The Drop Step – Details, episodes & analysis

Victor Wembanyama looks to have taken a leap 30 games into the 2024-25 season so it's time to ask whether the San Antonio Spurs can follow his lead. Are they ready to be taken seriously or is another development season on the horizon? Spurs expert and friend of the podcast Noah Magaro-George joins the show to talk about how Wemby's improved this season, which players are ready to follow him on the path to contention and future plans for a team that any NBA fan should be keeping an eye on. Follow The Drop Step on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/TheDropStepNBA Follow The Vic and Roll on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Vic_And_Roll Follow Noah on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/N_Magaro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"What's going on in Utah".... Brian Windhorst asked a few offseasons ago. As Windy hinted and finger pointed that change was afoot the NBA world giggled and scrambled to trade for the cream of the Jazz crop in Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. Utah got a haul that gave off OKC vibes and with Danny Ainge at helm a Western conference powerhouse was sure to be on the way. Except, two seasons and eight rookie contracts later that doesn't seem to be the case. The Jazz have a rogues gallery of misfit roleplayers, decent starters and draft pick who haven't quite landed and despite having Will Hardy to steer the ship this franchise has looked a little rudderless. Queue Charlie Cummings of Swish Theory (AKA Klaytheist11) to join the pod and talk about where this is all going, what the Jazz should be doing and whether Danny Ainge still has it. This was a really fun episode! Make sure to check out Charlie, like, rate, subscribe, share, all that..... Jazz. The Article: https://theswishtheory.com/nba/2024/07/utahs-two-timelines-of-bad/ My Links: Twitter: https://x.com/TheDropStepNBA BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jackquantrill.bsky.social Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDropStep_NBA Charlie's Links: Twitter: https://bsky.app/profile/klaytheist.bsky.social BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/klaytheist.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just how do you scout the draft in 2024? What do you look for? What do you value? Well, I've drafted in draft expert (see what I did there?) Chucking Darts to help you and I through the process. We talk about what it really means to be an NBA athlete, valuing efficiency at all levels and what's going to stay valuable as we get into the backhalf on the 2020's in the NBA. Let us know what your philosophy is heading into the 2025 class, what are you valuing that no one else seems to be talking about? Check out the Chucking Darts podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@chuckingdartsnbapodcast2215 Check out the Chucking Darts Substack here: https://substack.com/@chuckingdarts Drop Chuck a follow on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/ChuckingDarts Follow The Drop Step on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/TheDropStepNBA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's going to happen next year in the NBA? Who will be the best player? Which teams will dissapoint? Which young guys have a chance to break through and do something special? I've decided to arrogantly share my East/West Conference Predictions as well as my Top 75 players list with a bunch of fellow content creators so they can tear me down all in the name of good listening! For the debut episode of Rate my NBA season I had friend of the pod Asher Levy NBA on to dissect my list and my man got forensic on me. We argued about the Clippers, the Bucks, Jamal Murray, Kevin Durant and a whole lot more! Make sure to give the episode a listen and check out Asher's YT channel and Substack! Drop your 24/25 season predictions down below! Follow The Drop Step on Twitter here: https://x.com/TheDropStepNBA Follow Asher on Twitter Here https://x.com/asherlevynba Subscribe to Asher on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtzodtg-ColPwR44uIRMyg Subscribe to The Drop Step YT channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDropStep_NBA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryce joins the show to hopefully reframe the conversation around the Detroit Pistons. It's easy to see the gaps in the roster but we try and imagine what success could look like in Motor City. We talk about each member of the young core and highlight one area of their game in which we'd like to see them improve to get this roster to a place where we're talking post season not potential draft picks. Disclaimer: With every single one of these guys we could have spoken about shooting but we wanted to have a little more fun! Check out Bryce, he's