2025 NBA Draft Prospects Preview: Future Stars to Watch

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[00:00:29] We did promise that we would start getting you ready for the 2025 NBA Draft, so we're gonna be talking about prospects A little breakdown not crazy or whatever. It's just kind of a let's get familiar with some of these prospects some of the names

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[00:03:45] We're gonna I mean some of the names that you already know and we're gonna talk about them too so Cooper flag Dylan Harper Nolan Traore the kid from France VJ edge come somebody that we've already talked about in Ace Bailey

[00:04:03] Now I'm gonna we're gonna give you information on these guys. Don't don't trip. You're gonna be set there but what I want to do is talk about some of the guys a little bit further down the list and get you familiarized with some of these people because

[00:04:20] As we know Starting this particular draft cycle Just like we start with every draft cycle. It is a blank slate Now the consensus top 20 or top 30 or whatever it is

[00:04:39] You know, I haven't really taken like the closest look at every single person to say okay. This is truly my top 30 but what we're doing is just kind of clearing our palette from the 2024 draft and Introducing ourselves to the 2025 draft. So that's what we're kind of doing today

[00:05:00] And I hope that you guys will enjoy it our our staff has worked extremely hard gathering information for you, so Let's let's get into it a little bit The first guy that I really want to start off with is somebody that you will hear a lot about

[00:05:16] And that is the point guard from Spain Hugo Gonzalez now who go Gonzalez is a 6'6 kid I think he's about 185 at this point slow string being Now Gonzalez is a well-rounded player Developing his game in Europe

[00:05:36] He has he's been a decorated young player with MVP honors and multiple youth tournaments Now some of his strengths so far he's a complete player. He has a high compete level and an excellent shot maker

[00:05:51] This is from one NBA scout that I talked to him. He processes the game quickly defensively and offensively and that's from San Vicini so What we're looking at with this kid and let me give you a couple other Couple notes on him

[00:06:08] He needs to iron out the consistency of his jumper obviously when you're talking about an 18 year old 19 year old he averaged 14.7 points a game 4.5 rebounds a game and 3.3 assists a game in the Spanish Liga ACB league which is one of the better leagues in Europe now his

[00:06:34] His NBA comparison now I I don't want to do this I'm not going to do this actually I Want to look at the kid and then give you my first thoughts of him? is somebody that I'm trying to think Brent Barry if

[00:06:53] Kind of a Brent Barry type of guy so far or what I'm seeing of him Doesn't take a lot of crap Can't stay in front of people defensively when he wants to

[00:07:07] the the skills of being able to pass and being able to see the the defense and how it's trying to Load up for him or load up for whomever. He's trying to get the ball to he seems to be really really good at

[00:07:23] Manipulating the defense with his eyes, so I am looking forward to seeing what his development Looks like as we continue this process Now another guy that I want to get into Is ace of newel now ace of newel is a freshman going into

[00:07:43] Georgia he is a power forward listed. He's six foot nine Newel does all the little things at a high level particularly as a defender expected to be a wanted done at Georgia Outstanding shot blocker and rim protector says one NBA scout

[00:08:02] He moves well on the perimeter and guards in space. That's San Vincenzo Needs to develop offensive consistency Now he's averaged 12 points a game 7.5 rebounds 2.5 blocks and high school Now he's a jumping jack he He shuffles his feet very well he can mirror a offensive player on the perimeter

[00:08:31] For somebody his size he has tremendous coordination and He's able to kind of be on the front side of the hip of the offensive player If you know what I'm talking about so when we talk about

[00:08:49] Pick and roll offense which we see a lot of it in the NBA, right? the The principle that we're trying to get to with the with the defender is can you stay on the front hip of? The offensive player that's literally the goal now

[00:09:06] However, you do that by going over the screen going under the screen whatever the case may be That is your prerogative to do so but at the end of the day you are supposed to have You know hip have hand on hip and hand in sky to

