Locked On Wizards: 2025 NBA Draft Watch Party
wizards fans it’s time for the 2025 NBA draft and we are live all first round long here on Locked on Wizard stick with us going to be a blast tonight you are Locked On Wizards your daily Washington Wizards podcast part of the Locked On podcast network your team every day dc family this is Lockdown Wizards where you’re part of our family and we welcome you to tonight’s coverage of the first round of the NBA draft we are live here on YouTube you can check us out on Twitter locked on Wizards as well and this is an open book for everyone here tonight i’m Ben Strober my co-host Abdullah Yubi will join us in about five minutes or so when NBA draft coverage officially begins here on ESPN but this is an open book for everyone to chime in the chat here we’ll be answering all questions engaging the temperature of you Wizards fans as we get ready for the NBA draft this is going to be a blast i got on my John Wall jersey right now for good luck because I I feel like it’s about time the Wizards get some luck here we didn’t have the luck that we hoped for in the NBA draft lottery end up with a six pick but with the reports right now the betting favorite to be the sixth pick in the draft right now is Ace Bailey dante Ro Dante Rogers in the chat here most definitely need Ace Bailey that’s the pick for me if he’s there between even if it’s just him or Trey Johnson at that time I’m 100% all in on Ace Bailey i think this team needs a superstar caliber player we need somebody that will be this team’s alien because I think we’ve lacked a real superstar here for quite some time jw world rather have Trey Johnson but I’d totally be fine with Ace i I think it’s a good dilemma to have if you have the ability to have either Johnson or Ace Bailey i think one of the things that we might run into tonight is uh the fear that Brooklyn might actually end up trading up in this draft brooklyn has five first round picks and they’re not going to take five picks in this draft so I expect them to be active in some way we’ve seen the reports that the Wizards have been very active as we speak trying to trade up from 18 maybe you get a guy like your Derek Queen give me Give me Johnny Davis oh wow who we got Jag johnny Davis need offense especially three-point shooting yeah I think that’s why Trey Johnson would be a great fit here obviously you just traded away your best three-point shooter in Jordan Pool so I I think Johnson completely makes sense here just saw Danny Wolf get introduced here on the screen i have it up on the TV right here to my left just kind of watching the coverage as we go through here as everyone’s kind of lined up right now uh right below the board says the future starts here draft 2020 they already took this picture so I guess they just recreated it again i love Queen he’ll be a better player than Sorber but Sorber fits better in my opinion next to Sar i love Thomas Sorber another guy that played locally uh collegiately at Georgetown probably the best rebounder pound-for-pound in this entire draft class which is something that I’m really interested in for this Wizards team because uh the point that a lot of people have made with Malawatch is I don’t know if I want to have another seven-footer on this team that isn’t a great rebounder he averaged six rebounds per game in his first year at Duke so it’s an interesting thing to think about will Alex Sard develop to be a better rebounder derek Queen was a rebound away from averaging a double double in his time at Maryland i got to call plenty of his games at the University of Maryland uh so if you want to call me bias from that sense that’s fine but I think he fits the mold for the way the NBA is evolving right now to be almost more European style it’s more about uh the technical aspect of the game not about athleticism love to trade up for Sorber or for Queen from 18 yeah I think that’s the plan i I think the Wizards will 100% make a move at some point tonight i think that’s the expectation whether they move up from 18 to get one of the guys that you mentioned there Jay or they move up from six to get Ace Bailey because they’re afraid someone like Brooklyn will move up to get him or New Orleans now the smoke is that New Orleans is very into Ace Bailey as well because we know the preferred destinations for Bailey are Washington New Orleans and Brooklyn so it’s going to be crazy i think it’s going to be a wild night we have Sham’s notifications on on high alert here to make sure that we are up to date and keep you up to speed for what happens here tonight in the draft queen isn’t good enough to go six in my opinion and Mawatch will fall i think Malawatch definitely falls actually past six uh so earlier I was working on 1067 the fan on the B Mitch and Finley show and we did a mock draft and the draft really starts at three as we know because I think Dylan Harper is is locked in at two for San Antonio the Wizards had called San Antonio previously to see if they can inquire about that second pick however that was not available per San Antonio so what I had right here was Edgecomb going to Philadelphia at three khan Canipple goes number four to Charlotte and in a surprising turn of events I really hope this happens because this would be ideal for us Wizard fans is that Jeremiah Fierce goes fifth overall to Brooklyn who trades up with Utah then I think the Wizards get Ace Bailey at six and then Trey Johnson goes seven to New Orleans pairs alongside Jordan Pool and then you have the idea of Utah being back at eight now in Modawatch being available i don’t know we just we’ve seen the reports that Washington is the most intrigued by Bailey but also Jeremiah Fears is a guy that has worked out multiple times with this Wizards franchise and the reporting that he had done a private workout at Georgetown University that was almost like a secret thing from the media i don’t know big Hoya hey man I’m I’m a Maryland guy but I got a lot of respect for Georgetown dante did you see the news today uh Georgetown and Maryland opening the season at Expinity Center i I’m definitely gonna have to be in attendance for that one that’s a matchup that we haven’t seen in quite some time and I’m really excited for a new era of Maryland basketball to begin that way with a DMV matchup game uh really looking forward to that i think my biggest thing that I’m wondering right now that if the Wizards do get Ace Bailey in this draft what the lineup looks like because Bailey wants to go somewhere where he is instantly going to start and be a ball dominant player and we’re going to see the role of Bub Carrington uh expand a lot this offseason that’s primarily why you get rid of a guy like Jordan P because you want to see Bub Carrington emerge as a player and as Lenell said last night or rather this morning on the Lockdown Wizards episode is that Bub essentially has the keys to the franchise right now it’s sink or swim and the expectation is that Bub Carrington swims and he’s able to uh you know rise to the occasion here pretty illustrious first year for Bub Carrington played in all 82 games all NBA rookie second team uptown Dre what’s going on my friend how we doing don’t want Malawatch okay fair see I I really like Malawatch because of what he would be as a defender as a rim protector if you have Sar and Malawatch down there protecting the rim