of ironic that, you know, Thunder fans were dreading that the Thunder were going to take Nate. Amen. And the fact that Amit doesn't go before them as everyone was kind of predicting is why the players that Thunder fans wanted to fall didn't fall to them.
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Alex Spears
You know, he.
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Host Alex
He ends up going to the later Bucks pick and as a result, you lose out on Buries, Morez and Yaxel, which I think were the three that any Thunder fan would have been very excited about.
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Alex Spears
Yeah.
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Host Alex
Okay, Sam, who do you think is miffed and peeved other than Thunder fans?
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Sam Bassini
It's a good question, to be honest, just from like doing the podcast. Like, I know that Bryce had some questions. And not to say Bryce is like a Pistons fan necessarily, but like, Bryce has wondered Ibuko Corey, just in terms of the way he fits with Cade. But honestly, guys, like, I think like, this was a pretty solid draft in this regard. Like, we didn't have the chaos actor that is Troy Weaver. Like, we didn't have, you know, any sort of like, wild swings that occurred. Like, I have some questions on a few guys, but I don't. I don't know. This feels like a pretty ho hum draft to me, to be honest.
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Host Alex
I know it does. Yeah, it really does. Are we just getting smarter or is it just because it's such a good class? It's hard to have a bad pick in this class.
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Alex Spears
I wonder about the Raptors though. Like, like with Phylon being available, is that a guy? Because I feel like the Raptors could just use another guard too. Like, kind of like we talked about with the Sixers. Like, I Just think they could have used another guard and they added a Ford and Alan Graves, who's kind of a Swiss army knife type of guy. But, like, they already have a ton of those guys. So I. I wonder about the Raptors at that point.
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Sam Bassini
The idea that Bryce brought up to me that I thought was pretty smart actually, was like, could they be envisioning Graves as the Sandro replacement? Yeah, like, not face Andro in free agency. And I was like, that actually kind of makes sense to me. He's way smaller than Sandro and makes really quick decisions, and the numbers really drop off. We talked about that last week on the show. Like, the numbers really drop off against high level competition, and now he's going to even higher level competition, which is a concern. But, yeah, like, I do, like, honestly, I think I said this on the show when we did it. Like, the names I'd heard were the Hornets, Raptors and Spurs. For him, like, that 18 to 20 range, it felt like he was going to go there. I think he went to the best possible place that will value him the most because they play like that very energetic, hectic style of defense where they really press up and get back court pressure, and then they really fly around in help coverage, like with Murray Boyles and with Scotty Barnes. And like, he. He is, like, pretty good at instinctively knowing where to rotate and where to move around to. He makes really quick decisions. Like, Darko Ryokovic is like a big time 0.5 decision maker guy. Dribble, pass, shoot, think, make quick decisions, get the ball moving. Like, pop that thing across the perimeter. Like, I think if it's gonna work for Alan Graves, he went to the best possible place for it to work. I. I don't love the player's talent. Like, I will say that. Like, I'm still not, like, the biggest fan of the decision from a talent perspective, but I understand why they felt like that was the right pick in that spot, given the scheme that they run, given what they value.
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Host Alex
All right, our final award, the most prestigious slam and jam best draft award. This award goes to the team that we think had the best overall draft. Sam, who's your ultimate winner? You're going to do a winners and losers column. Biggest winner,
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Sam Bassini
I think, look, it's funny, like, as soon as Memphis, like, picked Cam Boozer and then slid down, I was like, man, like, they. They're kind of nailing this a little bit. Like, they've done well. I was so ready. And then they picked Karim Lopez, who I'm like, not the Biggest fan of. Right, right.
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Nick
Yeah.
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Sam Bassini
Kind of think my answer might end up being the Kings. Like, I really like and I really like them going to get Caravan. Like I have Acuff as my fifth best player. They take him at seven. I think he's like a perfect fit. And like, here's the other thing for the Kings. They got a guy that they, that like wants to be there, you know what I mean? Like, they maneuvered things to make him go to the Kings. When was the last time that happened? Guys, like, I love that. That's so great. Like he gets a chance to run his own team and he made it so that he would get there. People bring up Halliburton, like Halliburton being fine going to the Kings. This is a little bit different. Like I feel like the Kings and also Acuff like worked together to try to make it so that he would fall there. Right?
