NBA Back to Business: Kuminga’s Contract Saga & 2025 NBA Draft Prospects Breakdown

[00:00:11] [SPEAKER_00]: It's Monday, you know what time it is. Front Runner Podcast Collective is back on the air and I am your humble host Vince.

[00:00:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for joining us today and we got a pretty good pot for you.

[00:00:25] [SPEAKER_00]: We're gonna be getting back to the business of basketball. The NBA should be opening up now. Trade rumors, people

[00:00:33] [SPEAKER_00]: starting to open up the notebooks because people are now coming back into town.

[00:00:37] [SPEAKER_00]: So we're gonna focus in on a couple things from there and then we're going to do our fifth installment on the NBA Draft Prospects for 2025.

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[00:01:15] [SPEAKER_00]: and we're just kind of basically introducing these guys giving you kind of broad-based

[00:01:22] [SPEAKER_00]: strengths, weaknesses, a couple quotes here and there and just introducing you to the 2025 class.

[00:01:30] [SPEAKER_00]: So we'll be doing a little bit more of that today and then we're going to talk about a

[00:01:36] [SPEAKER_00]: couple trade rumors that were kind of made up by the media and talk about some of the validity to those as well.

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[00:06:18] [SPEAKER_00]: the spot. The first thing that we're going to get into is we're back in the business of the NBA

[00:06:25] [SPEAKER_00]: now. I thought there was a window right before the Olympics that maybe things would kind of

[00:06:34] [SPEAKER_00]: shake loose once we figured out what was going on with Lori marketing. Now that the Olympics

[00:06:41] [SPEAKER_00]: are over and we didn't get any movement prior I think now the moves that were supposed to happen

[00:06:51] [SPEAKER_00]: will happen now. So I think we will have some sort of flurry of activity from like right now

[00:06:58] [SPEAKER_00]: until probably like my birthday which is August 25th. So kind of keep those kind of dates in

[00:07:04] [SPEAKER_00]: your mind and kind of on your calendar because if something breaks obviously if it's big enough

[00:07:11] [SPEAKER_00]: we're going to break into an emergency pod for you. The other thing is this is that it gives us

[00:07:17] [SPEAKER_00]: stuff to talk about and the first thing that we're going to talk about today is Jonathan

[00:07:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Kamenga where he stands with the Warriors. Now from what I have been able to dig and I'm

[00:07:29] [SPEAKER_00]: give you a report from someone else but from what my digging has given me is that they have

[00:07:37] [SPEAKER_00]: no intentions of trading Kamenga unless it's a considerable upgrade. Now you can

[00:07:48] [SPEAKER_00]: speculate whether Lori marketing would have been that guy and he was considered a

[00:07:54] [SPEAKER_00]: sizeable upgrade to what Kamenga is. You can also start talking about the monies that he's going

[00:08:01] [SPEAKER_00]: to be earning and we'll get into that momentarily. That's a big concern. What are we doing there?

[00:08:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Are we making a contract extension or are we going to put him on the trade market

[00:08:15] [SPEAKER_00]: because we don't know where to value him and we'll get into that. The other thing is is that

[00:08:23] [SPEAKER_00]: with all of this going on Jonathan Kamenga has been in trade rumors prior to this during the

[00:08:32] [SPEAKER_00]: regular season in 2023 and 2024. I believe he was in rumors in 2022 and 2023. So Jonathan

[00:08:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Kamenga has been kind of like the west coast version of Miles Turner and there's been some

[00:08:50] [SPEAKER_00]: communication issues from the coaching staff to Jonathan Kamenga. It was well documented that

[00:08:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Kamenga had a statement where he felt he was being underutilized and he thought he should

[00:09:02] [SPEAKER_00]: be starting and there was the whole drama with the Jordan Poole thing. He wasn't a part of

[00:09:08] [SPEAKER_00]: that but I think it was in that year so that was like not this last press year it was the

[00:09:14] [SPEAKER_00]: prior year. There's been a lot going on with Jonathan Kamenga and getting him into the fold

[00:09:23] [SPEAKER_00]: and getting him to play the way that they feel is the most optimal has not been the cleanest

[00:09:32] [SPEAKER_00]: fit for Jonathan Kamenga and Steve Kerr and that coaching staff. It's been a long going

[00:09:40] [SPEAKER_00]: bait a long going struggle between these two entities and it's going to be interesting

[00:09:47] [SPEAKER_00]: where it all kind of lays out. The one thing that I know for sure speaking to people

[00:09:54] [SPEAKER_00]: that I'm close to that sources are basically telling me that unless we're getting something

[00:10:01] [SPEAKER_00]: back that is you know we really consider sizable or such a piece such a young piece

[00:10:10] [SPEAKER_00]: that we can't deny it. That's the only way we're trading Kamenga so now let's get to

[00:10:19] [SPEAKER_00]: a story and some quotes and see where everybody else stands with this situation.

[00:10:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Now Kamenga does you know there's heavy reporting that he wants a max and he wants to know that he

[00:10:35] [SPEAKER_00]: is part of the long-term vision of the Lakers. Remember Joe Lakup is the governor of the

[00:10:45] [SPEAKER_00]: of the Colton State Warriors. You have Kurt Lakup who took over for Bob Myers

[00:10:52] [SPEAKER_00]: who left and then they also stuck Mike Dunleavy Jr. in there as well. Now Mike Dunleavy Jr. is

[00:11:00] [SPEAKER_00]: more the front-facing part of the duo between those two. Well make no mistake about it

[00:11:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Kurt Lakup is very involved in what goes on so the move to allow Clay to leave and get

[00:11:14] [SPEAKER_00]: pieces back and what have you Kurt Lakup was involved in that and Jonathan Kamenga now

[00:11:22] [SPEAKER_00]: we all know the issue with Wiseman. We all know how how terrible a draft pick that was or

[00:11:30] [SPEAKER_00]: it definitely didn't jive with what they what they were trying to do and trying to build

[00:11:35] [SPEAKER_00]: these two separate timelines but Jonathan Kamenga has made stark development. He has improved

