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On this episode we were joined by Jake Loos, VP of Basketball & New Initiatives at Sports Info Solutions, as he gives incredibly unique insight into what it's like to be a part of an NBA Draft room.

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Jake and Max discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the 2021 NBA Draft class.

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Ben and Max are joined by Jake Rosen to talk Sharife Cooper's Auburn debut and the lessons he can teach us about guard evaluation. They also make an announcement about the future of the pod.

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Jake and Max talk about the different types of defensive manipulation.

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Jake and Max discuss the value of advantage creation and the implications of prospects relying upon complex advantage creation to win.

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Jake and Max continue their conversation on wings from Part 1, focusing on 3&D, slashers, and shooting specialists.

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In this episode, Jake and Max talk about the value of wings in the team-building process. Initiators, tough shot makers, elite glue guys, and team defense are discussed in Part 1.

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss Day'Ron Sharpe, Cade Cunningham, Jaden Springer and more 2021 NBA Draft prospects.

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1:40 - Day'Ron Sharpe

13:00 - Cade Cunningham vs TCU

25:40 - Greg Brown

33:15 - Romeo Weems

39:37 - Marcus Bagley

47:50 - Terrence Shannon Jr

53:15 - Christian Braun

56:37 - Emoni Bates

59:59 - Jaden Springer (again!)

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss all things Evan Mobley.

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Ben and Max discuss Scottie Barnes, Jaden Springer, Corey Kispert, and more 2021 NBA Draft prospects.

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Ben and Max discuss the deep off-ball scorer pool for the 2021 NBA Draft, including James Bouknight, Ziaire Williams, Jalen Green, and more.

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Ben and Max are joined by Jake Rosen to discuss Tre Mann and Scottie Lewis, Scottie Barnes, Keon Johnson, and more prospects.

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Latest update on Keyontae Johnson: https://twitter.com/GatorsMBK/status/1338949071416012804?s=20

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Jake and Max are joined by Henry Ward for the second part of their conversation on team-building in the 2021 NBA Draft.

Note: We elected not to discuss the tragic passing of Terrence Clarke as neither of us feels comfortable discussing it at this moment. Life is precious and we will always do our best to remember prospects are people first.

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Ben and Max are joined by Jake Rosen to discuss Cade Cunningham and big initiators, debate on secondary creators, and more.

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1:38 - Cade Cunningham/Big initiators

15:38 - Jalen Johnson/Moses Moody

37:14 - Secondary creators/scalability discussion

58:25 - Strength

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Ben and Max are joined by Jackson Frank of Dime Uproxx to discuss debuts of Ziaire Williams and Jalen Johnson, check in on the Kentucky prospects and much more.

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1:40 - BJ Boston

11:33 - Terrence Clarke

20:34 - Isaiah Jackson

32:15 - Alen Flanigan and Jaylin Williams

36:33 - Rocket Watts

38:00 - Dre Davis

41:55 - Kai Jones

45:33 - Micah Peavy

49:56 - Marcus Bagley

58:26 - Aaron Henry

1:01:23 - DJ Stewart

1:04:36 - Tre Mann

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Ben and Max are joined by Jackson Frank of Dime Uproxx to discuss debuts of Ziaire Williams and Jalen Johnson, check in on the Kentucky prospects and much more.

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1:50 - Ziaire Williams

14:54 - Jalen Johnson

26:46 - Greg Brown

35:59 - Moses Moody

43:26 - Jalen Suggs

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Ben and Max discuss various games and performances from 2021 draft prospects in the opening few days of the college basketball season.

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1:49 - Jalen Suggs

10:25 - Corey Kispert

17:02 - Evan Mobley

29:18 - Caleb Love/RJ Davis

35:00 - Roko Prkacin

39:40 - Trayce Jackson Davis

44:22 - Jason Preston

46:44 - Bryce Thompson

49:18 - Dwon Odom

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Ben and Max discuss various games and performances from 2021 draft prospects in the opening few days of the college basketball season.

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1:27 - Sharife Cooper eligibility

4:26 - Cade Cunningham

11:48 - Terrence Clarke

17:29 - Brandon Boston 

22:15 - Isaiah Jackson

28:57 - Miles McBride

36:57 - Nah’Shon Hyland

43:00 - Ayo Dosunmu

47:54 - Brandon Newman

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Ben and Max recap their favorite and least favorite picks from the 2020 NBA Draft along with broad trends and takeaways.