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Host Alex
Yeah.
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Sam Bassini
And that's pretty amazing to me. Like, Scott Perry deserves a lot of credit, I think. And then to take Caravan in 29 and really just give up a few second round picks for it. Like I'm or I think it was two second rounders to take Caravan. I love it. I thought they did really well. I thought they did really, really well tonight.
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Host Alex
I like that a lot because I remember when they fell to seven, just thinking, man, they, it's not just that they need to get a good player, they need to get like a force of personality, cornerstone player that you can, that the whole fan base can believe in. And I feel like Acuff is exactly that kind of player. And the fact that he wants to go there is just a cherry on top. Andrew Best draft.
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Alex Spears
I mean, I just, I love Darren Peterson for the Jazz. I just think that's such a, like a fun fit. Like a ready made, like this team is ready to start winning now and I think adding Darren Peterson to that mix is going to help them. I just love like the long term fit there because I think there was like some question about when you look at that roster, it's like, okay, well who's like going to be their best player? Who's going to be the guy that can be like their top tier, like score when it's a close game and you're in the round two of the playoffs, like who's going to be the guy? And I don't know that there was one. And I think adding Darren Peterson gets you one of those guys and so I just love that for them. I know that's the second pick in the draft and they were probably going to take, you know, one of the Bansa or Peterson. But I think that like you said earlier, Sam, like this fell the way it was supposed to. And I just love this for, for Utah, who's been in purgatory for a while and has had a bad team for a while and now like they're ready to take off. And I think they're going to have a chance to be a top six seed in the Western Conference next year.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah, I agree.
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Host Alex
It's going to be a fun season. Tanking's done. No more losing. Everyone's going to be trying to win.
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Alex Spears
No one will lose.
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Host Alex
Aren't you? I am. I know, I know. I hated on the tank of proposal for months and months, but now that it's actually here and I'm thinking about the upcoming season and knowing that like all these players, if they're healthy, are going to be playing the full season.
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Alex Spears
Have you turned heel?
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Host Alex
I've turned heel.
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Sam Bassini
And like the other thing, the weird thing that's like kind of happening league wide that I think we're seeing is like we're kind of getting like a redistribution of talent a little bit too because like a lot of these teams that were bad, we're like, no, we don't really want good players. Right? Yeah, yeah, 100% now, like they kind of have to go acquire good players. And I actually wonder if it means like, well, some of those like mid tier teams and top end teams like might be a little bit worse maybe. Like it's like kind of weird to kind of think through the way that that's actually gonna like sort itself out league wide.
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Alex Spears
All right guys, let's talk about Father's
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Andrew
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Alex Spears
Look, it's a cheeky little line from
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Andrew
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Alex Spears
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Andrew
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Alex Spears
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Andrew
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Host Alex
All right, Sam, five hours of streaming has come to an end and your reward is eight more questions on Andrew versus the be. Now, the last time we played, each question corresponded to the team in that draft slot. Their recent draft history. We're just going to keep the theme going. The numbers have changed. Now you'll be choosing between 9 and 16, but obviously there are some teams that are doubled up, you know, Memphis and Chicago. So for those questions, we'll be talking about the teams that originally own those picks. So 15 will correspond to the Portland Trailblazers, 16 will correspond to the Phoenix Suns, and then 13 is going to be Miami instead of Milwaukee because Milwaukee will be number 10. So Sam, just need a number between nine and 16.
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Sam Bassini
So Dallas had the ninth pick. Let's go on.
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Host Alex
That is correct.
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Alex Spears
Dallas.
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Host Alex
All right, Dallas is the answer.
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Sam Bassini
Roddy Beaubois.
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Host Alex
I, I, I had to fight myself not to make him the answer to a question. Among all the first round picks drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the last 20 years, it's no surprise that Luka Doncic has been the biggest success scoring over 12, 000 points as a member of the MAPS. Which Dallas first round pick from the last 20 years has scored the second most points as a maverick?
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Alex Spears
Oh, man.
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Host Alex
So Lucas number one, 12,000. Who is number two? So last 20 years going back to like, was that 0607?
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Sam Bassini
Oh, boy. Okay, so we're gonna roll through some names here. We're gonna, we're gonna talk some dudes, boys.
