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It gets started in about an hour from now. In an hour from now, I'm going to share with you a new top six list. We're going to take a look at some of the biggest NBA draft busts of all time. We have more to get into. In a few minutes, I'm going to talk to you about an NFL owner who has been sad over the past two years. Sad, sad, sad. We're going to hear from an NBA player who's just questioning his championships.
A few of them. It's Draymond Green. In 20 minutes from now, we're going to have a chat with Tomer Azarly from Clutch Points to talk about what we can expect in tonight's NBA draft. There's so much to get into.
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What a busy day. As I sit here on ESPN in the studio, I'm watching ESPN. They're showing the draft prospects and everybody's so happy. And in a few years, a couple of these guys will be complete jerks. Guys who want to be traded. Cooper Flag, thank you so much for wearing a traditional suit.
Okay, alright. Trae Johnson from Texas. A traditional.
I like this. Yeah, VJ Edgecombe. A nice suit.
Nobody has showed up in a pink floral button down. Ace Bailey has, you know, I don't know what these things are. Ron Stones. His suit is bedazzled still. Okay, Dylan Harper. Yeah, black and red.
Nice. Every year, somebody tries to buck a trend. Like Trae Young who showed up in that, uh, shorts.
He had on a suit with shorts. I mean, look, to each his own, you want to do your thing, then God bless you. Me, I'm more just, throw it back. Give me traditional. Hey, Batcher, do you like the wild suits or you more just keep it straight, keep it neat?
No, I don't. Depends what type of crazy suit you're going out. Like, the suits that I'm seeing here, they don't seem outrageous. They just seem like modern era styles. Yes, they are.
They are. That's what I'm asking you. Are you, uh, Trae Young, wear some shorts with a suit? No, definitely not. I don't like the loafer, like the sockless loafers. I don't like, I don't like any of those. Even the rhinestones, that's pushing it. Okay. Yeah, I think, yeah, not something that I would wear, but I can get it. You want to show up to the NBA draft?
You want to throw some rhinestones on your suit, then God bless you. Uh, you know Liberace, right? No. Okay. Uh, you can, you can Google him. I mean, I can't, you Google, you Google Liberace and then you'll know what a wild suit is.
Okay. You're not a fan of Walt Clyde Frazier suits then, I presume. No, I do, I actually do like Walt Clyde Frazier's because it's not like, it's not like shorts.
It's just crazy designs. He's wearing a, he's wearing a cowl. He's wearing somebody's couch.
He's wearing grandma's couch to the Knicks game. Come on. Yeah, I don't mind that. That's a little, that's a little much, but I'm okay with it. Like there's certain, like the, the suede. I'm okay with that. Any colors I'm okay with? Yeah, well there's a texture and the suit is good. It depends on where you're at, what you're going and what the occasion is.
And I'm okay with NBA draft being that way. Just, just no shorts and no, no, no socks. Those are the two big red flags. It's a hundred degrees outside. Where's some socks? Why?
I mean that, that's, there's, there's a lot of parts, there are a lot of parts of the world where you can go ahead and, and have that look. It depends on the suit that you're wearing. Yeah, I just don't think it's a good look to say the least. Okay. All right. Style Maven, Ryan Botcher. Okay.
Just wear socks. That's it. Okay. I'll, I'll say it again.
Style Maven, Ryan Botcher. Thank you. All right.
Moving on. This man doesn't have to worry about style. He can do what he wants. Well, he did what he wanted. He got in trouble one time at the massage parlor. No, it's not Deshaun Watson. This man doesn't work for an NFL franchise. He actually owns an NFL franchise. This man owns one of the most successful NFL franchises, flattened period. His name is Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots. Yeah, the man who has six Super Bowl championships, the man who's owned the team for 31 years, the guy can thank Tom Brady and Bill Belichick for all of his success.
Yeah, that guy? The past two seasons. Well, let's just be real. Since Tom Brady, he has not been happy. Tom Brady said, I'm the hell up on out of here in 2021. And this team. Well, this team was bad. OK, since Tom Brady left the past two years, they've been bad. A four and 13 record in 2023 final season of Mr. Bill Belichick last season, bringing in Gerard Mayo.
They went four and 13 again. They do have some optimism in taking a look at what you have now in Drake May. That's a reason to be happy.
That's a reason to be thrilled. They just brought in Mike Vrabel. That's what a fired Gerard Mayo. Mike Vrabel, a seasoned head coach here.
