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The BroadCast: 6/11/2018 ~ Draft Pod - SBNation's Ricky O'Donnell Updates Draft Board

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Luke Doncic rising or falling? Miles Bridges vs. Mikal Bridges? Late first-round, early second-round options?
On this edition of The BroadCast, Sixers.com's Brian Seltzer touches base with SBNation college hoops editor Ricky O'Donnell, who provides an update on the latest subplots surrounding the draft, 10 days out.
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A sure sign that the NBA Draft is drawing that much closer. Seventy Sixers hosting a six player prospect workout at their training complex and Camden on Monday. We'll talk with SB Nation College Hoops editor Ricky O'Donnell on this episode of the podcast. We'll talk about the Bridges, Miles and mcale, and also some other guys who the seventy Sixers had in the gym for the workout on Monday. Before we get to that chat, a reminder that to subscribe to the broadcast, you can go to a couple

of places. We're on iTunes, We're on Google Play and Stitcher. You can type in Sixers podcast Network that should take you to our feeds. We're also on SoundCloud at SoundCloud dot com, backslash Sixers. Just like that, it feels like the draft is at our doorstep. Just a month ago, the seventy Sixers were in postseason action. Now, with Brett Brown in control of the basketball operations department for the time being, the Sixers setting their sites forward on the draft.

On Monday, the Sixers had a handful of prospects in Camden to work out, among them Miles, Bridges and Lonnie Walker the fourth a pair of projected top ten picks, depending on which mocks you like. Also shake Milton, the guy who's hovering in the second round range. So to talk about that stuff and other subplots related to what we'll go down on June twenty. First, we bring on a great friend of our draft coverage at SPN Underscore, Ricky. It's Ricky O'Donnelly as the college hoops editor and NBA

assign editor at SB Nation. Ricky, what's going on? Man? Okay brand? How are you now? I don't want to start the interview off on a relatively testy note, but I gotta ask are you a dissenter by nature? Do you view yourself as a contrarian? I was looking at other mocks as of late, and I think the latest one you put out has Luca donchich at number one of the Suns. Yeah. I did that a few weeks ago before it sort of has become apparent that it looks like Eton is going to be the first pick.

I guess we'll find out for sure a week from Thursday, but I guess, in general, my overall evaluation of the class, I do think Don Sitch is the best player. Downstitch and Jaren Jackson are our two favorite players in this class. It's crazy, given the recent buzz, it seems like both those guys might fall out of the top three, top four, maybe even so. I mean, we'll see how it goes.

I wouldn't say that I'm a contrarian by nature, but I think, you know, just sort of evaluating the way the league has gone recently, I think that those are sort of the two players that fit BEAST in the way we play basketball today. And that's kind of what I wanted to get to the point of before we

dive into some seventy six ers related things. Even though Aton appears on the top of a lot of mocks, there's this, I feel like general undercurrent of feeling that Donch very well might be the best all round player that could be in this year's draft class. Is that kind of what the point of view putting him there was all about? Yeah, I think that to me, down Stitch is just going to have the greatest impact on winning.

So if you want to talk Downstitch versus eighton, like, I think Eton is safe back to put up absolutely huge numbers. He could average, you know, twenty five and thirteen or something like that. But what's his impact on winning going to be? I feel like his question marks on the defensive end of the floor are really legitimate.

He just showed off poor instincts at Arizona. Now he certainly has the physicality to end up being a good defensive player, a great defensive player, maybe even he really has that DeAndre Jordan Dwight Howard type of size, athleticism, strength combination. But he's the first player in that mold who really has touch with the basketball. He's a really good free throw shooter, He's going to be a quality three point shooter, soft touch around the rim, he can

finish in just a variety of ways. So it's very easy to see the appeal of DeAndre eighton to me. But I do think there's legitimate questions that has impact on the defensive end of the floor. And we're in an error right now. We're even good defensive centers like Rudy Gobert and Clint Capella are started becoming part time players in the playoffs, So I think it's fair to question is impact on that end, And then you can

contrast it with Luca. I don't know if Luca's ever going to put up huge per game numbers, but he's someone to me who just does all the little things you need. He sort of fits perfectly into an era

that values ball handling, passing, and shooting. There are questions about his athleticism, to be sure, but you know, you can contrast that with the prospects like Andrew Wiggins, who was a great raw athlete, and maybe he hasn't totally lived up to the hype as a former number one pick because the skill level wasn't as high as some people thought it could be. So I would go Luca number one. I think Jaren Jackson also has a great,