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Host Alex
Talk some dudes. It's our new segment, Talk some dudes.
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Sam Bassini
So my, my first name here.
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Andrew
I have,
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Sam Bassini
I'm trying to think like the guys who played with Luca, it's interesting, like a lot of them were trade acquisitions.
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Host Alex
It is interesting, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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HIMS Advertiser
So,
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Sam Bassini
okay, I'm, we're gonna go fast games, a quick game here because I think Andrew's like ready to die, like, and just like fall asleep. So the first name that came to mind for me is Josh Howard.
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Host Alex
Josh Howard. A great guess. He was drafted more than 20 years ago.
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Sam Bassini
Really?
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Alex Spears
Wow.
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Andrew
Wow.
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Host Alex
Yeah, you're Pretty old. He was drafted in 2004.
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Sam Bassini
2003 draft wasn't that far off, but fair enough.
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Host Alex
Otherwise would have been a good selection. I'm sure he scored a lot of points as a math. Yeah, yeah. Oh, definitely.
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HIMS Advertiser
He did.
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Grainger Advertiser
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Host Alex
Yeah.
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Sam Bassini
Would he have been first?
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Host Alex
I think he would have been. Not first, but he would have been.
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Alex Spears
Yeah.
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Host Alex
After Luca.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah.
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Host Alex
Andrew.
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Alex Spears
Dude, I. This is a hard question.
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Sam Bassini
Shout out. Ronnie Boba, baby.
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HIMS Advertiser
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Host Alex
Yeah, maybe it's him.
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Alex Spears
Josh Green.
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Host Alex
Josh Green was number three on the list.
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Sam Bassini
Honestly, a pretty good guess.
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Host Alex
Dennis Smith, Jr. Number two on the list.
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Sam Bassini
Oh, my God.
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Host Alex
Number one, Cooper Flag.
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Sam Bassini
That's bananas. Alex. Josh Howard definitely would have been first then.
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Host Alex
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Alex Spears
I mean, in my head, I'm thinking, like, I think Devin Harris was like, the oh, three or 04 draft. Yeah, he was.
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Host Alex
He was right outside the range.
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Alex Spears
Yeah, that's, like, where my head went. Not Cooper.
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Sam Bassini
Fl.
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Alex Spears
Flag. Oh, my gosh.
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Host Alex
All right, Andrew. Board is yours. Board is yours,
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Alex Spears
I guess.
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Andrew
Or.
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Alex Spears
I can't see any. I can't see anything.
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Host Alex
Oh, okay.
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Alex Spears
Well, so I guess we'll go the next one after. All right.
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Andrew
10.
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Host Alex
It's Milwaukee.
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Alex Spears
Okay.
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Host Alex
Milwaukee drafted Giannis with the 15th pick in the 2013 draft. He wanted to play almost 900 games for the Bucks. Name the Bucks first rounders that played the second, third, and fourth most games for Milwaukee since Giannis was drafted. You do get one point per correct answer. So this is since Giannis was drafted. First rounders, who's played the second, third, and fourth most games as a buck after Giannis. Giannis played 900. Similar to the first question after Giannis was drafted.
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Alex Spears
Okay.
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Host Alex
And you get one point per correct answer.
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Alex Spears
So you could.
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Host Alex
You could get a couple of these.
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Alex Spears
I need to get a couple of these.
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Host Alex
Yeah, got it, got it.
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HIMS Advertiser
Gosh,
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Alex Spears
I don't know if this guy does. Dante DiVincenzo. Is he one of them?
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Host Alex
He was second most with 176 games.
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Alex Spears
Okay.
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Sam Bassini
I'm honestly, like, kind of staggered that Dante is not first. I'm sorry. It's just first rounders or all?
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Host Alex
Yeah, yeah. Just first rounders.
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Alex Spears
Just first rounders.
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Host Alex
Just the first rounders.
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Alex Spears
Golly.
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Host Alex
Can you come up with another name? Andrew?
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Alex Spears
I don't know who this would be. Not Beauchamp. Bochamp.
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Host Alex
Bochamp is incorrect.
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Alex Spears
Okay, Sam.
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Sam Bassini
Okay, so my next guess here is Thawne Maker.
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Host Alex
He was number three on the list.
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Andrew
Way.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah,
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Host Alex
I kind of figured 168 games. Can you get number one?