[00:09:23] Either block the shot or contest a shot. That's what you're looking to do Asa Newell is one of these kids that can actually do that and Being 6'9 this is going to be a tremendous benefit to him now

[00:09:38] Obviously the big bugaboo with him is that there is a very very raw Very very raw offensive game so far. This is a lob guy This is a dunk guy in you know in open space This is not I spot up on the perimeter and shoot this is

[00:09:58] Not I take you off the dribble and do all these things So there's a project here now. I wonder if we get towards the end of the season and Newell You know puts his name in for the draft and then takes it out

[00:10:15] You know just trying to see if he can refine his skills or whatever because based just on athleticism has him at high in the In the consensus 2025 NBA draft Now once we start to put eyes and put tape to this and he's going to be in better competition

[00:10:39] This year we will see where Asa Newell falls Now the next guy that I want to get to because I want to kind of bounce around here Here's a guy that I really want to talk about It's a

[00:10:56] Dink Pate and I could be saying that name wrong. So Please please if you can help me out with some of these Help me out with some of these pronunciations as far as this concern

[00:11:09] But Dink Pate is a shooting guard who will be playing for the mexico city capitanis, which is a g-league affiliate He's 6'6 he's 180 He's a big long guard Serious ball skills and capable in screen situations will play in mexico city for the capitanis next season

[00:11:30] Which the great thing about that is that you are getting lower level nba basketball now sometimes with that it's kind of a A hell hellish situation and what I mean by that if you look at the g-league at night

[00:11:49] There was too many players to develop now when you're talking about one They're probably going to give him specific role, but we're going to get into some of his strengths Strengths and weaknesses in the second, but

[00:12:01] I think this is a better way of going if you are a young player and you don't want to go to college And you're saying maybe I don't want to go abroad. Maybe I don't want to go to europe

[00:12:14] Maybe I don't want to go to australia because I don't know if they're going to utilize my talents In the best way possible This might be another way of going going to mexico city And if you're one guy

[00:12:31] You know, it's not five like with the g-league at night You can go ahead and refine your skills learn nba situations You're playing against nba caliber of players people formerly in the leagues people trying to get back And things of that nature. I think this might be

[00:12:53] the development path for summer are Guys that are coming into the draft. I never did like The g-league ignite setup Now it's easy to say that once it's gone But I questioned it When it got here uh one of the guys that was

[00:13:14] Going to the g-league ignite was uh, daishan nix daishan nix was a uh Was going to go to ucla decided not to Join the g-league ignite And where are we now? so I haven't liked the developmental path of all the g-league ignite players

[00:13:38] Look at how long it's taking jonathan kaminga to kind of Get into form And really he's the most successful Out of all of them so far So With dink pate let's get back into it. So he's six six Tremendous ball skills can use a screen

[00:13:59] Uh, excellent size combo guard with handles and passing instincts one executive said Uh serious ball skills capability in screen situation sam vicini He needs to improve on shooting consistency This is from our no ceilings Analyst guys so shouts out to no ceilings. We love them

[00:14:20] We love the work that they do uh, we're trying to emulate we're trying to um Not steal what I would say kind of uh Commandeer a couple of the little nuances of the no ceilings guys But they do excellent work and we are grateful

[00:14:40] For the work that they do Now some of his stats so far 12.9 points a game 4.2 Rebound again 3.6 His kid he has a chance to be someone um I'm trying to think

[00:15:01] I don't really have a comparison for him yet, but he has a smoothness to his game. He has a control to his game There's a poise to him That I love because the one thing that we we love to see Is when the storm is just going

[00:15:22] And you see a guy who's like You're not gonna speed me up You're not gonna slow me down I know exactly what I want to do and you can't stop me from doing it or if you can I have a counter to your

[00:15:39] impediment of what i'm trying to do And dink patay has that capability so i'm looking forward to seeing a lot more of him uh this year and getting tape and really Getting my hands on them and trying to see what he's all about

[00:15:57] We are oh, okay. Here's a guy that I definitely want to talk about hunter salas from wake forest now He's all over the draft boards now. He could have came out last year