you’re going to be tough to score on if everyone else can can play the perimeter well enough and I think it’s all an effort thing i I really do think it is and I think Brian Keefe has done a pretty good job instilling that mentality into these Wizards players they’re tanking well yeah of course so tanking again for one more season because top eight protected pick with the New York Knicks the Wizards are going to be lotterybound again we do know that but this is the last year that the Wizards have an excuse to be bad i mean after this year the Wizards are going to have no choice but to start attempting to be competitive again and now with the salary cap being completely freed up over a hundred million next off seasonason after you get $80 million off your books next off season and not to say that the Wizards are going to go and sign someone in free agency but free agency is kind of dead in the NBA right now it’s about using the trade market to either trade for super superstar players or trade for assets in the future mason Howard I really like VJ love Bailey i just think VJ defense with Bal would be great bub at the one VJ at two Bal at the three that’s interesting i don’t know if VJ Edgecomb is polished enough offensively at this point to be the starting two guard for the team he’s definitely raw offensively the defense is really really good like he’s going to be an elite defender the second he steps on the NBA floor and he seems like a real NBA ready player to me so Adam Silver is now walking out here to the podium for the first time he gets booed like Adele now so Adam Silver is currently addressing the entire draft right now tommy Loftess I don’t know who this Ben guy is but we know his ball hey appreciate it Tommy thanks for tuning in with us here on Lockdown Wizards it’s going to be a lot of fun i can’t wait to get the reactions of everyone and see what the temperature is for all the Wizards fans as we get geared up here for the NBA draft this is exciting stuff so right now they’re talking about Oklahoma City winning winning the championship and you know that gets me going a little bit because I think Will Dawkins has tried to emulate what the Thunder have been doing be Dream Chasing TM new watcher welcome to the show man uh we appreciate you tuning in with us hope you become a longtime watcher here of Lockdown Wizards once again I am your host Ben Stro my co-host Abdullah Yubi will be with us in no time at all he will join here shortly let’s go Ben we get ace i hope so jack Jack Toe everybody let me borrow this jersey for the day i don’t have my old my John Wall jersey i outgrew it so I had to borrow this one acer trade sixth and big guy 18 we can’t f this up couldn’t agree more my friend Dre how come a lot of y’all are going Bailey over Dre i think it’s the upside thing Luke and that that’s why I’ve been on the proponent that Ace Bailey would be the pick for me oh here comes the pick oh never mind he’s just just introducing that Dallas has the first pick we knew that we knew that don’t we oh my god i just really hope something goes our way tonight because we already got screwed by the lottery and and us Wizard fans we can never have nice things ace is a diva he won’t work out i don’t know about that Landon i I really don’t know i think there’s nothing wrong with a guy that wants to put himself in the best situation possible alex Sar did it and now this is backto-back years where potentially a top draft prospect has fallen into the lap of the Wizards toby Altiser ace for the win everybody shout out Toby Altiser from 1067 the fan and the team 980 was co-hosting today with JP Finley on B Mitch and Finley uh be sure to go check out my guy Toby Altiser one of the best to do it in the DMV we can never have nice things Marissa i know you hear me complain about it too much don’t you st for no reason he should retire i want Ace but I don’t think he falls that’s how I was feeling for a long time Juice man I just I really didn’t think there would be a possibility that the guy who’s probably the second best scoreer in this NBA draft is available at the sixth pick but Philadelphia will not take him and Stephen A smith in the pre-draft coverage was saying “I have some things to say about Ace Bailey i know one team that they cannot they can absolutely not touch him not with a 10,000 foot pole i’ll get into it when we get into the draft coverage and I think he’s talking about Philadelphia for sure we should draft James Wood we should We should draft James Wood james Wood is is the future of baseball everyone sorry sorry to get off Wizards for a segment james Wood is a superstar but we need a superstar on our basketball floor in DC i’m I’m tired of waiting around we need to get our guy here in Washington and I feel like tonight could be the night ace me please i I feel like we’re playing blackjack right now you got a you got a face card showing and you’re hoping that the dealer gives us an ace that’s the best way I’m looking at it right now queen and sober we need bigs those are my my two guys right there locked on Law shout out to you uh one of our favorite listeners here of Locked on Wizards if you’re just joining us there are 76 of you in the stream right now so glad to see everybody tune in with us here on Lockdown Wizards if you are new to our stream and to our channel be sure to hit subscribe follow us on Twitter and on Instagram we post a lot of content on there we’re very active and love to be engaged with our fans as much as possible this is an exciting night here for the NBA draft once again I’m Ben Shrober abdullah Yubie will join us as soon as he can wonder where the hell he is right now i’m just kidding he’ll he’ll be here in a minute oh yeah yeah you like the bullets hat back here this is This one of my favorite hats for sure i’ve had this for quite some time uh this one right here is also I think this was the first wizards hat that I ever bought when I was in fifth grade got a picture of me somewhere i can’t even get it on over my head right now with the headset on so I’m going let everybody in on a little secret right here this ball this ball is actually signed by Bradley Beal and yeah but it’s cool though it’s cool it’s a cool ball it’s why I keep it up got the Terry McLaren crunch flakes back there as well these top three picks can’t get over it’s going to drag out that’s the thing this whole process is going to drag out all night long which is so Why is there a second day for the second round that doesn’t make any sense i’m glad the Wizards don’t have a second round pick right now because I I don’t want to sit through all that we were talking about that today what the coverage will look like for that it’s not going to be like a traditional NBA draft show well yeah which bum we What do you mean bum we’re not getting any bums in this draft no bums always stars always stars in DC it’s the third draft for Will Dawkins man and last year a weak draft class i think he went three for three you hit your singles and you hit some doubles last year and guys like Bob Carrington all about Moody trey Johnson to the Wizard shout out to my guy Moody man he has been the biggest Trey Johnson supporter over the past month we’ll see if that does become the case here for us Wizards fans i’m going to be through the moon i’m going to be over the moon for either Trey or Ace and then you get a