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2:18 - Jalen Smith to the Suns

7:33 - Aaron Nesmith to the Celtics

15:39 - Immanuel Quickley to the Knicks

19:29 - Payton Pritchard to the Celtics

23:23 - Traditional bigs: Isaiah Stewart, Udoka Azubuike, Daniel Oturu, etc

31:04 - Things to track

35:25 - General trends and takeaways

41:38 - Keon Johnson

49:09 - Jaemyn Brakefield

51:16 - Zach Freemantle

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Ben and Max recap their favorite and least favorite picks from the 2020 NBA Draft along with broad trends and takeaways.

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2:25 - Tyrese Haliburton to the Kings

5:30 - Kira Lewis to the Pelicans

11:50 - Josh Green to the Mavericks

16:46 - Precious Achiuwa to the Heat

21:35 - Tyrese Maxey to the 76ers

25:15 - Malachi Flynn to the Raptors

31:42 - Nico Mannion to the Warriors

35:48 - Sam Merrill to the Bucks

38:50 - Various other good value picks

44:35 - Onyeka Okongwu to the Hawks

50:26 - Obi Toppin to the Knicks

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Ben and Max's live draft show, but in podcast form.

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Ben and Max's live draft show, but in podcast form.

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Ben and Max's live draft show, but in podcast form.

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Jake and Max are joined by Henry Ward to talk about his philosophy on team-building and its application to the 2021 NBA Draft.

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Ben and Max discuss the draft boards and philosophy as a whole before analyzing the 2020 NBA draft and their personal draft boards and tiers.

Max's board: https://twitter.com/maxacarlin/status/1328347399107059722?s=20

Ben's board: https://twitter.com/Ben_Pfeifer_/status/1328805638395236352?s=20

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3:30 - Discussing big board tiers

17:55 - Post-draft risers and fallers

30:52 - Neemias Queta

34:35 - Chet Holmgren (again!)

36:40 - 2021 CBB talk, favorite teams

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Ben and Max discuss the draft boards and philosophy as a whole before analyzing the 2020 NBA draft and their personal draft boards and tiers.

Max's board: https://twitter.com/maxacarlin/status/1328347399107059722?s=20

Ben's board: https://twitter.com/Ben_Pfeifer_/status/1328805638395236352?s=20

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1:55 - Continued general 2020 draft discussion

16:35 - Comparing 2020 to other draft classes

26:11 - Discussing big board tiers

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Ben and Max discuss the draft boards and philosophy as a whole before analyzing the 2020 NBA draft and their personal draft boards and tiers.

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2:52 - Value of draft boards

15:50 - General draft philosophy overview

30:11 - Overarching 2020 draft class thoughts

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Ben and Max answer listener questions leading up to the 2020 NBA Draft.

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1:28 - Will Kaleb Wesson be drafted

3:37 - Evaluation biases

8:58 - Robert Woodard's 3&D potential

11:01 - Celtics drafting Markus Howard/Sam Merrill

14:17 - Best pnr ballhandler in the draft

15:42 - How the future of the NBA relates to the draft

20:41 - Best fit for the Celtics in a trade up

26:39 - Is 2020 draft deep with role players

29:14 - Weighing/evaluating ceiling and floor

33:45 - Josh Hall

36:53 - Shakeel Moore

37:45 - KJ Martin

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Ben and Max answer listener questions leading up to the 2020 NBA Draft.

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1:25 - Late 1st ballhandlers who could be steals

6:18 - How we decide which games to watch

8:59 - D'Angelo Russell to Killian Hayes

12:49 - Grant Riller's ceiling similar to Kemba Walker

16:08 - Mavericks trade up targets

19:48 - Ideal draft night for the Celtics

25:23 - Jaden McDaniels' ceiling/floor

26:55 - First round prospect who will be out of the league in four years

32:08 - Tyrese Maxey stock and Karim Mane

38:27 - Favorite 2021 international prospect after Usman Garuba and Roko Prkacin

40:11 - Mason Jones vertical increase

43:03 - Onyeka Okongwu playing the 4 and other mobile 4s

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Ben and Max answer listener questions leading up to the 2020 NBA Draft.