great case to be number one. I would put him as the best of the big man group, despite the fact that you know, he didn't have the per game numbers that matched up with eight or Marvin Bagley. But it's a loaded draft class, there's no doubt about it. It's interesting that it's all bigs during a time you know five of the first seven picks could be big man during a time when you know the center position

is really evolved. So I think that that's what makes this draft class fun and it's going to be fascinating to see how it all plays out next Thursday before we move off of Luca. What if he drops out of the top three or four. What type of domino effect can you see that? Having on perhaps the team's currently in those slots and then teams that would you expect there to be a possible push for teams to

get up towards that range to possibly grab him. Yeah, I mean you could definitely see a scenario playing out where Eighton goes number one, Badley goes number two, and then three it's either Jaren Jackson or Bomba. So potentially he could be there at four. He could even be there at five for Dallas. Four from Memphis, five for Dallas. I do think you could see teams trade up, but you know, it is so tough to trade up in

the NBA draft. It's like you really just want to get your guy, if you want to compare it to like the NFL Draft, when you always want to trade back and try to accumulate picks. In the NBA, I feel like with only two rounds and only one round of true impact players, I think that you just want to get your guys. So, you know, that could potentially be really interesting if someone does want to trade up

for Luca and someone based in Chicago. I mean, I would love to see my bowls to try to move up with seven and twenty two and maybe Bobby Partists to move up a few spots to get a chance as at Luca. But you wonder how realistic that is in the NBA, I feel you rarely see big trade up. Of course, it happened last year with Donovan Mitchell between the Nuggets and the Jazz for the Jazz to go up and get Mitchell. So you know, that could be

a fascinating subplot as the draft gets closer. I do think that Luca is the type of talent that teams would want to make a move for to get up in the draft to take. It's just a question of is there enough value coming to Memphis or to Dallas for them to pull the trigger on that. When your latest pieces for sp Nation wanted monitored NBA big Men,

you referenced Eton and where he's at. But the other three that you could throw into that class of top tier big men that are available this year, how would you break those guys down? Yeah? I think they all are really intriguing in their own way. Mo Bomba. I mean just so tantalizing. His combination of length, impossible shooting, touch, seven ten wingspan will be the longest in the NBA. From the minity steps on the court, He's someone who really does have the quickness to stay with guards on

the defensive end. You would think that would make him a perfect fit for the current league, but I do think there's some certains about what he can do on the offensive end. He's someone who I've been watching since he was sixteen. I saw him at USA Basketball Camp back in twenty fifteen when he was just sort of establishing himself as a top recruit. I haven't seen him got that much better since then. He's still sort of

the same guy who's more prospect than player. To me, I just wonder what he can do with the ball in his hands. He's gonna be able to make him move to put the ball on the floor or to beat you at the jump shot. He's always had potential as a jumpshooter, but I think that as a shot NBA teams are going to give him from day one. And then you wonder about his defensive impact. If he's forced to guard more of a perimeter player at the five, someone like let's just say Draymond Green, someone who can

beat you from the perimeters. You can be able to stay locked in as he's someone who is going to rely a little bit too much on his instincts to defend the paint. So bomb is certainly in treating. Some people have him in this class in the top three. I would be a little less optimistic on Bombo, but you know, his ceiling is really as high as anyone's. If he hits it, he's going to be a terrific and unique player. Then you can go to Marvin Bagley.

Bagley sort of similar to Eton in a sense where they both put up massive per game numbers for big time schools. Bagley, of course a duke, just a terrific offensive player. I think that he's an automatic finisher inside. He's so athletic, he could jump two or three times before anyone else can jump once. And he has does such soft touch around the rim, and really he's more advanced with his footwork than a lot of people give

him credit. For two. I think he just finds ways to sort of leverage his athleticism and leverage his strength to score around the basket. I think defensively, there's major questions similar to Eton, because he doesn't really have a true fit. Is he four? Is he fives? He can be able to defend on the perimeter enough to be a four, that's a question mark. Is he can be able to block shots enough to be a five. He

doesn't really have the length to do it. He put up a really bad shot blocking and steals numbers while at Duke. So you know Bagley, you can see the talent there. I think if he develops as a shooter and as a ball handler, he couldn't eventually turn into a really unique offensive player. I would probably take a gamble on Bagley, you know, somewhere around I don't know, four or five. But then you transition to Jared Jackson and to meet Jaren Jackson started the most complete big

man in this class. He didn't put up big numbers. I think only average about eleven points and six rebounds a game from Michigan State. This year he barely even played in the round at thirty two loss to Syracuse. But he's someone who just has the total package of what you're looking for for a modern big man today. He's a forty percent three point shooter. And eighty percent free throw shooter. He actually blocked more shots per minute

than Mobamba, so he's terrific on the defensive end. He also sort of has that agility to switch every position defensively, and I think his ball handling is just sort of scratching the surface too. There are a couple of plays this year where you just don't see guys who are six to eleven with a seven five wing spender Jaren Jackson be able to cross the guy over between his legs and take him off the dribble. So I like

