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your mouth get out of the house get yourself down and shake it all out tonight no sexy heroin adding me but I can still get down like Frank Ponell on a motor bike that’s right here we go it’s noon on grind city media.com it’s Chris Show welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome it is the Wednesday June 25th 2025 edition of the show today on the show the NBA draft is tonight unbelievable we just got done watching basketball and now we turn around and the draft is this evening grizzlies have three picks we’ll talk about those we will also go through the entire NBA draft jessica Benson will be here as she is on Wednesdays it’s a Wednesday is hot smile let’s do it turn it up in your life you do what feels right instead of waiting for the next big thing to stop running your mouth get out of the house get yourself down and shake yeah yeah yeah yeah hope everybody’s having a good day all right ton of stuff to get to on the show today not the least of which is the big event of the evening which is the NBA draft which is going to be going on tonight from the Barclay Center in Brooklyn New York uh the Grizzlies are supposed to have the 16th pick the 48th pick and the 56th pick and of course they were only supposed to have these second round picks and then the Desmond Bane trade happened last weekend and at that moment I came to you on the following Monday and I said “Uhoh I got a week and a half and I’ve got to start cramming because the market smart trade sent the first round pick away.” And so Grizzlies weren’t going to have a first round pick they were going to have a couple second round picks i could do some cursory let’s look at some of these you know second round guys and see who I like and that would be the end of that but now this has got infinitely more interesting because not only do they have the 16th pick which is a uh you know in the middle of the first round we know that over the course of the last several years it has been the MMO of the Grizzlies to not wait for their pick to be able to get who they want in fact over and over and over again there is a player that is targeted and they have done what they’ve can to get up to the point where they can take said player and so I had to start looking at a lot of guys and I am here to tell you that I have done what I try not to do but sometimes I can’t help myself i’ve fallen in love yeah I’ve fallen in love with a guy and this what they always say they always Happy Pride Happy come on it’s your month my guy # Pride Month # Pride Month a draft prospect oh and you too i hadn’t even introduced you you’re not You’re not We’re not only We’re going to get cancelled we’re not You’re not supposed to talk until it’s time to talk speak when spoken to on the Chris Vernon show all right john Roser’s here damn it john Roser aka the cologne ranger the body sorcerer john Fergus johnny Nearb john Lance he’s Yogi Roser he’s Darth Thunder all right it’s going to be a big day devin Walker’s here the microphone manglers in your closer the photographer he s 93 all right you got five days i have got I’m going to tell you this so there is a player in the second round that I covet badly honestly like I mean where I just start you know I start going through I start reading everything i start watching highlights i start deep diving onto all of these players and then I come across one and I was like “Oh my god.” Oh I have to I got to have him on the Grizzlies i have to have him on the Grizzlies i need to know who you know the kind of players that I love i found one right we have talked many times about dog identification dog identification i am I am the king of dog identification yes and um yeah I found one that that I need all right so anyways we’ll get to all of that there is going to be a draft show tonight grind City Media um 7:00 jessica Benson’s going to be here brevin Knight’s going to be here lang Whitaker’s going to be here uh me Devin Roser everybody’s going to be a part of this uh tonight Rob Fischer draft show going on at 7 o’clock tonight it is on Grind City Media you can download the app you can subscribe to the YouTube channel and if you want to watch along and listen to our thoughts as the draft is unfolding that is going to be going on tonight presented by Southland Casino Hotel all right so the draft is going on tonight at Oh and Mike Wallace is going to be checking in from Parklay yeah hope he doesn’t look like a hostage this time when he does a hit yesterday my guy My guy was on his hostage floor at the airport he he like set up Mike had like the camera set up or something and then stood back mike next time you set your phone up sorry back your phone back bro how about that i don’t know why is it the draft that’s made both of you exceedingly goofy today what has happened we’re We’re in a good mood bro as soon as it’s hit summer and it’s like we don’t have games to watch or whatever we got to You know what I’m saying shout out Mike Wallace though man look back up from the Okay what I’m going to do is what I told you I was going to do which is I’m going to go through all of these players and I will just tell you what I think and a lot of them I’m not going to have some kind of strong opinion on right because again I started caring a week and a half ago desperately caring a week and a half ago some years we care a lot more about the NBA draft than in other years and this was one of the years that we had decided especially after the mark after the trade deadline it was like “All right well draft ain’t going to matter all that much.” And the team’s young and they just bitched about how they were unintentionally young so now they can be intentionally not that young that being said I will say that I am not I am not on the side and I know once you get burned a couple of times then people start to change their opinions to something that I think is a dangerous opinion to have which is okay well they haven’t had you know even though last year was resounding success draft-wise they started two guys yeah that they drafted and won games from a bad draft and and won a bunch of games okay but and and I got it right people want to bring up Zire Williams and David Rody and Jake Laravia and some others that and and and obviously Vince and Gigi were both uh not guys that progressed anywhere near what we thought they were going to as we ended two seasons ago but I still have a lot of hope in in those players um to me the lesson of the Grizzlies being so good so fast has been a of course you have highlevel players but beyond that you have to have players that wildly outperform their contracts and that is so hard to do via any other avenue but the draft okay you’re going to look up and to kill Alexander Walker who’s not like probably starting for somebody in their back court maybe he is maybe he is but he’s going to be making like $20 million right and like I just and I just said this on Gary’s show andrew Nemoard just guarded SGA as well as anybody did the entire playoffs andrew Nehard was on a $2 million contract if you hit it you cannot replicate that and it’s four years of it at a low rate and so I am never on the side of if there is a lesson from you just watched both Indiana and Oklahoma City have success with guys that were on rookie contracts in fact there was at one moment in the NBA finals where there were three guys on rookie contracts that were starting for Oklahoma City chad was on a rookie contract jaylen W on a rookie contract quesan Wallace on a rookie contract okay so it’s not about not having young guys on the team it’s about hitting the ones that you need to hit yeah that’s what that’s what I’m worried about yep and there was a time when we did right desmond Bane look Santi Alama again it’s going to be a lot harder to outperform whatever contract he signed than what he just did for four years for us right brandon Clark another Brandon Clark same way and so all I’m saying is I’ll never be I don’t want any young guys on the team i don’t care about the picks because in this day and age with you understand and you’ve become big cap guy you’re paying your best players a fortune okay the middle class has started to erode in the NBA and then you have to fill out that roster up to now 17 players okay because you got the two two-ways too yeah m that are part of this yep so you got to have 17 okay having the back end of that again we’re focused on Okay let’s be fair we’re focused on the eight we know eight is the number that played 20 plus minutes a game in the NBA finals for the deepest team the one that played their depth the most in Indiana okay oklahoma City though they are lauded for being as deep as anybody right not only are they great they’re deep they played six guys over 20 minutes bro when it came time when it came time and the final boss which is the NBA finals hit they played six guys 20 minutes a game regular season deep but not deep correct and so what we’re focused on is six to eight right that’s what we need to worry about in terms of what’s the blend of that with veterans and young players now Oklahoma City as we talked about all year they are the extreme outlier because they had Jaylen Williams they had Chad Homegrren they had Ques Wallace all being able to be part of those six but three of their six were on rookie contracts so don’t tell me again quality dip quality dip yes quality dip it’s about hitting it and again I’m not worried about us adding young players to the mix you this this roster my opinion is is going to look very different by the time you get to training camp anyway and so I am unconcerned with right now figuring out like oh well if they add this rookie then they’re not going to have this roster spot they’re not like I think it’s going to look different and there’s always ways of evening it out and again we need to focus on the six to eight how many of those guys right and are we counting on Brandon Clark being one of those kavius Cwell Pope obviously falls into one of those that will be part of that that can do it whoever you attain at center can be part of those and my opinion would be you’re probably going to go get a veteran like like you have Zack Edy zack Edi is going to be out you know on the front end he’s going to be out you’re going to be scanning through and you’re going to be finding a you’re not going to be that’s not going to be a rookie that’s playing center for you so that’s going to be a vet and then you’re going to have Colt Will Pope then you’re going to have whoever’s going to be playing two guard for you okay which who knows and then you’re going to