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Sam Bassini
Okay, so who's number one?
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Host Alex
Number one.
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Sam Bassini
Okay. Number one is going to be. You said Dante was 168.
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Host Alex
176.
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Sam Bassini
I mean, it would be bonkers if it was that guy.
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Host Alex
There's no way it might be.
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Sam Bassini
I. I refuse to believe that it's this guy.
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Host Alex
Go with your gut, Sam.
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Alex Spears
Go with your gut, Sam.
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Host Alex
Believe in yourself.
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Sam Bassini
Jay Wilson.
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Host Alex
Oh, no. Okay, don't.
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Sam Bassini
I was gonna say there's no way it's DJ Wilson. Who am I forgiving?
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Alex Spears
Go away from your.
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Host Alex
It is number two overall pick, Jabari Parker.
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Sam Bassini
Oh, yeah.
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Andrew
Oh.
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Sam Bassini
I honestly thought he went a year before, so. Yeah, that makes sense.
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Andrew
Yeah.
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Host Alex
2014 with.
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Alex Spears
I guess that would be right. Dang.
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Sam Bassini
I did math bad.
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Host Alex
Sam. 40 shores scores tied.
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Sam Bassini
Number 11 is gonna be the Golden State Warriors. Let's go, Golden State Warriors. This is a hellfire.
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Host Alex
Here we go.
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Sam Bassini
This is a wasteland.
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Host Alex
In the last 10 years, seven warriors have scored 40 points in a game. Now, three of those were first round draft picks of the Warriors, Steph Clay and Jordan Poole. Name the other four players and you get one point per correct answer. So this is in the last decade. Warriors who scored 40 points that were not drafted by the Warriors.
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Sam Bassini
That were not drafted by the Warriors.
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Host Alex
That were not drafted because the ones that were drafted. Steph, Clay, Jordan.
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Andrew
Pool.
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Host Alex
I gave those to you. Four other names scored 40 points not drafted by the warriors last decade.
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Sam Bassini
Sorry. Can you give me the year range?
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Host Alex
Let's say 2016, 17.
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Sam Bassini
Okay, so players not drafted by the warriors to score 40 points. Yeah, so like Kevin Durant.
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Host Alex
Correct for one point. Yeah, sometimes I give easy ones.
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Sam Bassini
Okay. There's gonna be.
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Host Alex
Looks like he's about to barf.
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Sam Bassini
There's gonna be a really dumb one here in like the 2020 year is gonna be my guess. Like one of those years where Steph was out. Like, who could be like a totally bonkers name? I think I'm probably overthinking this on some level, but, like, who else is there that would have scored 40 plus for this warriors team? That was not like, like Harrison Barnes was drafted by the Warriors. So it's not Harrison Barnes.
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Host Alex
That's correct.
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Sam Bassini
Like, Okay. Did d' Angelo Russell do it in his shorts?
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Host Alex
He sure did, Sam.
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Alex Spears
Wow.
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Host Alex
Another point dlo.
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Sam Bassini
And then you could. Did Wiggins do it?
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Host Alex
Oh, Sam's on fire. Another point. Okay, can you get the final name?
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Sam Bassini
Oh, God. Okay.
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Host Alex
Final name. I really want to give you a hint, but I can't. Can't do it.
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Sam Bassini
I'm. I'm guessing this is going to be like A totally bonkers name. I mean, to Pa.
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Jack
Who.
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Host Alex
Who is that gonna. Who is that gonna be?
- [53:27]
Sam Bassini
I was about to say Pods, but it's not.
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Host Alex
I thought you were about to say trick McCaw.
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Sam Bassini
No, he was drafted.
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Host Alex
Oh, that's true. I would have been wrong.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah.
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Host Alex
More ways.
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Sam Bassini
Okay. Who else am I missing? Not drafted by the Warriors. So it can't be Damien Jones. Okay. Jacob Evans. It can't be Jordan Bell. That's a very good point. It can't be Eric Pascal.
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Host Alex
Oh, rookie team.
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Alex Spears
That's right.
- [54:10]
Sam Bassini
Did, like. Did, like, Omari Spellman or someone stupid do this? Like Spellman?
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Host Alex
No.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah.
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Host Alex
Was not Omari Spellman. Andrew, you had a lot of time to think up a name.
