On this episode of The Eat Check. The first round is over. We're not talking about the second round, because why would we except for the fact that the Lakers did the unthinkable what we already knew was gonna happen to draft Lebron James Jr. I'm gonna break down the first round picks the only way that I know how, by being a smart ass. I'm gonna talk about everybody. I'm gonna let you know what's what. Everybody's getting the business. We've got an entire draft to get into. Anthony, wake up.
First rounds in the books. Drop that motherfucker beat that should be reant. All right, So the draft is over, and I'm here to say I mean mah eh eh eh oh. I said this before and I will say it again. The draft was, on one end, completely uneventful and at the same time completely unpredictable. How could that be? We had no massive trades, as they told us it would be. They said it would be chaos. It was not chaos. Nothing really surprising happened. But let's let's go
ahead break it down pick by pick. Let's start with number one, Zachary rich Oh. The French Revolution is fully on Rica. Is one of four first founders this year. Whenby started the trend, Jerry West said it was coming, and it is coming. Uh. It's not great though, when your comp from like big brains in the NBA space, is Andrea Bargnani, like number one pick in the two thousand and six draft that most people think is one of the biggest busts in NBA history. I have no
idea whether Richochet is any good. I know that he shot great from three for like thirty games, and like terrible from three every other game of his fucking life, So I don't know. Like he's playing for the Hawks. What's gonna happen with the Hawks. Are they gonna keep Trey Young? Probably not. Are they gonna keep de Jon Tay Murray? Who the fuck knows? All these little combo wings that they draft never work out, DeAndre Hunter, Cam Reddish, The list really goes on and on. Is he gonna
get any playing time? I have no idea. I do know that being the top pick in the worst draft in recent memory is kind of like being the fastest forward escort in the garage. So not saying a whole lot. Number two, let's talk about alex ar To the Wizards, the Frenchies Oh crossof Croissant go one two in the draft. Wizards take Sar in part because Alex Sar would not work out for the Atlanta Hawks, so they get their scraps. They said, uh, he said, I'd rather be a Washington
Wizard than in the Atlanta Hawk. That's never happened in life before. Consolation prize in a bad lottery. Both these guys are three or four years away from being real players. Around the same time, they're gonna have to decide to pay him real money. And both these teams are probably gonna be lottery teams for a while. So who the
fuck knows. Alex Sar does have some upside though. Seven footer can lock down perimeter guys, he can switch on defense, He's nasty defensively, as well as the ability to be explosive in the lane. So we'll see about Alex Sar. I I do not know. I'm gonna have to tell you I'm not watching a lot of French French tape. Okay,
number three Reed Sheppard goes to Houston. Jim Behin pointed out on the heat check in the previous episode that there are like three three in the league that are under six to one, and none of them are shooting guards, which is Read's height right now, and Read Shepard wants to be a shooting guard. Just test letting when you have to go against two guards who are like six'
eight six' ten. And taller, My Man reads shepherd. Can shoot but can he play defense enough and have a role on AN actual nba team or is he going to be Like An iowa energy for the rest of? His life like is he gonna be one of the best players In. THE ukraine i don't know If the ukraine actually has a basketball, team anymore but you Know what i'm. FUCKING saying i don't know if he's gonna be able to get. Shots up can he defend? Dollar players my guess is. Probably No. And no, Number Four
stefan castle Goes To. San antonio let's grade this draft pick. Fucking lit this is the FIRST one i got. Excited, about like if you going Going From dan Hurley To greg popovich has gotta be like going from one super militant dude to like a, slightly older more worn out, militant dude like that guy, That Parent greg popovitch is, a parent is like a parent that's like on his. Seventh kid he's just. Worn out like at, this point there is no curfew at, this point like it's okay
if you, fuck bitches just don't get. Anyone pregnant, you know at One Point greg popovitch, had teeth but he. Doesn't Anymore, dan, hurley though prepares you literally a match made. In heaven nothing is going To Face, steph castle and now he gets to Play With, victor WEMBAYAMA and I think castle's gonna bloom legitimately one of the better defenders in.
The draft his body type. Is great all he has to do is learn how, to shoot which is suspiciously what a lot of these players in this draft have to. Work on it's crazy where we're at in the league, Right now like everybody's, a specimen but no one knows how to put the ball in the hoop from three crazy.