[00:11:44] [SPEAKER_00]: every year. He has found a way to be impactful and I think he was completely additive to what

[00:11:52] [SPEAKER_00]: the Golden State Warriors were doing last year so with all that being said he's looking for

[00:11:58] [SPEAKER_00]: max money on the rookie scale max coming up now with that being said Kamenga's potential

[00:12:08] [SPEAKER_00]: breakout season following Clay Thompson's departure the significance of the Warriors

[00:12:13] [SPEAKER_00]: commitment holding on to Kamenga and Brandon Krasinski despite the trade interest. Now we got

[00:12:21] [SPEAKER_00]: this from one NBA executives they basically said about Kamenga and his his aptitude and his uh

[00:12:31] [SPEAKER_00]: what they thought of him they said uh Kamenga has all the tools to be a star

[00:12:35] [SPEAKER_00]: the Warriors are right to be cautious about committing a max deal before he proves consistency

[00:12:42] [SPEAKER_00]: at the highest level now a lot of people pay for potential um see Andrew Wiggins and what

[00:12:53] [SPEAKER_00]: the owner did up there he said you know Andrew promised me he was going to try harder

[00:12:59] [SPEAKER_00]: and he gave him the max and we saw how that worked out. Now Kurt Laker is coming into this

[00:13:10] [SPEAKER_00]: situation new and there's a new way of doing things now maybe Bob Myers moves over this

[00:13:18] [SPEAKER_00]: situation gives Kamenga the money says hey we're we really are looking at you as a

[00:13:26] [SPEAKER_00]: cornerstone piece of what we're trying to do in the future these are the kind of things

[00:13:29] [SPEAKER_00]: we want you to do now and then these are the things we want you to develop on the side

[00:13:34] [SPEAKER_00]: and be able to then kind of blend those two things into the game so then we can have

[00:13:42] [SPEAKER_00]: the most impactful player. Now I can't tell you exactly how the communication goes in Golden State

[00:13:51] [SPEAKER_00]: as it were but what I can tell you is that Joe Laker has not been the most communicative person

[00:14:00] [SPEAKER_00]: now I'm not saying that Kurt is exactly like his dad I'm not saying that whatsoever so please

[00:14:07] [SPEAKER_00]: do not aggregate me or put words in my mouth but what I am saying is that we saw how the

[00:14:14] [SPEAKER_00]: clay thing worked. Clay thing worked a lot like how the Bob Meyer things work and then also

[00:14:22] [SPEAKER_00]: how the Steve Kerr thing worked where we were looking at contracts.

[00:14:28] [SPEAKER_00]: The one person that they haven't really messed with or the two people if you think about it

[00:14:35] [SPEAKER_00]: they have not messed with Draymond and they have not messed with Steph when it came to

[00:14:40] [SPEAKER_00]: their money they were like oh yeah we're getting those getting that squared away now

[00:14:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Steph vouches for Draymond right and I don't think Steph wants to do this without Draymond

[00:14:53] [SPEAKER_00]: that's his heavy that's his uh his bruiser his enforcer that's the guy who sets the picks

[00:15:01] [SPEAKER_00]: also that's the guy who runs the offense and allows Steph to run around and stuff like that

[00:15:09] [SPEAKER_00]: we'll get into is that going to start to trickle down a little bit as well and kind of throttle

[00:15:16] [SPEAKER_00]: down as well but getting back to uh Kaminga Jonathan Wasserman said this about Kaminga

[00:15:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Kaminga could be the could be the cornerstone of the post-curry era but the warriors need to

[00:15:31] [SPEAKER_00]: be need to see more before they make a big financial commitment so a lot of people are

[00:15:37] [SPEAKER_00]: worried about um Andrew Wiggins 2.0 I believe because the one thing that has been the problem

[00:15:47] [SPEAKER_00]: with Kaminga and remember the Lakers have been heavy on the Kaminga situation I know

[00:15:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Kerr has wanted certain things from Kaminga that until he thought he was getting them on a

[00:16:04] [SPEAKER_00]: consistent basis you know he was not willing to play him through the warts of a basketball season

[00:16:12] [SPEAKER_00]: he wanted him to be a certain way and that might have had to be to do with chasing championships

[00:16:19] [SPEAKER_00]: and whatever and maybe there's been a franchise philosophy switch where we're trying to develop

[00:16:26] [SPEAKER_00]: now and yeah we strike gold in the playoffs and we get hot maybe something happens but

[00:16:33] [SPEAKER_00]: it's all about the next the next version of the gold state warriors so

[00:16:40] [SPEAKER_00]: I see everybody's size like hey I don't want to pay him until I'm 100 sure so I really would

[00:16:50] [SPEAKER_00]: like to see like another like half a year can we get to July can we get to January and see

[00:16:57] [SPEAKER_00]: I understand those sentiments coming from the franchise now if I'm Kaminga I'm sitting there

[00:17:04] [SPEAKER_00]: going like this hey I saw what you did with James Wiseman you messed up his career you kind

[00:17:11] [SPEAKER_00]: of tried to bury me on the bench and try to you know in a sense diminish my market because

[00:17:19] [SPEAKER_00]: what have I always said about the the rookie scale players the rookie scale players are trying

[00:17:27] [SPEAKER_00]: to get to the second contract that's the more lucrative contract that's the contract where you

[00:17:33] [SPEAKER_00]: got more options that's the contract where you can pick where you kind of want to go

[00:17:38] [SPEAKER_00]: you know moat not actually I take that back you're still usually under the control of

[00:17:43] [SPEAKER_00]: the team that you originally would draft it for but it kind of tells you where you are as

[00:17:48] [SPEAKER_00]: status on the team and it kind of gives you a kind of clarity to what your career could be like

[00:17:55] [SPEAKER_00]: we got exceptions to the rule right Jeremy Grant took a different path and kind of got some

[00:18:02] [SPEAKER_00]: some more money than maybe we thought he was worth right we've seen some other guys take

[00:18:07] [SPEAKER_00]: a different path but normally usually you know okay by the second contract I'm this dude

[00:18:15] [SPEAKER_00]: right I'm the third dude on the team I'm the fourth dude on the team this is how they see me

