Sorry, I like you all and your takes, but Pop is not going to take a chance here. Never going to happen...As someone who has watch POP and the team for 30 years, they will never do this. Waste a whole year fro Wemby? Really? WOW....Are you all saying the DNA of POP and the front office just do not matter. Have you listened to POP for years....Just do not understand, how folks can just ignore all of this. It likes folks are just thinking this is the first year of the NBA....Geez Might make a good show, but not realistic in any way.

Aj johnson is underrated

Good video. Great takes.

Ice story about Ayton is bogus. They could not make it up the hill and get to his house. Thus, he did not refuse to go with them.

Nooooo to Reed Shepard for Hornets .. We just traded this same small combo guard to the Heat …

This brotha always with trash picks along with equally trash brother

Castle can't shoot

James Barlowe stay off the weeeeeeeed-duh…

Love the high picks of Ware and Salaun. You have to take a fucking swing! And there’s nobody with higher ceilings than those two in those spots

This is the first mock draft that I exactly said finally somebody gets it! As a wizards fan Stephon castle is the guy.

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I'm a Ron Holland fan, but his tunnel vision is a worry. Thus I rate Tidjane Salaun over him for my Hornets at #6.

Ware has just starting to get into weights. That's the motor change.

I agree on the Ayton take.

Jaylen Tyson and Tyler Smith were 10 spots higher than most mock drafts. Ware has great tools but needs someone to light a fire under him. Topic may go out of the lottery. I think he will go 8 to the Spurs at best.

James is deeeefinately not his brother in regards to their hoop intellect. James be killing the Blazers in his mocks. Tyler Smith at 7 and passing on Salaun & Clingan? Nah, that would never happen. Terrible mock for Portland.👎🏼

Time for the update on these prospects!! Pretty please

Interesting take having Tyson ahead of Knecht. Oh yeah, and why hasn't Salaun at 5 to the Pistons not trendy yet???

Yall way off on Ware, reminds me of GG slander....kids mature smh

Stephon Castle and Tidjane Salaun are the first two picks for the San Antonio Spurs! Tall and talented!

I wonder what the chances are that (if the top 3 picks go like James predicts) the Spurs go all French and all-wing in the first round and pick up Risacher and Salaun. Lol.

James is right about Salaun's name pronunciation. I looked for an interview with him on KZfaq a few weeks back, and he says his own name as "Tee-jon Se-lon."

Last year you hyped geegee Jackson, and he ain’t even in the league anymore..or was that your brother that said that

SHOTOUT TO RICH STAYMAN FOR KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE THROUGHOUT..

CASTLE NUMBER 2? LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

Somehow idt there was a worse pick than a guard at 7 for portland but I was wrong. Im surprised I’ve seen no one say it, but how can you remotely justify saying that Rissacher doesn’t have the offensive upside to be a top 3 pick because he doesn’t have playmaking abilities, and then reasonably argue Tyler Smith over Matas Buzelis, Ron Holland, Dalton Knecht, Tidjane Salaun, and Clingan. Tyler smith has no creation or passing ability whatsoever there is no way he gets taken that high

With the first pick of the 2024 NBA Draft the Atlanta Hawks select PrizePicks

Kings are going with Devin Carter if he is still available at #13

NGL, Jody and Cronin will be run out of Portland if they choose Smith over Salaun, Clingan, Holland, Buzelis, and Knecht at 7.

I liked that little tyler smith debate

If Risacher is available at 4 there is ZERO universe, even in the multi-verse, where the Spurs FO brass don't take him there. It's just too clean of a fit with their current roster, where Risacher comes in and to take over Julian Champagnie's starting slot (Julian's much better suited for a bench role) and where Risacher's flaws and shortcomings won't nearly be as exposed. He can stand in the corner and hit open 3s and play within the concept on defense. He won't have to create for himself. Not only that, Riisacher's flaws are much easier to take on at the 4th pick then in the top 3. James is missing the big picture w/their roster and why Stayman is skeptical.If the Spurs really want the balky-kneed Topic, they gamble on him at 8. Personally, I'd hate even wasting the 8th pick on Topic with a reminder that a) The Spurs currently have 3 firsts in next year's draft, already a much deeper draft or b) Even if the Spurs move those picks it likely means they're dealing for say, a big time PG and say, in the case of Darius Garland, then essentially, there's no future for a player like Topic on the roster when they've already got an awesome backup in Tre Jones, and guys like Malaki and Wesley who spent ALL last season playing backup PG minutes.

