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It's been Wednesday all day. June 25th, 2025. Day one of the NBA draft.
Oh yeah, they've decided to switch it up. The first day that Cooper Flag is likely going to be a member of the Dallas Mavericks. What happens after that? We have no idea. Are there going to be more players traded? We have no idea. Are we going to get guys signing more contracts?
We have no idea. Fred Van Vliet got a deal. Kyrie Irving got a deal. The Cronkis are already talking about moving on from Jokic.
Like what world is this? Draymond Green says, if we didn't get Kevin Durant, who knows? We may not have one more championships.
Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, he says the past two years with no championships, they've been the worst years of his tenure. We got Tomer Azarly who's going to join us from Clutch Points to talk about the upcoming draft. Of course, it's Wednesday. Every Wednesday I bring you a new top six list. We're going to take a look at some of the biggest draft busts in NBA history.
Yeah, these are busts. You don't want to be on this list. And of course, at the end of the show, we'll talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history. If you want to be a part of the show, you can. You can call me up. I'll let the music run. It's Wednesday. We're having fun. 888-710-4ISN.
That's 888-710-4ISN. You can find me online everywhere at JR Sport Brief. I'm not getting drafted, but I'm going to sit here right with you and I'm a watch the draft when it comes on. Hopefully, don't keep us all waiting in suspense. Anyway, we got a lot to get into. So let's go ahead and do so before I do anything. Ryan Batra, how are you on this Wednesday?
I'm doing good. But you mentioned getting drafted. You know, I might still get drafted, but not to the NBA. Where might you be drafted to the army? Oh, you've enlisted? No, I'm not enlisted.
I'm just mandatorily enrolled just in case the emergency draft does come back. OK. All right, so you're good. I'm good for now.
I got two years till I'm off that list. OK. All right. All right. All right. Not what I expected, but well, thank you for being here right now. All right. Because if you weren't here, well, well, I guess we'd have somebody else doing it, but I'm happy that you're here. OK. Well, thank you.
You know, to be like a missing persons list. You? Yeah. I was in the war. OK. OK, there you go. No shout outs to everyone who has who has served. We appreciate you. Thank you very much. You're doing things that I did not do that.
Batra has yet to do so. We appreciate you. But tonight it's a basketball draft. Cooper flag projected the goal number one to the Dallas Mavericks. We have been waiting on this. This is not a shock. This is not a surprise.
We have heard about Cooper flag for the past several years. This man was balling out in Maine. He took his talents down to Florida to finish up high school. He went from Florida to Duke. This man went to the Final Four. This dude was balling with LeBron James, Steph Curry. He was getting his buckets in a Team USA scrimmage last year. He's the next big thing. Well, hopefully he is. We've heard there's plenty of times about big time athletes, big time projections, guys.
There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's what's amazing. You look at a LeBron James selected number one overall also at 18 years old, like Cooper flag. LeBron James has exceeded expectations.
A matter of fact, he has lived up to them and or exceeded them based on the hype that was bestowed upon him from day one. Nobody said that Cooper flag is going to be the next LeBron. Nobody said that Cooper flag is going to be the torchbearer, the flagbearer for the NBA into the future. But people have said that you can watch him. The guy can ball.
OK, we had somebody call last night from Maine. Oh, I wonder if he's going to be OK. Oh, a Team USA scrimmage. I don't think you understand. This dude can shoot and he's going to get better. He's not a great shooter, but he will get better. The guy can defend. He's athletic.
He's long. He's intelligent. He's going to get better. He's 18 years old. He was already one of the best basketball players in college last year. He's 18 years old. He was out there playing with members.
Oh, forget this. Some of the greatest basketball players ever. And he was able to hold his own. He's going to get better.
Is he going to be the best player in the NBA? I don't know. Who knows that? Nobody knows that. And he also has he has it. You can tell when you watch a basketball game, you know, when somebody has has it. And I'm not talking about not talking about the talent. I'm talking about being nasty out there. I'm talking about having intensity. You know, people want to talk about you got that dog and he got that dog in him.
And there are very few players that you see and you got due to asylum assassins. That's great. I loved watching Tim Duncan. Never an expression, just got the job done.
Didn't care what was going on. He went out there and he was just surgical with it. Michael Jordan was not. Michael Jordan was nasty and he let you know about it.