have John you’re going to have Jiren okay so you’re you are in my opinion when you’re adding the vet center when you’re adding Kavis Cwell Pope and then you’re adding whatever you’re going to do in the offseason like I think there’s at least one more player that you’re going to be attained i would say you’re going to have at least three vets on that team in addition to now a 26 year old and John Mar and Jared Jackson Jr right so they are growing into becoming guys that have longer tenures in the NBA and so I am not once you get past that I am fine with the cuz you’re going to have to right you’re going to have to and again Brandon Clark obviously now a veteran player he may very well be in the rotation who knows right Santi Alama depending on what happens with him again I just think there’s going to be turnover they still have to we know this they still have to find their third best player y they don’t have whoever the third best player is on the Grizzlies is not on the team no I think they’re looking for right now all the reports or every report you see as a Grizz are looking for that correct that everybody knows wing and it might end up being the second best player on the team you don’t or it might be the first best player right if you got in the mix and swung some crazy ass deal for a like when we were talking about Kevin Durant or we were talking about Jaylen Brown or we were talking about whatever right like I mean you’re talking about or maybe you’re just finding the Muel Bridges types of the world right like it’s one of those that comes available they still need to find in the absence of Desmond Bane they still have to find their third player so let me fast forward this draft again i think the second rounds are going to be used for two ways okay that’s what you’re going to typically use the second round yeah right um that but keeping a first round pick and drafting 16 or trading up to get a target which has been their mo to me seems totally reasonable right to get a guy in the first round because again we just saw it now again you have to hit it you can’t be you can’t be drafting you know Zire Williams David Roddy or Jake Laravia like it has to be but if you nail it and You hit a high level starter it changes your whole trajectory honestly it set us back missing missing the Zire pick is a killer if that’s Trey Murphy it’s a different world we ain’t worried about this right now yeah but again it’s the difference between drafting Trey Murphy and or drafting Zire Williams it’s a different world and we’re not even having these discussions and he’s a starting small forward and we got to start a small forward going forward end of that’s it that’s it right and so again it’s not about the philosophy of having the pick or exercising the pick it’s about hitting it all of these teams if you hit it there’s nothing better and honestly if you miss it it ain’t that bad oklahoma City missed Pokeu oklahoma City missed other guys you You When’s the last time outside of the G-League when you called the games that anybody was giving a crap about Usman Jen drafted high drafted high doesn’t play trey what’s the dude jones was it Trey was his name Trey Jones man trey no no not last name jones they drafted him last year oh Dylan Jones dylan Jones the big guard he was on their bench right like strapped to the bench so I’m saying you have leeway you have leeway and not even the even the one that is the beacon of it’s about the number of times right and eventually you’re going to hit one and obviously early in the tenure the Grizzlies did an unbelievable job of hitting them hey you hit them they hit everyone locally and now but even recently they have been good about the second round picks right we’ll see what happens with Cam Spencer but we like Cam and certainly we love Jaylen Wells and certainly we love Vince Williams and Gi Jackson as second round picks like they have done and they have done a good job of attaining two-way players and developing them and getting them on the roster but I mean when you’ve got 17 guys you know that you’re putting on a roster your back end has to be making no money i’m sorry folks like there isn’t do you know what the vet minimum is finding a guy on the vet minimum that’s going to wildly outperform that contract is hard that’s why right because I’ll give you an example i’ll give you an example of a guy that I I I I really have always liked who is the kind of guy that I talk about you guys know I’ve always liked this guy he was buried last year in Houston and I was looking through an unrestricted free agent list and J Sean Tate’s on there but Jont Tate’s going to cost money he’s been in the league now for Right and it’s like gez man when you can find a guy that you’re paying two i can’t express this enough andrew Nehar got paid $2 million yeah you just got to hit it i think the hard part is the hitting part right that’s the difficult part is finding a guy even the best of the best i We just listed off three recent ones with Oklahoma City three poku and Jen were high yeah they ship Poku out there they ship Giddy out right they ship Giddy out too that That’s what they’ve done it’s They miss on picks sure but when you have a million of them spray the board you spray the board think we ain’t got a million of them John we got one no they got to hit it we got to hit We got to hit the one like I don’t have to hit three out of five picks i have to hit three out of 10 picks with 16 you do have the opportunity to get up this is exactly the scenario and again it’s this is exactly a scenario when we pulled off it could have been the most unbelievable trade ever if we would have flipped if we would have drafted Trey Murphy in that draft we would have gotten Trey Murphy and Steven Adams for Valenunis oh boy and 17 instead they got the Trey Murphy pick right um and so again you might be able to swing some kind of deal where now you look up and all of a sudden you’re drafting 10 tonight okay um what a what a Hawks bro they they they want to give us Clink Capella for something hey 13 come on make a deal give us Clink Capella i don’t think Capella is going to be the one i’ve been I’ve been deep diving all of these all of this free agency you don’t think Clapella would be the one why not good ring price price oh he cost too much i think price Capella you want me to give you a name give me one when I was when I was searching through it hit me hit me when I was going through all of the list on the free agents and I was like “Oh this is a guy who could get us by.” We’ll see if you guys like it or not let me see let me hear it cuz my first guy’s already off the table cuz we he reuped early okay so here here’s my thing when in the Chris Vernon perfect world we win a championship we do win a championship but I am building out my team with players that have won i I don’t want vets just for the sake of being vets i want vets that have won something right that have been a part of big winning i think the value of that is tremendous and it is why I liked having Marcus Smart and then it worked out horribly okay but I want vets that have won something that have been a part of playoff series that have been a part of championships and that’s why I was I like the Cavius Cwell Pope acquisition i do i like having that around so if you know that to be true you say “Chris we know you like guys that have won something before and you like vets.” So I’m going down through the whole list and I’m like “Oh all right.” So Zack Ed is going to be out for some amount of time the question is can the guy get me by can the guy set screens can the guy get rebounds for me can the guy play be a role player oh I think I got it who deandre Jordan bro i swear oh it’s not DeAndre Jordan that’s who Jaylen was thinking too no bro don’t you dare bro it’s Kavon Looney I actually like that one too i like Looney that’s a good one you’d have to Everybody loves him why is he not going to go back to the Warriors loves him price you may have You may know they got Jimmy Butler i know i know i mean all of a sudden you’re cap guy i like how are you cap how are you cap guy and you don’t understand the other thing is I was reading Hollinger’s thing and he had like the different prices like how much guys will cost it was like 8 to 10 million oh I like that i don’t hate it i don’t love it but I don’t hate it like eight to 10 million and I also saw him get like 85 rebounds against 85 well everybody loves him evidently he’s the best teammate in the world and if you remember this past year Steve Kerr finally like was like “All right we’re starting Looney at center.” And Draymond Green was like “Thank God.” And then it didn’t last he didn’t play him that many minutes no yeah he didn’t he ain’t playing many minutes this year no does he have injury problems no injuries cuz you know that’s my Clooney a fractured collar bone okay yeah it’s just bad hips but when you scroll down that list and you’re trying to find centers I’m like a center who still can play who’s won titles come on who is a great locker room like leader guy yeah 29 years old i was like this kind of fits yeah I kind of like he was the one that when I was looking through him such great He’s been sending screens for Steph his whole damn career he’s a hell of hell screen set so I mean and he’s huge he’s huge like I said bro we witness him get damn near every rebound he destroyed us he got every rebound also the big thing is everybody loves him everybody everybody loves him somebody say he got no knees is that true bro he have a Did he have a bad surgery or something i would worry the Warriors would just they’re going to Again it’s a one year will pay the money to keep it no no no it’s a one-year thing is what I’m saying they ain’t paying him it’s a one-year thing a little rental little rental jump yes you know you do a one with a team option for a second or whatever right that that’s the kind of thing you would do with him to me i don’t know i don’t hate that one bro i’m scrolling through all the centers it’s a name i like winners i don’t hate that i like winners okay i thought I was gonna hate it but I like it so look I now have become so enamored on the whole coward thing that now it’s like I’m just setting myself up for colossal disappointment it sometimes there feels like you know the stars just aligned it’s destiny there’s too many people that have mocked it to happen i know there’s no way my my nightmare is he somehow is still on the board at 15 and then Oklahoma City announces they’re taking Cedric Coward and now I’m like Crest fallen so here’s the deal it’s like we you you had the stat earlier it all it all