Number five the, First Surprise ron holland Goes. To detroit they're, not winners but it does make sense even with A new GM and I Think trajan langdon's considered one of the smartest guys IN The nba, math major but like this is just A Very detroit pistons pick up even from. Last year a guy who is long and athletic and, can defend and is versatile and has one of the brokest fucking jump shots you've ever seen holes in. The game how does? He Help? Kid cunningham, the Question If I'm,
kaid cunningham, is this do you guys even want? Me around because you're not surrounding me with anyone that makes? Me better number Six To. Jane salon you KNOW how i Know That michael jordan is no longer in charge of. HIS Team a frenchman got taken sixth in. The draft They Drafted, tejeane salon a six' Nine. Wing from france If It was michael, jordan in charge they would have
moved up To. DRAFT reed shepherd i swear to you they would Have Drafted probably donovan, clinging right here Because Nothing that michael jordan loves more than a big seven. FOOT white boy I think that saloon, is a project but At Least without michael jordan trying to break him in practice AND tell him i can put buckets, on your head he might develop into a. BALL coula waliplayer i actually really liked this Pick. For the hornets number
seven couldn't be happier. With This pick donovan clinging Falls. To my blazers everyone said we. WOULDN'T get them a lot of people thought he'd be the number one player. In the draft are? YOU kidding me? A top three his draft position was three and a, half over under and my dumb ass. Took the under but GUESS what if i wanna be. Cynical about it another seven footer with, lower body issues Especially Like a. Zach COLLINS type and i know he's not the same Size, as that collins
but He's Not. A sam buie He's Not. A zach collins He's Not. A grey GODEN i guess i. Don't think so but he is. A fucking beast his conditioning is something that's been. Called into question he hasn't played more than like twenty two minutes a game since like probably his. High school. Year it's fascinating everyone's looking Now At how tim connelly built the team to Dethrow, them the nuggets and now everyone, else is saying. Hold My Beer can DeAndre ayton play the flour and? STRETCH the floor.
I don't Know I love Donovan. KLINGON at Yukon I think donovan kling is gonna Be. GREAT in portland i just can't wait to see how. This roster, develops number eight we. Got Another trade san antonio. HAD the eighth a lot of people Thought that the spurs were gonna take another guy. In, the Backcourt well the spurs did draft a guy in, the back Court And the minnesota timber was traded. For that man and His Name. IS
rob dillingham, i freak him. Loved this pick one of the more, creative shot guys shot creators in the league or in the. In college, basketball excuse me somebody who has gonna step right in and have one of the better. Handles For Rookies and mike conley, is thirty seven gonna be thirty, Seven years old So now the wolves slowly. Bring Him along rob dillingham with maybe the best MENTOR.
In The Nba asked Donovan Mitchell about mike, conley at six two hundred and, Sixty Five pounds, rob dillingham small but, he IS quick and i think he's. A great, Pickup Number nine Zach. Edy to, memphis NO one and i mean no one has caused more people, to make crazy wild accusations and takes in this draft more than The two time Player. Of the, Year My man zach edy is like. A mob boss he looks like the final Boss in a. Jackie chan movie, seven, to nine, wingspan.
Slow footed ponderous HALF of the, nba Talking Heads, like kristin peak thinks he's the worst draft pick in the. HISTORY of basketball i kind of Like Feel. LIKE sam vassini I Never thought zach eddy, TWELVE months ago i have told you this man will never PLAY. IN the nba i said that like. He will never he not only will he not PLAY, in the nba he definitely won't be. A lottery pick and both of those. Things were wrong he is gonna be PROBABLY a. Good nba
player i'm. DONE doubting him i don't. Think he's guardable he hits, his freet does he stays, on the floor he can. Rebound the basketball he's. Strong as fuck he is strong like bull and he will be An Enforcer. For john morant will they be able to play fast with him. ON the floor i, have NO idea but i do think they'll make a way to. Make it, Work Number ten cody Williams. Goes to utah i'm just. GONNA be Honest I think cody williams is living off
of the fact that His Brother. Is jalen williams there's just too many holes. IN his game i don't think He'll. Ever be jalen but, Here's The thing trader, danny loves him and that makes ME worried that i. Might Be wrong jalen williams was slept, on as well which gives me tiny. Bit of pause he, can play defense. He can shoot he'll probably start as like A three, and d guy but hopefully his. Defensive game Improves Number eleven
matas Bozellas. To the bulls is there anything more cliche then going Out And, getting josh giddy a guy who's versatile and long and tall, But cannot shoot and then going out and getting another guy, who's six' nine, versatile and can't shoot but just happens to be From the city Of chicago and is Lithuanian. Drafted by a lithuanian. IT'S just fantastic stuff a Lot of responses for bozilla's?