center like Sorber or Queen later in this draft wizards had by far the best draft i agree i mean I think they hit on all three first round picks all of them became impactful players in their first year and all of them got better as the year went on and we’re going to see them develop even more in year number two i think the NBA makes the milk it yeah absolutely absolutely right now Cooper Flag is uh sitting there he’s aura farming waiting for the pick draft draft coverage just bothers me so much honestly i just I hate it it’s so bad like the NFL draft coverage I think is terrible the NBA same thing draft doesn’t start till pick three yep you’re going to be mad if we take fears i’m not going to be mad abdullah might be really mad actually so that’s that’s people are going to clown him for sure if we get fears i would be a little more disappointed if we took fears but uh hey lockdown law actually I’m going to I’m going to show it right here if Dawkins trust fears I trust Dawkins and I’m going to go with that right now i think I’ve been given no reason to not trust him and Cooper Flag there he goes number one overall we’re all shocked aren’t we everybody in the chat what are you how are you feeling after Cooper Flag goes number one overall but Dawkins has given me no reason not to trust him at this point in the process and how he’s drafted so far i’ll be pissed off if we take fears but like I said I trust Dawkins i mean look it like I just don’t really think there’s any reason to get mad right now at Dawkins this is not Tommy Shepard like when we took Johnny Davis I was like “What are we doing what the heck are we doing?” And it became apparent from the first minutes that he played summer league that he was clearly not the guy and had no confidence marissa is shocked about Cooper flag going number one overall one of the can’t believe they didn’t take Jaden Daniels hey could say that about the Bears last year maybe i’m just kidding though i think Caleb Williams is a good quarterback i think Chicago will be fine give you someone that none of us have noah Essenay I think could be someone that the Wizards look into later in the first round if he’s available the German player um there’s a couple other guys that had been on my radar i mean Walter Clayton Jr if Wizards go big with this first pick here I don’t know if people be interested in him later in this first round he’s a little bit smaller he’s so clutch though he took over in the NCAA tournament i don’t know how well his game translate but I really like him as a player actually so Behringer is he’s a French player right yeah an 18-year-old um intriguing he’s a big I think he could be helpful as another sevenfooter alongside Alex Sar they’re only Yeah there are French players clay can shoot better than anyone in this draft i agree i agree maybe other than Trey Johnson I think you you could make the argument those two are the best shooters in this draft are we ruling out San Antonio making a crazy move right here no you know give me one second i’m actually I’m going to go turn the volume up over here so I can actually hear it negative 104 with a big early on in this draft i I would definitely prefer to get a guard early as well i think you need your higher upside guard earlier on in this draft if possible once again if you’re just joining us thanks for joining Lockdown Wizards we are live here for the first round of the NBA draft 95 of you in here shout out to every single one of you in here
i’m your host Ben Strober abdo Yubie will join us whenever he can have not seen think he’s on his way at this point it’s a dream come true to be honest i wouldn’t want to share with anybody else you got the flag right here and all my people back home they’re here for me and I wouldn’t be here without them so it just means so much to see trade Bal Kulabali Rashawn Holmes in the second round pick we don’t have a second round pick to offer right now so San Antonio Spurs for the second pick i just don’t the pick is already in for San Antonio a new has upside that’s Yeah we did an episode actually on him a while back i would love to see him as well i think it goes to you for to this moment congratulations sorry everyone just trying to uh get the link clarified i think the link that we had posted was taken down for whatever reason so I’m I’m trying to clarify that right now on social media for everyone san Antonio’s pick is in at number two let me just tweet out right now the link to this okay who do you think takes DQ marissa i’m hoping it’s us i really am i’ve heard New Orleans is interested in him i’m really wondering if Phoenix now at number 10 could actually take Derek Queen in this draft here san Antonio could still trade Harper later you never know they have too many guards maybe they trade Fox i think it’s an interesting point dylan Harper is just so good i mean like just just from a overall player standpoint yeah like I totally get him being the second pick in this draft bulls I think yeah would definitely be interested in Derek Queen as well thoughts on another Gore outing being wasted by no run support we’re used to that Jack we We see that every time McKenzie Gore pitches
i’m not even thinking about the Washington Nationals right now they just they stink i love him i love him to death i love James Wood superstar stop sleeping on him but man I I can’t I can’t talk about the Nats right now i’m just I’m going to get frustrated this should just be a happy day right now because we’re finding out who the next star in DC is for our basketball team do you think we move up from 18 or stay put i think we’re moving up i I think that should be the expectation right now that Washington does move up here at some point in this draft all right we’re about to get the second pick here let’s see if it is indeed Harper which it will be [Music] nba San Antonio yep shocker so the draft starts at three everybody now it’s it’s about time juice man think you’re we’re staying at six and 18 okay might [Music] [Music] So Dylan Harper
the first Ruters player taken in this draft i’m hoping the other one is in DC going back I have to fix the link again nba draft live stream i I can’t I can’t do anything with technology like I’m I genuinely just suck at it doesn’t make any sense shout out to everybody that’s in here though for the live stream over a hundred of you now this is Lockdown Wizards i am your co-host Ben Strober abdullah Aub will join us shortly thank everyone for tuning in with us here on the NBA draft here’s Abdullah
yo yo yo i go where you been
i just came back from the Wizards draft room it’s either Ace Bailey or Trey Johnson i am so sorry for being late ladies and gentlemen but we are here shout out Jared Sabon i got you up on the screen this This is my guy
jared we going Ace or Trey let us know bro
dude why are they taking so long for these drafts oh look wait hold on i got I got to put this comment up here for my guy Christian they were in the finals a year ago
and they traded Luca
oh my god like I said I don’t like ESPN draft coverage i just never think it’s any good ace Bailey or Trey Johnson ben I’m going to keep saying it
i don’t think anyone is interested enough with 18 crispy and I like that name for Cory Kissfort all right well the draft officially starts right now Abdulah because we knew who the first two picks were going to be it’s already happened and do we see a trade right now like we we have to be on high alert right now for Washington to do something