Jackson the bast side of the big men class. And you know, we'll see if NBA teams agree with that when the draft rolls drown on Thursday. Could you see a situation which Wendell Carter could be on the board at number ten where the sixers are currently slotted, as we'd be into segue our conversation that way, that would be a pretty big fall. I mean, is he gonna get past the Bulls at seven, the Calves at eight, the Knicks at nine? All those teams could potentially take

Wendell Carter. Certainly, there's a lot to like about his game. I mean, Wendell Carter just does everything so well. He's another player I've been watching since high school doing recruiting coverage fresponation dot com. I could see him turning into the best jump shooter of the eight and Bagley bomba group. He just has a really smooth, compact stroke. He didn't take a lot of threes at Duke, but he made over forty percent of him when he did. Terrific rebounder,

really good inside and score. In a league that's downsizing, you wonder if someone with Carter's just interior strength and his ability to bully people in the paint could be a good way to zag when everyone else is digging. In a sense, I do think there's questions about his lateral quickness, and certainly that's going to be a big issue in today's game when everyone's switching defensively so much so, you know, you watch the Western Conference finals and could

Wendell Carter or survive in a Rockets Warriors series. To me, he's probably only playing in twenty or twenty five minutes a game in that scenario. At the same time, he's going to be a really dependable big man. And you look at all the teams that were in you know, even reached the second round of the playoffs this year. They all had good big so Wendell Carter to me, could end up being really underrated if people are over

analyzing his lack of quickness. I don't know if he's going to be available for Philadelphia at ten, you know, but if he did, he could be a really good fit in that front point next to Mbid and Simmons. Probably no accident though, right that. A lot of the mocks out there are, including one that you guys did. Sp Nation has a Bridges, whether it's Miles Bridges or mcale Bridges at number ten for the Sixers, right yeah, I think you just sort of look at what Philadelphia needs.

They definitely have a hole on the wing. You saw this year they're playing Ilio Silvan Bell and Elly and crunch Time Minutes, two guys they picked up in the middle of the season. So I think either of the Bridges would be a great fit for the seventy sixers. If you want more of a pure three and D guy, I think McHale is the pick. Obviously, he's from the area.

He played at Villanova, won two national titles there. He's someone who just got better every single season during his four years of college basketball, He's turned into basically a knockdown shooter. He's one of the best shooters in this class. Defensively, he's able to get after it because of his length.

He really competes on that end as well. He is a little skinny, though, so I wonder, you know, if you're drafting a guy who sort of has limited creation ability offensively like McHale does, you sort of want him to be a lockdown defender, the type of guy who potentially defend James Harden, Kevin Durana, Lebrown, James as well as anyone could defend those guys if it's even possible. But I think he's really gonna need to add a

lot of strength to do that. He's also one of the older prospects who's going to be taken in the lottery, being in college for four years. So as long as McHale Gridge just stays in his lane as someone who can get into the passing lanes, disrupt defensively of his length, and hit open threes, he's gonna be really good. I do think someone like Miles Bridges might have a little more upside because I think that he's much more athletic,

and he has some more potentials to create. He's someone who at Michigan State he was always sort of putting a weird position playing small forward when he's a little bit more of a downhill combo for it. I would think you'd like to see him uses the lead athleticism to get to the room a little bit more often. I think that that could happen in the NBA with a more spaced floor, with you know, a more traditional point guard around him who can get him the ball.

So Miles Bridges, he was settling for the jumper a little too often at Michigan State. But you know, you just watch a series like Celtics has in the Eastern Conference Finals, or you look at the Western Conference finals series between the Rockets and the Warriors. To me, Miles Bridges is he's the type of guy who could be on the floor in that setting. Six foot six super athlete, can pass a little, can shoot a little, can dribble

a little. He's not lead at any of those skills, but I think his baseline competency is high enough for him to be able to do all of them at a reasonably high level. And you know, His athleticism is just so intriguing too, So as long as you sort of get him going downhill, I would love to see him running in a transition with Ben. I think that would be really fun. In Philadelphia, seventy six ers had Miles Bridges in for a workout on Monday, the same day that Lonnie Walker was a part of that group.