IS he a. FIT i don't know. I have no idea are they planning on flushing the new trend the new way that we're saying it now Instead, of tanking for tua. IT'S flushing for flag i. Don't Know about that dan Bernstein said On, the score in chicago The, radio station in chicago that He is worried the bulls will play themselves. OUT of the lottery i. DON'T think that's true i do not, think. That's, A possibility folks also, i think in general this is gonna be an Interesting.
Road for the bulls they tell me do not judge them until the, free AGENCY is. OVER so i won't i. Won't say Anything more number twelve Nicola, TOPIC to okay see. I just, don't Know i mean okay see's very. Committed to the bit are they not? Like they they are they are a team who are gonna continue to Stay patient and find european guys that all. Do the same. Thing guys from. Overseas They Love Themselves, in poka chefs boy They Love Themselves, and josh giddy boy they love
themselves since the nicolea toepitch boy is if you. Look At their record sam presty's not really a hit maker in terms, of his draft positions but he also has, a billion draft picks so he can be wrong every. Once in a While, he did draft chet which. Was a no Brainer He, did draft, jalen wims also great but He did Pass. On alprah and shangun he actually. Gave that pick away Remember He picked up, vassili michich as well then. LIKE moved him away i, don't know
who Knows Who knows if nicole topic is. Gonna be any good apparently, he can't fucking shoot and HE just tore his acl so he'll have. A red Shirt Ear they'll put chip england on the case and we'll see whether. He learns. To shoot number three one of my favorite picks in the NBA's draft this, Year Was. Number thirteen devin carter i'm A Little, sad that, davion mitchell. My guy got, traded as a Result. He goes to toronto within twelve, hours after the pick, forty two inch VERTICAL
he had an nba combined. Record three four sprint this is the kind Of athleticism that the. Kings very much need kim Paired with the dearon fox. IS gonna be electric i think he could probably. Contribute his rookie year he can. Shoot from the logo he's kind of like A Better. Version, of, jose alvarado tough strong gets those fifty to fifty balls they all turn. Into ninety ten balls he is a son OF a world Class Nba dog, And anthony, Carter boy. OH boy kings fans i know
there's a million freaking, guards on this team but. Just Trust the process so portland traded the Number, fourteen Picked to washington And. WASHINGTON takes bub carrington i like. This pick as well washington quietly. Had a nice draft. Bub is very young he's. Six' five right now awesome, height for a Point Guard kind of like gigi jackson esque in terms of like. One of the younger players the youngest player, in the draft has size can do. A bunch of different things i think he's The Kind of
player that josh. Primo Was supposed to be the. WIZARDS had a nice draft. I like That number fifteen What Is? MIAMI doing with khalil, ware i tell you What Nobody benefited more From Derek. LIVELY'S ascension than khalil ware a guy who's skinny and. Long AND can block shots But i Don't know if khalil. Marrett ware has a motor he, can be a little lackluster A little laxadaisical out there sometimes. Just he Just blanks out that's why oregon ended up having.
