Prospect Podcast: NBA Draft Scouting and Analysis
By Ethan Piechota
Prospect Podcast: NBA Draft Scouting and AnalysisJul 28, 2021
Prospect Pod #18 - 2021 NBA Draft Mock Draft + Lottery Predictions
In this episode, Ethan and Alex break down their predictions for how the first round of the 2021 NBA Draft will play out on Thursday night. Make sure to leave a nice review and like the podcast if you enjoyed the episode.
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Prospect Pod #17 - 2021 NBA Draft Big Men (Isaiah Jackson, JT Thor, Day'Ron Sharpe, Sandro Mamukelashvili)
In this episode, Ethan and Alex break down the a few of the most interesting big guys in the 2021 NBA Draft class in Isaiah Jackson, JT Thor, Day'Ron Sharpe and Sandro Mamukelashvili, their strengths and weaknesses and their avenues to success at the next level.
Timestamps:
0:45 - Isaiah Jackson
15:00 - JT Thor
29:00 - Day'Ron Sharpe
40:00 - Sandro Mamukelashvili
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Prospect Pod #16 - March Madness Risers (Mitchell, Butler, Kispert, Juzang, Grimes, McBride, etc)
In this episode, Ethan and Alex are joined by NBA Draft Writer for BasketballNews.com and Senior Basketball Operations Analyst at Sports Info Solutions Derek Murray to break down the biggest risers from March Madness 2021. The 3 discuss the potential draft ranges and strengths and weaknesses of Davion Mitchell, Jared Butler, Matthew Mayer, Corey Kispert, Joel Ayayi, Quentin Grimes, Johnny Juzang, Miles McBride, Isaiah Mobley and Neemias Queta.
Timestamps:
1:40 - Mitchell
8:35 - Butler
12:10 - Mayer
16:10 - Kispert
19:30 - Ayayi
22:25 - Grimes
26:00 - Juzang
30:55 - McBride
35:20 - Isaiah Mobley
38:30 - Queta
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Prospect Pod #15 - 2021 NBA Draft Class Returner Prospects (Bouknight, JRE, Kai Jones, Chris Smith, Kessler Edwards, etc.)
In this episode, Ethan and Alex are joined by Babcock Hoops Director of Scouting Derek Murray to break down the most interesting returning prospects in the 2021 class. The 3 give their initial impressions and thoughts on James Bouknight, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Kai Jones, Jared Butler, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Kessler Edwards, Deuce McBride, Scottie Lewis, Chris Smith, Matthew Hurt and Ochai Agbaji throughout their initial showings in 2020-21.
Timestamps:
1:53 - Bouknight
7:30 - JRE
14:30 - Kai Jones
21:50 - Jared Butler
25:12 - TJD
29:23 - Kessler Edwards
33:15 - Deuce McBride
36:50 - Scottie Lewis
40:25 - Chris Smith
44:23 - Matthew Hurt
49:40 - Agbaji
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Prospect Pod #14 - 2021 NBA Draft Class Initial Reactions (Cade, Suggs, Mobley, Zaire, Jalen Johnson, Kentucky, Illinois, Arizona St.)
In the first episode of season 2 of the Prospect Podcast, Ethan and Alex break down and react to their initial thoughts on Cade Cunningham, Jalen Suggs, Evan Mobley, Zaire Williams, Jalen Johnson, the Kentucky Kids (BJ Boston, Terrence Clarke, Isaiah Jackson, Devin Askew), Illinois (Ayo Dosunmu, Kofi Cockburn, Andre Curbelo, Adam Miller, Coleman Hawkins, Giorgi Bezhanishvili) and Arizona St. prospects (Josh Christopher, Marcus Bailey, Remy Martin) through their first few collegiate showings of 2020-21.
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Timestamps:
1:50 - Cade
8:25 - Suggs
13:30 - Mobley
21:30 - Ziaire
26:05 - Jalen Johnson
30:50 - BJ Boston
35:10 - Clarke
37:40 - Isaiah Jackson
41:00 - Askew
44:10 - Dosunmu
50:40 - Adam Miller
53:40 - Kofi
55:30 - Josh Christopher
59:25 - Bagley
1:04:30 - Remy Martin
1:06:20 - Questions
Prospect Pod #13 - 2020 NBA Draft Primer/Strategy (Celtics, Thunder, 76ers, Westbrook, Cole Anthony)
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
Prospect Pod #12 - 2020 NBA Draft Lottery Best Fits (In-Depth Analysis)
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
Prospect Pod #11 - 2020 NBA Draft Combine Primer (Risers, Fallers, Snubs)
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
Prospect Pod #10 - Mailbag Episode (Poku, Jalen Suggs, 2021 International Talk/etc.)
In this episode, Ethan and Alex read through and answer the questions they received for a mailbag episode!
Prospect Pod #9 - Draft Evaluation Process, Deep Dives Into McDaniels/Bolmaro/Stanley/Hayes/Avdija (with Derek Murray)
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
Prospect Pod #8 - Off-Ball/Secondary Guard Discussion (AntMan/Hampton/Maxey/Haliburton/Terry/Stanley/Joe/etc)
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
Prospect Pod #7 - 2020 NBA Draft Wing Discussion (PatWill/Vassell/Avdija/Okoro/Nesmith/Green/S. Bey/T. Bey/etc.)
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
Prospect Pod #6 - Early 2021 NBA Draft Class Talk (Cade/Boston/Kuminga/Green/Mobley)
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
Prospect Podcast #5 - 2020 NBA Draft Big Man Discussion (Stewart/Carey Jr./Oturu/Okongwu/Toppin/Wiseman)
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
Prospect Podcast #4 - Top 20 NBA Draft Big Board Discussion
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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Prospect Podcast #3 - RD2/UDFA Impact Players and Sleepers, Draft Philosophy
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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Prospect Podcast #2 - LaMelo Ball vs. Killian Hayes, 2020 NBA Draft PG Class Talk (w/ Alex Brown)
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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EP #1: Prospect Podcast - 2020 NBA Draft Outlook, Wiseman vs. Okongwu, LaMelo vs. Hayes
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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