just seemed It seems I I sent it to you Jaylen hey it seems like too much destiny right it is too perfect it’s too where you tell me and then my old buddy David Thorp who was on the show many times in the past he posted an article on True Hoop this morning that Cedric Coward should be the second pick in the draft and I was like “Oh my god oh my god thorp loves him.” Yeah okay i think you’re probably gonna have to trade up in order to get him here was the here was the list that Roser gave off um a long time ago and that was when this happened and he listed these off it’s a really good list man it’s an amazing list that is an amazing list i said well you don’t know yet you don’t you don’t know on those guys yet on Jal on Belal Laura Walker jas Walker yeah when that happened I that was the thing that joged my memory of the guy in Target and then I said “Oh my god this it’s just too it’s written in the stars bro it’s written in the stars that a guy in Target told me some random person I’ve never heard of is gonna be the best player in this draft.” Yeah i think you’re such a coward play six games at Washington State how How would I know who that is how unless I was deep diving through the draft all the time which by the way he was supposed to go to Duke and in what’s his name in in the article this morning that I read from listen to this oh god you guys are going to freak out when you hear this this is the this is from the Thorp article said that um he was offered almost three million to go to Duke yeah josh ain’t giving no Josh knows what he’s doing right right you’re giving that kind of money josh knows what he’s doing okay he uh only extraordinary wing players like Jaylen Williams OG Anobi and Scotty Barnes have wingspans like Coward and he tested as one of the best athletes in the draft he’s also one of the best shooters in the draft making 39% of his threes over three college seasons and 40% last season okay so he goes on and he says uh Dave D Thorp keeps saying this guy is a guard he’s got a lot of Cade Cunningham in him anyways he lists he said David you’re hung up on the fact that over three seasons in division one basketball Cedric Coward made 236 of 328 two-pointers that is 72% he made 72% of his two-pointer that’s insane he said “Doesn’t matter who you’re playing against.” Henry goes “Is there any way to know how that stacks up historically?” David Thorp are you buy a computer can you look up what Zack Edy shot he said “Edy the biggest man in NCAA last year shot 65% on two-point shots at Purdue this guy shot 72.” Yeah geez go get him Climbing go get him i mean dude and it looks it all looks good all of it looks good it looks good like I I’m I’m with y’all like when I look up his weaknesses they say his weaknesses he can’t really care off the dribble i don’t care i know we don’t care about crying off the dribble but we But we we kind of do a little bit if you get If you get up in his space you got to be able to You know what I’m saying makes you want to be multiple yeah be I thought that was good look so here’s here’s my here’s my problem my problem is that I’ve fallen in love with a couple of different prospects okay that’s my problem that’s good well no that’s good no it is no it is a problem i agree i agree it’s a problem it’s a problem i I agree i’m with you it is a problem because now I want to It’s like seeing a toy at Walmart and you’re like “Yo I need this toy.” Now we need to talk about who we would be fine with okay okay so okay well we’ll just go down them right we also know that history tells us that you might look up and it let’s just we’ll let’s for the for the uh interest of making it easy and uh not assuming what we think is going to happen tonight which is probably you’re not picking 16 let’s just for this practice let’s say they’re picking 16 we know that 16 inevitably there’s going to be a lot of people not a lot at least two of the guys that are all in the top maybe more to that are going to all be in these mock drafts that are projected to go in the top 16 of the draft that are going to be available at 16 i’m going to look with this mock draft that is printed off from ESPN and the 16 players that are ahead of the Grizzlies or 15 players right 15 three of those will be available that’s what I’d guess i’d guess there’s three available okay by the time we get to that right like these mocks are never right like and so we look at it and we go “Oh well he was supposed to go he was supposed to go based on what we don’t have there we don’t have their boards right always one or two that slide right like we may look up and there’s a lot of teams that have these guys higher I mean than than what they are so there look these guys do a good job at this the best they can and there is kind of a consensus but look at where we are on Ace Bailey we spent three months talking about Ace Bailey being in the top three the question was who’s going to be four and now the question is where the hell is Ace Bailey going okay so you don’t know the way this stuff is going to play out because it’s already starting to play out weird since the combine and the interviews and everything else flag obviously I’ve made my opinions clear on him harper we know everybody loves him great you know got the pedigree too big guard nothing to like uh Edgecomb I hated those comps you gave yesterday scares me to death knight and Wayne there’s other ones in there too yeah no no no those were It’s nobody right i got it but I mean when people are talking about like “Hey could you be Dwayne Wade?” It’s like “Oh hold on i see I see more Victor Odipo than everything.” Okay i see more Victor Odipo than him coniple um again I worry I got nothing for you on that one no no no i I I love guys that can dribble pass and shoot it defense would be the thing I worry about right it would Is he guarding wings no you know what I’m saying man that’s crazy that is the thing I would worry about every time you look every time you go through these mock drafts and it tells you or the big people’s big boards and it tells you strengths weaknesses areas to improve skill that will improve whenever it says weaknesses and it’s a white guy it’s perimeter defense not Cooper flag he one of one that’s why he’s one of one he built different yeah he built different jeremiah Fears um I love him bro i mean the highlights are I love and he is so young so I will tell you you know Mike Miller’s got him miller’s got fears and he’s got that kid from uh I uh somebody told me he’s got the kid from uh the German league Noah whatever yeah the guy who’s not playing dipped on his one that dipped on his team better advice yeah he’s got him too um Ace Bailey I would be freaked out about just about the the whisp you know what I mean like why why is this happening I would be freaked out about it yeah his efficiency numbers are also just you know it just scares me it’s It scares me i hear the the whole pre-draft thing scares me right it’s like bro are you are you somebody that’s listening i mean you know what I mean like why aren’t you if if he was signed with Clutch if he was signed with you know Mark Bartlestein if he was signed with any of the myriad of you know agent but like this whole like allowing Omar Cooper to run your whole thing and then the whole NBA having questions about it what it’s like I don’t I just worry I worry about We have seen bad advice lead guys astray there’s a reason you haven’t watched Ammani Bates in the NBA and it’s not talent exactly paul George said it you see what Paul George said about it he said “You’re not in position to be making all these demands make it to the league first.” His way of going about it is just not right okay you ain’t even in the league yet let me just say this this is going to be uh I’ll try to be even-handed here okay number one Paul George is right and I certainly value his opinion on a matter like this yeah and I think that he is justified number two if a player on our team had a podcast and was talking [ __ ] about a prospect that we very well may take that is insane i didn’t think about that he might be in Philly that’s insane though that does you no good that’s what is the purpose of that like stop yeah that’s OD stop talking about prospects yeah yeah that is wild what that is lowkey wild cuz he might be end up in What if he’s the best player yeah what if he’s on your team want to draft him what if he’s on your team he just must know that they’re not taking him but still that’s just bizarre i would not want our players going on podcast talking about the way guys have handled the draft if they’re Everybody said he was the third most talented oh he’s talented as a mud and if there’s anybody that has been able to overlook off the court uh questions it’s Daryl my he literally let his best player go get show up with tequila on his breath after being at strip clubs all night and then dropped 35 he doesn’t give a crap about anything he cares about your performance can you play do you play like the rest whatever he knew they would have like cancel shootarounds for hard like he just like country club he doesn’t care yeah can you play talent’s what matters to Daryl yeah and that’s chemistry be damned problems be damned and he fits that he fits that mold too just a hooper bro just a hoop if they if it look it may shock the world if it came up tonight and they said with the third pick the Philadelphia 7 selectors select Ace Bailey it wouldn’t shock me at all paul Jo it’s like I was I was that makes it weird i will said the last time a player I guess that I that I thought of that did something this weird and he got torched for it he got torched for it the guy actually was really good and ended up being awesome steve Francis literally said “I’m not playing for the Vancouver Grizzlies i will not play for you.” They drafted him and he’s like “I’m not going to play.” And forced them to trade him to Houston and they traded him and he was awesome and we got to let this place play out how many times I can’t very well be the guy telling you two of the most meaningful things about your NBA career all kinds of guys I can think about it in the past and trust me everybody that I’ve ever evaluated wrongly I’ve blamed this it’s opportunity and fit it is it is and so you might be the smartest man in the room you might just say you know what we don’t want to go there we don’t want to be the fifth option we don’t want to stand in the corner for four year like we want to right i want the ball in my hands day one they look at situations and they go “Do you think Jonathan Kaminga is fighting for a contract if he got to go play right in like Charlotte or