Didn't take no crap out in Tennessee. I think he's going to be a great head coach, a great addition to the Patriots. He's probably going to coach the Pats for as long as he wants to.
And then when you think about bringing in Mike Vrabel, it doesn't just stop there. Stefan Diggs is now on the offense. They've improved the defense.
This is going to be. A better team. You got May moving into his second year. I just told you about Stefan Diggs coming on. You think about Milton Williams. They added him from the Philadelphia Eagles.
They're going to be better. And so maybe that's why Robert Kraft feels comfortable with finally saying the past two years have pained him. I want you to listen to this from over the weekend. Robert Kraft was sitting down with Adam Schefter at Fanatics Fest.
Well, the clip Adam Schefter posted it today. And all get ready. Be prepared to feel sorry for Robert Kraft because he has felt like the past two years have been the worst since he's even owned the Patriots.
Oh, how sad. Any Patriot fans that are out there, I can tell you I'm very excited about this upcoming season. The last two years were the worst years of my 31 years of ownership.
We had to change that. We have a new coach in Mike Vrabel, who is really connected with the players, who's doing great work. We have a young quarterback, a lot of great veterans, free agent veterans who came in, a great draft class. We're going to have fun this year.
I promise. And you said it was the worst two years of your 31 years of ownership. 31 years of ownership.
I'm very proud. You know, we never won a playoff. There was only one home playoff game in 34 years. I sat in the stands 1978. Earl Campbell ran for over 100 yards and we lost one home playoff game. We've only team 31 years. We've had 27 home playoff games and we're privileged to win 23.
I want that record to keep going. Man. I don't know, maybe it's because he's 84 years old. But, man, nobody, nobody cares. Nobody feels sorry for you. I mean, they're team owners and forget team owners. Who cares about you? You all got billions of dollars. You can sell the team and walk away with billions.
Nobody cares about you. But we got fan bases out here who have really suffered and been in pain. And he's talking about the past two years have been the worst two years of his ownership tenure. Well, dammit, you had the best stretch of any team in NFL history. Nobody sits around at the top for almost 20 years. OK, and yeah, the Patriots had a stretch where they did not win, but as an overall to have a 20 year window where you're competing for titles and have won titles is unheard of.
OK, yeah, sure. The NFL just celebrated 100 years for a fifth of it. The New England Patriots had their own window. What are we talking about here? Robert Kraft, I mean, you're not the Minnesota Vikings. I mean, if we want to talk about pain and what feels bad and what hurts. Let's talk about the Vikings.
You want to talk about pain and what hurts? I know that they're currently in an open window right now. I'm waiting to see them to bust through the damn window. The Buffalo Bills and talk to me about them. Man, the team that you've been beaten up on for the past forever. The New York Jets. Talk to me about those guys.
What title do they know besides 68, 69? Joe Namath is he was running around in pantyhose and now I don't know what he does now. I hope he's not in pantyhose today.
And if even if he is 20, 25, do your thing, OK? There's more people who know pain and ain't Robert Kraft, OK? And last time he had a pain, he went to the massage place.
So maybe they fixed it or they destroy the evidence, I think. Yeah, something like that. Anyway, speaking of championships. Robert Kraft isn't the only person evaluating the past several years of his life. Draymond Green, a much younger man, a four time NBA champ with the Golden State Warriors. Draymond Green is also thinking about his career and where it's been and where it was not. A matter of fact, Draymond was sitting down with Ryan Clark and the guys at the pivot. And Draymond had a response about LeBron James and ring culture and hey, your legacy defined by a ring and Draymond Green was very honest. We know one of the reasons that Kevin Durant left the Golden State Warriors is because of Draymond Green's big old mouth.
We don't need you to win. Well, apparently Draymond is singing a little bit different of a tune in 2025. It's worked against Kevin Durant in the opposite way. It's so hard to win a ring. Our teams made it look so easy that people say Kevin Durant just went over there and walked to a ring. Man, without Kevin Durant, I don't know if we was going to win another championship. We didn't walk. He didn't come and walk to a ring. We just got that good and made it look that easy. And so then you this dude got the two rings and they still use it against him.
That's the problem with ring culture. Now, Kevin Durant could have sat around on a team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and he could have been a loser, never picking up a championship. He goes to the Golden State Warriors, the team that eliminated him from the postseason, and he's a front runner. Now he has two championship and championship finals MVPs.