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Alex Spears
What'd you come up with? Jimmy Butler?
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Sam Bassini
Actually, a really good guess.
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Alex Spears
Yeah.
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Host Alex
The answer is no. But that sounds wrong.
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Sam Bassini
It sounds right.
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Alex Spears
But
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Host Alex
let's.
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Alex Spears
Let's.
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Host Alex
Let's have a look. He's been there a year and a half, right?
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Alex Spears
Yeah. I just can't think of any other logical name.
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Host Alex
Okay, well, the correct answer. He scored 33. That was his high this season. And then. Yeah, he probably didn't. The other name is a guy we talked about just a few days ago. I think I said that he deserved a statue.
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Alex Spears
Hey.
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Host Alex
Really? Yeah.
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Sam Bassini
That's awesome.
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Alex Spears
Crazy.
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Sam Bassini
He goes, man, I believe it.
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Alex Spears
Yeah, I mean, that's true.
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Host Alex
Andrew. I'll just go to the next number.
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Sam Bassini
I went, like, real stupid because I. I assumed Alex was going to give us something like, oh, yeah, the first three are easy. And then the last one's Amari Spellman.
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Host Alex
And the last one is my favorite player in the league, tsunami poppy. Okay. OKC, number 12. While Kevin Durant was an obvious selection in the 2007 draft, Russell Westbrook was not quite as obvious and would go on to total 148 triple doubles in his time with the Thunder. We're going to name the 11 other players in Thunder franchise history to have at least one. One triple double. So Andrew will give me a name, then Sam will give me a name. We'll go back and forth to one of you stumbles. So all you got, give me just a name of a Thunder play. Who had a triple double?
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Alex Spears
Josh Giddy.
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Host Alex
Josh Giddy. Number two overall, Sam.
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Sam Bassini
J. Dub.
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Host Alex
Jdub has not had a triple double. J. Will has had it.
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Alex Spears
Had multiple.
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Host Alex
But J. Dub has not.
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Alex Spears
Yeah, he's not done it. Yeah, he's not done it.
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Host Alex
Oh, yikes.
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Alex Spears
I mean, he's. Obviously.
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Sam Bassini
I hit the one landmine that, like, I could have possibly hit. Like, did that really just happen?
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Alex Spears
He didn't say. Could have said Poku, I guess.
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Host Alex
Poku. He did have a triple double.
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Alex Spears
Yeah.
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Host Alex
Andrew, you want to just rattle these off? I'm sure you know them big swig of water.
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Alex Spears
Other Thunder players that have had triple doubles outside of Giddy J, Will and Poku. And you said there's 11.
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Host Alex
Yeah, there's a little. Come on, Easy names. Easy names.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah. I mean, Shay has to have done it.
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Host Alex
Yeah, Shay's done it once.
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Alex Spears
Yeah, Shay's had one.
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Sam Bassini
I assume the question's over, right? Like, I'm able to just.
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HIMS Advertiser
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Host Alex
Yes. Chris.
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Alex Spears
Paul.
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Sam Bassini
Did Dennis Schroeder do it?
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Alex Spears
Paul George had one.
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Host Alex
Paul George. No. Dennis Schroeder.
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Alex Spears
Yeah. Ibaka had triple double.
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Host Alex
Ibaka had one with blocks. There's one this past season. I heart.
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Alex Spears
Oh, I forgot about I hearts. Triple double.
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Host Alex
None of you have said that one
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Alex Spears
Went so under the radar, too. When it was, like, happening, no one was really tracking, and I was like, oh, my gosh, how does he have a triple double?
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Host Alex
Kd? And then the last two names, which you. You won't get, I don't think. Trey man. And Earl Watson.
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Alex Spears
Earl Watson. The fact that Tricky Trey has a triple double and JJ does not. Makes no sense.
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Sam Bassini
Pretty wild.
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Alex Spears
That makes no sense whatsoever.
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Host Alex
Okay, we got a game on our hands. Sam is up by one, four to three. Sam, you control the board.
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Sam Bassini
Okay, 13 is Miami. Yeah, sure. That could get hard.