brooklyn brooklyn that’s the team I think that’s going to jump in front of us man I think definitely like that’s highly possible they have five first round picks in here
one sec i’ll be back my computer’s lagging or laptop
dude can’t believe your six pick i can believe it i I said on lottery night that we’d get screwed and we did ben Messenger shout out to you brother queen I hope so later in this draft Steve that’s a lot all right so Philadelphia still on the clock right now it
took Derek Queen to get drafted right now the third pick abdullah wants Trey this is true abdullah’s going to be mad if we get fierce man
he really is moody what i want to trade up man honestly like I do because I I need to get Trey or Ace and I’m I’m gonna be disappointed if we don’t get one of those two guys worried about Brooklyn
would you trade the six pick to the Nets for four first rounders yeah for four firsts in the future or then you’d probably get a couple of those tonight as well i’d have to look at the draft order here and get look at what picks exactly uh Brooklyn holds because they have five of them so the Nets also have 19 and 22 where’s the rest did they not update this oh they 26 and 27 so I don’t know well those picks are so late in this round that I don’t I don’t know no fears please that’s what Abdullah was hoping [Music] we can’t just have too many picks we need a blue chip prospect 100% we I think we need to get our superstar player in this draft so
still no pick in yet for Philadelphia and we’ll see if it is Edgecomb like a lot of people have chalked it up to be because
Ace Bailey is probably not going to Philadelphia they really milk putting the pick in yet my ideal situation here is that we get Ace Bailey or Trey Johnson and then get Derek Queen later in this draft when we trade up from the 18th pick better be queen right now or you got to sleep you’re always welcome Jared always welcome once again shout out to all of you here in the live stream for Lockdown Wizards nba draft coverage will be live this entire first round over 120 of you now be sure to hit the subscribe button if you haven’t already follow us on all of our social medias what does SVP feel about this i I think he really wishes that Washington would get a superstar player i think SVP you know he’s he’s a local guy i know he’s going to be rooting for Derek Queen probably to stick around so that’d be really interesting to see as well
but I I think he wants Washington to finally have another blue chip player on this team yo this live stream is keeping me sane shout out to you Ben navix man appreciate you my guy appreciate you for listening for watching i’m glad I can help you out here because I can imagine you’re nervous i’m nervous right now oh the pick is in for Philadelphia so we’ll I We’ll see they’re showing Ace Bailey on the screen jesus philly must be taking tons of They probably are getting calls they Where did he go so Jay Bilis best available Ace Bailey VJ Edgecomb Trey Johnson Coniple and Colin Murray i can’t wait this is so annoying i can’t wait right now all right here we go we’re getting the pick right now [Music] nba Philadelphia okay Edgecomb edgecomb to Philadelphia everybody that was chocked up to be so that means now there are three
all right on the clock Ben two more picks until Washington picks and Johnson and Bailey are both there both those guys would have to go in the next two for one of them not to be available for Washington here this is where we might see movement though Abdullah if somebody wants to trade up here with either Charlotte or Utah dude I’m so sorry my TV is lagging so I’m trying to One sec unimpressed by the fits they have on tonight what’s wrong with them Marissa i’m nervous
dude i’m I’m so nervous right now my heartbeat is is going up it’s getting really interesting please please acce or Trey acce or Trey need one of those two right here it’s looking good it’s looking good right now i hope we get Bailey i hope we do too donald Jared are you homeless now so right now a lot of people have anticipated Canipple going here at four to Charlotte and we’ll see that if that is indeed the case edgecom’s a great player man like I was really high in him throughout the draft process uh would have been really interested in him especially at some point if he was available for the Wizards i I really like him and I think he’s going to be really good that’s a great fit in Philadelphia to be honest i know it’s all going to be dependent on if Joel Embiid actually plays which he probably won’t because he never plays but I do like that pick for him drip is a bit muted marissa’s right okay if if that’s what y’all think sure i don’t care about the fits i care about the basketball
like all these dudes got aura
like we know that i mean even like Jeremiah Fierce was pretty dripped out with his chain but I don’t want him
i really don’t want him yeah I do like the skins let’s go skins man it’s time go get Trey so Don you’re you’re referring to Malawatch i’m negative on going him at six unless Bailey and Johnson go here but I’m really hoping that doesn’t happen charlotte is on the clock do they get Coniple here do we see a move all right I’m done moving Ben i’m here full time
there we go man
sorry about that shout out to my co-host Abdullah Aubie i’m Ben Strober thanks for joining us here on Lockdown Wizards for the first round of the NBA draft in 2025 who are the Wizards getting two picks to go and still on the board ace Bailey and Trey Johnson we’re feeling good right now and hopefully that continues here in the next couple minutes we talk about anything other than bass right now you get blocked come on come on l we’re just We’re just We’re trying to trying to chill we’re trying to keep it mellow okay like we’re all nervous right now they’re interviewing Edgecomb right now he’s got his Sixers hat on and hopefully I just want to say please do not spoil the pick we need to be surprised we do
you have it up on your screen
i have the TV on my right it wasn’t working but finally I got it up i got on my I don’t I hopefully we’re on the same like timing
yeah no I can it’s It’s sinking it’s
sinking charlotte better take Connor Fierce and we good y’all my prediction earlier today I had said that I thought Brooklyn would trade up to five and take Fierce for some reason i know Abdul would go crazy if that happened man
I’ve done too much research of fears it’s it’s hard to research players for the NBA draft i feel like so many players uh have similar tendencies and it’s so easy to see the best best aspects of every player the worst out of all of them uh it’s just tough to tell you know I I like to I like to reserve judgment on players until I see them play live action in the NBA for the first time but you know there’s something to be said about what you see from the tape in college or you know if you’re talking about international guys what they did in their pro leagues fears over Johnson would be very Brooklyn i agree i 100% agree ben I’m telling you if if it comes down to Ace or Trey man that’s going to be interesting it’s I mean I’m just I’m really hoping that happens if the next pick here is Khan then Ace Ser is going to be available for us