He has all of this stuff. And sometimes you can't win for losing. It's true.
It's accurate. I think the way Kevin Durant did it by going to the absolute annihilator of a team didn't help his cause. But I get Draymond's point. Not everybody is going to win a title. Not everybody is going to win a championship.
Not everybody is going to end up in an ideal position to succeed. And we talked about this last hour. Ace Bailey out of Rutgers, the man who told the Philadelphia 76ers after agreeing to sit down, have a workout, go to dinner, have breakfast, go to lunch, hang out for them, hang out with them. He changed his mind. He said no. You know, everybody has a choice. Kevin Durant had his choices and he made them. His most recent choice was to leave Phoenix and see how it works out in Houston. Yeah, all these champions and everybody got something to complain about. Robert Kraft. Oh, the past two years have been the worst of my tenure here.
Crimea River, whatever. It's the JR sport re-show on the Infinity Sports Network. We're going to take a break.
We come back on the other side. It's time to talk some more NBA draft. It's time to take a look at some of these prospects, some of these storylines, some of these superstar players. Are there more superstars? Is there another superstar who might get traded? Is it Jalen Brown?
I don't know. We're going to have a chat with Tomer Arzali on the other side of the break from Clutch Points to take a look at some of the biggest storylines heading into enduring the NBA draft. You don't want to miss it.
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It is the JR sport re-show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. We're about an hour away from the start of the 2025 NBA draft. There's not a lot of suspense right at the top. Pretty much expected that the Dallas Mavericks will select Cooper Flag with the number one overall pick. But what happens from there? We have no idea. You know, are we going to have additional trades in the draft? Are we going to have more superstars that are moving around? The draft is taking place over two days. Joining us right now is someone very familiar with the draft, the players that are in it.
Some of the storylines surrounding and outside of the incoming freshmen. Joining us right now from Clutch Points is Tomer Arzali. Tomer, how are you?
I am doing great. Fresh off of a final. I'm ready for the draft. Here we go.
Absolutely. Outside of Cooper Flag, what are you looking forward to the most tonight? I mean, I'm looking to see which teams make what trade. I think there's been a lot of suspense, like you mentioned, and anticipation for some moves. And I think a lot of it really just depends on who's available when a certain team is up for making a pick. I think everyone has an idea of who they want, but I think there's a lot of smoke and misdirection on who wants what player, what player might go where, who doesn't want to go to a certain location. So I'm looking forward to getting this draft started, first of all, and then seeing, after Cooper Flag, what do the Spurs do? Do they keep their pick?
And then so on and so on. Well, Tomer, we've seen a lot of trades take place this week. Obviously, we had Bain who moved and Kevin Durant who moved.
This is over the course of a week here. What do you think, or who do you think is the next player most likely to move? I mean, we hear about Jalen Brown. I don't think he's going anywhere.
What are your thoughts? Yeah, at this point, it's kind of tough. I mean, look, the Celtics, I think they're getting a ton of offers and a ton of calls from teams around the league regarding Jalen Brown and Derek White, but to my understanding, they're not looking to deal with them. Those are two guys that they value very highly. But at the same time, if there are teams willing to make some godfather offers, I think the Celtics would have to consider them.
I don't want to say it's going to be a lost season because of V.A. Stadium's Achilles tear, but look, you are facing some CBA ramifications if you go into the season as you stand. So, they made some moves.
They got ready. They moved off Drew Holliday, and Chris Asperzingis, I believe it cut them about $198 million in luxury tax. So, that's obviously a big move there, but I really don't know who's next. I don't know if we really know who's available.
I don't know if we knew Anthony Simons, for example, was available like that. I think Portland, many people thought, okay, maybe they'll trade off with Drew Holliday, but they sound like a team that wants to keep Drew Holliday and build more of a defensive identity around Holliday with Donovan Clingan, Tumani Kamara, Danny Avdia. So, I think everyone's looking forward to KD.
We saw that happen. I think whether Phoenix actually wants to reroute Jalen Green is something to watch. I think, you know, for now, I think they want to keep him and see what they have in him, but I'm not exactly sure what the Devin Booker, you know, Jalen Green fit looks like right now. You also have Bradley Beal, who, you know, clearly should be on the way out. It's just, you know, a matter of he has a large contract, a couple years left on that deal, and a no trade clause. So, he's the guy, maybe, that could be on the way out given the right situation.