[00:18:20] [SPEAKER_00]: whatever now you can either be cool with that or not so I can understand Jonathan Kaminka is

[00:18:28] [SPEAKER_00]: a little you know kind of leery about well how do you value me because if you're trying to

[00:18:44] [SPEAKER_00]: where he's coming from I understand where the organization is coming from and then what what

[00:18:51] [SPEAKER_00]: do you guys think because here's my thing should the Warriors give Kaminka the extension

[00:18:56] [SPEAKER_00]: or consider trading him for a proven start now right now there's no star available so this is a

[00:19:04] [SPEAKER_00]: whole type type situation until February what kind of player will Jonathan Kaminka be

[00:19:12] [SPEAKER_00]: when he's on the last year of his contract and he's he's in a wait-and-see pattern

[00:19:18] [SPEAKER_00]: because that's not going to make him feel very comfortable in the Gordon Golden State organization

[00:19:25] [SPEAKER_00]: now I will say this again I will reiterate they have been more than up front saying it will

[00:19:36] [SPEAKER_00]: take something significant to pry Jonathan Kaminka away from us with that being said

[00:19:45] [SPEAKER_00]: when are you going to give him the contract if you value him so much

[00:19:51] [SPEAKER_00]: so hit me up on X at front runner PC we might use this as a breakout video who knows but

[00:20:00] [SPEAKER_00]: we definitely would love your comments on this what do you think should the Golden State Warriors

[00:20:06] [SPEAKER_00]: give Kaminka the extension or should they trade him for a proven star wait this out and see

[00:20:13] [SPEAKER_00]: what comes available in January and February let us know now we're going to move on to

[00:20:21] [SPEAKER_00]: our fifth installment of the NBA prospect deep dive that we've been doing and basically

[00:20:27] [SPEAKER_00]: what we've been trying to do is set the stage for this year right we want to give you the

[00:20:32] [SPEAKER_00]: guys from college we want to give you the international guys we want to give you the

[00:20:37] [SPEAKER_00]: guys who are playing in Australia all of those type of situations and what we've been doing

[00:20:42] [SPEAKER_00]: over these installments is kind of giving you a brief little synopsis on these players

[00:20:50] [SPEAKER_00]: strengths weaknesses maybe what they've done over the summer what the executives want to see

[00:20:57] [SPEAKER_00]: what scouts are wanting to see and what their role is with the team that they're going to be on

[00:21:03] [SPEAKER_00]: this year so we're going to do our fifth installment on this and again I do say if

[00:21:09] [SPEAKER_00]: for some reason you're going well damn I didn't hear Cooper flag I didn't hear DJ Edgecombe

[00:21:16] [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't hear Nolan Traore they are on previous podcasts so I implore you to go back

[00:21:24] [SPEAKER_00]: and go into the archive pods there are four installments we did like five per and we're

[00:21:31] [SPEAKER_00]: going to do another five today and go back and listen to those because they'll have all the

[00:21:36] [SPEAKER_00]: guys that you're looking for and I kind of broke them up a little bit so it's not like

[00:21:40] [SPEAKER_00]: top five and then you got you know whatever I did ace bailey on one I didn't you know

[00:21:48] [SPEAKER_00]: uh I think I did cougar flag and Nolan Traore on one as well so there's a bunch of variety in

[00:21:55] [SPEAKER_00]: there we have a lot of the so far a lot of the lottery picks in there I think today

[00:22:03] [SPEAKER_00]: we really finish up with the lottery picks today or the picks that are consensus lottery

[00:22:10] [SPEAKER_00]: picks as of right now we all know these things are subject to change as we go forward

[00:22:16] [SPEAKER_00]: into this year as we start to evaluate these players so without further ado the player that

[00:22:22] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm talking about that we probably left off that was the the late the last lottery pick is uh con

[00:22:31] [SPEAKER_00]: nupal I'm gonna say con nupal it's probably could nupal we should get pronunciation on these

[00:22:37] [SPEAKER_00]: guys but we'll get that soon he is the prospect that will be going to duke university

[00:22:42] [SPEAKER_00]: he's a he's a basically a swingman uh wing player he's six foot seven two hundred and seventeen

[00:22:51] [SPEAKER_00]: pounds now he averaged 22.5 points a game in the eye in the e i in the eybl

[00:23:03] [SPEAKER_00]: now connupal averaged 22.5 points per game in the eybl here's one of the scouts observations

[00:23:13] [SPEAKER_00]: elite scoring instincts shooting range high basketball iq weakness athleticism and defensive

[00:23:22] [SPEAKER_00]: impact scouts expectations for connupal and this improved defense and maintaining scoring efficiency

[00:23:30] [SPEAKER_00]: role limited minutes at duke but needs to maximize opportunities remember duke is stacked

[00:23:37] [SPEAKER_00]: we talked about cougar flag we also talked about another guy that's going to duke

[00:23:42] [SPEAKER_00]: in one of the draft bio previews before this duke is stacked so his shooting will get him on

[00:23:54] [SPEAKER_00]: the court his defense or lack thereof will take him off the court he will have to show some

[00:24:03] [SPEAKER_00]: of the sort of uh improvement in lateral quickness i hope that's what he's been working

[00:24:09] [SPEAKER_00]: with his like trainers this offseason as well as what duke has envisioned for him

[00:24:17] [SPEAKER_00]: as far as that's concerned but you can't deny the the impact that he has on the offensive

[00:24:23] [SPEAKER_00]: and he is a literal floor spacer he can you know he can hug that line and be like listen

[00:24:33] [SPEAKER_00]: if you leave me open it's going up he also has some really good passing ability um he's able to

[00:24:41] [SPEAKER_00]: be kind of a second side initiator so far he's not i wouldn't say he's like this

[00:24:48] [SPEAKER_00]: uh incredible dribbling wizard but what i would say is that he's competent on the second side

[00:24:55] [SPEAKER_00]: and if for some reason he's pressured he can get the ball to the open man and he's not bothered

[00:25:01] [SPEAKER_00]: because also he's six seven 217 pounds now um johnson gavone which is one of our guys