To move away From him He. TRANSFERRED from oregon to indiana i know there's a Defensive need to fill, When bam needs, A blow but to me i don't. KNOW what this is about i can't really figure out. What this team is doing things keep going from Bad. TO worse for the heat i think unless they make a, huge free agency pick up we're Looking, at a decline
In Miami especially considering that jimmy butler's going to. Test free, Agency next, year number sixteen jared McCain the, man with the Fingernail, polish Goes to the sixers which i'm sure all of the fans are gonna act. Really rationally and progressively about i'm sure they're not gonna make any jokes or comments when he goes three for fifteen that he's spending too much. TIME in The nail. Salon i love, jared McCain he's, got aura he's got swag he. Can
shoot the fucking rock he wants the. Ball when it's clutch time Could He step in for tobias Harris And? Be? BETTER than Tobias harris. PROBABLY i like. JARED McCain i love him i. Think he's, Gonna Ball out number seventeen Dalton. CONNECT falls to The lakers I Joked on twitter that jj reddick's first. MOVE was to draft himself i think he got. LIKE a hundred thousand views i. Was kind of, Half Joking But My, man douglas DALTON douglas connect who now i THINK Should, be called d d connect is
kind Of. Born to be, a laker he's, already annoying he's already overrated and that's before he's even taken A single. Shot on an nba floor there is there's a reason THAT a guy that his pr team and their shows in the media has hyped him, as a top five player AND yet there were, sixteen, gms that were like actually he is. Not a top five player he is. Not, a top fifteen player anyway interesting To See. What happens with dalton connect he's gonna be, a rotation Piece right
away and the lakers. Need somebody, Who Can shoot number Eighteen. TRISTAN desolva goes To orlando I. Fucking Love Tristan de silva the magic. We know what they are they love some. Oversized, wings that Can Shoot, Remember, they drafted Jet Howard like is this? Jet howard two point zero is he? Ever? Gonna see the floor like the thing about the magic
is they draft people. And then they stash them they, have such a deep ROTATION and the rotation when i mean in rotation of just a deep roster guys who think that they're gonna get minutes and. They Might Get like four but da silva does. Shoot forty percent from. THREE he is six.' NINE i like the fit i'm i just Don't know. If he's Gonna Play number Night. HE and Jacobe Walter to toronto i like jakobe walter, another point guard with good Size But, as we learn with
scoot henderson point guards are REALLY hard to. Translate to the nba, right, away it takes like two three four years for young POINT guard. To BE an effective nba Player and i don't. KNOW if toronto's got three Years i don't know if. Massaiu zieri has got three years that man. Is operating on some Borrowed Time number Ten, who who jalen tyson to cleveland a pack two to three hybrid player. Who played a full college career you. Can score, at all three levels last time. A player
LIKE that. Got drafted That was Heimi Hankes, the CONFER tyson is. CALEB martin which i can see i kind of. See Good, success if became true for cleveland they need a wing. And They Need a backup plan if, darius garland Ends up Asking Out, which or mitchell tells darius garland then he needs to ask out in order. For him to sign his extension So We'll. See what happens with jalen tyson but that. Was a shocker. Of a Pick Number, twenty One missy. To new orleans. A cameroonian
center he's a project he's now going. To be Tasked To take over now that Jonas Valenciunas, IS traded out of new orleans i have no idea What. To expect kid out of baylor we won't know if he's a player, for probably two to three years which Leads me to. Wonder what the. Pelicans are Doing Number twenty two we knew deron holmes had been given a promise, he stopped working out for teams And. We Thought that was the
nuggets the, Nuggets had the? Twenty Eighth pick so what happened deron Holmes goes number twenty two The nuggets move up. With the suns to draft him it. Is hard to, argue he's young he's six'. EIGHT he shoots forty percent from three i think he's already Gonna Operate, like a backup bit for nicole Yoki But also maybe, slotted To day christian braun's bench spot as BRAUN. Has NOW been groomed to replace Kcp but i do think actually the nuggets are moving some things around to get under the
tax line SO that they can continue to. Pay kcp and KEEP. THIS. Thing rolling number Twenty. Three, a j johnson. To the bucks gross he's so skinny, he needs those weight those weight drinks one of, those like two thousand calorie protein shakes. Just so that HE can gain weight. He's not an nba PLAYER right now he's probably not an. NBA player for the next Three years i. Don't know what the bucks are doing they haven't been able to find someone, of value this, late in the draft Since
you're honest and. That's probably why jannis wants to leave this is a this is a win. Now team making Non Win now moves Number. Twenty four kaishawn george to. The wizards they love a shooting guard who grew. Five inches in. The last two, years he's six' eight he's still growing but. He still plays like he's sixty to three He shot forty one Percent. From deep at miami last year in washington. He's Gonna get the keys. Of the car tias jones isn't Coming Back it's just gonna.