What type of momentum has Walker built up himself. Yeah, Walker was a guy who was a five star recruit out of high school McDonald's All American. He tore his meniscus right before Miami season started. He came back relatively quickly from that operation, but it took him some time sort of build up, strengthened that leg and confidence in his game making the transition to the ACC when he's a just bastl Lonnie Walker definitely looks like a lottery pick.

He's someone who's six four six ten wingspan, really wiry athlete, very strong, good compact shooting stroke. His numbers didn't always back up his talent level though. I think he only had a fifty three percent true shooting percentage at Miami in his one year. Coincidentally, that's the same number as Jaylen Brown. I had questions about Jaylen Brown when he was coming out of cow into the draft. He's proven

me wrong. He's been terrific for the Celtics. So you wonder if perhaps Lonnie Walker could be the same thing where he was in a great situation in college. His talent level sort of supersedes his production, and you know, the best version of Lonnie Walker. If he does reach you know, his ceiling, he's just gonna be a really valuable player in this league because he's gonna be able to defend, he's gonna be able to shoot, and he gives you some added creation ability that maybe some of

these other guys in that spot don't have. So I like Lonnie Walker a lot. I'd be willing to roll the dice on him. To me, the question with him is more like, where's his feel for the game at it It's kind of hard to tell that at Miami. I think physically he sort of does have everything you're looking for. But is he gonna be able to lockdown defensively? Is he gonna be able to read the floor, make the right pass, make quick decisions? Those are the question

marks with Lonnie Walker heading into this draft. He said in recent weeks that he thinks he might be able to defend one through three. Do you see that you see him more strictly limited to the backcourt. Well, he's got the length to do it, and I think just in this era of the league, everyone switches defensively, So yeah, Linie Walker is the type of guy you're looking for. Him makes up for his lack of height with that six ten wingspan. So yeah, theoretically, why couldn't Lennywalker guard

one through three? I think that he's one of the players in this draft who's sort of uniquely suited to do that, because, let's be honest, most of this draft is big. Man. If you're looking for a wing with some athleticism and some shooting potential, he's definitely an intriguing option. You referenced your bulls a few minutes ago. What about Michael Porter. How has he been handling himself and what's been some of the scuttle butt on him to the

pre draft period. Obviously everyone knew where he stood in terms of prospect rankings this time a year ago. The college season didn't go his way, but he seems to have a lot of confidence in himself. Definitely a confident player already carries himself like an NBA guy. I saw him player as a high school junior and senior when he was healthy, I thought he was terrific. But in those settings there was no doubt about his role, and

his role was as a go to scorer. He's been built up his entire life as someone who's going to score thirty points a game in the NBA. The question I have is, even if he ends up being healthy, and the back injuries certainly really scary, I think, but even if he ends up being healthy, how much of an impact is he going to have on winning if he's not a guy who's going to score thirty a game, and is he going to be able to do the little things that contribute to winnings, just make plays on

the defensive end. He really hasn't try to propensity to do that. I don't think he uses his scoring very well to set up his teammates. He doesn't read the floor while he's not advanced passer or ball handler at this point, So basically the book on porters at the raw talent level is obvious for anyone to see. He measured at six foot eleven hypothetically he's a three level scorer, but we don't have any data on where his three

point shot is at. Is he gonna be a thirty five percent shooter, Is he gonna be a forty percent shooter. Is he gonna be a thirty percent shooter from deep? We don't really know yet. His ball handling is definitely the thing he needs to work on the most, so

you can say that about arguably every young wing. I do think that with the fact that he measured at six to eleven, he really gives you some versatility to move him around the chessboard in a sense, like an NBA center might look more like Michael Porter Junior than DeAndre eight five years from now. Everyone used Porter as a three, but what if he ends up being a five because he's that tall, That could really give you some flexibility offensively. So Porter, to me the biggest boomer

Bus pick in the draft. I think that he's got a super high ceiling. I also think he's got a low floor. So you know, if you're if you're sort of weighing Porter for someone like Wendell Carter, like Wendell Carter is a safer pick, but he doesn't have the upside that Michael Porter Junior has. That's just one of the many interesting decisions they're gonna be facing teams and sort of the mid portion of the lottery in this draft.

We've been talking for the last fifteen minutes or so about some players who might be around the number ten spot for the seventy sixers, but they've also gotten number twenty six, number thirty eight, number thirty nine, and oh, by the way, fifty six and sixty. So that's a tenth of the draft that the seventy sixers have control of.