[00:25:11] [SPEAKER_00]: canuko has the skill set to be an elite scorer at the next level his shooting his shooting is

[00:25:18] [SPEAKER_00]: nba ready but he needs to show he can guard his position again we have a situation where

[00:25:28] [SPEAKER_00]: all of his traits are on the offensive end this is where a guy like this we did wait

[00:25:35] [SPEAKER_00]: to the end because if you remember a lot of the guys that were in the lottery that we

[00:25:42] [SPEAKER_00]: spoke about previous and again i implore you to go and listen to the archive pods and listen to

[00:25:49] [SPEAKER_00]: some of those bios now those guys had translatable traits on the defensive side and also on the

[00:25:57] [SPEAKER_00]: offensive side and now we're getting to a point where all the canuko traits are on the

[00:26:03] [SPEAKER_00]: offensive side now he has various traits on the offensive side that are very very appealing

[00:26:08] [SPEAKER_00]: to nba executives and scouts and coaches and what like but at the end of the day if you can't

[00:26:15] [SPEAKER_00]: guard at all what we're doing we can't have you on the court because you know

[00:26:25] [SPEAKER_00]: what nba offenses are going to do they're going to say that dude's on the court we're

[00:26:30] [SPEAKER_00]: pick and roll let's go how can we get him in pick and roll we're going to use this lack of

[00:26:38] [SPEAKER_00]: foot speed against him and oh my god could you imagine like a real superior athlete like could

[00:26:45] [SPEAKER_00]: you imagine like a a anthony edwards or john moran coming right at that guy

[00:26:52] [SPEAKER_00]: i mean we're looking at sports center highlights on a real level so he's going to have to show

[00:26:57] [SPEAKER_00]: some defensive chops at duke we are looking forward to seeing a lot of him because kubernetes

[00:27:04] [SPEAKER_00]: lag is going to be on tv so that means that our guy con canoes will be on tv as well we're

[00:27:11] [SPEAKER_00]: going to move along to a freshman guard that will be going to miami florida he'll be going

[00:27:17] [SPEAKER_00]: to the u all right so this is jaleel bethea jaleel is a six foot four 170 pound guard

[00:27:26] [SPEAKER_00]: um he had a 40 point performance at the hoop hall classic here's some of the scouts

[00:27:33] [SPEAKER_00]: observations he's a shifty juggler diverse scoring methods uh weakness frame physicality

[00:27:43] [SPEAKER_00]: scouts expectations physical development and consistency role likely key offensive piece

[00:27:50] [SPEAKER_00]: miami now here is uh our guy san vicini he said bethea has the tools to be a dynamic playmaker

[00:28:00] [SPEAKER_00]: but his physical development his physical development will be key to his nba success

[00:28:07] [SPEAKER_00]: because he's six foot four and he's 170 pounds he's gonna have to get bigger i mean

[00:28:16] [SPEAKER_00]: that's that's what it comes down to um he has to be at least 185 and 185 is still slight

[00:28:26] [SPEAKER_00]: but if he got to 185 you know this was going to look a little bit different

[00:28:31] [SPEAKER_00]: so my man has to hit the weight room um down in miami what's the good spots to eat y'all

[00:28:46] [SPEAKER_00]: let us know at front runner pc and also at raya underscore funch

[00:28:55] [SPEAKER_00]: frpc we want to know the good eateries y'all you know i mean i don't know if y'all can tell

[00:29:00] [SPEAKER_00]: you know i'm a fluffy guy you know i'm a bigger guy you know i like to eat so let us

[00:29:05] [SPEAKER_00]: know of some of the the cool spots that jaleel bethea can hit hit in miami all right couple

[00:29:12] [SPEAKER_00]: other things with uh our guy here um oh no we're done with him now let's get to our next one

[00:29:20] [SPEAKER_00]: will riley out of illinois he will be entering illinois this year as a freshman

[00:29:28] [SPEAKER_00]: he's six seven we don't have a weight on him stats he averaged 21.9 points per game in the

[00:29:36] [SPEAKER_00]: bl some of the scouts observations is that he's a creative shop maker positioning

[00:29:42] [SPEAKER_00]: weaknesses athleticism in defense here is the scouts expectations for him improved defense and

[00:29:51] [SPEAKER_00]: conditioning role significant scoring role at the university of illinois and here is one of

[00:29:59] [SPEAKER_00]: anonymous scouts said about uh riley's iq is off the charts but he needs to show he can

[00:30:05] [SPEAKER_00]: handle athleticism at the next level so we have somebody basically uh saying it's a proven year

[00:30:13] [SPEAKER_00]: for our guy will riley which is kind of crazy freshman right but the good thing is is that

[00:30:23] [SPEAKER_00]: he's going to a school that has helped out guys in the past taren shannon jr who went

[00:30:31] [SPEAKER_00]: to illinois now i think it took him two years at illinois to really get it but

[00:30:36] [SPEAKER_00]: he became a better defender uh in his time at illinois the coach is real good about

[00:30:43] [SPEAKER_00]: developing that situation even when you're not super interested so um i know that will

[00:30:52] [SPEAKER_00]: riley and he's in the big 10 so i can't wait to watch him because i am a ucla supporter

[00:30:59] [SPEAKER_00]: and i eight clap all day and i keep my fours up you know i'm saying i keep my fours

[00:31:07] [SPEAKER_00]: up to the sky and um you know we'll see we'll see will riley and his development all through

[00:31:15] [SPEAKER_00]: the year the next guy that i want to get to is darian reid now darian will be a freshman

[00:31:23] [SPEAKER_00]: he'll be attending alabama he is a power forward small forward hybrid

[00:31:31] [SPEAKER_00]: um we don't have height weight on them i think it's like six eight six nine uh 10.3 points a

[00:31:38] [SPEAKER_00]: game 7.7 rebounds at the feeba under 18 um qualifiers scouts observations strength are

[00:31:49] [SPEAKER_00]: defense rebounding and passing his weaknesses are shooting consistency so we got an athlete here

[00:31:58] [SPEAKER_00]: um scouts expectations improved shooting and decision making uh role versatile forward role