You could see it. He wanted the ball. He was getting after it. Kobe Bryant, all these guys, these young dudes now who watched Kobe growing up but didn't see Michael. They talk about mamba mentality.
Listen, y'all ain't got no damn mamba mentality. Kobe Bryant was nasty. He went out there and got it. You want to talk about a modern player who's nasty and doesn't give a damn, just goes out there and gets after it. It's Giannis Atetokounmpo. People, he don't matter how many free throws he's missing. He's going out there and he's getting after it. Kevin Garnett got after it. We got some dudes who just don't give a damn. Jokic is a silent killer and just like Jokic.
Matter of fact, Jokic is a little bit more much more expressive than Tim Duncan was. Cooper Flag is nasty. And I don't know, maybe he got it from his mama. Cooper Flag in preparation for the draft, he says, you know what, growing up when it came down to playing against mom, I never won. You should play one on one against mom in the driveway. I did.
Who would win? So I never beat her, actually. I was up seven to six. And then she she fell and tore her meniscus in our last game. And then we never played again. So I counted as a win, but because she forfeited and I was up. But she won't give me the win. Was she forfeited because she tore meniscus?
Yeah, but I was winning. And it's Cooper Flag on NBC. Wow, that's ruthless. The guy's ruthless. The man just told the story on national television about how he beat his mom in basketball.
And while she she injured herself, ruthless. Good luck to Cooper Flag. Hey, I walked into the studio, one of my buddies asked me, he's like, yeah, Cooper Flag to Dallas, right? Cooper Flag to Dallas.
I'm like, bruh, come on. Like we've seen a lot of wild things take place in the NBA. But this is almost a sure of a thing that you can get Cooper Flag to Dallas. I know the Dallas Mavericks are dumb as hell. They moved on from Luka Doncic. They ended up with Cooper Flag. They're not going to move off of this guy. OK, I'd be shocked. Cooper Flag expected to go number one overall. Now, what happens after that?
We have no idea. You start taking a look at the current NBA draft order, the San Antonio Spurs. They're expected to bring on Dylan Harper. Then we also have Ace Bailey, his teammate, the guy who decided to cancel on the Philadelphia 76ers. These two teammates from Rutgers. Things have been very quiet on the Western front when it comes down to Dylan Harper. And then, well, Ace Bailey, he's in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Reportedly had a workout schedule with the Philadelphia 76ers. And then he said, no, thank you. Not showing up. That must be some great leverage, right? Imagine having a job interview, them telling you to come in at 10 a.m. And then at 8 a.m., you send an email going, I know we were going to meet for lunch at this restaurant. No, thank you. Bye. That's basically what Ace Bailey has done here throughout the NBA draft process.
Now, this isn't your typical job interview. He's going to get selected. He's going to get drafted. It may not be as high as he would be projected to due to his talent. He might fall because of his, well, his lack of showing up. And so Ace Bailey might fall and fall and fall.
And in speaking to the media, he was asked about his draft approach and why he decided and why he has declined to actually show up in interview or work out for anybody. The Spurs are at two. The Sixers are at three.
Listen to Ace Bailey try his best to explain why he ain't showing up. Focus on basketball. I mean, end of the day is basketball. I mean, don't worry about the other stuff.
I let my people around me handle it. The only thing I'm focused on is the basketball part. I feel like I can only control what I control.
I mean, you can think how you think, but I can control what I can control. Me playing basketball. I'm focused on basketball. That's what I said. It's basketball.
Oh man. Well, that is part of basketball. Like working out is playing basketball.
I mean, if you want to talk about what can I control, you can control where you play brah. And I get it. He's 18 years old. Okay.
He's, he's just going to say what he's, what he's told and what he needs to convey. I'm just focused on basketball. You should have just said, Hey, I'm focused on basketball, not the workouts. And even that wouldn't make sense.
There is no simple answer here. And I'm not mad at the guy for not showing up. I'm not mad at the guy for canceling a workout. I'm not mad at the dude if he wants to end up on XYZ team, like the wizards and try to control the office. I'm not mad at him for that. I mean, in the process, he's forsaking millions of dollars.
Every spot that he falls. Listen, if you're willing to take that risk, then God bless you. You must have the Supreme most confidence in yourself that you can fall in the draft and still get your cash. His teammate on other hand, Dylan Harper, there's so many conversations about him ending up on the San Antonio Spurs. He was asked about that as well.
Listen to Dylan Harper. The NBA, you never truly know until it happens. So I mean, and I sat in stone until tomorrow at eight o'clock, but there's been high hopes and I love that organization.
I love every other organization still. Man, son of Ron. It's crazy.
It's nuts. I mean, everybody, you got Jace Richardson, who's in this draft, too. I'm like, man, I remember watching his father fly through the air and in Golden State, like, what are we doing? Everybody, LeBron James is playing with his son. I mean, sheesh. All these father, son, duos and dads that played in the league and now their kids in the league. Oh, my God.
And I remember it's because it's terrible for me. Meanwhile, Paul George, thinking about both of these guys from Rutgers, specifically Ace Bailey, the man who doesn't want to show up to work, doesn't want to show up to a job interview, the man who said no thank you to the 76ers after saying yes. Paul George was on his podcast because that's what he does now. It's not play basketball at a high level. Paul George is NBA podcaster number one. Draymond might disagree, but listen to Paul George disagree with what Ace Bailey is doing. If I'm Ace Bailey, I can't get mad if my stock drops. He's canceled all workouts like he hasn't worked out for any team.
Not one team. No, that's crazy. He hasn't worked out for you. He's tripping. You're not in a position to be making those demands.
Make it to the league first. Do you think that's him or the people around him? It's for sure the people around him. I don't think they're going about it the right way. That, again, is just seems bold. That's a kid that's been paid in college, bro. I got money. I will tell you where I want to go. I got money now.
This is a business. If I'm going to put my money behind you, I need to know that you're going to represent us. Well, it's almost the me before the team before he's on a team. He's not wrong for wanting to be a number one option.
I'm with him all the way. The way of going about it is just not right. Is it really a demand?
He is exercising his right. He's not asking anything from anybody. I'm not going to call that a demand. It's not like he showed up and said, hey, by the way, San Antonio Spurs, you better pick me. This is not one of those guys who says, oh, everybody who doesn't pick me in the draft is going to regret it.
I haven't heard him say that yet. Even that is not a demand. It's a stupid warning. We've heard many players in all sports get drafted and go, oh, they're going to regret not selecting me.
And they end up being a bum. It's not a demand. He's exercising his right. Just like I'm exercising my right to say what's on my mind, just like you are exercising your rights right now.
You're listening to the Infinity Sports Network. Hey, we all got choices and so does Ace Bailey. I'm not mad at him for saying no.
He understands the repercussions or at least the people around him, advising him, understand the repercussions. Some people that are willing to go and gamble more than others. I mean, I'm not a big gambler.
I got no problem with gambling. I just don't do it. I'm not interested. I'm not Shohei Otani's interpreter who's going to be spending the next several years in prison. That's not me. Every now and then.
Yeah, sure. But I'm not a big gambler. Some people like to gamble all day, every day. Some people make money on gambling.
A lot of people lose money on gambling. It's your right. Ace Bailey is exercising his right to gamble with the beginning of his NBA career. And if this is the decision that he wants to make, then damn it, he will live with it. I'm not going to knock him for it. Hey, NBA teams, they're the ones who make the decisions.
And if they don't want him and they don't like what just took place throughout the draft process, then they will exercise their right not to draft him. As simple as that. NBA draft is tonight. Brooklyn, New York. Night two is tomorrow because why not just have one night?
Why not just have two? And so as we continue on with the show, of course, when the draft gets underway and about two hours or so from now, we'll keep you up to date on who goes where and where the hell they end up. We will definitely do so. In two hours, I'm going to give you a new top six list.
That's what I do in the middle of the show every single Wednesday. And today we're going to give you a top six list of the biggest draft busts that the NBA has ever seen. Speaking of busts, DeJuana Bronner, she wanted a bust out of out of Indiana with the fever. She just got there. What's she mad about?
The bench? Kaitlyn Clark? And she want to play with a girl? I don't know. A partner?
A wife? I don't know. I don't know what their relationship. I know they like each other. Tomeras Ali is going to join us from Clutch Points to talk about the draft. You'll be here in about an hour from now. Robert Kraft has never been more miserable in his life.
Maybe he needs to visit the massage parlor or don't don't listen to me. And also a Draymond Green talks about championships and whether or not he would have had more with or without Kevin Durant. We have so much more to do when we come back. You know, forget a couple of draftees. Let's talk about some veterans in the NBA that just got their hands on some new deals.
It pays to be a vet in the league. If you want to call me, you can. You want to get drafted onto the airwaves?
You can. 888-710-4ISN. That's 888-710-4ISN. You're listening to the J.R. Sportbrief show on the Infinity Sports Network. You're listening to the J.R. Sportbrief. It is the J.R. Sportbrief show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. We just talked about some of the prospects that will be selected in tonight's NBA draft. The Cooper Flags, the Dylan Harpers, the Ace Billies.
You got Vijay Edgecombe. We don't know where these guys are going to go. We have no idea.
That's why a lot of hell. I'll be watching here in the studio. I won't be able to hear anything unless it's a commercial break. But I'm going to be watching here in the studio. So once the draft gets underway, no, I will not be sitting here delivering play by play on the draft.
But I'll tell you who got drafted and where. And let's be real, a lot of these guys never heard of them in my life. Some of these dudes could walk by me right now. I wouldn't know who the hell they are. Hey, there's a giant guy walking down the block.
There's another giant walking down. Who knows? Give it a year. Let's get through summer league. And this is the purpose.
This is the point. You know, introduce the world to these players now, whether they played in college or played in Europe. Let them get their feet wet. Let them play in summer league in a couple of weeks.
It'll be fun. Raise the excitement level. By the time we pull up to October, NBA always doing some interesting things. That's the rookies. Hey, let's talk about two guys that we actually know. Well, without a shadow of a doubt, you know, this guy, whether he is waxing poetic about the vaccine, whether he's telling you about Israelites. It's he's dribbling crazy, crazy dribbling. It's Kyrie Irving. And God, more recently, he's known for just basketball, seemingly since he left Brooklyn, New York and ended up in Dallas. Kyrie has left a lot of the shenanigans alone. I haven't heard too many of his personal opinions. Every now and then he hops on Twitch. And no, I have no interest in watching Kyrie Irving stream, but I see that he's there. And most recently, unfortunately for Kyrie Irving, this man just tore his ACL and March.
Doing too much, unfortunately for him and God bless him, he was doing too much, but he was thank God he was out there. He has a history of injuries. Imagine being on a team that just traded away Luka Doncic. They just brought in Anthony Davis, who can never stay healthy himself. Kyrie was just trying to keep them alive. He had an option on his contract for this season. Kyrie Irving declined that option and has come to an agreement with the Dallas Mavericks on a new three year one hundred nineteen million dollar contract.
If you would have told me. In Brooklyn, New York, that Kyrie Irving would have got this deal, I would have said how, what team is going to touch him? But he already has a preexisting relationship with Nico Harrison from when Kyrie Irving, you know, still had Nike's and I don't know what the hell he wears, his own brand, a Chinese brand, an Asian brand.
I have no idea his own shoes. And so he felt comfortable. Well, Nico Harrison did. And given Kyrie a new deal, despite the fact that he just tore his ACL, despite the fact that he just turned thirty three in March, despite the fact that throughout the course of his career, Kyrie Irving has been hurt dating back to college. OK, this man wasn't a model of health even when he played at Duke. He's been busted up. You can count on Kyrie Irving to go down a couple times a year.
He's not the biggest guy in the world. Shoms who just breaks the news now because was just like, I got better things to do, like run a college. Shoms was on ESPN and this is what he had to say about Kyrie extending his stay in Texas. I spoke to Kyrie Irving just a few moments ago and he told me his decision to return and stay in Dallas was largely based on commitment, not only from him, but the Mavericks as well, and wanting to build a real legacy in Dallas. And even more than that, his belief in this team's ability when he's healthy and whole again, potentially in January and February and beyond over the next three years to compete for a championship. OK, all right, whatever.
Man, you got to stay healthy first. What are you going to do, ride Cooper Flags coattails? Does Kyrie Irving have a magic potion for? Anthony Davis that we don't know about. Like the stars would have to align.
Pigs would have to fly. Rocks would have to talk. Before I believed. That this trio.
Of Cooper flag. Kyrie Irving. And Anthony Davis won a championship. OK, while the things have happened. I know the modern NBA. Everything is wide open. Everybody can win the past seven years.
We've had seven different champions. I know, I know, I know. I will believe it when I see it.