Who are some of the players that you have been hearing or you feel might be most likely to hover on the back end of the first round bubble that could possibly be there at twenty six, but also might filter back into the early thirties. Yeah. I like Kevin Herder, who's a guard from Maryland. He was really impressive at the combine, six foot eight, one of the best pure

shooters in this drafting. Was also someone who showed a propensity to make quick decisions with the ball, which is a really underrated skill that doesn't show up in the box score. Just making fast decisions on when to pass, one to shoot, when to dribble, so I think that hurder high basketball IQ, great shooter, limited athlete. Obviously, he's not someone who's really gonna beat you by putting the

ball on the floor, but he's intriguing to me. I mean, if he was available for Philadelphia around twenty six, I think he'd be pretty interesting if you're looking for another three and D type guy. Melvin Frazier from Tulane. Physical tools are obvious. Six foot six, strong frame, seven foot wingspan. He's someone who can really shoot the ball and who's developed into an intriguing player during his four years at Tulane.

Anthony Simons is another high upside guy who if you're willing to develop him for a few years, he could end up being, you know, one of the better guard prospects in this draft. He's a fifth year high school player out of IMG Academy. He was originally pegged as a potential top five pick in the twenty nineteen draft. He enters this draft through the same loophole the thomb Maker wants did as a fifth year high school guy.

His skill set is sort of what Mark Folds's skill set was purported to be when he came out of Washington. He's a guard who's really athletic, who can create his own offense and hip pull up jumpers off the dribble. So those are just a few names that could be available. I do think this is a deep draft. I mean you could look at everyone from Jalen Brunson, a point guard from Villanova who everyone listening to this certainly knows, Kyrie Thomas from Creighton who's a three and D guy,

really athletic. Maybe even Gary Trent Junior who is a freshman at Duke this past season. He's someone who is limited athletically and sort of limited in terms of how he can finish at the room, but he can really shoot the ball. Those are the type of guys that fit well around Ben Simmons, and I think that that's what Philadelphia has to look at building this roster going forward.

Shake Milton was a guy the Sixers had in for a workout on and they seem like his season was off to a pretty decent start before he broke his right hand. Where is he in terms of where people view him on draft boards? Yeah, I like sig Man. I projected him to the Sixers of twenty six for a while in my mock draft. Now it appears that his stock is falling a little bit, so we'll see. I mean, he could potentially be available from one of Philadelphia's second round picks as well. I do think he'd

still be a good option at twenty six. He's someone who hit over forty percent of his threes each of his three years at SMU. He's someone who had six foot six has the size to defend other positions off the ball. You know, you just think about what the Sixers need. You need shooting next to Simmons. You want a point guard who doesn't necessarily need to have the ball in his hands to have an impact and sake.

Milton's that type of guy. Fake Milton's not going to break you down off the dribble and baring you to the hole. But he's someone who's in space the floor, whose great size to defend. Here must have been a little bit of George Hill. Maybe, you know, George Hill had a great career, especially when he was on the Pacers and the Jazz, So I think he's in a sort of a similar vein to that, and he would

be a good pick for Philadelphia in my opinion. Grayson Allen, another name that's come up he's a guy where especially even after listening to some of his comments his availability at the combine, I'll be honest, I find myself you come around a little bit more to Grayson Allen, regardless of what the perception might have been to him prior

to that. When you hear him talk, he seems like an energetic, outgoing guy, and then when you see him in person, it's like wow that you can see some of the reasons why he really was an effective, impactful player, not just a guy who happened to be surrounded by talent while he was a duke. But he's got a pretty solid skill set of his own. Yeah, super athletic, obviously, he's someone who can really get off the floor as a six five off guard. He also has some shooting ability.

Shooting is going to be his make or brick skill in the NBA. Is he's going to be sort of a knockdown guy in the vein of a current sixer in JJ Raddick, someone who can beat you from deep and has to be accounted for, who will have a lot of gravity off the ball. My issue with Alan I just wonder like, is he gonna be able to beat anyone off the dribble and finish at the hoop. In the NBA, there's gonna be someone who's solely reliant

on his jump shot. Also, defensively, you know, he has the tools to defend, and he did it a little bit of duke, But do get a switch to his own this year because none of their guys were good enough in individual defense. I don't see him being a stopper in the NBA. He wondered, like, can he develop his handle enough passing skills enough to be a point guard or is he a pear gunner. If he's a gunner, I think he works best as a bench guy, which can certainly have a lot of value in the NBA.