[00:32:05] [SPEAKER_00]: at alabama this is this is alabama for the longest time i'm trying to remember it was

[00:32:22] [SPEAKER_00]: i can't remember his name it wasn't barnes but there was another guy right after wimps sanders

[00:32:29] [SPEAKER_00]: but they get athletic uber athletic forwards that can jump out the building play defense

[00:32:35] [SPEAKER_00]: rebounds block shots antonian mcdice everybody remember atonio mcdice he came out of alabama

[00:32:44] [SPEAKER_00]: you all saying they've got some they they breed them down there they get them and

[00:32:51] [SPEAKER_00]: they usually turn out to be pretty good derrick mckee was another alabama guy um there's been

[00:32:58] [SPEAKER_00]: some guys out of alabama recently it was our guy brandon miller was out of alabama so they

[00:33:06] [SPEAKER_00]: get them they get athletic we'll have you he will have to work on being able to stretch

[00:33:12] [SPEAKER_00]: the floor because here's the thing he's not 6 10 6 11 it's not like he can go up to be in a center

[00:33:21] [SPEAKER_00]: um athleticism alter charge will have you he can get into passing lane he's very very fluid

[00:33:27] [SPEAKER_00]: in the open court now again what do we always say about the fluid athlete what what happens

[00:33:36] [SPEAKER_00]: in the in the half court situation and that is where the breakdown happens so what we're looking

[00:33:42] [SPEAKER_00]: for is we're looking for a little more shooting consistency can we get them in the corners can we

[00:33:48] [SPEAKER_00]: introduce him to the corners and say hey listen we kind of need you to take you know 500 to

[00:33:54] [SPEAKER_00]: a thousand of these a day and see if we can develop some spacing for him now he's his

[00:34:03] [SPEAKER_00]: decision making is going to be needed some development he's not the most like attuned

[00:34:12] [SPEAKER_00]: passer organic ball mover as far as that's concerned so what you want to do is give him

[00:34:19] [SPEAKER_00]: a set of principles where he can work off of right if he's standing in the corner and

[00:34:26] [SPEAKER_00]: they're giving him space like yo you need to shoot that thing now if they crowd up on you

[00:34:33] [SPEAKER_00]: we want you to drive to the hole now if you drive to the hole and you think you can get there

[00:34:38] [SPEAKER_00]: dunk on somebody and if you think that the big spotted you really quickly we need you to kick

[00:34:45] [SPEAKER_00]: it out to the three-point guy who's above the break you need to give him really specific

[00:34:50] [SPEAKER_00]: things don't make him do anything advanced like skip passes to the other side of the court

[00:34:56] [SPEAKER_00]: none of that no that is not his lane let's allow Darian Reed to be successful

[00:35:04] [SPEAKER_00]: so i'm looking for like minor minor adjustments can we get the shot can it be more consistent

[00:35:14] [SPEAKER_00]: is there a lane there so then the defense and the athleticism can play if not this

[00:35:21] [SPEAKER_00]: might be at Alabama for a couple years who knows

[00:35:29] [SPEAKER_00]: now Jonathan Wasserman says this about uh read he read is a glue guy who does a little bit

[00:35:36] [SPEAKER_00]: of everything his shooting will be the swing skill for his draft stock again shooting is

[00:35:44] [SPEAKER_00]: key because this is a like a jared vanderbilt type of guy okay so if you can wrap your

[00:35:52] [SPEAKER_00]: head about what jared vanderbilt is and then you go if that guy had a jump shot you know how much

[00:35:58] [SPEAKER_00]: money he can make in the nba that's what we're talking about and this is what darian reid is

[00:36:06] [SPEAKER_00]: so i hope that gives you a little clarity of what we're talking about so we can move

[00:36:10] [SPEAKER_00]: on to the next guy a little bit excited about him carter bryant he will be attending

[00:36:16] [SPEAKER_00]: the university of arizona in the fall now carter bryant is six foot eight here's uh

[00:36:26] [SPEAKER_00]: here's his state here's what they said about him he was at the nike hoop summit he impressed

[00:36:31] [SPEAKER_00]: at the nike hoop summit um scouts observations athleticism three three level scoring weaknesses

[00:36:41] [SPEAKER_00]: inconsistent minutes shot selection now i'm gonna give you what that actually means

[00:36:48] [SPEAKER_00]: when they say inconsistent minutes that means that that the level of intensity or the level

[00:36:55] [SPEAKER_00]: of intentionality in his play was not there it seemed like his concentration waned and or

[00:37:02] [SPEAKER_00]: if the ball wasn't with him you know he he was kind of like spaced out that's what they're

[00:37:11] [SPEAKER_00]: okay a little bit of a i wouldn't say red flag but what i would say is that this is something

[00:37:16] [SPEAKER_00]: that he's going to really have to change and uh we'll see if he can do it now a couple of

[00:37:24] [SPEAKER_00]: things with carter bryant is this scouts or expectations improve shot selection and defensive

[00:37:33] [SPEAKER_00]: contributions roll variable minutes at arizona needs to maximize efficiency so again this might

[00:37:41] [SPEAKER_00]: be somebody who might need to stick around now i will say this the athleticism the build

[00:37:47] [SPEAKER_00]: what have you he has the potential to be i don't know if he's an erin gordon athlete

[00:37:54] [SPEAKER_00]: as far as certain but he's like that size he's you know he's he's that big and if it

[00:38:01] [SPEAKER_00]: kind of clicks in you know it could really work out for him but there there's a lot of cleanup

[00:38:07] [SPEAKER_00]: that needs to be done because sometimes with these guys unfortunately you go to i hate to

[00:38:15] [SPEAKER_00]: say it you know i've been riding on this this i guess institution for a while and i know

[00:38:23] [SPEAKER_00]: there's some good ones out there so please don't be at me about this but we all know that the

[00:38:30] [SPEAKER_00]: au circuit is broken we know that there are just teams out there shoe teams and and others and

[00:38:37] [SPEAKER_00]: whatever and they put these like superstar teams together and they tell these guys

[00:38:42] [SPEAKER_00]: that they get special their whole life and you know do this do this but you're not working on