somewhere?” And again it might be the wrong opinion it might be that might be I am of the opinion that Jonathan Kaminga is not going to be some kind of huge star but I guarantee you he thinks he and there are probably people that think he can be a star but like we always talk about this there’s stars and there’s role players bro which are you which are you are you star or are you a role player and to me he’s like a high highlevel role player he’s not a guy you’re counting on every single night he’s a high level role player right but I mean the the Ace Bailey’s of the world think they’re going to be Tracy McGrady yeah he’s I mean his might be wrong he said his player comps are Paul George KD right he said his own player comps like I everything wor That’s amazing this is my own player comp everything worse did you not hear the Did you not hear the the famous quote going around oh the one that they asked him about his strengths and weaknesses free drive workout they asked him about his strengths and weaknesses he He said “I have no weaknesses.” Yeah I heard that yeah he’s out of pocket bro he’s wild yeah he scares me i got I like the thing is I mess with the confidence but the way you going about this process got me like “Oo boy.” Yep all right so you got uh Malak Malak the huge kid from Duke i got no idea i don’t know 19 going on 30 trey Johnson people love him high level shooter you know um again I don’t know enough the kid Noah Assange i mean I will say Miller’s great at identifying talent that’s why that’s why the Jeremiah that’s why the Jeremiah Fierce thing is big for me cuz people say “Oh he can’t shoot.” Well guess who he works with every single day one of the greatest shooters ever you know what I’m saying like that’s the Jeremiah Fierce thing i’m like “All right if Mike’s tapped in you know what we might have to ride we might have to We might have to ride with my brother he knows players jeremiah man he knows players carter Bryant roser we talked about this bro i I watched some stuff on Carter Bryant we got a buddy i I get it i get it okay terrifying but man I I got I got some char think about this bro maybe play a 40-minute cause basketball game right now you scored three buckets three three cuz many one two three and you’re supposed to be a high level NBA prospect it can happen that three buckets bro how many did Anthony Edwards have here oh he I mean that’s one game though but we said that’s what I just said that averaged six points oh he averaged six three a game three buckets i mean that that you know who that reminds me of he’s the kid from Colorado jaylen’s little brother yeah cody Williams yeah he was awful he averaged three buckets had eight points against Duke two he played 20 minutes a game like come on bro you can play 20 minutes a game averaged six points he Yeah I just think it’s I think he’s one of those like you’re you’re probably going to be you’re going to be waiting next game all run weird too by the way the next player ahead of the Grizzlies is uh Jackus jackus the Illinois kid yeah i mean I love Lithuanians I do like these are guys that hunt boores with knives i like these guys yeah i like him i like them again I just like Lithuanians end of story i like him in the I like him in the Olympics you want him to do everything yeah i just like him i just like Lithuanian no that kid’s tough i just like tough guys he’ll fight Eastern I like Eastern European players for sure i do um Kyler Murray Boils that’s Ro’s guy i like him i mean it’s the two and 16 in the SEC that does it for me if you’re the best player on a team that won two games I’m sorry there’s just hard for me oh no he’s not hard he will not be He will not be like There is This is your guy i like Coward’s the guy I want but I think this guy’s going to be good i think he’s a role player he’s a role player of the league bro no he is not going to be a star there’s There’s not You’re not drafting this guy for the upside like does he jump kind of is what he is little does he jump a little springy he ain’t too much he ain’t a crazy athlete he ain’t a crazy athlete he’s barely off the ground yeah he ain’t a crazy athlete they say he is the most uh he is the most Draymond Green prospect since Draymond Green so he’s an undersized center yeah who who passes who takes it off the dribble and passes the ball well great defender knows how to tag and do all that stuff yeah except Draymond Green won this is true i want you I feel like you can plug and play i want winners yeah yeah I think he’s a roll guy you don’t need him to be come in here and be a star just come in here and do the little stuff i think he’s one of the I think he can do a little stuff he will not suck he’s not going to suck all right uh I need Next one eigor Denman oh y’all got that one denim i mean I I honestly too upright no if if there’s no he he’s always upright hey but if there but look he could dribble pass shoot and defend i mean dribble pass and defend if you can figure out if that kid ever learns how to shoot it’s very giddy-esque it is giddy-esque dude if he is Josh Giddy he should go in the top five okay i would love to root for a guy named Eigor i’m sorry it’s a great name it’s a great name it is he gets major bonus points for being Eigore i want I’d love to root for a guy named Eigor oh man uh Joan Behringer no idea adrianic League no idea he’s probably going to end up being amazing then right adriatic League yeah uh Derek Queen scares me to death raw bro no he just scares me to death huh raw because he’s slow he is a big lug for sure i don’t think he can defend anybody and if he’s slow is he Demarcus Cousins can he be Demarcus Cousins i just don’t think I just don’t think he can defend anybody now I will say did you see Kevin Willard’s comments kevin Willard who was his coach at Oh if he was European or white he’ll be a top five pick yes yeah that’s a bar low key a bar i mean if you I mean he had a good passer like Jokers but I mean you know his coach might see some in him bro i think that’s I don’t think that’s fair zack Ed is freaking slow as hell and he dropped to nine he went top five i just worry about the the athleticism thing he’s not a big athlete like again I love the skill oh he’s skilled as a mud but he’s not a big athlete and he’s slow on defense so I mean you have to be Zebo right if you’re that Yeah and I don’t know if he’s is he not Nobody’s throwing it down to guys like that when you say athlete you mean like a springy like I’m just saying you’ve got to be face up but I feel like you could if you know that if you got the IQ I feel like you could hoop though like you can you could still be like not that athletic and who reminds you of Derek Queen i’m just saying like you can be a you can be a non athletic and produce who give me a NBA player a current NBA player that Derek Queen reminds you of i mean I like the the the Demarcus Cousin was as close he’s not a current NBA player man not really not nobody you really got to compare him like like I said he raw bro he’s raw bro he’s And he he look like he got a better feel for the game than people than one of those just like bigs that just want to I want the ball i want to do what I want so I mean he could be a I’m not saying I’m like I said I’m not saying he’s yoke but he can he’s a like he looks like he has a feel for the game i worry that a guy like that has to be a Zebo Cousins level player that’s Yeah that’s offensively yeah you got to make it worth it to make and that’s really not the way the NBA’s played right now right you can put it you can put it around i think he’s a player that I would have loved 10 years ago what about like a like a Jo what happened to Joel i would have loved him 10 years ago i don’t think I’m loving him now he ain’t as lucky as Okafor is but I’ll give you that i don’t think he’s grabbing a million rebounds i don’t think you know what I’m saying like I just don’t I don’t know i I I don’t have a strong I don’t have like a strong opinion on I’m just saying he worries me that’s all that’s all I’m saying i’m not telling you he’s gonna stink i’m not gonna stink but those are the That’s how we are with Carter Bryant i don’t think he I don’t know if he’s going to stink but it’s those are all the 15 that are ahead of the Grizzlies and then of course they’ve got Coward going 16 to the Grizzlies and my worry with him is he can’t he can’t dribble well enough like he can’t get away from people well enough right like you could shoot you could shoot at a high clip but I wanted you to be able to because we look at we watch the NBA finals right the patience in the the thunder every person on that court can escape dribble get away from people like you ain’t got to be able to be you got to be able to be padding patting padding but when you pressure up on me I can escape dribble and that’s the that’s the part of like that was his weaknesses and I’m like okay come off a shoulder surgery can you really know what I’m saying get get to it a little bit but I like him though i like him though uh the the and then the ones right after it i mean you would just go nuts if we took these guys sorber from Georgetown the center danny Wolf i kind of like Sorber bro i watch I do i kind of like Sorber huh who sorber’s interview i watched one of his interviews okay oh boy i didn’t see an interview with him freaking nerd no that I kind of Dude Sorber can pass hey then we’ve got Then we’ve got Danny Wolf you would lose your mind oh you show me y’all send me a photo of that dude you would also lose your mind over Liam McNeely yeah you would a Liam he would put him back with Cam Spencer we don’t need that we good okay okay and then the one that’s lodged between those two is a guy I guess you do like is my guy Asa asa Newell yeah bro that’s my guy right there i like Asa why do you like I like him cuz he he like he reminds me of like a rim running big long rangy i looked up a stat about him bro they said uh me I got I got to stack him he’s like a undersized five like a undersized but like he’s undersized but he can play the five he’s a tweener tweener a tweener big yeah twer but maybe like a Brandon but like a taller Brandon gotcha a taller brand run the floor what he was top 10 in dunks last year in college so he knows how to play around the rim good filler around the rim can block block shots i I I I like him and my guy said “My nickname is Aced cuz I’m cuz I’m good money i can rock with that i can rock with somebody who said that good money bro.” So yeah i I like the way he run the floor though i like We need a rim running big like that look at Give me that yeah ver is that his picture yeah that’s him i can’t