You know, I look at him as just someone who didn't get much better between his sophomore and senior seasons. His sophomore year he was terrific. He was on that team with Brandon Ingram, and they were really really good. I mean, he was arguably the best player in the country is a sophomore. Junior year, he got sort of bogged down by the tripping controversies and some of that stuff, and as a senior he just sort of seemed like a forgotten man To be Bagley and Carter got all

the attention. There were games when you forgot Grace Allen was even on the floor. I like Grayson. There's definitely the potential for him to just, you know, carve out a ten year career as an NBA role player. And you know, if you get a guy like that in the second round, I think that you made a really good pick. He's definitely one of the most fascinating prospects

in this draft. Man. And as we begin to wind down the conversation and bring the talk full circle, I guess whether we're talking about someone like a mcale Bridges or a Miles Bridges, someone like a Kevin Herder who you mentioned, or a Shake Milton for the seventy sixers, do you view this draft more about or more than

it could have been previous years? Fit now the Sixers are in a spot where they've established some key guys that they can build around as far as their nucles concerned, and find some complimentary talent that, whether immediately at over time they can build and just try and make the

piece a little bit more whole. I think absolutely. And what makes the Sixers so intriguing from that perspective when you have those two pillars already in place, they already have young guys who come into their own like cork Moths or like TLC. Now you're just looking for guys who can sort of get in that mix. And it's going to be a competitive atmosphere in Philadelphia, I think, which is what's really exciting. That competition is going to breed more success for whoever comes out of it. To me,

you're looking for shooters around Ben Simmons. You're looking for people who can run the floor with them. I think that they probably need to find someone else who would create their own offense off the dribble a little bit. I think that that would sort of alleviate some of the burden on Simmons's shoulders that he showed in the postseason.

You know, Ben Simmons is a point card, but what if you also move Ben Simmons to center during some lineups where he's set in the screens at the top of the keynot always initiating the offense as a ball handling. There's so many different ways to move Simmons around the chessboard, and I think that that's what gives Philadelphia so much flexibility heading into this draft. Obviously they have a ton

of picks they have. Having the tenth pick, you know, theoretically that's gonna be another cornerstone player for them, alongside having Beating Simmons and probably Mark hel Folts too, So they just have so many different ways they could go. I think that one of the Bridges would be a really good pick. I tended to fault to Miles in that conversation just because he's more athletic and I think

he has a little more values and offensive creators. But you know, they really can't go wrong either way with that tenth pick. There's so many intooging talents in this draft. Philadelphia is in a really good position right now, both at the start of the draft end as it goes into free agents. Yeah about faults, that makes it sound like you still feel like the Sixers are gonna be able to get something out of him. Yeah, I mean, I view Mark helt Folts is the best player in

the draft last year, no doubt. Obviously what happened with the loss of his shooting touch was really bizarre. But I mean you got to realize next year Mark el Folts would only be going into his junior year of college hypothetically, so he's still so young, he has so much athletic potential, so good at breaking down players off the dribble. We saw him have a triple double too, and he was able to get some minutes at the end of the year. So I was always a big

believer in Mark heel Faults. I still think he should be able to be a very good NBA player. You just hope he is able to find a shooting touch, because if that happens, the sky's the limit. A man who clearly knows his stuff NCAA, NBA levels everything else there is to know about it. We didn't even get into the foreign stuff before letting you go, Ricky. Any storyline or storylines that you think are not being discussed about the draft that need attention and should be brought

to light, I guess. I mean the most interesting thing is what happens to Luca. It seems like there's a lot of franchises at the top of this draft who aren't as sold on him as some independent scouts or evaluators. Him possibly fallen off to three, four or five. I think that's the biggest storyline in the draft. And then just sort of how do all of these big men fit into the modern NBA. It's they're entering the league at a time when that type of traditional center is

being marginalized. So I just think, you know, how they all fit into the league. That's going to ultimately determine how good of a draft class this is because it is so defined by the big man in this season. Ricky o'donald from Espnation has always been willing to help the Sixers digital draft cause, and for that we appreciate you man. Thanks so much. Cool, Thanks Ricky O'Donnell with our latest view on the state projective of course, of

the twenty eighteen NBA Draft. Twitter handle is at SBN Underscore. Ricky following has great information, especially this time of year when things are coming to a head with a draft coming up in a week and a half. Later this week, we will bring you more draft pod coverage, so be sure to check your feeds until then. Talk to you next time you see you

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