[00:16:09] Uh, they said to him that they wanted him to be a little more consistent on ball and He is at wake forest and I kind of really want to talk about him because I like this kid a lot I think he's going to be one of those

[00:16:24] older guys that When we get towards the end of the year, we're going to be very excited about we're going to look at him and go I wonder Who are the smart teams are going to draft him? Well hunter salas is a hunter salas is six foot five

[00:16:45] He needs to add a little bit of weight and a little scrawny He had a breakout season last year in college and expected to do more Uh at wake forest. He's an excellent off-ball defender with size and one nva scout said

[00:17:00] His three point shooting has jumped way up He needs to improve his shooting because if he's going to be an off-ball guy, that means he's gonna have to shoot with movement Now his spot-up shooting is really is really nice. His pull-up game is He showed a lot

[00:17:19] More last year there were some logo threes There were some deep threes last year pull-up style now the last the last little deal is can you Just stand in the corner and shoot the three because here's the thing

[00:17:39] If you are not going to be the primary ball handler, guess what? That means you're not gonna have the ball in your hands So therefore he needs to work on that particular skill. He averaged 18 points a game last year for

[00:17:56] Four rebounds solid and two and a half assists I think hunter salus has a chance to be a guy that at least is a rotational guy uh top eight he could be a Microwave scorer off the bench or he can be part of your top five rotation

[00:18:16] Down the road. I think he has the smarts. I think he has the savvy and I think the defense is something That is underrated And what I mean by that i'm not saying like he's gonna be this locked down

[00:18:30] Stopper guy now i'm not saying that he couldn't be that guy, but I don't believe him to be that guy But what I do believe is that there's some headiness There's some grit to his game and He had a knee injury when he was at nebraska

[00:18:49] and I think that changed him a little bit and Some of the comments in regards to how Not important basketball but losing it and how He gained a greater appreciation for the work

[00:19:07] A great greater appreciation for the grind and the little nuances of the game because that's all he had So We will see what hunter salus does this upcoming season Another guy that is somebody that people have heard of because everybody loves yukon Is alex carabin?

[00:19:30] Alex carabin is a six foot eight forward 219 pounds with a seven foot wingspan Carabin has been a consummate professional who helps His teams win return to yukon for further further development He is a excellent off-ball defender with size one nbs scout told me sharp anticipation cuts off angles

[00:19:55] That's from san vicini his weaknesses are Needs to show growth with the ball in his hands and that's one media scout Who gave me that little tidbit of information now? Here's the other thing he averaged 10 points a game

[00:20:12] By rebound and to assist last year in college, but here's the thing the numbers don't mean a lot when it comes to carabin two reasons why uh stuff on castle, um Jordan harkens a couple years ago Uh donovan clinging the last couple years

[00:20:34] It wasn't carabin has always been a developmental guy, but there's been all little sorts of Really additive little nooks and crannies to his games and he's been able to kind of mold Into whatever yukon has needed of him In the prior years this year

[00:20:57] There is some more standout talent coming to yukon but He's going to get a bigger role this year because of the fact that he's an upperclassman And so they want to see him he went into the draft combine

[00:21:12] Of you know, the scouts told him what he needed to work on And now we're gonna see if he can do the on ball thing He might turn out to be just a 3nd guy

[00:21:26] But he's going to get the opportunity dan hurley is going to give him that opportunity And because of the fact that he is so reliable with the basketball he makes great reads uh

[00:21:38] He he since he plays defense at such a high level. He's never not going to be on the court You know Unless he's tired so It's one of those things that we get to see a guy who got some

[00:21:55] Um feedback from the nba people and let's see what he does with it now a real um Proponent of this situation two guys Uh taren shannon jr Who went to minnesota? And also Our guy heimei hakesh jr Also did this So a couple years ago heimei hakesh jr