Be him and jordan, poole crashing that baby they Got The keys they're gonna. Be running through Chocolate City like nobody's Business. NUMBER twenty five. PCOMB daddier to the knicks. I Don't know i don't know about this The knicks. Just Never Have Good luck with french guards frank. Nelakina EVAN fournier did not work out Great daddy, a is a six to eight, french player the fourth in the
first round and. That's pretty much all you need to know TIBs is probably gonna run his legs off and then he's gonna sit at the, end Of the bench with his. Headphones on cursing Tibbs's Name in Another. LANGUAGE number twenty six stellan Jones. THE okac i don't know what sam Pressy i. Don't, claim to know what sam pressy's. Doing honestly he's so much SMARTER than me the, Watching him WORK when i can't, understand It There's times I Can.
Understand IT like jaylen williams from santa clair when i, WATCH him cook and it. Doesn't, Make sense, I blame it on me actually i'm like i'm. Clearly not smart enough to understand. THIS move this is just another strange. Pick i don't really see what they're, doing they trade it up to. Get him he must be the fucking, MAN if they. TRADED up to. Get, HIM i don't know I Don't know well i have. To see dylan Jones and What He. IS number twenty, Seven, MINNESOTA gets
tarren shannon i LOVED him connelly. I Do trust, him, and i understand this terren, shannon's strong big can, get his own shot can, deflect, the. Ball get out. In a transition athletic explosive. He. Is big he's a big. Kid too boy Minnesota Now Needs? More athleticism what happens with nikaile? ALEXANDER walker does. He end, up going somewhere i don't know if so they now have. Another backup
guard that, They Can slot in Number. Two twenty eight ryan Dunn Goes To Phoenix This, could have Been steve nash prime steve, Nash and the suns would still. Be fucked so the pick doesn't. Really matter dunn is, A very serious defender he's six 's eight. He's, averaging two point. Three Blocks Per game listen let's be, honest the drew eubanks experiment did not. Work and So They end up getting him he Shoots eric gordon esque, twenty? Percent from
three phoenix eats? Some help boy, Do They need some Help. Number twenty nine, isaiah callier goes to utah by? The way did you know you saw us he had call your list at. Sixty five when he's like six to two what a difference for a guy who at times had Trouble Getting A shot Off. Against, TEAMS like long beach state and. Brown yeah i mean now we know why now. We know why because he's six to two he was voted most likely. To be a, Bust in his.
High school no he wasn't. No He wasn't but with that surprise you danny, inge is Taking a flyer, at twenty, nine Which Means i'm probably wrong, because again when danny Ainge Does something normally it works out, for danny. Ainge and not for anyone else number. THIRTY this draft is coming To A Close I Love. This pick for BOSTON baylor shireman Brad Stevens see the thing i, like about, brad stevens is, everything, MAKES sense you. Know, Like you're like yeah i get that Yes How the fuck do
you get another sam. Hauser with the last pick of the draft and they. Told everyone we actually want. To, move it we don't even need. It. Ah, we don't need that there Yet Bag, Oh but. We'll just take by Baylor shireman. Crichton sniper and he looks so boston, too he looks like his next nil deal His Next Sponsorship. Deal is gonna be like paps blue ribbon that's. What you see when you look At Him He looks like
he drinks. Six paps blue ribbons before he plays basketball he's Like The, the modern day like image of, larry bird like just doesn't give a fuck. Probably puts on chucks and gives you buckets boston is a magnet For Yts. Who can bomb from, deep fuck brad stevens moving. On really quick just a few, Second Rounders we're Talking About. Number thirty two kyle filipowski to utah man. Can't let, this one go without a comment this, man according to the rumors on them internets is engaged to a woman
who might have been his. Babysitter but also, might have been his cousin, so and also if that's not weird enough the. Babysitter might have ran out the red flags she was in grad school, when they started dating in twenty twenty one. When he was a junior in high school so she gave him a. Corset and her watermelon when. He was underage so you Just. Take there So, now he, goes to utah ohso, she's mormon and Like if, SHE'S his cousin. Then maybe he's mormon too i don't know
and that he's estranged from. The family because she wants him. To be the whole thing is fucking crazy And Now he goes, to, the jazz where danny ainge. Is like dude this. Is a random birsday who gives. A fuck this is what we. Do here you need a second. Cousin wife we're, Totally Down for that too Number Thirty Four tyler koleik goes to the New. York Knicks actually in a trade from portland joe cronin traded. Every single second round pick every single one the only pick they