[00:38:48] [SPEAKER_00]: the things that really gonna get you paid in the nba or get you to the nba and sometimes

[00:38:55] [SPEAKER_00]: a guy like this who has a ton of athleticism the build looks phenomenal looks like you know a greek

[00:39:04] [SPEAKER_00]: god whatever and you're just like why is it not all working why is it not all clicking for that

[00:39:11] [SPEAKER_00]: dude i don't understand so here we are so he'll a lot to prove a lot of people are looking

[00:39:20] [SPEAKER_00]: to see what he's gonna be able to do but here's one executive saying brian has a lot of upside

[00:39:26] [SPEAKER_00]: see this is where the athleticism they get they're so enamored he has a lot of upside but he

[00:39:32] [SPEAKER_00]: needs to refine his game and take smarter shots to succeed at the next level so

[00:39:40] [SPEAKER_00]: this is our end of today's crossbacks again thank you to serea thank you to funch for

[00:39:50] [SPEAKER_00]: getting some of these quotes from me thank you for my sources talking to me as well thank you

[00:39:57] [SPEAKER_00]: guys i appreciate it because we're just getting to know these guys and we're so excited to

[00:40:01] [SPEAKER_00]: bring it to you but if you have any questions about these prospects or you disagree or you

[00:40:10] [SPEAKER_00]: at like the nike hoops summit and you saw something different or whatever engage with us on x

[00:40:16] [SPEAKER_00]: at frontrunner pc and also at raya underscore funch frpc would love to see what you guys think

[00:40:25] [SPEAKER_00]: on that situation so let us know about that now the next thing that i want to get into

[00:40:33] [SPEAKER_00]: is that we saw a couple things in the olympics that were awesome we saw steve curry

[00:40:42] [SPEAKER_00]: just it was almost like he woke up out of a coma and said oh oh crap the olympics are

[00:40:48] [SPEAKER_00]: going on and i need to start scoring because the last two games the medal games the money

[00:40:55] [SPEAKER_00]: games guess who was there our guy steve curry the babyface assassin the long rage bomber himself

[00:41:03] [SPEAKER_00]: he was doing his thing on the international level in a big way right hitting bunch of threes

[00:41:11] [SPEAKER_00]: crazy threes the last three hit with two dudes on them and think about that steve

[00:41:17] [SPEAKER_00]: curry is on the court with like lebron james kevin durant all these stars and he's like

[00:41:23] [SPEAKER_00]: nope i got this two dudes on me not a problem i'm gonna go ahead and knock this down

[00:41:30] [SPEAKER_00]: that's our guy steve curry um you know and then we saw wing by yama and we saw a couple other

[00:41:37] [SPEAKER_00]: guys but the guy that i want to talk about who kind of also kind of stood out as well and

[00:41:43] [SPEAKER_00]: started to kind of get people's heads scratching was gershon you wasselle and he was the guy

[00:41:50] [SPEAKER_00]: who was also on team france he was the 16th overall pick or 18th overall was 16th overall

[00:41:59] [SPEAKER_00]: pick in the 2016 draft and you were selling never made it in the mba whatsoever and went

[00:42:06] [SPEAKER_00]: back over to france and had a career now some of the things that he wasn't able to do

[00:42:12] [SPEAKER_00]: one while he was here he was woefully out of shape when he came to the mba

[00:42:19] [SPEAKER_00]: uh which is kind of funny because you think now and these guys come off with conveyor belt

[00:42:25] [SPEAKER_00]: and they're all looking like super ripped and whatever case may be but uh all right you know

[00:42:32] [SPEAKER_00]: what we had dj turner this year though so we got hey shout out to the fat dudes

[00:42:38] [SPEAKER_00]: um but you wasselle was woefully out of shape uh he could not shoot but the guy that was in

[00:42:45] [SPEAKER_00]: this olympics man come on dude he dunked on lebron let's let's talk about it my boy yammed

[00:42:54] [SPEAKER_00]: on lebron okay he got him okay so hey king a lot of respect for you okay it's okay

[00:43:04] [SPEAKER_00]: even the great ones get it no issues my dog but yabuselle dunked on lebron

[00:43:11] [SPEAKER_00]: um now here's some things there are some speculations that he could be bought out his buyout

[00:43:20] [SPEAKER_00]: clause for his team riyami dread is 2.5 million uh his impressive olympic performance

[00:43:27] [SPEAKER_00]: include the notable dunk on lebron that we just talked about uh has gotten a lot of scouts and

[00:43:32] [SPEAKER_00]: people talking uh even cleveland has kind of jumped out and said yo what's up let's see

[00:43:38] [SPEAKER_00]: we hey we can use a wink so here's what the scouts are saying nba scouts are interested

[00:43:45] [SPEAKER_00]: in whether yabuselle's performance at the olympics can translate to a successful nba return

[00:43:52] [SPEAKER_00]: a quote from mark stein yabuselle's athleticism in recent play have caught the attention of

[00:43:59] [SPEAKER_00]: several nba teams his buyout is hefty but for the right team it could be worth it it all

[00:44:07] [SPEAKER_00]: depends on is this a momentary blip in the matrix or is this what he is and i have to say

[00:44:16] [SPEAKER_00]: personally i think when you see somebody do all the work you know um i noticed that now

[00:44:22] [SPEAKER_00]: i haven't really been super trying but i noticed i lost a little bit of weight i'm trying to slim

[00:44:28] [SPEAKER_00]: down you know keep my sexy sexy but at the end of the day yabuselle has done a lot of

[00:44:36] [SPEAKER_00]: work on himself his physical appearance is way different uh he's more aggressive he's more

[00:44:44] [SPEAKER_00]: decisive with the ball and the most important thing it does look like he can shoot the three

[00:44:51] [SPEAKER_00]: and let me tell you something if he can shoot the three with that physicality we can find

[00:44:58] [SPEAKER_00]: him 14 minutes in the nba you know saying we can find 14 minutes for this dude so i wonder

[00:45:07] [SPEAKER_00]: what you guys' thoughts on this hit us up on x at frontrunner pc at raya underscore