mhm charlotte’s phone must be going crazy right i mean Philadelphia took their time as well so that they could have been the same thing it’s just interesting Ben i mean you probably said it already but when is the last time I mean Alex Sar was the one exception but a player angled themselves into Washington i know it we might see that with Ace Bailey man
we might i’m nervous right now like I’m I’m just I’m genuinely nervous
yeah me too ace ace Bailey trey dude the name Ace Bailey just sounds like a good NBA name even Trey Johnson trey Johnson just seems like an NBA name doesn’t it
trey
someone said someone I saw someone say queen and ace that gives you blackjack that’d be I think you named the duo Blackjack right there moneym team winning us games at some point what up Abby let’s go let’s go man
let’s go everybody this Aby Sabon shout out to my guy best DC sports fan of the business all right pick is in for Charlotte all right all right stop i don’t I don’t care anymore about Edgecomb tell me who Charlotte’s taking 2012 canipus would fit in well in Charlotte ace Bailey would be good for Charlotte like he’d pair alongside Great
nah Ace Bailey would be bad in Charlotte
he’d be good but I don’t think he Bailey doesn’t want to be there that’s the thing
yeah yeah ace Bailey like don’t No Charlotte no dc 144 of you in here thanks for joining Lockdown Wizards for our coverage of this NBA draft first round make sure there subscribe we’re on the way to 6K subscribers
i I feel like we we’ve been growing a little bit especially the past week yesterday was obviously a very big day shout out to everyone that tuned in for the live stream yesterday or re-watched the replay of it then watched the episode that came out this morning we’ll have one that comes out tomorrow morning as well reacting to tonight i can’t listen to ESPN’s yapping i can’t either dude it’s terrible so trash so trash all right here comes Adam Silver let’s go let’s go let’s go acer Trey is going to be there let’s go let’s go let’s go let’s go
come on
Dawkins don’t mess this up don’t mess this up man
don’t mess this up
oh my god this is Dude we already talked about it if it came down to ace bro ace Bailey or Trey Johnson one of them is going to be a wizard are you freaking kidding me oh my goodness man oh my goodness con Canipple is heading to Charlotte wow it’s It’s been full chalk so far it’s been full chalk who need the lottery gods man
yes
oh my goodness this is This is
We didn’t get as much luck this lottery but the fact you can land either Ace a top three talent or Trey Johnson arguably the best score of this drive oh my god so I’m a little less nervous now doc man doc you’re giving us every reason to believe just take us home Doc travis Schlank Will Dawkins Michael Winger take us home take us home come on we want Trey we want Trey look man i’m happy with with Trey or Ace either one of those guys jay Fears is the next pick that’s what Luke says to Utah yeah brooklyn hasn’t done anything yet in this draft like I Oh my goodness wow man the cherry on top would be if Utah takes Jeremiah Fierce dang have to take AC’s there i 100% agree so Utah is on the clock right now number five damn coniple has a lot of brothers
yeah so we’ve heard that Ace potentially did actually work out with the Wizards
and he I saw that
he talked dude he handled his all the media so well he gotounded by Philadelphia reporters asking him about uh you know cancing his meetings with them and all that stuff but like I said I don’t fault a guy that wants to put himself in the best position possible
i just don’t
i can’t do it worried about Charlotte taking ace that’s gone charlotte just took
Khan you can’t hear my TV from here right Ben like barely
okay that’s good
can you hear mine
yeah I can hear yours
is it Is it like loud
yeah it’s not that bad who cares man be inspired wait this is a hilarious is that Yeah it is monica McNut did speak at my graduation for the Philip Merrell College Journal shout out Merryill man wait actually this really she
Yep yeah she she spoke at uh
she spoke at my graduation for college that was
just over a month ago now
you’re basically tight with her
I guess so he’s PR trained well yeah Ace is this guy on this guy on TV just said flying canipples that that last name is hilarious man
i mean there’s so much potential for a shirt where you just put where it just says Khan and you put it you know where where I’m thinking on the shirt
i don’t know where where where you’re thinking Ben we’re a family-friendly podcast actually 169 of you guys in here shout out to every single one of you joining us here on Locked on Wizards be sure to subscribe follow us on all our social medias we are co-hosts ben Strober Abdullah utah Jazz on the clock ace Bailey or Trey Johnson will be available for the Wizards at 6 let’s go i I have a feeling it’s going to be Trey love this Wizards fans in one place this is fun this is really We’re gonna have to go live a lot more
dude i’m telling you it’s awesome
yeah cuz I I can feel a little chill
i know that you’re not the only Wizards fan that suffers out there it definitely helps the the grief
you like You like the jersey got the wall jersey on
dude it’s fire man i was
My guy Jack Toe let me borrow it for the day cuz I outgrew my other one
oh okay okay
i’m so nervous hey Stephen i’m I’m a little less nervous right now because I I just know we’re going to have a super talented player available for us oh pick is in for Utah come on man ace Bailey to DC
bro please please Utah take Jeremiah Fears right now abdul you’re going to go crazy if they take fears
n there’s no way the Wizards take fears no I’m saying if uh if if Utah does right here that mean the Wizards could take him
bro oh my goodness
again not a fierce hater but I’m just a ace and Trey lover [Music] take us to the pick take us to the pick my blood pressure is always up man i’m a Wizards fan look at this comment right now oh my god man this is This is exciting stuff right here it just sounds right
trey Johnson’s up on the screen right now
see if Utah gets him the Wizards traded up one pick
last or two years ago and they got the ball
whoa b I thought you just said right now
i was like what the
No no not right now not right now i’m just saying you said that so casually too i was like “What?” All right think we’re getting the pick here yeah here we go [Music] oh wow ace Bailey dang to Utah wow wow so much for not wanting to go in the top five wow
dang oh I wanted him so bad man i really wanted him trey Johnson time though
trey Johnson all right yeah run to the podium run to the podium if it’s anyone but Trey if it’s anyone but Trey dang it i thought Ace was gonna be a wizard but it’s okay to the podium with this pick please man don’t mess this up damn man we We got that close we got that close to getting Bailey at six man that’s
we got screwed in the lottery and we were a pick away from getting Ace Bailey
dude he didn’t work out with Utah right
i don’t even know
no nobody knows who the hell he worked out with hey I mean let’s let’s not be upset guys we got Trey Trey Johnson is an unbelievable player but we just got to we just got to make this pick right here pe i really just I hope it’s not Fierce yeah please don’t be Jeremiah Fierce please don’t be Jeremiah Fear come on man please give a stray if Fierce get back to AB he’s going to crash out he is he is dude like I’m getting Dude this is reminds me Ben I’m not saying it would be to this extent but when I know we’re talking about Commanders here but when we picked Emanuel Forbes over Christian Gonzalez like I don’t want this to be the same situation bro
i don’t even don’t even manifest that energy right here come on dude drake Bulldog it’s so easy dude come on
got to make it short too don’t overthink it don’t overthink it man let’s get Trey no chance you go Jeremiah bro no freaking chance so the Wizards are on the clock everybody here thanks for joining us on Lockdown Wizards trey Johnson is available right now for the Washington Wizards at pick number six ace Bailey up on the screen there
could have been a wizard
it’s okay we got Trey it’s gonna be fun watching Trey and him go at it during the summer league okay at least it’s a good thing Brooklyn didn’t trade up i thought that was bound to happen no wait are they going to commercial don’t Yo please Matt we can’t Don’t even joke don’t even say that i got a model watch or trade down oh my god I called it i actually called it i said they would go to break before before our pick just like they do the commanders every year oh my my dad’s probably going crazy right now they always they he already texted me he said commercial dude i think like something DC sports every time
like man Wizards are still on the clock every single freaking time come on say Trey Johnson bro there’s no other option trey freaking Johnson my guy Ryan Clary host of Locked on Nat said “Per source Ace Bailey is going to be star.” The source is he was selected right before the Wizards all right for everybody in here after the pick is made here for Washington I will be hopping out of the stream for a couple minutes i need to uh go do a a slight couple minute interview here talking about the pick but then I will be joining back in abdullah will keep you company during that time but right now we’ll get the initial reactions of course Wizards are still have not put the pick in right now i mean I wonder if the Wizards are on the phones right now
no there’s no way they trade back
oh man we We need to get We need to get Trey Johnson here derek Queen later in the draft Sean later later we got that close to ace man that is crazy dang
over 200 people in here right now too wizards pick is in wizards pick is in okay okay it’s in oh my heart my heart oh I’m so ready now I’m nervous again now I’m nervous
yeah dude now Utah taking ace
best available perj Bis is Trey Johnson do not over like this is you were set up to take the best available player here it’s a layup trey Johnson best point guard score in the SEC as a freshman oh my god stop with the ads dude may I appreciate you for the comment thanks for listening here on Lockdown Wizards dude I’m nervous man i’m
nervous dude no way there’s no way you take Jeremiah here i don’t even want to look at the comment section cuz I feel like they’re ahead of us yeah I’m trying I’m trying not to even look at it right now
i’m just going to put
Yeah I put in full screen
i only can see you right now i turned my phone over i’m not letting it get spoiled right now the reaction we’ll do raw the reaction will be raw all right
here we go here we go here we go here we go oh my heart ben my heart oh my gosh give us Trey come on man
johnson it’s that easy
that’s a layup
trey annunciate Johnson guard out of Texas
all right here we go nbaiz [Music] is a freaking wizard baby let’s go oh my god
freaking goodness it was a layup
oh
they tried to screw us and give us a six pick and we still got Johnson let’s go talking
oh my god
I freaking love it trey Johnson probably the best scorer out of this draft the best freshman at the SEC this past season
let’s freaking go
sean I’m putting you in timeout bro jeremiah Fierce Ben that’s what I’m talking about baby and the John Wall Douggee baby
freaking I’m excited man look at this hey and he just hugged Derek Queen that’s That’s got to be his future teammate derek Queen let’s go sec freshman of the year averaged 20 per game shot almost 40% from three he dominated in the SEC tournament i’m over the moon right now oh my gosh talk to me nice will Dawkins queen next would be hilarious oh my gosh let’s go bro my freaking The video didn’t even save oh my gosh did you Did you tweet Abdullah
yeah oh shoot i forgot about Twitter i was on trying to make it short look man we all We That’s all we had to do was not screw it up there trey Johnson is a wizard trey Johnson is a wizard oh my gosh let’s go moody I know i know you’re hype right now man i know you’re so happy right now you said Moody you said that if we get Trey Johnson he might be at every home game so you better keep that same energy oh man now you he needs to go oh sorry sorry man you know Trey Johnson just gets the best out of me
what did What did you Wait what did you even do
i don’t even know what I did i just screamed I think oh I think the Douggee that’s what I did
okay
yeah don’t worry i only pulled those out during special occasions let’s go let’s freaking go man hold on i’m going make a quick short and get your reaction 200 in here locked on Wizards the Wizards get Trey Johnson
oh sorry sorry my bad my bad
i know you’re good you’re good
no you go ahead go ahead
trey Johnson is a freaking wizard
what’s going on everybody we are hype ben how you feeling about the pick man i’m I’m over the moon right now we just got a player that we were so high on throughout this process that we felt Washington would have to trade up to get and even though Ace Bailey wasn’t there this was the next best thing if not an even better thing i think this guy has star potential in this Washington back court and something that we desperately needed here in DC what Ben said man let’s freaking go ace Bailey went at five you did the you did what you needed to do and get Trey Johnson at six and more importantly you didn’t draft Jeremiah Fierce i love I love Fierce but Trey you just can’t pass up on on six let’s freaking go wolf Dawkins DM of the freaking century let’s go oh man dude it said recording failed what the heck i think my is my phone
you go to storage
i’m pretty sure dude drafted right now congratulations shout out to everybody in the stream that’s been in here the whole time we love every single one of you that’s tuned in with us here on Locked On Wizards i said a couple minutes ago I’m going to hop out of the stream in a little bit for a quick little video segment thing and once that’s done I’ll be back in abdullah is going to keep you company in the meantime during that but Trey Johnson is a Washington Wizard wow great pick for you guys congrats thank you John thank you i think Trey’s got so much upside like he fits the prototypical elite shooting guard in the NBA right now we got a baller adam Silver tried to screw us hell yeah
that’s right
that is right how far do we let Queen slide before we bring him home if he’s past 10
I think he’s past 10 you go get him
absolutely oh man it’s crazy we got another pick soon i’m ready
trey Johnson i’m really hyped about this man like the board almost fell perfectly almost got ace but we got
Trey has a hell of a Uh hey what up what up over 200 in the stream dude we are lit right now on Dude Abdullah I need a beer really bad because like I was so nervous and now I can I can chill a little bit see the previous regimes would have taken Jeremiah Fierce there i’m telling you man man someone get me yeah please please