the best - links down below: Bryce's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MotorCityHoops Follow The Drop Step on Twitter here: https://x.com/TheDropStepNBA Subscribe to The Drop Step YT channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDropStep_NBA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How far can synergy get you in the NBA? As the Knicks trade the farm for Mikal Bridges, the Celtics win it all with one of the most balanced teams of all time and star laden teams like the Phoenix Suns flame out early in the post season Judson Walden and I wanted to explore just how far synergy can get you. We put on our fake GM hats and drafted against eachother in an effort to build a championship quality 8-man rotation without selecting all-stars. Team philosophies differed, big names didn't make the cut but most inportantly we had a great time recording! Make sure to check out Jud, this was his debut podcast and honestly it felt like he'd been doing it for years. Follow The Drop Step on Twitter here: https://x.com/TheDropStepNBA Follow Jud on Twitter here: https://x.com/JudsonMWalden Subscribe to The Drop Step YT channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDropStep_NBA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hawks expert Glen Willis joins the podcast to talk about his beloved Atlanta! Trading Trae Young or Dejounte Murray? What to do with the number 1 pick? Jalen Johnsons ultimate ceiling? The unexpected value of De'Andre Hunter. We talk about a ton of interesting stuff in this episode so make sure to chekc it out! Follow The Drop Step on Twitter here: https://x.com/TheDropStepNBA?prefetchTimestamp=1717782640040&mx=2 Follow Glen Willis on Twitter here: https://x.com/willis_glen Check out the ATL 29: https://x.com/ATLand29 Subscribe to The Drop Step on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDropStep_NBA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An MVP, an All-Star, 5 draft picks and $55,000,000 in cap space. The Philadelphia 76ers have all of the above, Ricky Council III and the rest is a blank canvas. In a move to build a championship team round Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey this summer Daryll Morey has created flexibility that most GM's would dream of. Heading into free agency they have the room to sign any player and with their stash of draft picks traidng for a star isn't out of the question. So... Why not get the Slopfather himself, TrillBroDude of the You Know Ball podcast, on The Drop Step to dissect every move Philadelphia could make this offseason? We talk about upgrading the Nic Batum spot (by signing LeBron James), a Jimmy Butler reunion, Joel Embiid morphing into Brook Lopez and tonnes more on the star front. We wrap the podcast up talking about some of our favourite guys from the 2024 draft but most importantly this episode was a blast to record! Trill is great and we cooked up some plans that could see Philadelphia vault back into contention. Give it a listen! Follow The Drop Step on Twitter here: https://x.com/TheDropStepNBA?prefetchTimestamp=1717782640040&mx=2 Follow Trill on Twitter here: https://x.com/TrillBroDude Check out all of Trills links here: https://www.patreon.com/YouKnowBall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Small guards thriving, depth is king, two big or not two big... Every year the playoffs throw up a ton of questions and answers so on today's show Parker Flemming and I took his team, the Memphis Grizzlies, and spoke about some takeawys they could make and apply to next season. We got into winning the possesion game, optimising Jarren Jackson Jr, the two best value wings in the NBA and a whole lot more! Check out the episode! Parker is the best! He's got an encyclopedic knowledge of the Grizzlies and thinks about the game in a really fun way. Follow The Drop Step on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/TheDropStepNBA Drop Parker a follow on Twitter here: https://x.com/PAKA_FLOCKA Make sure to check out Parker's Substack here: https://subtsakalidis.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nic Thomas of The Lead and The Box Score pod joined the podcast for one of our favourite nights of the year... The NBA Draft lottery! Listen in as we speculate about some exciting outcomes that could come to pass pre Lottery or feel free to jump ahead to 30 minutes in where we officially react to the lottery as it's taking place. In the final stages of the podcast we did a lottery Mock Draft to round out the show. Like, Rate and Follow the Feed! Follow The Drop Step on Twitter Here: https://twitter.com/TheDropStepNBA Follow Nic on Twitter Here: https://twitter.com/_nicthomas Check out Nic's full Mock Draft and Substack Here: https://nicthomas.substack.com/p/2024-nba-mock-draft-20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices