Prospect Podcast: NBA Draft Scouting and Analysis

In this episode, Alex and Ethan address all of the rumors and buzz in the 2020 NBA Draft, and discuss potential strategy and trading options for a few interesting teams based on their draft capital.

Timestamps:

2:34 - OKC Draft/Off-season Strategy

11:10 - Boston trade up?

22:50 - Westbrook/Hornets?

29:05 - 76ers Draft Strategy

35:00 - Cole Anthony

40:00 - Justinian Jessup

43:50 - Questions

In this episode, Ethan and Alex are back and break down their favorite realistic fits for each team in the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery. Spoiler: Devin Vassell fits well everywhere.

Timestamps:

2:18 - T-Wolves

6:50 - Warriors

13:15 - Hornets

17:00 - Bulls

21:00 - Cavs

24:58 - Hawks

27:40 - Pistons

30:30 - Knicks

33:30 - Wizards

39:40 - Suns

42:55 - Spurs

46:45 - Kings

51:50 - Pels

55:55 - Celtics

In this episode, Ethan and Alex are back and break down their projected risers and fallers for the 2020 NBA Draft Combine. They also detail a couple of snubs that they believe should've received combine invites.

Timestamps

Combine Risers

2:30 - Zeke Nnaji

5:10 - Mason Jones

9:00 - Paul Eboua

14:00 - Jay Scrubb

16:10 - Cassius Stanley

18:35 - Robert Woodard

22:00 - Mamadi Diakite

24:50 - Josh Hall

26:52 - Tyrell Terry

31:35 - Kira Lewis Jr.

33:55 - Killian Tillie

36:20 - Malachi Flynn

Combine Fallers

39:30 - Kaleb Wesson

40:45 - Vernon Carey

44:15 - Khalil Whitney

47:25 - Udoka Azubuike

Combine Snubs

50:20 - Lamine Diane

52:10 - Justinian Jessup

57:25 - Nate Hinton

58:45 - Kylor Kelley

1:00:00 - Giorgos Kalaitzakis

In this episode, Ethan and Alex read through and answer the questions they received for a mailbag episode!

In this episode, Alex and Ethan are joined by Derek Murray, Director of Video Scouting for Babcock Hoops, to talk his journey to where he is now and where he hopes prospect scouting takes him, and then dive into a few guys he's done scouting reports on.

Timestamps:

0:30 - Derek’s path to prospect evaluation

5:30 - Biggest draft hit/miss?

9:00 - Eval process

23:40 - McDaniels

34:30 - Bolmaro

42:05 - Stanley

45:50 - Hayes

53:40 - Avdija

Higher/Lower

59:00 - Cole Anthony

1:04:40 - Maxey

1:12:30 - Wiseman

1:15:50 - Toppin

1:23:20 - Stewart

1:25:40 - Carey Jr.

1:28:30 - AntMan

1:29:20 - LaMelo

1:32:10 - Derek’s sleepers

In this episode, Alex and Ethan cover a bunch of guards who could potentially be off-ball guards or forced to succeed in a secondary initiator role at the NBA level.

Timestamps:

1:06 - Questions

1:30 - Terry

Off-Ball Guards

22:40 - Joe

27:30 - Stanley

30:40 - Ramsey

35:25 - Ty’Shon

37:45 - Queen

41:45 - Merrill

43:50 - Elleby

46:35 - Ford

49:15 - Quickley

51:40 - Petty

Secondary Guards

53:35 - Edwards

59:00 - Mason Jones

1:02:40 - Maxey

1:08:15 - Haliburton

1:12:30 - Hampton

1:15:40 - Mays

1:17:50 - Scrubb

1:20:20 - Kalaitzakis

In this episode, Ethan Piechota and Alex Brown of the Prospect Podcast break down the top and sleeper wings of the 2020 NBA Draft class. They discuss their evaluations on lottery-level talent to potential undrafted guys.

Timestamps:

6:20 - PatWill

12:40 - Vassell

19:55 - Avdija

29:15 - Okoro

33:45 - Nesmith

38:00 - Bane

41:40 - Josh Green

49:35 - S. Bey

52:05 - T. Bey

58:15 - Alston Jr./Jessup

1:04:00 - McDaniels

1:06:20 - Woodard

1:10:40 - Nwora

1:13:00 - Chris Smith

1:16:50 - Henry

1:22:06 - Questions

In this In this episode, Ethan Piechota and Alex Brown of the Prospect Podcast break down their individual top 10 early 2021 NBA Draft guys, a class with limitless potential and star-power. They also dive into some of their favorite college basketball returners and potential breakout candidates for next year.

Timestamps:

4:10 - Cade

11:10 - Jalen Green

16:25 - Kuminga

20:40 - Boston

25:50 - Jalen Johnson

31:50 - Garuba

37:20 - Barnes

40:40 - Mobley

47:25 - Keon Johnson

50:55 - Suggs

54:00 - Springer/Love

59:00 - Christopher

1:04:10 - 2021 sleepers

1:12:20 - Questions

In this In this episode, Ethan Piechota and Alex Brown of the Prospect Podcast break down the best big guys and lay out their overall opinions on the class.

Timestamps:

2:45 - Okongwu

4:45 - Jalen Smith

6:40 - Xavier Tillman

9:10 - Obi Toppin

13:00 - Jalen Smith Pt. 2

14:40 - Killian Tillie

18:00 - Wiseman

22:25 - Zeke Nnaji

25:00 - Achiuwa

27:38 - Pons

29:20 - Paul Reed

30:10 - Isaiah Stewart

44:00 - Carey/Oturu

51:30 - Value of Bigs in NBA (role, skillset)

1:04:00 - Questions

In this In this episode, Ethan Piechota and Alex Brown of the Prospect Podcast break down their individual top 20 recent big boards and answer questions at the end.

Timestamps:

2:25 - Big Board Comparisons

1:00:35 - Questions

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In this episode, Alex Brown joins Ethan Piechota to talk about the depth of the 2020 NBA Draft class and dive deeper into a few specific guys, as well as talk draft philosophy in RD2.

3:05 RD2 Draft Philosophy

7:00 UDFA/RD2 Impact Values Plays

(Mason Jones, Lamine Diane, Justinian Jessup, Yves Pons, Killian Tillie, Jalen Harris, Kylor Kelley, Trent Forrest, Nate Hinton, Zeke Nnaji, CJ Elleby, John Petty, Malik Fitts)

1:04:00 Fit vs Best Player Available in RD2?

1:06:57 Pritchard, Powell, Howard

1:18:00 Questions

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2:30 - Killian’s strengths and weaknesses

18:43 - LaMelo’s strengths and weaknesses

27:45 - LaMelo vs. Killian for the Knicks

31:00 - Ceilings and floors of both

40:00 - Who delivers more passing value?

42:30 - Rest of PG class talk

53:20 - Under the radar PG prospects

1:00:30 - Cole Anthony talk

1:07:42 - Questions

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0:58 - Overall draft outlook

3:15 - Wiseman talk

8:52 - Okongwu talk

16:05 - Ball vs Hayes talk

23:38 - Poku talk

26:55 - Prospects I'm lower on

32:14 - Favorite players from the class

41:35 - RD2 sleepers?

45:05 - Questions from Twitter

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