I find it more likely. That Anthony Davis is hurt that Kyrie Irving is hurt and that eventually I don't know. Nico Harrison says I'd I'm out and somebody else has to figure out what the hell to do with this team.
Or I don't know. Maybe even Jason Kidd at some point in time, maybe sooner than later, says I'd I'm out as well. I still don't believe in the Dallas Mavericks. Any team that's going to wake up and trade Luca Doncic's, I will still consider you to be a dumbass.
A broken clock is correct twice a day. Anyway, speaking of Texas, there's another point guard in Texas. He got himself a new deal. His team has been handing out contracts all week long. He made Udonka got a contract extension. Steven Adams got a contract extension. Kevin Durant was traded to the Houston Rockets and one guy who's going to be sticking around as well.
Well, listen to Shams break the news. Houston Rockets guard Fred Van Vliet intends to sign a new two year 50 million dollar contract to stay with the Rockets. He's going to have a player option in the second season in 20, 26, 27. And this essentially gives him five more million dollars than the team option that the Rockets has. So the Rockets are declining a forty four point nine million dollar team option for Fred Van Vliet to give this two year deal to him. And the Rockets negotiated this deal with with clutch sports CEO, Rich Paul, and they were able to land a deal that now gives the Rockets flexibility, gives him some comfort in having a two year deal with a player option. And next season, there is going to be some more salary cap room across the league for Fred Van Vliet. Yeah, I like it.
Good for him. I like the Rockets. They'll be fun. And this is this is almost this is every team nowadays. Just stay healthy.
That's it. Just stay healthy. Ain't no guarantees that Kevin Durant is going to be healthy at 37 years old. He's missed time the past bunch of years. Man, we got guys, we got Achilles out here just just popping like like it's nothing. Like like a sprained ankle that that's the new sprained ankle. People don't sprained ankles no more.
They out here popping Achilles. Like I like the Rockets. I'd love to see them healthy. Look at this postseason. Look at postseason's past. A lot of time, the championship and who moves on and who does it comes down to injuries in an ideal world. We would see all of our favorite players and all of our favorite stars and all of our favorite teams in full health.
That's just not reality. Hey, the Houston Rockets, they sound and look good now. They have championship potential. The Dallas Mavericks, oh, you might as well book their trip to the infirmary.
All right. It's the J.R. sport reshow here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. 888-710-4ISN is the number.
That's 888-710-4ISN. When we come back, we're going to talk about a team. I don't know what the hell they're doing. And now their owner is talking crazy. No, it's not the owner of the New York Knicks. He is crazy.
He just doesn't talk. I'm going to tell you about one of the executives with the Denver Nuggets who decided to wake up and put his foot in his mouth, say too much. We'll get into it on the other side of the break. And then, of course, at the top of the hour, I do want to talk to you about an NFL owner who has experienced some of the worst years of his life. No, it's not not Jerry Jones. It's somebody else. I'll tell you who it is. But right now, here on the Infinity Sports Network, it is time for a news flash.
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Get guaranteed low prices and excellent customer service from the professional parts people at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Hey, we've talked about the draft. We're waiting for it. We talked about some veterans who have gotten new contracts and new deals. Fred Van Vliet of the Houston Rockets got himself a new contract with the Houston Rockets. Two years, 50 million dollars. Kyrie Irving is going to stick around with the Dallas Mavericks for a few more years, at least three minimum.
He signed to a three year one hundred and nineteen million dollar contract despite coming off of a torn ACL. We know the Dallas Mavericks, if you ask me, they're a little bit of a train wreck. Albeit tonight, they kind of lucked out. They're going to be able to select Cooper Flag with the number one overall pick.
And good for them. Now, there is a team that was just eliminated in the postseason. There is a team that has a multiple time NBA MVP on the squad. There is a team that has one of the best big men to ever play the game of basketball.
That squad happens to be the Denver Nuggets. Yeah, with Nikola Jokic. You got Nikola Jokic on your team.
You hit the jackpot. I mean, dammit, they went to seven games against the Minnesota Timberwolves because of Jokic, OK? They got championships or a championship because of Jokic. They beat the Clippers, excuse me, because of Jokic. They went to seven games against the Thunder because of Jokic.
This man is a one man gang. And for whatever reason, their president decided to kind of float the idea. Josh Cranky, Cranky decided to float the idea of trading Jokic if the team sucks. He wasn't asked about this. Nobody's just going to wake up and go, hey, you're going to trade Nikola Jokic? Nobody's going to ask him that. But for whatever reason, maybe he's been smelling what's going on all over the NBA, looking at the Boston Celtics. And he's just like, oh, if we suck, we may have to move on from him. And this is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard unprompted in my life.
Listen to this. For us as an organization, going into that second apron is not necessarily something that we're scared of. I think that there are rules around it that we needed to be very careful of with our injury history. The wrong person gets injured and very quickly you're into a scenario where, uh, that I never want to have to contemplate. And that's trading number 15. You know, we're very conscious of that pushing forward and, you know, providing the resources that we can when the moment arrives.
But, uh, that second apron, is it a hard cap? I'm not a hundred percent sure that teams are obviously very aware of. Well, the wrong person that would get hurt would be Nicola Jokic.
Okay. I mean, throughout the course of his tenure, everybody else around him has been hurt. Jamal Murray has ripped up his knee. Michael Porter Jr. came into the NBA with a bad back.
Aaron Gordon, every now and then he's nicked up Russell Westbrook. He's an iron man. God bless him. He's now, you know, said, hey, I'm opting out of my contract. There's always been question marks around him. Why you would dare even put this into the atmosphere unprompted.
It's kind of stupid. I think he learned a lesson here because now we got guys like Brian Windhorst who was sitting around on ESPN and he's putting out fires for the guy. Listen, a lot of head slapping took place within that room and across the NBA. First off, they're not going to trade the people at Jokic.
What I think is most important is the effect here of the second apron, aka Satan's jail. He says, I'm not afraid of it. We're not scared of it.
I actually think that he is because he says, this is what could happen. And this is what we're seeing. These moves, these moves of these contenders, by the way, they're already affecting the nuggets. The reason that the nuggets have not been able to get back to the finals last two years, their team has not been as good because they have not been able to retain role players because they are afraid of the second apron, which is biting right now.
The teeth of the apron are out. We're seeing it across the league. And just the fear of it has Josh Kroenke, a very smart, reasoned executive saying things like this.
Yeah. You just don't say that in public, man. You sound silly.
Like, why are you, why are you making everybody's antennas go up? And I don't think they're going to move. Like, why would they move Jokic unless he said, I don't want to be here. Matter of fact, he's actually eligible for a new three year, 212 million dollar contract.
If I should only be so lucky. Okay. He's probably going to take the money. He's going to stick around in Denver. He's going to be a one man basketball team until they figure out how they can get guys back around him.
Well, guys that actually play or who can be healthy or have an impact or actually spell him every now and then more consistently than Jamal Murray. 888-710-4ISN. It's 888-710-4ISN. Simon is calling from Cleveland. You're on the JR Sportbreeze show, Simon. What's up? Hey JR, how are you doing today? I am amazing. How are you? Yeah, I have a question in the NBA.
I want to hear your response and I'll give you mine. Who do you think are the top five to seven players in the East right now after all the injuries? The top five to seven players who are active, right? Active like not hurt coming into next year.
Oh man. So Jalen Brunson. So I'm not writing this down.
So you keep track. Okay, you do that. You got you got Jalen Brunson. You have Giannis Atetokounmpo is probably number one in the East Brunson. What are the teams? Nobody on Toronto.
Paula Bunkaro may actually be on that list. Jalen Brown is hurt. So nobody on the Celtics. What are some other teams?
Help me out here. What about Mitchell? Mitchell who? Oh, Donovan Mitchell. Yeah, Cleveland.
He'd be there. I don't know. Maybe you want to Evan Mobley is not there yet, but maybe you get advanced to that this season. What did you know about Kat?
About who? Kat, Karl Anthony Towns. Karl Anthony, a top six or seven?
No, I don't think so, bro. Maybe, maybe talent wise, but I don't look at he's not consistent enough for me to go. Oh my God, he's one of the top. I mean, if I got to look at Giannis, whose motor doesn't go off, and I got to look at Karl Anthony Towns, who sometimes just completely drives his car and puts it in the lot.
I can't put them in the same category. I'd also think I'm being might be up there, but even if he's healthy, so you just you own management. He's not gonna be that good. You just asked me about people that are healthy coming into the season. You can't in no proper way bring up Joe Lindby like you can't even bring that guy up. Thank you so much.