believe the guy you love is a light-skinned guy yeah she’s going to do that bro one of the things I like you are so racist towards your lightkinned brother yes you are i’m not i mean you just did we did just disparage Carter Bryant you saw you called him Saul i didn’t call him you called him well just you just you wait till I give you because I I mean why didn’t you just say neat Clifford then damn street saying bro street saying that’s Jackson Hayes no they I will say when I was watching his highlights he reminded me a lot of somebody that played for our team last year before he before he got hurt marvin Baggley oh just springy off the ground you know what I’m saying get major disappointment i said before the injury he just got married last week no smart no smart on his name wow uh to who uh his his wife you know but uh No I just I super strong left-handed kid i I like him no what I what I like watching those highlights is it seems like whenever somebody from his team either like attacks the rim or goes to the basket he moves to the basket too always looking for that dump off exactly we love a dunker spot guy Verno we need a dunker spot guy who has a feel for the game look at What is this john Collins john Collins comps okay okay I’m with it bro john Collins could shoot the ball before his finger got messed up asa got to work on his shot a little bit yeah it’s like 28% from three yeah but All right so the the the we don’t we look there’s a bunch of these guys that are listed in here that I think we’d be okay with we’re all coward i’m coward that would be the most fun i’m coward yeah okay second round now this is where I had to go through all these players and I told you I think there’s going to be guys that are fines in the second round let me just mention a couple names real quick first of all why is I always talk about how there are guys that can go to college and then they stay in college and then they’re awesome and then they come back and they prove they’re awesome and then it like then we get to the draft and it’s like yeah but he’s old right it’s like but broke he was awesome and I do feel like that’s happening to my guy from ECS from Memphis Cam Jones oh Cam Jones yeah what did he have to do is he because he’s because he’s older bro i Maybe because he’s smaller oh he’s a smaller dog but again again I just wanted to mention him the other one that I think is a little odd she’s 6’5 yeah he’s 6’5 the other one that’s a little odd to me is how much everybody hates Janai Broom and I got it he looks like he’s 30 but I mean bro he rebounds everything you see him jump over that you see him trying to jump and hit that thing i got it but I mean the production is the production he destroyed college basketball he destroyed it yeah he did it wasn’t like he was okay in college basketball he destroyed in the best conference in the country you know what I mean in the best conference in the country he was I’m just saying he’s like way low he is way low he is low they saw they saw his workouts like this dude can’t move all right so let’s let’s throw those let’s throw those guys he does wear like these big ass knee pads during games shoulder wrapped up i got it i got it hey I I’m with you i’m with you it’s Yeah I get it all right mark my words roser is going to call a game next year where Jana Broom has 30 and 20 in the G jana Broom is No no no no you know who have 30 and 20 that’s No you know who he is in the G- League i literally have seen it it’s Oscar Sheway oh yeah oscar was a dog oscar Sheway was like I look when I was like 2020 games yes and she she was national player of the year you forget the NBA’s top top 2% athletes in the NBA i understand but this guy he’s so much better than most sheway it is Oscar Sheway all right look the guy that I’ve fallen in love with yeah i want to know some more who else you fall oh no no there’s only one that’s the only one you No no those guys are not guys I love okay cow is the one you like i just think that Cam deserves better than where he’s ranked on what you and the Jai Broom it’s funny to see him so far down in the second round and he like murdered everybody all right but the guy that is far down we have two picks in the second round i don’t think he’ll make it to this to where our pick is i don’t I think these mocks are wrong about him but my god you know my favorite player was Tony Allen tony Allen sits next to me every Tuesday if there’s one thing I am known for it is dog identification i could tell you a dog when I see it and I like dogs and I like winners okay that’s why I just talked to you about Davis Cwell Pope i talked to you I mentioned Kevon Looney as a possibility i like I liked having Marcus Smarter around i like guys that have won something and I like guys that are dogs bro what Houston player do you want no no this guy I’m telling you the more I watched the more I was like “Oh my god.” We’ve talked how many times about perimeter defense bro this Elijah Martin from Florida elijah Martin oh my god oh oh this the dude that he played at Florida Atlantic he is the only player ever to start on two Final Four teams and went to Florida and then won the national title the winner and he is he’s ranked low in these second rounds he has a couple he has won against Auburn in the final four god dunks on the whole team and this dude So here’s the deal he’s short but I found this thing when I was going through i’m like dude this doesn’t add up because he plays so much bigger than this and so it turns out Elijah Martin was listed at 61 and a half right on the combine that Yaka Yakunis uh from Illinois he was listed at almost 6’5 liam McNeely was listed at 66 and seven uh and seven and a half i’m sorry uh 66 and three quarters okay each one of those players barefoot this kid Jackunis and McNeely and they’re five inches separating them each one of them had the exact same standing reach figure that out yeah how the hell is he 6’1 and he’s got the same standing reach as a 67 guy that’s crazy long arms and male Bridges i know right like Rondo out there arms you want to talk about a Rottweiler and he athlete too bro a Rottweiler you watch through this guy’s stuff and you’re like Jesus and the other thing is he went he was on a freaking Florida Atlantic team that went to the Final Four that’s the one that beat us and Kendrick and then went to Florida and they won the national title yeah people compare they said they’re comparing to like Eric Bledo and Eric Bless is a damn dog that’s a good one i I mean I love this guy i love this guy eric Bzo this is This is the kind of guy I want on a two-way and figure it out because you in a league that we talked about being malleable and having guys that can guard on the perimeter all I need you to do is be able to knock down open threes and defend i need this kind of energy i need this kind of winning energy this guy is Say whatever you want this dude wins oh yeah when you go to the final four at Florida Atlantic and then go to the final four at Florida and you started for both of them and they you read the articles about him they say that he transformed Florida oh for real it’s like that kind of it’s like it’s not Dylan Brooks it’s Antonio Anderson except the pro version right where it’s like bro that guy is the engine that guy’s a heart and soul walter Clayton gets all like the the player of the year noms and all but he’s the one that does this is my guess on on on this kid i did not get to read everything um I tried to reach out to somebody that knows him to find out but didn’t really you remember when Tony would always tell us that he by the time he got to the end of his workouts people were cancelling they didn’t want to play against Tony Allen in these workouts right you and I saw with Draymond Green and Jay Crowder and those guys it’s like bro you don’t want to work out against those guys they I promise you this guy this guy I would bet you anything and I I wish I could go find you know people don’t let people watch draft workouts like they used to i bet this guy murdered people that’s who he That’s what he reminds me of he reminds me so much of like a TA that if you had to play this kid in a workout he would mangle you to prove himself oh he just Yes i got even I got even closer connection to you so we can bring it bring it back to Dude he’s from Mississippi summit Mississippi bro it’s four hours away the population of Summit Mississippi is 17,000 people ain’t nobody in that joint bro yeah that’s a dog my guy from Summit Mississippi oh one one one road hey you ready for this no Walmart no gas station hey you ready for this i’m with it all State quarterback oh so he play football oh yeah he he a little crazy football player very Bruce Brownie yeah he is right somebody told me Bruce Brown was like unbelievable at football unbelievable it’s very Bruce Brownie it really is by the way loved Bruce Brown on the Nuggets yeah I like helped him win the title that’s just an energy man yeah I like where he’s from i like this kid i like where he’s That’s the one of the second round guys he’s the one where I like that stopped me in my tracks when I was searching through everybody i’m like whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa this guy has been on both Final Four teams and is like been one of the best players on both of them walter Clayton was the best player on Florida this kid was the second best player he was the engine walter Clayton was the one like the one that gets all like the star power he’s the engine of it so he’s the engine and you won the title how many times have we seen this with guys that won the title right like that won at that level you go back and you look you’re like “Oh jeez I can’t believe Jaylen Brunson’s awesome.” Comes from a family i mean you saw like if Walter did you see the Walter Clayton thing oh my god have you seen this whole deal on the Walter Clayton draft stuff uhuh but by the way your boy was all the guy who was all state in football threw for 2,000 yards and 20 for 2,000 2100 yards 20 touchdown and ran for 1300 yards and 13 touchdowns in football all State he is a dog all State football dude he is a violent dunker whenever he d those videos of him dunking can you find the one against Auburn in the tournament he dunks on the whole damn team this dude bro a Rottweiler comes from a family full of athletes and then I started reading up on him and I was like “Oh he’s a football kid.” Yeah we love a football kid i mean this kid is tough now you watch him and I’m like “Good grief.” And yeah like you were saying V he’s trying to dunk on everybody i’m like “Yo give me that this is dog identification