is it modelatch or
Everybody everybody drop everybody spam thank you Dy in the chat he’s in Japan part of the Navy pelicans Pelicans get fierce wow see they got Fierce and Jordan Pool yeah that’s going to be fun jeremiah ended up being teammates just not for the Wizards
yeah that’s that’s actually a really interesting thing to bring up hey yeah I love to see the the uh Thank you daisy’s in the chat greetings from Japan Daisy we love you man i hope you’re enjoying it out there miss you a lot man
japan bro appreciate the support he’s a Gaithersburg native that is out there serving our country in Japan maybe maybe I’m really interested to see what big we get is it queen or
sorber gears and fastenable [Music] my wife and I screamed like crazy i wanted Trey i mean we screamed like crazy in here
can I sell you on Danny Wolf we’ve talked about him a lot i saw him kill Marilyn a bunch of times i I’d be okay with Danny Wolf if we’re there at 18 i’d love
you you trade up then i I think it’s
I do i think it’s the expectation dq Ben oh Trey Johnson and DQ oh shout out to everybody in the chat everybody in the stream over 200 of you we’ve been live for an hour and we got plenty of time to go here so Brooklyn’s on the clock for the first time and they have five firsts
so I I have no idea what the heck is about to happen i’m still Still waiting for this email here Abdullah to uh go in and do a quick hit is it for the locked on network oh
okay i just got the email i got to join right now hold on
go ahead go ahead
be right back ben will be right back ladies and gents sorry that I came late you know I was in the Wizards draft room for him and they told me it was going to be either Ace Bailey or Trey Johnson and we get Trey Johnson how are you guys doing today man um this is definitely the guy that I wanted for a while here in Washington i think Brooklyn’s going to go with common mile watch maybe even Derek Queen i know they were big fans of Jeremiah Fierce hopefully you guys Let me know if you guys can hear me correctly too my audio is a little wonky but I think you guys can [Music] so who do you guys want at 18 and if they trade up who’s the guy that you think that they should draft if you guys haven’t already make sure to follow us on XLockwizards i also run a sports page as you see at DB Sports and on Instagram so if you guys want to check that out plus a lot of Commanders Wizards Nats Caps content on there but right now we’re at pick eight 10 picks away from 18 who rebounds better Queen or Sorber i think Sorber definitely averaged more it’s very raw but it’s going to be really impossible to get Queen at 18 for sure you have to trade up to get Queen i think Sorbert I think he’s going to be there at 18 oh man [Music] figures is Johnny Davis i think Fenus might take Serbbert kate Cunningham that’s a funny one i wish your audio is fine thank you Todd appreciate it
um Trey Johnson i’m telling you the comparison I’d say a mixture of Bradley Beal and Cam Thomas i think peak Bradley Beal when he’s when he’s able to score i think he can be a really good playmaker as well him above Carrington is going to be a fun back court duo shout out to the freaking Wizards man i actually thrifted this hat and I love it again sorry guys for coming late i was caught up in traffic i thought I was going to be a be able to come home early fix up my chair well actually no let me make it lower just to even myself okay Brooklyn’s still on the clock and we don’t know who they are going to take my prediction is common model watch i really thought Brooklyn was going to trade up in the top five because they have like one6th of the first round but hey man I guess they want to take a lot of young guys sorry guys I’m going mute myself real quick just so I can make a quick short i don’t You guys probably don’t want to hear me actually who cares you guys won’t have to listen to me anyway you guys are probably used to me by now what is going on Wizards Nation trey Johnson is a wizard plain and simple let’s freaking go you couldn’t get Ace Bailey at five i didn’t think he would end up in Utah i didn’t think he was going to go top five but you still end up with Trey Johnson one of the best freshman out of the SEC this past year a pure Oh wait dude I’m so bad with technology okay you know I’m I’m not making it short this third time i’m striking out guys i’m Let’s go back to the live stream yeah I’m I’m not going to lie i I agree um Todd Ace just didn’t look like himself but hey it is what it is my uh my sister could push star out this yeah man oh wait hold on brooklyn’s on the clock wow that was a guy that I thought would go at 18
there we go wow did you just see who they took
yep jaor Demond
wow i thought he was a guy that we could get at 18 that is
interesting very interesting very very interesting were you on for the Locked on Network Ben
yeah I was i just I did a little hit with the Locked on Network did the live reaction to the pick told everyone how excited I was
to see the pick go through
let’s freaking go Wizards Nation we’re We are so up right now this was definitely having a blast
i didn’t think he was gonna go um top 10 i’m just really interested to see the Wizards finally pick again we got to make a move man we got to go up and get Queen or Sorber jworld wants Sorber holy Reach says Jack 185 of you in here we thank you for tuning in with us on Lockdown Wizards for this coverage of the 2025 NBA draft first round so once this is done Abdul and I will record our reaction podcast where we’re going to be very excited talking all things Trey Johnson and whatever else happens tonight that’ll be out tomorrow morning at 7 a.m be tuned in for that it’s been a it’s been a big week here for Lockdown Wizards so we thank everybody who’s been rocking with us all week long so far we’ve been we’ve been in our bag man we’ve we’ve been grinding this
we got to figure out a nickname for our like viewers Ben like some like unique nickname i don’t know what though we can get some chat suggestions here maybe that’d be cool
that guy has to be appropriate though i was coming like Bailey was the guy that I wanted in this draft because I just the the up the upside is so high in Ace Bailey like you need a superstar player in order to win in this league and you know I think we’ve seen the blueprint what do you think about this comment Ben that’s I know you like that
bro i mean Eigor 69 with that much potential paper wave we don’t go live a lot that’s something you know we just started as the duo here for Lockdown Wizards it’s only our third week so uh we’ve been trying to figure out the the best time to go live but we’re gonna hopefully make it a weekly thing here hey so far like you guys have shown us that live streams definitely do well a lot of people will be in here at all times so we’re definitely going to be invested in doing that more and more are you happy Landon i switched it back cs trading Crispy for one of the Nets picks in the 20s versus packaging 18 and Krispy to move up as more realistic interesting just trying to like think what like that would look like here for the Wizards who would be available at that point this is going to depend how the board falls trey Johnson pick fire let’s go yeah I’m not going to lie everyone’s trolling Brooklyn on social media for taking Eigore this high derrick Queen is the ninth best available player according to Jay Bilis nine plus what are we at eight no