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Andrew
Actually
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Host Alex
was drafted by the Heat 20th overall in last year's draft and is now heading to Milwaukee in the Yanish trade. Who was the last Heat first rounder pick? Who was the last Heat first round draft pick to play only one season in Miami before Yakuchonis. So they were drafted by the Heat in the first round, Played only one season or less. Traded away or something happened.
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Sam Bassini
Shabazz Napier.
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Host Alex
No. Andrew.
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Alex Spears
Is this the big sneeze?
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Host Alex
It's the big sneeze. Precious Achua.
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Sam Bassini
Oh, yeah, that's right. Because he got traded in the Lowry deal.
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Host Alex
Yeah, that's right. Andrew, would you like to go to 14? The score is tied.
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Andrew
Yeah.
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Host Alex
Okay. 14 is Charlotte. How many career three pointers has Tijon Salon made? Now you.
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Alex Spears
Oh, my gosh.
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Host Alex
You gotta choose who answers first. You can answer first. Sam go higher or lower? Or you can make Sam answer first and you go higher. Lower. So made three pointers in his career to John Salon.
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Alex Spears
I'm gonna. I'm gonna ask Sam to go.
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Sam Bassini
This is what I don't have a feel for.
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Host Alex
What this Is it could be any number.
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Alex Spears
You could say any number. You couldn't say any number, but you could make me believe a lot of things.
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Host Alex
I'd say that.
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Sam Bassini
Nine and a half.
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Host Alex
Wait, that's a what? Nine and a half.
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Sam Bassini
Don't I have to make the over under?
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Host Alex
Well, yeah, but it needs to be a whole number because you could get it exactly correct and then you could get a bonus.
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Sam Bassini
Nine is the number.
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Host Alex
Andrew Duck. Go higher or lower than nine. Three pointers made for Tijon Salon.
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Alex Spears
I'll say higher, but if it's lower, I'm gonna feel so dumb. Oh, my gosh.
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Host Alex
Over his first two seasons to John, Salon has made 94 three pointers.
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Alex Spears
Imagine if I did say under would have been amazing.
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Host Alex
All right, Sam, you've now fallen behind by two, but the board is yours.
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Sam Bassini
Okay, 15 is Chicago, which is 15 is Portland pick. Portland's. And then 16 is who the sun be? The Suns.
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Host Alex
The sun.
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Sam Bassini
Let's go, Portland.
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Host Alex
Since drafting Damian Lillard in 2012, which Blazers draft pick has played in the most playoff games? And I did not say first round. So this is the entire draft?
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Alex Spears
The entire draft? Since when?
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Host Alex
Since they drafted Dame in 2012. Which Blazers draft pick has played in the most playoff games? Not necessarily for the Blazers, but just in their career.
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Sam Bassini
Oh, so it can be anywhere?
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Host Alex
Anywhere.
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Sam Bassini
Okay, so I have, like, a reasonable guess, but I need to, like, think through this now. See, like, I think I know who you want me to say, and I don't think it's right is the problem.
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Host Alex
Who do I love?
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Sam Bassini
This is the mind game that Al plays on us, Andrew. This is disgusting. And it's true. Really just an unacceptable behavior in a workplace, in my opinion.
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Host Alex
Well, I want the idea behind most trivia questions are I want you to feel smart for a brief moment and then realize that there's no way that could be right. I want you to, you, you know, have this, like, really good guess that just pops in your brain and you get excited briefly, and then you realize there's no way it's right. Yeah, there's no way Alex would give me a point that easily.
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Sam Bassini
I mean, I'm gonna say C.J. mcCollum.
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Host Alex
That is incorrect.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah, Andrew, yeah, I know. But then like, last week he gave us one where it was like, no, you idiot. It's the easy answer.
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Grainger Advertiser
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Alex Spears
so this could be any. Any round. Any of the two rounds.
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Sam Bassini
Any round. No one drafted, though. So Ibubaji does not count.
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Host Alex
Andrew, that's correct.
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Alex Spears
Oh, dang. Golly. What about God, I don't think he's played the playoffs that much. What about Pat Conon?
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Host Alex
It is Pat Con.
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Sam Bassini
That's a great answer. And that's right. Yeah.
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Host Alex
Who has played more playoff games than Dame? He's played the most of any Blazers draft pick.
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Alex Spears
Yeah. That's what you get when you play with Giannis, I guess.