folks this kid I’m not telling you is going to be an amazing pro i don’t know telling you this it ain’t gonna be because he done bust your ass this kid Yeah you put his ass in the G- League watch what happens oh god you’re He You’re going to be in hell versus somebody like that jaylen I just sent you the video of the dunk on Auburn the dunk on Auburn the whole team devin yeah yeah yeah he Huh oh boy it’s Yeah when I was watching it I left my seat he almost hurt himself i was like “Oh my god.” He almost hurt himself i was watching through his highlights and I was like “This is crazy i can’t love this kid more i’m falling in love with a freaking second round pick.” Six watch this oh y all of you yeah that PS look at the score it’s a three-point game and he tried to duck with the whole team it’s a threepoint game and he plays taller than his height because of the wingspan yes he plays taller you need to guard bigger players because of that bro that was the score was 66- 63 and he just do not care i don’t care i’m dunking on everybody y’all can all get it i’m like go give me this guy i like that bro i know shut off some of Mississippi i hate I hate how much I fell in love cuz now I’m going to be heartbroken when he goes somewhere else i mean it’s a second round pick you know what I mean why not yuki sorry we got Can we trade up to get him i mean that’s we might have to i don’t think that I’ll tell you this here’s my Elvero Diablo’s prediction at what number do we have 48 isn’t it 48 49 espn has 52 he’s available at 52 there’s no chance we have a chance to get him at 48 no way no way there’s no way maybe maybe dude do they have that video well dude you know well you Yeah but you know but you know how the second round goes i got it the second round like dude they start the pigs start coming fast i just don’t think that kid Yeah when you when you’ve won that much and again I’m going to bet you he went to workouts and trashed people oh no Vernon I might find something you might even more love even more oh no oh snap hold on bro love more than Martin no love him another reason to love him oh no this is a video said he was so hype after the win he headbutted his own coach no this dude may be a maniac don’t worry how much I love him he might be a crazy person yo hey he’s really The crazy thing is you want to know you want to know how much I fell in love bro i had to go and look up this kid’s Tik Tok you on his Tik Tok bro he has a highlight video and it’s all NBA Young Boy and then the next video he’s singing Morgan Wallen and I’m like what the hell is going on he’s from Southern Mississippi i know he’s like country but he’s also like play the I just sent you I just sent you this video bro play the video of him headbutting his head coach bro this this may be we might have found our guy for Florida Atlanta play for the play the video trying to get dogs on your team this is the kind of guy you draft jay I’ll see you there that’s what I’m saying it’s the next video in Slack this is what I’m saying if you want dogs I’ve got you a dog hear me now hear me if you want dogs if you want to find that kind of guy if you want to find the kind of guy Memphis is going to love then Elijah Martin is there wait watch this bro huh watch him watch him he’s the last guy watch him tie this is Watch this dude watch him oh he’s a maniac bro he might be crazy for real bro hey give me this guy yeah he might be crazy bro just say look at this bro what is wrong with this dude it’s a football guy i want this guy just don’t be Davish when you gonna just don’t be D this has probably been like Jenna’s favorite part in show history oh yeah if you wanted the Gator you won the Gator i just want by the way she also went to Florida Atlantic so he’s both he’s he helped carry both teams to a final four i’m just saying how can you win that much yeah he tweaking bro florida Atlantic is not a school you win at and he did it there and then he went to Florida and helped them get over the top and win the title okay okay why i get it he’s short okay fine he’s also got this crazy standing reach and you saw the highlights that’s my kind of guy these are my kind of guys elijah Martin is my kind of guy hebuts as coach i want that guy on my team cuz the other team hates having to play against that guy because he very well may be a maniac it’s possible just don’t just don’t him and Cam Spencer in a head they were in a three they were in a three-point game and that Joker just dunked on the whole damn team yeah him and Cam Spencer might have to fight each other for real yeah so anyway he’s the second rounder I fell in love with so you can keep an eye on that i’m sure he’ll end up on the damn thunder um Jessica Benson’s going to join us chris it’s time for our pick six mike six classics that we’re most looking forward to in the 2025 football season las Vegas obviously that’s the Gramlin State University Jackson State University Clash uh they’re taking two iconic H.B.CU brands going to an NFL stadium in Las Vegas get all of your H.B.CU sports and culture news by tuning in to H.B.CU Huddle with CJ Hurt and Mike Wallace new episodes drop every Thursday on grind citymedia.com YouTube and Spotify catch us if you can at Southland Casino Hotel and win your share of up to $1.8 million in free play and prizes join us for drawings every Saturday in May June and July each month over 900 winners will take home free play 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going on so make sure you’re tuned into that 7 o’clock tonight you can also tune in to the Jessica Benson show every morning at 8 o’clock on Grind City Media and all of its outlets all right what do we got for draft night we’re doing the best and worst draft outfits ever all right out this can be controversial this is going to be Deon’s going to have an opinion i’m going to have an opinion is another person’s worst okay and I also do need to get some more Grizzlies options i need someone in the green room i need somebody there in a suit that we can add to the equation because we have Jackson Jr who you know not on my top alltime list but I thought his velvet jacket is a an alltime just like classic look from a drafted grizzly do you feel like you are stealing this from Mr top Five who is sitting next to you top five top five top five top five i am top five guy it was Roser’s idea well guess what roser stole it from me hey you ready for this it’s fine you ready for this it’s top seven yeah oh it doesn’t really I don’t really roll off the tongue the same but I respect it okay super seven uh let’s the Super Seven but when I was going through it’s just you have Jiren you obviously have Jaw being number two pick you have Zach Edi who didn’t show up at the draft but had one of the coldest draft pictures last year people sleep on the Jaw Pinstripe J though bro that was real southern bro yeah it was good the pinstripe purple that’s real southern also your video of his chicken finger recall just brought me back to simpler time never never forget bro shout out to 12 and then we did have newly minted Grizzlies players contavius Caldwell Pope oh what do you got a uh Oh some pink pocket square there’s nothing wrong with that simple cle does look like a deacon i had forgotten deacon pope in the building that How you doing how’s your mom the 2020 draft was a socially distanced draft so no no one was there and so everyone was different so Cole Anthony only had his fit outside this man in the streets and they like made the setup at home so the players would walk up as if they were actually That jacket’s for sure reversible by the way two-way jacket it’s a two-way jacket two-way jacket so we’ll see if we add one to the equation here tonight but I’m going to start with the best oh and there’s Luke Canard i know we’re in the L Canard zone but that’s a Yeah a little Do your taxes for CPA L Canard CPA K&G suit he works in private equity he looks like he’s going to a movie premiere where definitely sell you some some Bitcoin for sure the the stripe tie feels like a very specific moment in time the Duke he’s getting to visit the White House happy belated birthday Lucar bro yeah happy belated birthday so we’re going to start controversial and this is the best yeah start controversial i think that when you talk about the best outfits you really have to go back in time and things worked at a time that’s how fashion works something’s really hot in the moment 2003 was the year of the big suit okay 2003 a lot of big suits but one player did it in a way that I think was timeless and that is LeBron James in the white big suit all white big suits big suit but a classic simple look we’re going to have a a bad 2003 suit that did not age as well as this i don’t think there’s anything wrong with this pick there’s nothing to be embarrassed about if you’re LeBron James there’s one issue with this JB you you rub up against you rub you rub up against anything yeah you can’t spell over there’s no chance but that’s what I want in my generational pick is the the trust that I’m not going to spill anything i got to tell you yeah but I am one of those that like I will not even have eaten anything with mustard and wonder how how is there mustard on this absolutely how absolutely i spill on everything that would not make it to Madison Square Garden i would accidentally while getting out of the car get grease on it i I would have to be wearing something totally different and then the commissioner Stern would have to call my name and then I’d be like “All right now I’m going to put it on and walk up to you to bring the uh you’d have to bring the oxy pen.” Whatever i respect the size 42 pants on Brian i respect that that the era of big suits bro but yeah the white suit is a it’s a it’s it’s like God’s gift you know to like he’s fallen from the basketball heaven he’s fallen from basketball heaven to great it’s a good time capsule it’s a good time capsule it’s also a variation of because in the actual card that is his Topps rookie card it is it is him standing like that except he’s holding his jersey but he’s in the suit in the hat and everything it’s a time capsule that’s what was in there yeah another time capsule that gets on so many worst lists but I could not disagree more okay 1994 Jaylen Rose in the red zoot suit oh no this pinstripes I agree with you trendy bold the tie the weird pattern on the tie unsure what the what the vision was but it all works if somebody did that tonight it would be hilarious yeah that’s we’re now at the point where people should start redoing the classic suits i agree that’s right it shows confidence thank you i’m so glad you guys