[00:45:16] [SPEAKER_00]: funch frpc hit us up because here's the thing we love little stories like this this is like

[00:45:23] [SPEAKER_00]: little development nuggets that i love because i'm sicko like that um we craft this podcast

[00:45:32] [SPEAKER_00]: for these type of situations because we're all about development what's the little margin tweaks

[00:45:39] [SPEAKER_00]: that you can you know get more juice out of this fruit right so when you get a guy who

[00:45:48] [SPEAKER_00]: kind of flamed out early goes kind of matures you know rededigates himself to the game

[00:45:58] [SPEAKER_00]: push the grind in and now maybe possibly looking for an opportunity

[00:46:04] [SPEAKER_00]: and now with today's nba you have these high-grade fours you know and these small

[00:46:12] [SPEAKER_00]: lineups and things of that nature and you need the floor spacing but you kind of need the girth

[00:46:17] [SPEAKER_00]: to be able to battle inside yabuselle if i mean he's 28 so you're not looking for hey

[00:46:25] [SPEAKER_00]: this is somebody i'm i'm gonna uh develop into this long-term situation you're looking for

[00:46:32] [SPEAKER_00]: hey can you be impactful for three years and can we get you on pretty cheap money

[00:46:38] [SPEAKER_00]: because yabuselle he's not gonna come over here and make like 18 million dollars a year

[00:46:43] [SPEAKER_00]: no no he coming over here like three million you know if you can get him on like a three

[00:46:50] [SPEAKER_00]: nine million dollar deal or something like that or whatever maybe you know there's escalations and

[00:46:56] [SPEAKER_00]: you know incentives and stuff it bumps up to 12 who knows but that's what you're looking for

[00:47:02] [SPEAKER_00]: you're looking for 14 minutes of productive um activity from yabuselle so we'll see how it

[00:47:11] [SPEAKER_00]: all plays out but uh hit us up hit us up on x let us know what you think of yabuselle

[00:47:17] [SPEAKER_00]: and his uh chances of coming over to the mba are we being stupid or are we being realistic

[00:47:25] [SPEAKER_00]: the last thing when i want to get to and i put this um the producers were like oh are you

[00:47:33] [SPEAKER_00]: really want to do this i was like yep i want to do it so it's trade ideas and rumors and

[00:47:40] [SPEAKER_00]: basically i uh i pulled this from bleacher report and um it really is one of those situations

[00:47:51] [SPEAKER_00]: where we're just spitballing here and the reason why i want to do it is because i want

[00:47:58] [SPEAKER_00]: us to get back into the thought of there are moves that are going to have to be made or

[00:48:06] [SPEAKER_00]: we're going to see some movement or some sort of kind of decision made within the next

[00:48:12] [SPEAKER_00]: four to five days basically but this was a really interesting trade and i wanted to bring

[00:48:21] [SPEAKER_00]: it to your guys's attention so there was a three train trade where it included d'angelo

[00:48:28] [SPEAKER_00]: russell so let me break the trade scenario down the lakers would move russell he would

[00:48:38] [SPEAKER_00]: end up and this is from eric pinkus this whole trade proposal so this is who i got it from

[00:48:45] [SPEAKER_00]: russell would move on the lakers would end up with

[00:48:50] [SPEAKER_00]: tray man and nick richards and then potentially sign in marcaro folks which

[00:48:57] [SPEAKER_00]: i don't like that idea but some of this other stuff i do like

[00:49:03] [SPEAKER_00]: scouts view russell's playoff consistency as basically one of the reasons why the lakers

[00:49:10] [SPEAKER_00]: are looking to move on from him eric pink pink is quote russell's playoff struggles have

[00:49:17] [SPEAKER_00]: raised questions but the lakers could benefit from a fresh start with folks who brings a

[00:49:24] [SPEAKER_00]: different dynamic to the backcourt role and impact folks could rejuvenate his career in la

[00:49:30] [SPEAKER_00]: while russell could bring experience to a rebuilding team now here's the thing

[00:49:36] [SPEAKER_00]: i like the getting tray man and nick richards anytime they need a big let's just face it

[00:49:48] [SPEAKER_00]: that's the whole point of this trade is that what you're what you're what you're saying

[00:49:54] [SPEAKER_00]: if you're the lakers because let's face it when you look at d angelo russell with all the

[00:50:01] [SPEAKER_00]: flaws and whatever i want to sit there and talk about d angelo russell is the third most impactful

[00:50:06] [SPEAKER_00]: player on the lakers now we can argue that point i think austin to me could be that guy

[00:50:14] [SPEAKER_00]: but the role that the lakers put him in last year a la darvin ham now the roles could

[00:50:21] [SPEAKER_00]: this year who knows but if d angelo russell is going to be the guy who's scoring all these points

[00:50:31] [SPEAKER_00]: right and he's gonna get the third lion's share of the opportunities then he's the third

[00:50:37] [SPEAKER_00]: most impactful player on the team there's no question so when you look at what you're

[00:50:43] [SPEAKER_00]: back you're saying you're definitely taking a step back because i like nick richards i think he

[00:50:52] [SPEAKER_00]: brings physicality and defense and some ability to knock down a shot from the outside so

[00:50:58] [SPEAKER_00]: there's some good versatility there tray man has shown flashes and he he looks there's been

[00:51:05] [SPEAKER_00]: times where he looks great but d angelo russell can have 20 points a game so this is a step

[00:51:12] [SPEAKER_00]: back so you're saying that i am guaranteeing austin rey jump gabe vincent is going to jump up

[00:51:24] [SPEAKER_00]: and then max christy is going to jump up because i need to replace the scoring

[00:51:32] [SPEAKER_00]: of d angelo russell that's what makes the lakers trade scenario so hard if you

[00:51:39] [SPEAKER_00]: look at yohan buha's uh buha's blog podcast he talks about this when you talk about trading

[00:51:47] [SPEAKER_00]: rui and you're talking about trading d angelo russell you're talking about trading rotational

[00:51:52] [SPEAKER_00]: pieces so it changes the chemistry of what the team is it changes the responsibility