You know, no problem. I thought you had six. Can you find six top guys in the East?
I would go Giannis Brunson Mitchell. I thought Brown was healthy. I didn't see this.
It's me. How you gonna ask me questions about guys? You don't even know who's hurt. I heard that Tatum was right in here by Brown. Brown had knee surgery. How long is he out for? Oh, you'll probably be back at the start of the season, but ain't no guarantee in it.
We have no idea. Ben Caro and then I don't know. There aren't many better players. Okay, he sees something better. Are you injured? Are you healthy? You feel good.
I'm doing fine. And that's all that matters with Simon. Well, thank you for calling from Cleveland.
Thank you. No doubt about it. Shout outs to Simon for calling from Cleveland. He's like JR who's who the top healthy players in the East in the NBA. And I'm gonna give you my la you didn't even know who was hurt.
I mean, he knew Tatum was out. I don't know. Carl Anthony townsville.
I don't know about that one. I've had my thoughts on Carl Anthony towns from before he even got to the New York Knicks. I mean, you can look at some of his his playoff performance. And his just on a on a day to day basis in the league.
It mirrors past performance. Like he's not somebody who's just gonna go out and get it every single night. He's gonna have nights where he's gonna grab 17. You know, excuse me, have 17 points grab 12 rebounds. He's gonna have nights where he's just knocking down three after three after three. But he's just not he's not consistent.
And so he is correct. Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Brunson, Giannis Atteracumpo, Kade Cunningham. Put Kade Cunningham on that list. Paula Boncaro and Trey Young doesn't win anything.
Sorry. Ah, nobody on the Raptors. Nobody on the Nets. The 76ers.
Maybe. Maybe Maxie on a stretch and beat if he's actually healthy. Nobody on the Hornets.
Sorry. That shot. Jack and ball, brother. And then the Wizards. That's where Ace Bailey wants to go so he can put up all his shots.
So no, there's nobody there. Washington Wizards also happened to be a retirement home right now for guys like C.J. McCollum. Good on him for that. 888-710-4ISN.
That's 888-710-4ISN. We're now about an hour away, a little more than an hour away from the start of the NBA draft. And of course, we're getting all the hype videos. We're getting Cooper Flag action shots on ESPN right now. He's running. He's jumping. He's showing where he's from out in Maine.
What a world. Got a package like this for probably every single one of these guys. Botcher, you excited for the draft? You ready to see how many guys the Nets trade and picks they combine and whatnot? I'm excited for the draft itself, but for the production of it and the way it's going to go, not really, because we already know Cooper Flag's probably one. You know, Dylan Harper's probably two, but they're going to probably take 20 minutes from eight o'clock to get those two picks in so we can extend it all the way out. OK, so you're not you're not excited looking for. I asked you about the Brooklyn Nets and you telling me about the time in between the picks. Well, yeah, because I got to wait. I don't know if there's seven picks in front of the Nets and I got to see the same package on Cooper Flag and Dylan Harper. Do you believe you're going to be here on the air working, by the way?
So it's not like you're going to be hell bent intent on the television screen. Oh, yeah, I believe the Brooklyn Nets are going to keep all five of those first round picks. I do not. I do think they will trade at least two or three of them. OK. And you would expect of a semi star to return as a solid veteran to come back?
Not even for player. I think they're just going to use the late firsts to trade up into the lottery again. The Hawks at 13 might be there and maybe I've been seeing some things about R.J. Barrett and number nine being available.
Maybe something goes there. What would you want the Brooklyn Nets to do? Personally, I want them to trade up from eight to about four or five and take Ace Bailey and then use the two later firsts to move back into the lottery. Oh, OK. Reasonable. OK. You're not against Ace Bailey sitting out from these workouts and what have you? No, he's probably also just if you look at raw talent and athleticism, he's probably top three, top four in the entire class.
So I'd rather take that than take a risk on underdeveloped center from from Duke. Oh, OK. Damn. Malak, you say his name?
Yeah, Malak, I think it is. But even still, he he good player in college. Just I don't know if it's going to translate immediately as a score in the NBA.
No, yeah, well, not as a not as a score. He'll be cleaning up some messes and every now and then maybe he'll knock down a short J. We're going to find out soon enough. The NBA draft is more than a little more than an hour away.
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