[00:22:26] Went into the draft They say hey work on these couple things and we saw him as just right outside the lottery And he had an excellent rookie year last year now taren shannon jr follows in the same footsteps as heimei hakesh jr

[00:22:44] And we'll see what he does this year and then also Alex carrigan has gotten his marching orders and we'll see what happens but yukon is going to be must watch again because Dan hurley has it rolling over there. So i'm really excited to see

[00:23:02] How this is going to play out? Now the next guy that I want to talk about and I hope I do not butcher this name This is the one thing is as we get to know these guys we'll get better clarification On how pronunciation works

[00:23:19] But for this point mckenzie Mcbaco of indiana the small forward six seven, we don't have wingspan information on him right now, but He's a potential one and done At his entering first season at indiana what made significant strides in the second half of his season post-hight

[00:23:45] Post-hight sophomore five star Prospect He's comfortable getting into his three-point shot And he's comfortable shooting at volume What is what is more better? about the nba than that man you tell A gm like this dude has no problem getting it up Pause I know getting up shots

[00:24:14] Getting up shots everybody get their mind out together but He needs to improve on his ball handling He needs to improve on his defensive consistency Well, you know defense Doesn't get your pay

[00:24:35] Not until you get to the nba but you know, uh, we'll see how it all works out for him But he's a big strong physical kid. He has the he has a body to be able to play defense. He has the The

[00:24:48] Movement skills to be able to play defense athleticism will play defense So I think it's something that mike woodson will get from him Um, maybe that's the reason why you need it the second year is because mike woodson said oh you don't play defense

[00:25:03] So we don't need you Uh 14.7 points 4.2 rebounds 33 percent from three in college That's gonna have to get better That will have to get better so he's a guy that a lot of people are intrigued by because he One scout told me That they saw

[00:25:33] some kawaii lennard in him now When he said it he says listen Don't freak out I said I won't And he said There are essence there. There's little nuances that remind me of kawaii When I look at him

[00:25:53] Just saying so we're not putting the kawaii moniker on him. We're just saying that there are little traits that if All of it hits We'll see what happens Uh a guy that I want to get into That makes

[00:26:13] A lot of sense for a lot of people and this is that Prototypical guy that we always talk about is kj evans of oregon kj evans is six foot eight as well uh Evans is one of the Is it is

[00:26:32] Is one of college basketball's best defensive playmakers expected to make a significant impact at oregon He's a serious defender um super athletic Moves his feet well knows how to mirror offensive player um, he has Series upside with block and still number potential

[00:26:55] He's an effective finisher around the rim This is Ron holland 2.0 He needs to improve his three point shooting obviously um 26.7 percent Three point shooting so he's gonna have to get better but the traits the athleticism the The

[00:27:24] His uh his jumping ability his wingspan all of these things because he has a seven foot wingspan for somebody six eight So if he can put this all together You know and now again

[00:27:37] The reason why I bring up kj evans is because what did I say about ron holland? I said i'm out. I'm out on just a super uber athletic guy Now we're gonna see a lot of sports center moments from kj evans

[00:27:51] And I do hope he does put it all together, but he's gonna have to shoot it better He's gonna have to put it on the deck better. He has he Doesn't create his own shot

[00:28:02] So if you're going to be a 3nd guy you got to shoot the three better you got to stand in that corner And shoot a thousand threes or two thousand threes a day to get this better because the defense part of kj evans Is 100% Translatable to the nba

[00:28:23] No question about it We move on To I want to get To some are Better guys now Let's talk about let's talk about our guy, right? Let's talk about cooper flag Let's get to it Cooper flag has gone into the olympic basketball scene uh he was

[00:28:50] uh in those Workouts with the lebrons of the world and what have you Um showed himself very well the the scouts are Man, I talked to like five people And everybody was like this dude is great. This dude is All of what they say he is um

[00:29:15] But will Will we have a nitpick? As we go forward because we always do we always find reasons right So right now cooper flag is the consensus number one Overall pick he's going to duke. He's had an excellent summer so far He has showed himself well

[00:29:37] In the olympic tryouts. He showed himself well in um Any sort of summer situation he's been in and here's the deal six foot nine two hundred and five pounds Flag is to be one of the best two-way players at the high school level

[00:29:58] In a long time largely due to his processing ability Okay At duke he will give you the focal point on both ends of the floor Here's some of the strengths of cooper flag flag is a dominant defender defensive player with a massive impact on the game

[00:30:17] Even without scoring this is what one nba scout said so this is somebody who was in the building during the olympic situation Uh, he's a complete offensive player who can dribble pass and shoot Key john hollinger Flag is a ultimate winner and competitor

[00:30:38] And exact and is the exact kind of player. I want to join my organization And that's from san vicini so What are the weaknesses right? Outside shot needs work obviously But shows promise 18.5 points a game 9.2 rebounds and 3.5 blocks a game in high school

[00:31:04] I'm going to stay away from the comparisons what I what I know about the kid right now is this uh Not just hard worker Okay, there's a difference when you okay you can work hard right you you grind and Here's the thing that I love

[00:31:23] He was able to pick up like tips and tricks Like right away at olympic Uh basketball The workouts and what have you? There were a couple moments where he was pulled aside by either a player or a coach In that setting They showed him

[00:31:46] Like for 45 seconds what to do. I had a scout telling me this they showed him Hey when the guy is coming across your face this way What you want to do is you know, you want to kind of you know low but you know kind of

[00:31:59] Give him a little elbow on the way through also. You want to you want to you know face guard this guy this way and from what the scout told me is that he was able to Take that information in Be able to apply it right away so

[00:32:19] Not just coachable Quickly coachable. That's ridiculous I am um I'm big on this guy You know, we got some white dudes in the league now, man. Let's let's go Let's go, right? Brother's still gonna want to dunk on him. So it's gonna be great

[00:32:43] I know there are dudes lining up to dunk on reese shepard. They're like man. I can't wait to line that dude up But uh, cooper flag is going to be must see at duke. I can't wait

[00:32:55] I can't wait to see him and the red talent that duke has there So we get to see our consensus number one overall pick Get busy this year and we can't wait to see it now on his heels On his heels I want to talk about this kid

[00:33:18] nolan treori He's from france. He is Six foot four a hundred eighty four pounds with a six foot eight wingspan now We have no idea if these numbers are 100 correct Okay france europe We think we think they have a better

[00:33:42] Uh grasp of height weight wingspan than we do here in the states, but We'll see Uh, let me give you a little background information on him treori is a big guard out of france who will play for saint quentin in the french professional league next season

[00:34:00] He's impressed during the nike hoop summit and will cement his status in the 2025 NBA draft He's an elite point guard who excels at passing pushing the pace and shooting threes This is one executive nba executive. He's confident and poised

[00:34:21] In ball screens and difficult to stay in front of san vicini A couple of weaknesses needs to develop consistent on consistency on defense and this is from our no ceilings Uh analyst. Thank you tyler appreciate that a little Tidbit on the defensive end

[00:34:42] Basically what it is on the defensive end. I talked to tyler about this. Um It's a Concentration issue He's young too. So there's that He's also playing In a professional league. So, you know the lapses of Concentration look really stark

[00:35:05] In a professional league where if you're in high school if you were in college, you know, it's like all right. Well That athlete maybe not too terribly. I don't have to worry about that Well, you know in the euro leagues in the french league, you know

[00:35:21] You got like a 27 year old guy who's trying to feed his family So he if he sees you kind of check out for a second. He's going back door on you real quick so Young kid, I think that'll get better. He Listen to these numbers man

[00:35:42] 16.3 points a game 7.8 assists a game 2.13 2.1 steals a game In the french pro league is the a league. So this is their top league um Here's the one thing that I know think of like john morant with the basketball in the sense of

[00:36:13] i'm not saying he's that type of athlete what i'm saying is that The way he has his handles the ball and the way he's able to handle the ball speeding down the court his body control To get into the lane And be able to get up