[00:52:00] [SPEAKER_00]: of the players around whoever's being traded it does a lot of things it reshuffles the

[00:52:08] [SPEAKER_00]: away so you got to make sure if you're taking d angelo russell out what are you replacing

[00:52:15] [SPEAKER_00]: with because this is basically saying hey we're just looking for a little more flexibility

[00:52:23] [SPEAKER_00]: and also because the lakers right now could even do this trade they don't have enough

[00:52:30] [SPEAKER_00]: players i mean they have too many players so they can't add more players they're actually

[00:52:34] [SPEAKER_00]: taking two for one the lakers need to put out people right the lakers need to put out more

[00:52:43] [SPEAKER_00]: so i don't know about this deal eric pink has put it out there what you guys think let us know

[00:52:49] [SPEAKER_00]: i don't i think that you have to make sure you get the right type of situation

[00:52:56] [SPEAKER_00]: for d angelo russell which brings us to the next point i want to talk about d andre hunter

[00:53:03] [SPEAKER_00]: now d andre hunter much malign in atlanta

[00:53:10] [SPEAKER_00]: here's what the scouts say hunter's 3nd capabilities make him a attractive trade

[00:53:17] [SPEAKER_00]: target but his injury history is a huge concern here's a quote hunter's kind of

[00:53:24] [SPEAKER_00]: is kind of a player who can swing a playoff series with his defense and shooting the

[00:53:30] [SPEAKER_00]: question is whether he can stay healthy so this is ad all over again this is holding our breath

[00:53:37] [SPEAKER_00]: and stuff like that but if the lakers are looking to take a swing and you're looking to

[00:53:42] [SPEAKER_00]: do something different this is the type of player that you do take a swing on now

[00:53:47] [SPEAKER_00]: if it goes awry it goes awry and you gotta it's always a gamble you have a flawed player

[00:53:58] [SPEAKER_00]: you're not going to get a pristine player back because you don't have 45 picks to give to said

[00:54:05] [SPEAKER_00]: team so you're going to take a flawed player back in return now do his do his additives

[00:54:17] [SPEAKER_00]: line up with what you're trying to do philosophy wise and then you can minimize his

[00:54:25] [SPEAKER_00]: deficiencies well in d andre hunter's situation it's are you available

[00:54:32] [SPEAKER_00]: can we get him healthy you know is that a possibility is he going to be in a situation

[00:54:40] [SPEAKER_00]: where we can depend on him for like 70 72 games is he going to be healthy in the playoffs

[00:54:47] [SPEAKER_00]: it's always nagging knee injuries nagging knee injuries groin injuries hamstring injuries

[00:54:52] [SPEAKER_00]: knee injury again blah blah blah there's something i'm not saying that these are fraudulent

[00:54:59] [SPEAKER_00]: injuries they're well with well within reality it's just he is so snake bitten and unfortunately

[00:55:08] [SPEAKER_00]: for the lakers if you're gonna do something that's where you can do it because he's gonna

[00:55:16] [SPEAKER_00]: knock down the if he's playing he's gonna knock down on three he's gonna be a defensive

[00:55:20] [SPEAKER_00]: presence this is this is your hybrid rui hachamora um jerry vanderbilt we talked about it with

[00:55:31] [SPEAKER_00]: jeremy grant but this is even better d andre hunter if healthy is a better version or a

[00:55:39] [SPEAKER_00]: hybrid version of rui hachamora and vanderbilt on ball pressure good rebounder three point

[00:55:48] [SPEAKER_00]: shooter second side initiation maybe but at this point just shoot the three dog just to stay

[00:55:55] [SPEAKER_00]: healthy that type of trade would be something that if i were the lakers i would look into

[00:56:01] [SPEAKER_00]: you literally if you're a laker fan you got to hold your breath because you're bringing in

[00:56:06] [SPEAKER_00]: another player with a injury plague history and you're just holding your breath and saying

[00:56:13] [SPEAKER_00]: can we hold him together for a run or do you want to play it safe and kind of wait

[00:56:22] [SPEAKER_00]: so again i asked my i asked my uh followers i asked my subscribers hit us up on x

[00:56:29] [SPEAKER_00]: at front runner pc at rare underscore bunch frpc so um that is the end for the reckless

[00:56:41] [SPEAKER_00]: trade speculation that is the end of pretty much the podcast so we need to hit you with

[00:56:48] [SPEAKER_00]: some suggestions outside your friend group so if you have exhausted your friend group you know

[00:56:54] [SPEAKER_00]: the mantra be a friend tell a friend about front runner podcast collective the podcast

[00:57:01] [SPEAKER_00]: the youtube channel we're taking over globally it's a fantastic thing so who can we talk to

[00:57:10] [SPEAKER_00]: outside the friend group who could we bless with this information well we got to start telling

[00:57:18] [SPEAKER_00]: like our radio people write about front runner podcast collective so we can put vince in a

[00:57:26] [SPEAKER_00]: situation where he's on the air talking about your local team right then also maybe

[00:57:33] [SPEAKER_00]: we can just say hey now you know about the podcast and then they can aggregate the podcast

[00:57:39] [SPEAKER_00]: through the radio so you know if you listen to your local espn station if you listen to your

[00:57:46] [SPEAKER_00]: local like the ticket the fan whatever in your local market and you're like hey have you been

[00:57:55] [SPEAKER_00]: listening to front runner podcast collective you got good information he let us know about a lot

[00:58:00] [SPEAKER_00]: of stuff whatever the case may be that is our next call to action is that we take it to

[00:58:06] [SPEAKER_00]: media with that being said the best part of you is you make sure that you surround your people

[00:58:15] [SPEAKER_00]: surround yourself with people who are just going to brighten your light anyone who's trying to

[00:58:21] [SPEAKER_00]: extinguish your light you might want to look look at them a little deeper and see what's

[00:58:25] [SPEAKER_00]: going on and see if they're um a detriment to you or if they're additive at any sort of way

[00:58:33] [SPEAKER_00]: and then do good in this world and we will see you back on this feed

[00:58:38] [SPEAKER_00]: on wednesday unless something happens y'all be easy peace