So, again, there's a lot of different guys, a lot of different situations to look at. I guess to answer your question, Bradley Beal would probably be that guy given how Phoenix's season ended and kind of how they want to pivot away from what they had last year. But, again, there's just a lot of guys that I think we don't even know are available or on the block, and so that's something to watch for sure. So, Mayor Zarly is joining us, covers the NBA for Clutch Points.
There's been a lot said over the past several days, the past week, about Ace Bailey and not working out or canceling a workout with the Sixers and declining workouts with anybody else. When you take a look at his skill set and his talent, what team would be best suited for him to succeed? I think the guy with his kind of athleticism and ability, I think you probably need a team that has the ability to play him 32 to 34 minutes a night right away. You know, I'm looking at a team like maybe the Washington Wizards or the Brooklyn Nets or maybe even the Pelicans, somewhere in that range. I think one of those teams which can give Ace Bailey a runway to play through his mistakes, I think that's what a lot of these guys really need, especially someone like him. Just the ability to play through those six for 20 shooting nights and the five turnovers for a couple games and just learn through the mistakes.
So those three teams I think I would really watch. As far as him not working out, look, I think clearly he and his camp have something in mind and something they're going for here. I'm not sure I necessarily understand it, but clearly they have something they're trying to either angle for a certain team or maybe have a certain team not pick him. For example, I don't know if the Philadelphia 76ers are a great fit for him given that they have Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Paul George, and Jared McCain, who's expected to come back from his injury next year. Not really going to be a top four or five option on that team, maybe a fifth option.
So when you look at that team, probably not the best pitch for Ace Bailey. You look at a team like the Pelicans who might be making some moves or the Wizards who don't really have a number one guy here. They'll have Max Caspi next year. I think that might be a team that could insert Ace Bailey into that 33 minute a night role and be able to just let him play and learn through his mistakes and all that.
So I really think that's kind of what he and his camp are looking for right now. A team that can just let him play, not be limited by this or that or veterans or too much like that. Just be able to go out there, have a runway to play, make mistakes and learn from those. Well, Tomir, you talk about being able to fit somebody onto a team. We just saw the Oklahoma City Thunder win the championship on Sunday. And because of that trade they made with Paul George going out to the Clippers, they got two picks in the first round. They are a stacked team.
We all know eventually they're going to have to pay up when it comes down to their stars over the next couple of years. Who do you see potentially being a fit? What type of player would be a fit for this Oklahoma City Thunder team, given that they just won a title? I mean, look, I think the Thunder are always looking, you know, not just now and this year, but maybe two, three, four years down the line. Who's the guy that they can develop? You know, Nicola Topich obviously was a really good pick last year, but injured and then wasn't able to play right away. But has the ability to watch from the sidelines, study films, see how NBA players' routines are, what really goes into NBA life.
And so he might be entering next year as a rookie, but he's certainly not a rookie by the experience that he has. And so I think when you look at the Thunder, there's a couple guys, I don't know specifics, but there's a couple guys they could look at who, you know, once they have to start paying guys up. And, you know, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren's contracts, you might have to move up, maybe a guy like Alex Caruso or Isaiah Hartenstein, you know, maybe a big that can fill in Isaiah Hartenstein's role. Or a wing, you know, once maybe Kason Wallace is ready to become a starter, how do you kind of replace him on the bench?
And who's that bench guy? So I think they're looking for, you know, good team defenders, guys who are high character individuals and guys who can simply fit into a team culture. Like I think outside of Chet and J-Dub, that was the most complete team we've seen in a while, top to bottom. You know, high level defenders, high character guys, able to hit the open shot, three level scores at times. So like they just need guys who are complete team defenders and able to, you know, not be a negative, you know, at least put some effort out there defensively and they'll be OK. And we saw that with the Thunder this year. And I think that's what the Thunder are looking for in the draft, maybe a couple of years down the line, not even this year, but how can they develop those guys over time?
So Mayor Zali is here with us from Clutch Points. The Thunder, a great model of stability and growth and strength and great ownership. The New York Knicks on the opposite end of the spectrum. We've got a lot of, we know they don't have a draft pick. They could think some of the tampering issues with Mr. Brunson for that one. But we've heard rumors now that McHale Bridges, who they've acquired, they may move on from him.