I just dont get it with Castle

I really liked the Castle, Risacher and Sheppard landing spots. I absolutely hated the Tyler Smith pick to Portland at 7. Especially since Portland's defense has been atrocious for years now.

Wizards taking Risacher seems more likely

I think Spurs can get Topic at #8 and I would select Risacher at #4 . Topic-Risacher-Wembanyama can be a great core.

I really enjoy this channel, I just want to see/hear about sports, not politics and social issues

Tyler Smith is a nice prospect but Portland should be able to get him at 14. I can’t see him going higher than that. He his 14 to 20 range most likely.

With the injury to Topic, erase him from #4 for the Spurs. The Spurs like Risacher (French connection) more anyway, so pencil in Zacharrie at #4. Add Salaun at 8. Three Frenchmen in the lineup!

Fwiw, just don't see Hornets going with Shepherd after the Rozier experiment. Small shooting guards with Lamelo are a bad fit.

This dude is so out on Cody Williams that it makes me more in. Last summer this channel did a Redraft of 2022 draft and had his brother JDub fall all the way to 8th when it was obvious asf already he was top 3 so I’m not trusting any of the takes here on Williams bros. Still appreciate the channel but yea

I've been saying Castle to Wizards. Fits what Dawkins looks for

It would be astounding to see Risacher go past the Spurs after they spent so much time scouting him and the fact that he fits their needs so well.

I'd like Castle that high... but maybe in a trade. Wizards are a bad fit and don't develop like say the Spurs...

Why is no one talking about Castle at no. 1? He fills the Hawks biggest need. Perimeter defense. Plus he's not years away from contributing like Sarr. He can contribute to winning right now as a big defensive guard next to Trae Young. The fit is there lol

Nooononono. U don't grab smith at 7..he will be available at 14, so u don't grab him at 7. Noooo

Hoping the spurs can get Stephon castle

I think the top 4 French players, Sarr , Risacher, Salaun, Dadiet will be amongst the top 8 players in this draft, in 2-3 years! Richard, the deficiencies you mentioned for Risacher and Dadiet, as well as Sarr and Salaun, are all fixable through hard work, discipline, training and ability to learn. So it’s up to the individual player’s mental mindset!! (Which is done through interviews, something that we “draftniks” have no access to)

It has been reported that NBA physicians traveled to the combine overseas on Wednesday to assess the medical conditions on Nokola Topic and his agent confirmed that he has a partial torn ACL of the left knee and will be out for the year. NBA physicians are confident that the surgery will have a positive outcome especially with his young age. As expected, concern has arisen that his stock will fall and push him down the draft and most likely out of the draft unfortunately. Best wishes for the young man

Yikes, hopefully Brian Wright/R.C. Buford steer way clear of Topic. Think what Stayman is overlooking is how tough Pop is on point guards, how long it takes for him to trust them. Tony Parker was the exception; everyone else spent 2-3 years on the bench, from Joseph to DJ to White. If Topic can't play this entire year, that means he's going to be down the depth chart and not ready to contribute significant minutes until 2 years from now and that's way down the Victor timeline. The Spurs have three -- yes three! -- 1st round draft picks next year, which is much deeper class: their own, Chicago's 1st (top 10 protected) and Atlanta's 1st (unprotected). The playing time for Topic just won't be there if he's not around this year and that's not accounting for the Spurs love of Tre Jones (especially as backup), and have invested a ton of time/development in Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley, who both played 90% of the backup point guard minutes last year. They'll need to find minutes for those guys too. Malaki got multiple starts at point because the Spurs don't have a heliocentric offense, the kind that a non-shooter like Topic is suited to run. In fact, a player like Topic is just going to be taking away assists from Victor, who will be handling the ball even more as a creator next year and he needs guys who can cash his passes, preferably from behind the arc. With their 8th pick, if the Spurs keep it, I see them taking a flier on Salaun if he's available, as he checks all the boxes of that project player at a position they can be patient for.

I think Utah would take topic if he fell to 10