[00:36:33] really tough layups The highlight listen go to youtube put my guy in no intro treori and i'm gonna tell you You are going to come back to me and say thank you And I will say you are welcome Because he's a treat to watch because he's savvy

[00:36:54] He seems to have a a NBA mind That is like 26 27 years old at 18 So I love the kid. I can't wait. I can't wait to get more tape on him and uh any information that I get Off of this kid. I'm just kind of eating it up

[00:37:19] Another name that we kind of need to talk about is vj edgecombe You've heard me mention the name as we were leading up to our prospect Or nva draft kind of preview vj edgecombe is from the bahamas. He's six foot four six foot six wingspan

[00:37:39] 188 pounds edgecombe is a supremely athletic combo guard He has flashes of high level point guard play And he's expected to really just dominate at baylor next year uh Strength elite shooting guard talent with physical tools intangibles. This is what one nba scout told me one of the most

[00:38:04] functional explosive teenage basketball players I have seen san vicini Weaknesses needs to develop more consistent outside shot who doesn't who doesn't know need to Develop a more consistent outside shot Uh averages he averaged almost 20 points a game high school

[00:38:26] 6.8 rebounds in high school and 3.2 assists a game in high school this is a smaller version Of all men thompson with a better shot He's that type of athlete I'm trying to Okay All right Think of dennis smith jr. With a more consistent jump shot

[00:39:02] Right dennis smith jr. Athlete More consistent j and that's vj edgecombe so We are the top of the drought is stacked It is stacked. We haven't even got to ace bailey and I want to save him um And do some real Real research on him soon

[00:39:27] but what i'm trying to say is that this draft is super stacked and We're we're we're blessed that we went through the 2024 draft We knew it was going to be tough and we kept on telling you hey the 2025 draft is going to be the draft and

[00:39:45] We haven't got to ian jackson We haven't talked about jaleel bethea from miami. We haven't talked about leo mcneely yet from ucon um I told you we didn't even get to ace bailey yet. There's a a plethora of guys that

[00:40:03] We have not even discussed yet that i'm really excited about talking about but You can see that there's a lot of strength in this draft There's a lot of different type of players in this draft as well

[00:40:14] You're gonna have some bigs you're gonna have some more defensively minded players. You're gonna have some supremely talented offensive players Who can create their own shot which that is what? This draft that just passed lacked They didn't have enough offensive creators on their own and I think

[00:40:39] When you we talked about it In I want to say the last month when we were talking about the draft Going into the draft and after and talking about some of the the guys who got drafted. Can you dribble pass or shoot?

[00:40:55] That's what the nba scout wants to know now Can you dribble pass and shoot? Is it? translatable to the nba level We can teach you all the other stuff bro Can you dribble pass and shoot? And there's a difference between When when you say that

[00:41:23] There's a certain level of dribble pass and shoot that we're talking about too You can't be like, oh I can't do these things and you do it like as just above average no you have to be Pretty damn good at two

[00:41:39] Two or three of these things to be Accredited to be towards the top of the draft this year Like you're gonna need three Translatable skills to be at the top of the draft this year Keeping keep in mind Who is everybody tanking for? Capture the flag that dude

[00:42:01] People are trying to figure out where the holes in his game let alone saying oh weaknesses weaknesses off the bat weaknesses weaknesses So if you are in this draft You can't come with like oh, I got one translatable skill to the nba. No Not in this draft

[00:42:23] In this draft you got to be a swiss army knife multiple translatable skills A couple other things that we want to get to before we get up out of here um, I I want to Quote the person I want to quote

[00:42:43] It was bobby marks. He was talking to a eastern conference executive And they were taught here. Here it is The money available to resign your own players is so great, but the apron rules are so prohibitive from one eastern conference executive Um

[00:43:04] There has to be a balance on how a team can remain competitive but also reward a player financially one of the things that we talked about as we Were was going going through last year