Mitchell Robinson surprisingly stayed healthy in a postseason. They might move on from him. What moves could the New York Knicks make to kind of add to the depth that they lack this past season? Yeah, that's a tough one, because the Knicks, I think they entered this season once they made the McHale Bridges and Carleton downshot. I think they felt like they were right there.
And honestly, they still might be there. I think the one thing you can't do as a team nowadays is overreact to a single playoff outcome. The Indiana Patriots were clearly a team that just was cohesive top to bottom, 1 to 15. They knew what they were doing and they were going to play their style of basketball no matter what. And so I don't think anyone in the East was going to stop them this year. And they almost took down the Oklahoma City Finals.
You can make a case that Tyrese Halliburton was healthy the way he started that game. They're NBA champions right now. And so I don't think you overreact to a playoff loss like they did.
I think the Pacers did beat them, yes. But I think there's something to continue it in and having a core together and being able to build over time. This is the first year with Carl Anthony Townsend and McHale Bridges there.
I think people forget that. So you can't always expect that to happen overnight over one season. I think if they want to bring them back, I think that's a very fair decision to make. Given that you're looking at Damian Lillard, Jason Tatum and Tyrese Halliburton likely missing all of next season with Achilles tears. So I don't really know what the Knicks are missing. I do think they need to bolster their bench a little bit. Maybe add some more offensive firepower. But I also think they had a really good team that just so happened to run into an even more cohesive team.
And sometimes that happens. But the Knicks, you know, if they stand pad, they should be one of the favorites to win the East right there with the Cleveland Cavaliers this year. I don't think that's really bold to say either. And so Mayor Azali here with us from Clutch Points. Let's see who the New York Knicks add and bring in as their next head coach. We're going to have an interesting offseason. The NBA offseason never ceases to amaze anybody. You're talking about the Knicks.
They didn't even bring in Carl Anthony Townsend until, you know, the start of training camp. You know, what are some other stories that we should pay attention to between now and October? Between now and October, I mean.
So it's a long window. I mean, I think you do want to look at what a team like the Cleveland Cavaliers do. Obviously, they won.
I believe it was 64 games this year. Top of the East. Really, I think everyone was kind of disappointed with the way they lost to the Pacers.
So what did they do? How did they kind of want to bolster their roster or maybe retool a little bit around Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley? You know, I think we've heard murmurs about guys like Darius Garland being available and maybe even Garrett Allen. But again, that's another playoff series that you look at. I think Darius Garland missed two games.
Evan Mobley or Garrett Allen, one of those two missed the game as well. So like sometimes those injuries happen. And there's another one of those teams that I don't really know if you want to overreact. I will say I think they could use some more bench help, especially if Ty Jerome ends up leaving. So that's a team to really watch. I know Isaac Okoro is the guy who might have value out there to another team, maybe not the Cleveland Cavaliers. So they're a team to watch.
And then really the Boston Celtics, I think, are another one. Just again, they're getting a lot of calls for Jalen Brown and Derek White. I don't ultimately believe they end up moving them. I think they'll keep those two and kind of go into the season and see what they have.
But again, you never know. A team might feel like they're on the cusp of contention and feel like they're Derek White away or Jalen Brown away and end up making a big move to kind of see what they can get there. So those are two teams I would watch. I would also say the Sacramento Kings, I think they're also in kind of a weird spot here where they're kind of stuck in mediocrity. Just to be honest, they had to move up from De'Aaron Fox and they're saying they need a point guard.
They had two point guards in Fox and Halliburton and now they don't have either of them. So De'Montez Sabonis is now questioning his future. And you're wondering how does De'Mar DeRozan fit in there because he wanted to go there and try to win a championship. Malik Monk is probably a guy who has value for them and could net a good return back. So that team, I think, is also one to watch because they have a lot of guys you could really move on from and maybe acquire assets and look at A.J. De'Montez next year, potentially. So, yeah, I think those teams, I think everything can happen, but I would say mainly those teams are one to watch between now and October. Well, let's see if we get any surprises tonight over free agency. Maybe we get a surprise at the beginning of the training camp period.
The NBA has stepped into the NFL's world where it seems like every week there is something going on. So, Mayor, thank you so much for taking the time to join us. Please tell everybody where they can follow you and all of your work with Clutch Points. Oh, thank you for having me.