are on the right side you know what you know what’s going to happen obviously Bronnie wasn’t like a high enough draft pick to be there at the groom what’s going to happen maybe it’ll be like maybe one of the boozers could do it or something we need a player to reignite what his dad did oh yeah yeah yeah i wonder if there been I wonder if there’s a Ron Harper draft pick dylan Harper could pull that one off right cuz I mean there’s probably not that many that the dads have been lottery picks and have the picks and the Suns like when women like award show dresses we’re about to hit a streak where it’s the Boozers and Nepo baby’s kid well I guess Carmelo’s Carmelo’s kid yeah there’s going to be a bunch of them so yeah i would definitely do that i Jaylen doesn’t have a son that’s going to be in the NBA so he can’t pull it off but that that would be a hilarious one to bring back where could you even find that tie you got to give it to somebody like I said that’s definitely grandma’s grandma’s couch tie is ridiculous that’s grandma’s couch bro that’s the from grandma’s couch tie is great and apparently the suit is amazing the tie is great i’m confident he was going to go to the Clippers that’s why he wore red he went to the Nuggets yeah and he also had he had a backup green suit in case he went to the Sonics he was going to be Christmas out there jayen Rose was prepared yeah he was prepared all right next we go a little more recent this 94 94 that’s tough for 94 this player was just traded give me Jaylen Green in custom Balain sparkling gray he is a fashionist i’m giving this a best i I still remember this outfit when he wore it on draft night the lace white undershirt this is somebody who is not afraid and we know that about Jaylen Green not afraid to take shots and this was a shot in this outfit and I thought this was fly he thinks he’s Michael Jackson yeah yeah he’s dressed with the flare pants it’s Benson Boom we’re thinking Michael Jackson bro did you see the reviews for Benson Boon’s new album they hated it it got trash trash they hate it it’s trashed my He’s got a new album they say his new album is 10 songs 30 minutes and horrible just absolutely they hate it but yeah Jaylen Gri could do a backflip look a little bit like that like it’s like Do you like it Deon no he look like Michael Jackson in the Wizine in a wig next up Andrew Wiggins 2014 he’s got the floral black he really started the floral suit movement i think he was the first he’s got the uh velvet black bow tie you’re This is the best this is the best wait who is this who is this deion Waiters this is Andrew W that’s Andrew Wig horrible that is horrible we totally disagree on this that is horrendous oh I think he looks the shoes are perfect is a little aggressive for this suit black and white why is it horrendous because he looks like a butler that screwed up his outfitless he made Rolling Stoneless i don’t care they’re all idiots they look like a butler they’re all idiots let’s try the next one freaking bow tie a fancy bow i like the fancy bow tie the bow tie has to be done well and that one’s done well how do you Okay how do y’all feel about the Cuz there was an era too everybody started doing the slim pants with the no socks how y’all feel about that the slim pants with the nos it looks awful i’m okay with it the whole thing looks awful it’s like a European butler awful that’s crazy give me my steak tartar next up 2019 what do you think about Bowl oh his was terrible what the little spider joint on it i love the black turtleneck under the suit it was ass yes bull yeah it was ass where the hell does he get clothes from Young Thugs brand spider in yes that’s where the suit came from spider come on bro come on come on come on bro like I said come on bro best and worst have different vision looks like a character literally he does a Sims character he looks so cool no but he looks like a character he looks like a villain yes in a movie come on bro he looks like the reverse Spider-Man venom he look like a like a straight like a straight jacket like you put his arms like this he can’t get out this terrible look if you have a look that’s enough to make anyone’s list it’s going to be I’m gonna I’m gonna give a weird opinion on this i think the outfit is way better if he smiles looking like that telling him like a girl just I think it looks I think it ruin No I think it ruins the outfit looking He looks like he hates what he’s wearing yes he looks like He looks like his mom dressed him somebody put me in this like when we had to Yes we all had pictures like this you know what I mean he looks miserable howdy he He also not the best looking dude so it’s kind of respectfully you know what I’m saying so you got to put some drip on but this is one drip this one the day he looks like somebody made him wear it for sure if he’s smiling he looks like he’s excited to be wearing this cool fit yeah he does but instead it’s like are they really making me wear these [ __ ] he definitely got that from Fashion Nova for sure all right next up Fashion Nova suit we go back to 1996 samaki Walker by the way can we That’s my cousin right there oh yes i think we need to bring back more matching hats godfather matching hats that’s amazing people are not taking enough risks with the hats is what I Tarant wore a hat to the draft lawrence Fishburn wore that in a movie had to oversized suit with the hat is very everybody in Harlem Nights wore him that is low key that is tough bro i think I love it so do I i love this like the sleeves the sleeves are a little big cuz you could tell like the little you know but that is literally the highlight of his career it’s his drive that’s tough shout out to Michael Walk my cousin bro that’s my cousin bro that’s my cousin okay the next one is a is a time capsule as well everybody named Vernon everybody named Vernon is not related to me everybody named Walker is not related to me shout out my dog i’m proud of your cousin shout out man you know you know my fine my cousin is the uh lead singer of Bonnie there you go there you go justin B and mine’s Benson Boon oh there you go ben we just switched it around shut up man all right what you got next 1991 time capsule give me Larry Johnson this is the ‘9s this is That was draft he wore this to the draft no he didn’t i have no his rookie card he’s wearing a suit he’s wearing a suit he must have transcar to the draft is hilarious this is a rookie photo shoot that’s a rookie photo shoot it says it’s his draft picture and it was on the list of the evolution of NBA draft fashion yeah his upper deck rookie card he’s wearing a suit and he’s on the headset yeah yep dang it look look up Larry Johnson’s upper deck he has quite the tie yeah about say bro this is a hilarious fit to wear to the draft if you wore this in the draft look up Larry Johnson NBA draft outfit and that is what comes up yeah he was wearing a suit on draft night though cuz he’s got the Charlotte Horn attire he got a little head on in his upper in his upper with the with the little tie situation so he changed an outfit change he’s a diva there you go right there i like the tie actually the brown suit with the freaky tie i don’t love the brown suit but shout out to the bro by the way Larry Johnson won Tartanian that is made congrats you didn’t get sentelled that was a test on everyone did Larry Johnson actually wear it he he a great fit though he He made the made the gold to pop too in the league gold too i remember as a kid we maybe y’all didn’t do this did y’all get the Larry Johnson haircut we used to do the gold no larry Johnson cut right in the middle a little line right there we couldn’t do that but we Oh yes yes larry Johnson yes people would get Well they white kids did side spikes oh you did the side that was the equivalent of the black guy with the one thing no it was right down the middle not straight down the middle right down the middle that’s I was going to say I did used to I used We actually had one kid in my elementary school it’s funny you say that when we were playing uh outside like when we played basketball outside Larry Johnson was the coolest thing going for two years span from UNLV spanning to the Hornets to the Grandmama and the all the commercials and whatever else um that uh the like span in time was when I was a kid and we used to go down to the corner store and we would go down to the corner store and buy like our candy or whatever after school I would always buy a pack of Rolos those the ch because I would take it off and make the But the gold I would make the gold I had Rolo gold tooth you know yeah we Yeah that’s the grandma cut we all the all the little black kids bro when I was young we all had that little cut you would take the You take the rolled gold you know wrapper that’s the only way you could really get like that was gold foil yeah we used to do that with gun we did that with gun we’ll put the silver silver and tuck it and get the green rolos are the only ones that have gold for it you had the gold too i just wanted the Yeah yeah yeah we would do it with the the special Hershey kisses that were like the light gold bro people sleep on the almonds in them yeah larry Johnson one of those most influential that people sleep on bro all right now we get to the worst the absolute worst of all time how many of these are there seven seven all right let’s take one of course drew two better than death top seven drew Gooden to the Grizzlies in 2002 the no button suit it is very evil dr evil Inspector Gadget Kim Jong-un this is why JCole slandered your ass being good is good that’ll get you good you cannot convince me there are not small children stacked up to make a tall person that is the worst it also It also looks like something we watched Chris Angel escape from mine freak freak the mind freak he put the my freak suit on at the end every time I hear someone mention Chris Angel I think of you guys oh it was the freak hey one of the best shows it was amazing shout out to the Myers i’d go watch it again love Chris Angel love the mind all right next up give me Vlad devots he is selling a used car at noon and being drafted at 6 i’m flooding bro look at the tie the tie water just a brutal tie bro he got dressed in the dark for sure the jacket the tie and the pants have no connection sells used cars on Summer Avenue 100% he sell cars what’s Buddy the sit side oh good fella good high waters too with the thin belt yeah everything about that is the thin belt you’re right from Burlington Coat Factory i agree with this this is terrible yeah that’s bad bro this is terrible it’s pretty bad and it makes it so much worse when you’re 