[00:43:22] And as we got into the offseason and we said it time and time again The apron rules are there to make sure We do not have dynasties They are trying to be the nfl at this point Those rules are so punitive and so restrictive that If you somehow

[00:43:50] like okc Really has done it right and we don't even know if it if it actually works yet We don't know we have a good clue, but we don't know But here's the other thing The way the league is set up now slowly

[00:44:10] Slowly, but surely attrition happens. Oh, you can't afford that guy. That guy's gone Oh, you can't afford to hold on to Isiah joe because somebody's gonna pay him like 19 million dollars to come off the bench. You can't afford that. Oh, he's gone right

[00:44:30] And what the executives are saying there has to be something where we should be able to retain our players I always have believed that You should get some sort of like after the third contract like when you get into the third contract There should be some sort of

[00:44:52] Cap relief For a player that you have drafted developed kept You know resign multiple times and now he's been a part of your team for seven eight years I think there should be some sort of little bonus to the teams that are able to

[00:45:20] Homegrown their talent and then are trying to you know retain it I think it's something that they can open up the cva and look at I think it's something that if can What you heard all offseason people are scared of this thing it's the boogie man

[00:45:42] And now it's coming to roots because again brooklyn has players they need to trade I think one of the reasons the marketing thing hasn't moved yet is because You know danny wants to know where he's gonna what he's going to be looking at

[00:45:59] At the cap situation come three years from now There's a lot of players out there trey young didn't move this year so there are a lot of guys out here who didn't move Because No one wants to be In that second apron no one Everybody's afraid of it

[00:46:25] so That is where we are with that I hope that your friday goes well And with that being said A couple other things before we get up out of here. I hope you enjoyed our preview of some of these

[00:46:44] MV prospects we are excited to bring it to you and i'll tell you why Um this podcast has been Wanting to be consistent And we are now here because we are now able to deliver to you on our promises Very consistently now

[00:47:09] And I want to thank my producers. I want to thank Bryson fudge and uh serea garad I want to thank both of them um for their work on this project and others and that leads us to the unveiling Of what the producers Are going to call their little

[00:47:40] blog so The producers have decided that is going to be producers corner threes So they're going to take three things that we talked about in pre-production And they're going to put it up on the website. So It's going to be corner threes with the producers

[00:48:03] I hope you guys enjoy it They're psyched about doing it and they said as a birthday present to me That they would unveil it on august 25th, and I thought that was cool. So Thank you to my producers for uh putting an extensive work on this

[00:48:23] a lot of the scout information Was them Uh some obviously some of it was me but they get a lot of credit for this And we're glad that we can bring it to you. So with that being said two things we got to give you

[00:48:39] If you exhausted your friend group, who do you talk to right? because Remember we're in august now We've had three months of record Downloads we want to make it the fourth and we love to do it by august 25th

[00:48:58] That's the birthday. So keep that date locked. All right The other thing is this Who who can we ask outside of our friend group, right? Who can we who can we ask? well We put a lot of thought into this and

[00:49:17] I think we've talked about you know talking to some of the fans on twitter who Keep you locked down with information on your specific team and things of that nature 100 percent But sometimes we just want to get down and personal right? Sometimes we just want to interact

[00:49:37] Sometimes we just want to Let our hair down You know where we can do that at We can do that at a bar Right When you're out and about Now obviously olympic games are on Shout out to lebron and ad doing their thing

[00:49:57] Shout out to jalen brown for keeping the pressure on olympic us Men's basketball and grant hill and they're back and forth and we'll get into that next week. Trust me um

[00:50:12] But yeah talk to some of your bar patrons and say hey man front runner podcast collective monday wednesday and friday mba draft prospects news notes rumors False trades reckless trade speculation. They do it all right Exactly, so that's what we want to leave you with and again

[00:50:37] We thank you for three months in a row Personal best on the downloads. We can't do it without you. Thank you for growing our podcast We are very appreciative. The best part of you is you Make sure that you surround yourself

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