Appreciate it. Yeah, you can find my work on Twitter, X or Instagram. My handle is T-O-M-E-R-A-Z-A-R-L-Y. That's my name.
And then a lot of my written work you can find on clutchpoints.com under my author profile. But, no, thank you guys for having me once again. Appreciate it. Absolutely. Tomer, we will catch you on down the line. It's the JR Sportbreeze Show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network.
It's just a matter of time. Like, this NBA draft that we have tonight, man, it got to be better than what we got last year. I don't remember a damn thing from last year's draft.
Zachary Risache, that's what I remember. And after that it's just like, all right, whatever. Tonight we're going to wait to see what type of big moves take place. Do we have more trades? There's a lot to figure out.
And, of course, whatever the heck is going on with Ace Bailey. It's the JR Sportbreeze Show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. If you want to call me, you can. The phone lines are open. 888-710-4ISN.
That's 888-710-4ISN. At the top of the hour, of course, I'm going to share with you a new top six list. We're going to take a look at some of the biggest draft busts in NBA history. But when we come back on the other side of the break, I have to tap into the WNBA. Because Kaitlyn Clark's team, the Indiana Fever, they just got rid of a malcontent. Why was she not happy? What was the issue?
What was the problem? We'll talk about it on the other side of the break. It can't be Kaitlyn Clark, right?
Of course it can't be. But right now it's time for a News Flash with Rich Ackerman. You're listening to the JR Sportbreeze. It is the JR Sportbreeze Show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. Thank you so much to Tomer Arzali from Clutch Points for joining us in the last break to take a look at the NBA draft. Which is going to be underway.
And this is the wonders of television, the great lies of TV. ESPN has on their sticker that the draft will start in approximately 17 minutes, which puts us at the top of the hour. That's when the show starts. I guess that is when the draft begins. NBA draft isn't as long and as expansive as the NFL draft, even though this one is now stretching into two days.
Let me tell you something. The first round of this draft is going to be botched. What time do you think they're going to be done?
Uh, 1045. Oh yeah. First round, no thanks. No thanks. I can look at all the results later. I could do other things besides, well I mean I probably will end up watching anyway.
But no thanks. And to be honest, God bless all these young dudes that are getting ready to get drafted. Congratulations to everybody that's out there getting ready to have a job. They're getting ready to become, well they're already millionaires. They're getting ready to make more money. Hopefully they do something smart with it so they can make more money.
I'm happy for them. But when you get down to brass tacks, if you just take a look at a random NBA draft, the first round is full of a lot of just guys. Dudes that don't make it. Guys that ain't good.
Dudes that don't matter. Bot your name in NBA draft. Just give me a year. Just randomly. Give me one.
17. 2017 NBA draft. Let's take a look at this draft.
You think about the 30 guys who were selected in the first round. Here we go. Right here, right out the gate. Markelle Foltz, number one overall.
Nada. Number two, Lonzo Ball. God bless him. They had to give him somebody else's knees just so he could play basketball. Jason Tatum.
There you go. Number three, Josh Jackson. Not even in the NBA right now selected at number four overall. D'Aaron Fox.
Good. Jonathan Isaac. Doesn't really play.
Hasn't been healthy for years. Lori Markkonen. There you go. A hit at number seven. Here we go.
Now we're getting into some things. Frank Nielekina. He's not even in the NBA anymore. He's selected at eight. Dennis Smith Jr. at number nine. Not in the NBA any more. Zach Collins.
Where the hell he at? Malik Monk just jacking jacking shots up into obscurity right now. You got Luke Kennard. You got Donovan Mitchell. OK, that's a good one. Bam Adebayo. There we go.
Now we're talking. Justin Jackson at 15. He's not in the NBA. Justin Patton. Who the hell is that? D.J. Wilson at seven. Oh, see, now we're getting into these are like creative player names.
No disrespect. D.J. Wilson, T.J.
Leaf. We got John Collins. He's on the Jazz now. Harry Giles, Terrence Ferguson, Jared Allen selected at number 22.
Great. Oji Ananobi selected at 23 right after him. Tyler Lydon. OK. After that, a guy from Latvia. Never heard of him. A guy named Caleb. Kyle Kuzma. OK. Tony Bradley.
