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He read my post.

Also worth noting that Podz draft year was as a sophomore at Santa Clara and couldn’t get off the bench as a freshman for the same team that Kas was leading as a freshman and had hype as top-3 before injury.

Being able to sling live dribble passes with either hand, get to the paint, get to the line, and be a skilled step back shooter is not common. He might have the best skillset of anyone in this draft of being a legit offensive hub.

I think Kas is being slept on. I would trade Key for him without blinking. I think he could play at a high level in the NBA even though he will have warts. Poor man’s Harden but tries (without much success) on defense. If he falls late lottery go get him.

Naz Reid.

He was a PG on a National Championship team…

The Dennis Lindsay special. Lovely.

It's kind of a no-brainer.

We don't know what Boston is going to do. There is more noise than I thought there would be on aiming for a retool/tank dip from Boston people. And yes, they are just trying to get out of Holiday while saving face which Sexton is kind of perfect for.

Sounds like it's a perfect opportunity to jump into a betting pool if that's the favorite.

(this is the difference between "white boy" athleticism and real athleticism in a lot of instances. I say that because it feels like white players have the highest hit rate of being "surprisingly athletic" based on their max vert which you can train for, gut out, and also sandbag your standing...

This is probably more important than max vert or the other max athletic measurements. Functional athleticism is about how quickly a person can execute movement (either as initiator or in reaction) 95% of the time.

He is a guest host, usually around draft time which coincides with Locke living a life/being a family man.

On the one hand, I think the key that unlocks the possibility of getting to the rim more in the NBA vs NCAA is high-level athleticism. On the other hand, it appears Tre (purposely) flubbed his standing reach measurement which gave him an artificially high vertical measurement.

Mind-bottling.

To be clear, I wasn’t necessarily saying VJ didn’t have star potential. That’s what makes drafting him that early sensical, it’s just that his “floor” is being an athletic junkyard dog with a workable jumpshot.

I think he’d also (easily) be the most fun to cheer for.

Of the players we could send in the general Sixers framework proposed, I think I’m more partial to Lauri + 5 for PG + 3 + 2028 Clips 1st because if we’re getting Ace, we should also have one of his heroes there to guide him to better basketball habits.

All these pods are making me v trade horny :/

Just thinking out loud: VJ is probably the one guy in our range that would fit in on both OKC and Indiana. I think there’s something to the idea that we might be entering an era that is as much about minimizing weaknesses and depth as it is about star power. I am concerned that Tre is just a...