actually Took Because We Have no roster Space. IS donovan klingon Jamal Shed goes to sacramento i Love That. Jamal shed Another replacement. For davey on mitchell. He probably. Sacramento fans their, heads are exploding, everyone's mad they want wings. THEY want centers and they. Just will not I give him to him gavoni wrote that shed is, the best full court defender, in his class bringing NonStop, intensity and toughness,
smothering opponents with ball pressure. Fighting over screens of generating turnovers And Bunches and. That probably came directly. From Jamal shed's agent So. Let's move forward cam christie did the clippers he AND. His brother get to live together in, la they won't play on the same arena Which would have been fucking dope because. The CLIPPERS are opening up a, new one but, La Very quiet so far very Good. PICK max christie's younger brother, out of Minnesota I like
him six' five. Especially if paul george is on his way out could. Be a good. Value pick of, The, Second round Number. Forty nine oh my God chad fuck you chad he is just another chab you, can, In, one of those gms Where You're. Like yes chad, You Canon Picked up isaiah. Wong he's doing nothing. But isaiah wong's a dog he's. A Culture, Guy you know who's a culture guy tristan newton indiana. Picks Up. Another guard who's,
good for, the business tristan NEWTON. He's six' five combo guard winning in his dna he'll be There right around the time that our our man from gonzaga asks out because he's or is just on a. New contract, and, he gets, The Bag. FROM somewhere else my man uh My. Man chad buchanan. I Like this a Lot. For indiana number fifty Three. CAM spencer to The Pistons this. Is amazing The pistons i actually like cam Spencer too all big. East guard has a, has a natty. In his pocket.
The dude's a winner top forty talent. HE'S twenty four that's why he fell In The, draft i think he might be better Than reed. Shepherd though not gonna Lie home sleep on yukon players there's room on this, pistons Team For a guy who knows how to win and trajan langdon Knows. THAT number five, fifty, five the pick to. The lakers i don't know man this is so complicated there's a lot of people crying about, This, being, like the, worst Thing For the, league Ever like, oh you know
they's rich paul threatened The Lakers. Threaten threaten every other team do not draft Brownie James, and, that's like me going up to like ryan. REYNOLDS like do not ask me out. On a, date, i, will not go Out With. You it's like. Okay well no one wanted, bronnie james everyone's crying nepotism but At the same TIME does anybody believe? THAT the NASAs antetokumpo Is an nba player right now. I a and naas. Atopo is the human victory cigar get Out. OF here i'm Not on the hate train for.
BRONNIE i do hate clutch though. They are The worst i really think that they. Are they're The they're the. Thing That's bad. For basketball Let's Give lebron this one though lebron's elite this keeps, bronnie james in. THE league for two to three years it's worth it i think this is Like really great for basketball. A little bit because If Bronnie's even Good At All. This Will be
like ken? Griffy? And ken griffey junior will, bronnie be a star no but the question is like how Many First take segments are we gonna, Get about why BRONNIE James isn't playing a half minutes Somebody's, gonna ASK jj reddick what his plan is. For bronnie, and i cannot wait for the fucking answer all right we'll talk more
draft next week. And free agency which is coming lost to chew on but we can all rest easy knowing that the twenty twenty five draft Will be that much better because this one was mid but We Do have some league to look, forward to where bronnie james will probably play in it. And that will be worth all the price of admission that's all The. Time that we
Have for this episode of the. Heat check come back monday for an, all new episode check out the, feed for past episodes and Many Episodes would drop unexpectedly like. Us finding out that kyle philipowski's engaged. To his cousin do not forget to, follow, the eat check throughout the free agency that means download Subscribe and tell your, Friends all of them even the filipowski? Family say hey i'm sorry he. Did you like that, that's soaking it be real tough and it's also like why would he slip.
IN the draft when he's the. One who got. GROOMED i couldn't figure that part. Out he's the victim i think we're victim shaming anyway they're thinking this boy can't, pass the wonder lick if he's fucking. His, Own cousin gotting off. His goutting off his. Family anyway i'm just playing around don't assue me anyway, throw on the. Eat.
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