7 foot it does pretty bad cuz look at the jacket the jacket more fabric wasted fabric well speaking of less fabric 2018 Trey Young decided to wear the maroon short set no and I forgot about this i don’t remember this erased it from my memory it is That is brutal the worst bermuda shorts do you remember those old Navy commercials he’s wearing shorts like capries trey come on it’s a Bermuda short what is Bermuda short it’s a below the knee short it’s a very ugly short bermuda short bermuda bermuda what the heck what the hell is a Bermuda short there was like a whole time caps like people do that there was an Old Navy commercial that was like Bermuda shorts i’m going to wear them forever straight guys never wore them no they didn’t they make Oh they make Bermuda cargo shorts now no it was a girly short a Bermuda short was for women it wasn’t for the strip we agree yeah yeah yeah those stripe shorts no it’s the length bermuda short get those things for 14 bucks at Old Navy we packing them up too much bro if your legs are that skinny bro you you should not be out here with shorts that’s a That’s a horrendous outfit do some do some calf ra6 Chuck Pearson with the pink Cumberband he won a prom look at that Cumberband no he looks like he’s in new edition telephone man he put the prom john on for the draft he does look like a matching bow tie he looks like he’s in a show he looks like he’s in a showire prom choir only places you see but it’s a but it’s a moment in time you shouldn’t wear that to the NBA draft bro wait what year was this that’s Brad Dohy6 that is That’s bias rest in peace that’s like hours before he died and that is Did you say hours dude he died like the next day yeah it is is it Chris Gat uh Chris uh Chris Gatlin no no no who is Who is Golden State’s pick what’s that guy’s name 1986 michael That’s not Michael Ray Richardson that was before that wasn’t it no the Knicks is I got you bro hold on the Knicks is the guy on the left i’m talking about the guy on the right chris Wayburn washburn chris Washurn chris Washburn was that Louisville he was NC State nc State didn’t he have Who was the Knicks pick who is that is that Michael kenny Walker kenny Walker kenny Skywalker that’s my cousin bro family right there that’s family bro from the other side you feel me from the other line from the other line you have a white the other side you know what I’m saying the one that you don’t invite junth days for that side okay next up joe Kim Noah specifically this bow tie no we good we good don’t worry we good hey the smile messages this photo oh yeah the bow tie looks like a tie or like a bow that you put on a package it’s a horrible bow tie terrible it’s a brutal bow tie that’s like a joke so much cooler than what this He is way cooler than that so goofy picture that’s the tie you That’s the suit you put on like a 5-year-old kid yeah for Easter yeah it’s Easter also it looks like he’s got Mickey Mouse ears when he puts on the hat yeah it’s it’s a tough look all around i guess like goofy years back to 2003 bad big suits carmelo Anthony carmelo Anthony oh you busted out of like a Oh it can of biscuits bro if you’re going to do the six buttons make sure you can button them all or leave them all open you got to make the choice the dual rat tails oh that’s the braids come on now but there’s just two of them what are you supposed to be one huh you That was the arrow double braid that long braid is brutal that was a double arrow that was a double braid error yeah why are we hating on Carmelo yeah i mean he he does like a can of potatoes though a can of biscuits biscuits can of biscuits bust out this come on man also also and and the stomach being open is where they already cracked it you already cured you already hit it on the Also also also why is he curving his bill like every guy in Mississippi that’s going duck hunting that’s a draft why is his draft like that that is a sick curve he was like he was like there’s that is the Confederate flag curve that’s how Larry the cable guy does his get the he said bro come that is the south will rise again curve bro he covered the [ __ ] out that hat he got that hat and he said “Yo come on Carmelo.” I mean just make sure Yeah he’s every hunting and fishing guy you know that’s his hat that suit is wicked that thing is curved brother oh yeah a draft oh they always flat billing draft hats are usually flat build that’s not He definitely got that joint not going he’s got mossy real trees last but not least Luke Combmes darius Garland in custom Fear of God oh no like a monk he looks like he’s in Star Wars yeah he does look like he’s in Anakin he does he was trying to be trendy bro obiwan Kenobi he was trying to be trendy he was This is the problem when you try to be trendy you flop it doesn’t last forever it might be like he could be an angel you know what I mean like a like in a Kurt Finger music video he he extra in the he some modernized angel like a praise dancer he’s a praise dancer he’s a praise dancer he look like a praise dancer on Easter Sunday dj you look ridiculous what kind of shoes you wearing i don’t yeah what are those what are those shoes there’s no way that report that that Phoenix turned him down in a KD deal is real right like they can’t be true my old buddy Kevin Okconor reported that that they offered up a deal that included Darius Garland i’m like “No way.” That’s wild why would you not what the hell is Phoenix doing he’s a way better fit derrick Garland is awesome darius Garland is awesome yeah he is cold he is cold just like a praise dance on your draft night buddy yeah that was bad all right that the end of that’s the end oh wow that was forgot one more jaylen says “Oh I came across this picture of James Harden and I couldn’t get over it and at one point he was given best bow tie on one of Bro him before the beard is a sick.” He looks like he works in like an old barber shop oh yeah it’s so weird just imagine being a girl that dated him when he didn’t have the beard bro bro he looks like he looks like a different human he like Famous Los without the beard that’s ugly what happened to him he’s still around he’s still popping okay he’s still popping he’s still popping a little bit by the way would you think your boy Cooper flag gonna wear or not you gonna put some on i bet he wears blue do you think he keeps it simple yes yes yes okay i bet he’s The best question is who’s going to be the one that who’s going to be the one that does if we had to guess uh Ace ace Bailey ace Bailey for sure hands down chain by the way I want to count how many custom chains we see tonight because you know everybody else everybody got the NIL money now yeah and I was I’ve watched at least four interviews of draft prospects and they all got custom chains with their like name and logo be on the I’m counting tonight custom chains that people wear yeah cooper’s going to have a New Balance one nb GWB wait gw that’s what the chain going to say great white hope great i hope E gordon hey and then Khan Canipple’s gonna snatch it that’s mine by the way hey tonight by the I just saw this thing on Twitter do you know that mom verde team from last year is going to have four players drafted tonight oh yeah they’re ridiculous it’s uh Cooper Flag Asa No Asa Newell Derek McQueen and Liam McKini all in the same you literally effed up three names in a row i was trying to get it out no three names in a row cooper cooper Flag was literally the only name you got right liam McKinley McNeely tomato tomato Derek Queen you got that and my guy Asa Newwell all right four players from the same high school team a little blurred between the a new impressive no for real the greatest high school team ever for sure i think uh I think my guy Connley with Daquin Cook Josh McRoberts and Greg Odin would like to have and Eric Gordon was that a They’d like to have a though yeah it was this is a high school team well that’s the same high school that’s not a high school team m is not a real high school some guy some some guy told me the other day it was a young young kid like the one of my friends has a friend who’s sending his son down to IMG he’s younger mhm to like go and go to school there I guess and develop whatever he said it was 95 grand a year yes a wait two semesters no most those kids aren’t paying anything i’m sure but that they’re but then they fund it I’m sure by people that want their kids to become athletes and so they pay for their kid to go there that’s what he said he told me it was 95 grand i was like is that real i don’t know if that’s real or not but I’m telling you the guy texted me the other day it said he’s sending my buddy is sending his kid down to IMG said it was 95 grand for the year i was like “Jesus is this kid Is this kid good?” And he was like “No.” So you’re paying that for not like not like that he’s not LeBron right so you’re paying that for your kid to hopefully be good one day i mean I don’t know i guess just to get the best training that’s crazy i mean one of our draft picks went there went to high school there who zack Edy oh that’s right ig prospect he did go down there that’s right and it did help him dramatically it did help him dramatically right he was not He was not thought of as a prospect even there he was on the B team he was playing JV basketball he was on the B team at IMG so I guess that’s a great success story right obviously worth it for him hell yeah all right uh one thing he’s also 75 you forgot the most important you forgot the most important part yeah that matters being 75 being 75 uh one thing we haven’t talked about when it comes to the draft tonight in the Grizzlies it is possible they do trade down like that is possible that’s something we’ve never even broached but it is possible the crappy way in the show in the show always is always a dollar because Batman will tell you what still have to clear somewhere for Jiren Jackson Junior’s extension to throw at you screw you Roser i hope they stay in 16 and trade up shut up but it is possible you happy birthday Desmond B boring happy birthday Des i just got a text from him how old is he uh Dez is 27 today oh wow show him my guy Dez man his birthday that’s going to do it for today’s show thanks to Jessica Benson thanks to Deon Walker thanks to John Ro no thanks to John Ro thanks to Jaylen back in the studio draft show 7 o’clock tonight 7 o’clock on Grime City Media YouTube on the Grime City Media app watch it do it watch it we’ll be talk to you then until then we gone
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FIRE KLEIMAN
Can’t wait for Kleiman to add 3 rookies who contribute ZERO to winning when it matters