Here we go. Derek White selected by the Spurs. Of course, they selected him at number 29. And at number 30, you got Josh Hart. These this this was the first round selections. These were your first round selections in 2017, proving a point that there's this talent all over the draft. And it's such a mix, like everybody who gets drafted is not going to be the next big thing. They're not going to be a contributor. They're going to be guys who get drafted tonight and walk up on that stage. And tonight will be the biggest light night of their life.
And you will not see them again. God bless Markelle Fultz. Where is Markelle Fultz?
The Kings doing what? They barely gave him a shot or an opportunity. He's been missing in action for a couple of years. At this point, he got to be 30 years or 20, only 27. God bless him if he could find it somewhere. Anywhere. Good luck to the guys who get drafted tonight.
They got this camera stuck on Cooper flag. We know exactly where the hell he's going. Anyway, at the top of the hour, I'm going to give you a top six list. Of draft busts. We're going to take a look at some players that had some big expectations upon being drafted. And they did not live up to them. It stinks.
And speaking of not knowing where the hell you're going to go, besides Cooper flag, he knows where he's going to go. And WNBA. There's an interesting story going on right now. Tawana Bonner is the third all time leading scorer in WNBA history. She just signed a contract with the Indiana Fever. It's like, yeah, why the hell not pair her with Kaitlyn Clark? You need veterans around Kaitlyn Clark.
You need a good situation around Kaitlyn Clark. Why not bring in one of the more accomplished players that the league has ever seen? Tawana Bonner has won two WNBA championships.
He's been a multiple time All-Star. A good idea to bring her on to the Indiana Fever. Well, that was until she got benched. OK, she has been away from the team since June 12th due to personal reasons. She's missed five games and then asked to be released. She wants free. She wants to be gone. And the Indiana Fever actually said, I you don't want to be here. We will go ahead and let you go. She reportedly wants to go to play on the Phoenix Mercury, where her fiance, Alyssa Thomas, is on the team.
And what world is this? I guess the WNBA is different. I mean, we've had guys who can force a trade by being jerks, but here she is on a WNBA team. She doesn't want to be there anymore.
She asks to be released. And they said, OK. And apparently she's now on the waiver wire. I didn't know the WNBA. Batcher, did you know they had a waiver wire in WNBA? Is it new? Because I didn't know about it. Well, now she can go ahead and get picked up. I don't know what the hell is going on.
That's kind of odd. Let's listen to Stephanie White on Dewanabard. I haven't had a lot of conversations recently, you know, really been focused on the group that we have right here and and what we need to do to position ourselves to win. The typical coach's answer. I'm focused in on the players that are here, not on the players that are not.
And of course, there are. Their words about that she want to play with Kaitlin Clark, was she not happy with Kaitlin? Look, the writing is on the wall. I mean, if you are third all time in scoring in anything and now all of a sudden you've been told, hey, please do us a favor. Come off the bench.
We've heard this story before. Player X is not happy with their role. Player X says, I don't want to be here. They act like a jerk. The team doesn't want to deal with them.
And so they go ahead and they move on. This isn't necessarily a Rafael Devers situation. But damn, she started the first three games. Has come off the bench for the last six.
Seven points, four rebounds in nine games with the team. Now, that's a whole lot of a whole lot of nothing to join the squad and just decide that you you don't want to be there anymore. And good luck to her.
And I guess I will say more importantly, good luck to the Indiana Fever. They get to move forward with someone who actually wants to be there and be a part of the team. I guess you sign up for a role.
What a day. They promised her a starting spot. I mean, this is professional sports. What do you promise? Nothing. The closest thing you get to a promise is whatever the hell they are deciding to pay you. Whatever you negotiated, everything outside of that is pretty much a moot point. Go ahead and ask Rafael Devers.
And I'm guaranteed except for his three hundred and thirteen million dollars that he is now willing to play the field for now that he's in San Francisco. Yeah. What a world. The J.R. sport brie show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. We're going to take a break when we come back on the other side. The NBA draft.
Well, they should be teasing at that point. The fact that Cooper Flag will be selected a number one overall. But here it's going to be time for a new top six list. I don't think Cooper Flag will be on this one in the near future. We're going to take a look at some of the biggest names who've been drafted in the NBA.
That did not work out. Every Wednesday, I bring you a new top six list. And today we're going to take a look at the top six biggest draft busts in NBA history. I'm looking forward to this one. Oh, yeah. Who's number one? Who's the biggest bust in NBA history? I'm going to tell you who it is on the other side of the break. It's the J.R. sport brie show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network.