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2:22 - Kira Lewis, Grant Riller or Malachi Flynn for the 76ers

4:38 - Fake trades

8:37 - Deuce McBride in 2020

10:34 - Prospects we're worried we're too high and too low on

19:14 - Prospects we'd be most surprised to be wrong about

24:41 - Prospect we'd add two inches to

27:42 - Tyler Bey's potential is shooting percentages are legit

29:27 - Kira Lewis to the Kings

32:18 - Prospects with good shooting percentages who have bad shooting projections and vice versa

42:24 - Why isn't Josh Green top 10

47:19 - Precious Achiuwa vs Paul Reed

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss some bad player comparisons in the 2020 NBA draft and the general nature of player comps in the draft.

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3:18 - Killian Hayes to James Harden/D'Angelo Russell

6:32 - LaMelo Ball to Shaun Livingston

9:11 - Anthony Edwards to Victor Oladipo/ Wade

11:37 - Onyeka Okongwu/Precious Achiuwa to Bam Adebayo/Montrezl Harrell

15:58 - Kira Lewis to De'Aaron Fox

18:18 - RJ Hampton to Dante Exum

19:37 - James Wiseman to Chris Bosh/Deandre Ayton

23:20 - Deni Avdija to Danilo Gallinari

27:23 - Aleksej Pokusevski to Dragan Bender and Kristaps Porzingis

32:20 - Jaden McDaniels to Jonathan Isaac

35:08 - Aaron Nesmith to Klay Thompson

42:45 - Tyrese Haliburton to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

46:02 - Obi Toppin to Shawn Marion

49:17 - Abdoulaye N'Doye to Frank Ntilikina

51:48 - Jaden Springer

56:25 - Craig Porter

58:44 - Aaron Henry

1:00:20 - RJ Davis

1:02:05 - Peter Hemschemeier (WTF, P.D.)

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Ben and Max revisit their preseason 2020 NBA draft boards and discuss how their perception and evaluation of the top prospects in this draft has changed or not changed since then.

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2:12 - Devin Vassell

9:12 - Onyeka Okongwu

14:24 - Patrick Williams

17:52 - Isaac Okoro

24:27 - Tyrese Maxey

29:04 - Isaiah Joe

34:04 - Andre Jackson

39:11 - Chet Holmgren

43:02 - Jaden Hardy

45:59 - Frankie Collins

48:26 - Josh Giddey

51:20 - Mojave King

53:25 - Aly Khalifa/Bennedict Mathurin

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Ben and Max revisit their preseason 2020 NBA draft boards and discuss how their perception and evaluation of the top prospects in this draft has changed or not changed since then.

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5:15 - Anthony Edwards

11:45 - Cole Anthony

20:20 - Deni Avdija

24:40 - Nico Mannion

30:50 - LaMelo Ball

37:05 - RJ Hampton

43:33 - Killian Hayes

52:40 - Isaiah Stewart

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Ben and Max rank their best value plays in the 2020 NBA Draft.

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Jake and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss certain avenues of player development for 2021 prospects.

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Ben and Max rank their best value plays in the 2020 NBA Draft.

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss the morass of combo bigs in the 2021 NBA Draft.

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1:28 - Greg Brown

12:50 - Jalen Johnson

20:02 - Evan Mobley

31:20 - Jalen Harris

34:10 - Tramon Mark

37:05 - Dominick Harris/Julian Strawther

40:40 - Andre Jackson

43:40 - Geico Top Flight Invite

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss the morass of combo bigs in the 2021 NBA Draft.

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0:26 - Devin Vassell did what????

8:12 - Roko Prkacin

23:52 - Scottie Barnes

38:30 - Usman Garuba

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss his heuristic for evaluating guards and its implications for the 2020 NBA Draft.

4:08 - Easy half-court buckets

11:45 - Degree of difficulty of the average bucket

20:07 - How dramatic is the advantage/space creation

29:30 - Look closely at the passing windows

37:55 - Show me the special

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Ben and Max discuss the 2020 NBA Draft prospects they're most afraid they're going to be wrong about.