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Host Alex
Yeah. Champ. He's a champ. Andrew, final question, Phoenix. Rank these former Suns first round picks from most career points to fewest career points. I'm going to give you three names. You're going to rank them from most career points to fewest groups. Here we go.
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Sam Bassini
This could get ugly.
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Host Alex
Okay, Dragon, Bender, Tyler, Ennis, Kendall Marshall. Put those in correct order. Most to least,
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Alex Spears
Ennis, Bender, Marshall.
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Host Alex
Sam, you have a chance to get one more point. Will that tie the game? No. Will you win the game also?
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Grainger Advertiser
No.
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Host Alex
But you could finish the game only down two, which would be.
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Sam Bassini
I don't think any of these guys got through their rookie deals. Like, I think they all got caught. Like it was going to spy three.
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Alex Spears
I. I did, I did have a conversation about Dragon Bender today with, with Zack Harper and an S. Barahini.
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Sam Bassini
So I, I guess I'm gonna say
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Host Alex
bender on the brain.
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Alex Spears
Benders on the brain.
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Sam Bassini
Marshall, Bender, Ennis.
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Host Alex
Also wrong. Correct answer. Dragon Bender, number one played over a thousand NBA minutes. Kendall Marshall and Tyler Ennis.
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Sam Bassini
Oh, I thought you said scoring. That's on me.
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Host Alex
What? I did.
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Alex Spears
You did
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Host Alex
what? What, what were you confused about?
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Sam Bassini
You said minutes they played.
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Host Alex
Oh, sorry. Yo's points.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah, I'm sure you have the right number written down. We'll go with that.
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Alex Spears
I hope to God.
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Host Alex
Oh my God.
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Andrew
Gosh.
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Grainger Advertiser
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Host Alex
Yeah, I did. It was points. It was points.
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Alex Spears
Okay.
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Nick
Yeah.
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Host Alex
Okay. That brings us to the end of Andrew versus the beat. Sam, thank you so much. You've had such a long day and to put up with us and, and meanwhile, Andrew's over here. He's got to catch a plane in the morning. Me, I'm fine. It's not even 10:30 here. I'm doing great.
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Alex Spears
I'm fine.
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Host Alex
But thank you both for playing.
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Sam Bassini
It's a, It's a wonderful 3:30 in the afternoon here, guys. Like, I just have to write one losers and then probably write something else. Who knows.
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Alex Spears
Yeah, go check out all of that at the Athletic. The SANI is just the best, the absolute best. So thank you for joining us. Go listen to the Game Theory podcast as well. If you want to go back. You can see all their reactions to every pick. If you want to go watch the stream that we did, I guess that would be last night here in Chicago at the Athletic football studio.
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Andrew
Would.
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Alex Spears
Would love for you to go watch that as well. We had C.J. moore sitting in the seat that I'm in right now. Zach Harper and Esperahini were here as well, hosting the show. It was an absolute delight. We got to hear. It's cool to hear CJ just tell stories about a lot of these guys. He.
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Host Alex
He's like.
- [67:19]
Alex Spears
He played, like, pickup basketball. Keaton Wagner, because Keaton is the same age as his son and they like to live in the same town. And so, like, he went to the
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Sam Bassini
same high school that C.J. did.
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Alex Spears
Yes. And so, like, he. He told a story about how he played for, like, the scout team for Keaton Wagler's high school team, which is very cool, by the way.
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Sam Bassini
Like, yeah, C.J. can hoop guys. Like, that's.
- [67:48]
Alex Spears
That's what I. That's what I hear. That's what I hear. He. Rumor has it CJ hit five threes in one of these scout games and beat Keaton Wagler's team.
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Sam Bassini
So I'm just telling you, like, I feel pretty good. Like, you guys can give me whoever at the company. Like, I'd probably take CJ in a game of pickup.
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Alex Spears
I believe that. I believe.
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Sam Bassini
I don't think we have any pros, do we, right now?
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Alex Spears
No, I don't think so. We used to have Josh Eustace.
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Sam Bassini
Yeah, I think that Josh probably would have caught him.
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Alex Spears
Yeah, I think so. I agree with that. But go listen to that. A lot of really good insight about the draft and, like, who these players are and all of that. So please go check that stream out as well. Hope you guys are doing great and we'll talk to you guys again next week.
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