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1:35 - Kira Lewis

7:18 - Mason Jones

12:55 - Sharife Cooper

28:01 - Caleb Love

37:00 - Ziaire Williams

44:03 - Moses Moody

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Ben and Max discuss the 2020 NBA Draft prospects they're most afraid they're going to be wrong about.

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3:17 - Anthony Edwards

12:22 - Killian Hayes

18:37 - Aleksej Pokusevski

25:35 - Isaac Okoro

32:00 - Cole Anthony

43:27 - RJ Hampton

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss the Minnesota Timberwolves' core and what they should do with the number one pick.

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2:25 - Anthony Edwards

15:16 - LaMelo Ball

26:20 - Deni Avdija

34:55 - Isaac Okoro

43:10 - Devin Vassell

49:28 - Aleksej Pokusevski

55:42 - Killian Hayes

1:00:40 - Other options/our picks

1:03:28 - Mike Saunders

1:09:00 - Sharife Cooper

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss the Minnesota Timberwolves' core and what they should do with the number one pick.

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2:05 - Karl-Anthony Towns

13:35 - D'Angelo Russell

27:52 - Jarrett Culver

51:50 - Malik Beasley and Juancho Hernangomez

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Ben and Max discuss their rankings of 2020 NBA Draft prospects based on their ceiling outcome.

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1:45 - Patrick Williams

9:39 - Obi Toppin

16:06 - Kira Lewis

20:55 - Killian Tillie

25:52 - Xavier Tillman

30:25 - James Wiseman

35:52 - Isaiah Joe

39:18 - Malachi Flynn

42:11 - Deni Avdija

47:30 - Josh Green

51:57 - Jaden McDaniels

56:15 - Tyrell Terry

59:08 - Desmond Bane

1:01:12 - Tyrese Haliburton

1:04:42 - Precious Achiuwa

1:07:40 - Theo Maledon

1:10:55 - Tyler Bey

1:12:44 - Aaron Nesmith

1:14:32 - Nico Mannion

1:15:50 - Naji Marshall

1:17:50 - Nate Hinton

1:19:19 - Honorable mentions

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Ben and Max discuss their rankings of 2020 NBA Draft prospects based on their ceiling outcome.

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3:13 - LaMelo Ball

10:30 - Killian Hayes

17:35 - Isaac Okoro

27:00 - Anthony Edwards

36:59 - Leandro Bolmaro

38:59 - Grant Riller

44:46 - Tyrese Maxey

51:58 - Devin Vassell

56:45 - Aleksej Pokusevski

1:02:17 - RJ Hampton

1:07:50 - Cole Anthony

1:14:14 - Onyeka Okongwu

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Jake and Max are joined by P.D. Web to talk about developing some prospects from the 2021 NBA Draft.

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Ben and Max discuss their favorite projected second rounders in the 2020 NBA Draft.

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1:52 - Malachi Flynn

14:09 - Grant Riller

18:18 - Abdoulaye N'Doye

22:42 - Xavier Tillman

29:55 - Desmond Bane

38:09 - Ty-Shon Alexander

42:00 - Isaiah Joe

49:47 - Nate Hinton

53:40 - Killian Tillie

59:59 - NBA teams hiring high school analysts

1:01:55 - Isaiah Stewart

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss all things Killian Hayes.

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2:01 - Right hand

20:53 - Off ball play

27:50 - Developmental plan

42:47 - Jahmai Mashack

44:50 - Elijah Hughes

51:04 - Devon Dotson

53:13 - Aaron Nesmith shooting/Matthew Hurt weight gain

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Ben and Max are joined by P.D. Web to discuss all things Killian Hayes.

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1:25 - General discussion of safety/upside

9:04 - Early Killian

11:54 - Advantage creation

31:38 - Defense

43:10 - Jump shot

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Ben and Max answer listener questions about the NBA Draft.

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0:59 - Hornets rebuild plan

4:35 - Bad coach impacting player development

7:56 - Trade-ups outside of the top 10

11:08 - Second-draft/RFA players

16:00 - Bad frames

18:18 - Teaching/improving lateral movement

21:45 - Should the Mavericks take a wing or secondary handler

25:20 - Players projected outside top 5/10 most likely to be all stars

28:05 - Premium on players who can run an offense

34:10 - Way too early all rookie predictions

39:02 - Cassius Stanley

41:13 - Vernon Carey

46:59 - Tre Jones

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