we’re at nine
oh we’re at nine right now so if we do the math right oh my god so I’m going to pull up the picture for everyone here in the chat that didn’t see it on Twitter or everyone that’s already seen it before because everybody that has known me either from Maryland or personally throughout my life you see this image right here oh my god wait this is this is way too dark hold on this is way too dark give me a second once again we’ll give you the measurables for Trey Johnson here 6’5 190 pounds out of Texas he averaged 19.9 points per game three and a half rebounds 2.7 assists and shot 42.7% from the field and nearly 40% from beyond the arc that’s who the Wizards get right here over 80% 87% from the free throw line excuse me
that is that is some good shooting numbers
arguably the best shooter in the entire draft is coming home to DC so pick is not in for Toronto yet so Suns pick after via the Houston trade excellent africa shout out to everybody still in here for locked on Wizards it’s fun i mean we got to go live more and more because this has been a blast for us we’re so we’re so calm right now and tame compared to how we were like 15 minutes ago abdullah
yeah you have no idea i just like in the back of my mind Ben I’m like what if it ends up taking fears or just reaching someone but Will Dawkins does what he does best make makes the right moves
jared I like Diesel i love Dy too i love both i didn’t see your other questions Jared there’s a lot going on in the chat here did you see Ben like Brooklyn i don’t know if it was true but Brooklyn Toronto was willing to give up a first for Derek White which was number nine
i didn’t even see that the pick is in for Toronto you think it’s modelatch
uh that’s what Stephen Fine in the chat just said let’s go come on i need Derek Queen man i got on the Crab Five shirt right now actually what is it oh wow
crab Five
how do I get those is this custom made
yeah hey shout out to my guy Selton Miguel selton Miguel is one of my favorite players on Maryland this past year run on big coming soon agree noah Essen as Luke Feldman points out here
can we just talk about how the Wizards are going to win the summer league trey Johnson Bub Carrington Alex Sar Keshan George
this This is true marissa actually found this shirt for me
shout out Marissa that’s a great shirt look oh yeah you got the long sleeve one let’s go dude shout out to my guy Milan Brownboy Nation that uh designed these shirts just go check out his stuff man he’s I’ve known him for a long time i used to play with him let’s get the pick here though for Toronto toronto wow bro i don’t think he’s good
you don’t like him
no well
67 like
I think otherwise DQ and DC it just sounds right brad you have real friends my friends like always troll me they never support man i got to get them to come on these lives
well my friends are in here but they’re trolling
oh really
yes all the crazy comments are my friends dude there’s I see this one of your friends always commenting on Instagram saying “Let’s start the James Wood podcast.” That’s Sean that’s my guy Sean
that’s funny
oh god so Match and DQ are still available alan Murray Boils to Toronto
it’s a funny last name all right so we got number 10
and Phoenix is on the clock so what Jared Sabon you’re not a troll man don’t worry lots of surprises already i agree Matt if the T- Wolves draft queen and we miss out one pick away an acing i know dude that’d be insane if we were one pick away from each of them but we got Trey Johnson dude i’m not complaining i’m I’m not going to complain at all i wasn’t going to complain period if we got fierce I would have been I would have been disappointed
i think I would have been a little disappointed too
yeah you might have destroyed that bookshelf behind you you would have gone Super Saiyan on your bookshelf m’s trash more reaches the better i agree man let some talent fall to us
yes sir dude if you can somehow get DQ at 18 cuz remember Ben I don’t know remember that Yahoo Mockdraft where they had him falling to 18 what’ you say
remember that Yahoo Mockcraft like a couple weeks ago where they had DQ falling to 18 to us
yeah from Yahoo that would be nuts i just I can’t see it happening
dude you want me to tweet anything dude I I just keep saying DQ i I I I made a tweet just saying DQ DQ DQ DQ bro danny Danny Rou gets so mad when I talk about Derek Queen
dude
he’s just like he’s like “Oh you just love you just love your Maryland player man like come on.” I’m like “Danny come on.”
He’s good friends with Bob too
i mean I I feel like the organization looks so highly on Bub that if he’s vouching for Queen they would open their ears kind of similar to a long time ago rest in peace but Dwayne Haskins and Terry McLaren when they were uh playing at Ohio State together welcome back Ginger Bro i’ve been back i’ve been back for like 10 minutes i don’t know if I don’t know if your stuff just
AC is a definitely a guy that you could see 18
yeah we made a video on him about two weeks ago and highlighted what we liked about him i wouldn’t hate it wouldn’t hate it at all
danny Wolf I think is going to be there as well you know what I don’t understand Ben like I know it says Houston at 10 but why don’t they just change it you know what I’m saying like isn’t that kind of weird yeah that’s my least favorite thing about the NBA draft
no no no it’s my second le my first is having two different days for the draft
well that’s new i’m feeling a trade up for DQ coming look I’m I’m all for packaging up Cory Kiss he is a Tommy Shepard pick i don’t think he pitched the timeline at all like it’s very obvious he’s going to get traded at some point and I’d love to just get it over with to get some more talent here he’s not part of the future cory Kissford’s a fine player i just I just I don’t see his future here in DC at all wolf would fit too yeah we we’ve talked about him a good amount as well arizona i bet it got louder
yeah I think so my mic has this problem where it just like randomly will turn up to full volume hold on a second is that better [Music] oh I didn’t bro let me ask you this oh my bad i’ll wait your
Okay it should be should be good now
is like is Jay Biles like the Mel Kyper when it comes to like drafts
that was Yeah he he’s
But he is he he’s better than Mel Kyper in his job right or are they equally the same
well I mean didn’t didn’t Mel Kyper say that Shidor was going one [Laughter] next question jace Richardson at 18 we don’t need Jace Richardson
i think Malaw watches Bro dude Phoenix doesn’t have anyone at forward or center besides Bull at least that I can name i’m not going to lie Bennett’s a little turn down hoping OKC doesn’t do anything they already won a championship let it be [Music] it’s already been an hour and 22 minutes wow that is insane let’s see
oh oh here we go here we go here we go
yeah per Sham Charia the Charlotte Hornets are trading center Mark Williams to the Phoenix Suns for the 29th pick tonight in a 2029 first round pick
so Charlotte is going to take common mileatch right so well this for the 29th pick
oh this isn’t even
Yeah this is not
Oh oh never mind hopefully Mark Williams passes this physical we’ll see sean’s been quiet man all he tweeted was Ace Bailey was going to Utah
dude how dude his phone is probably blowing up during draft day bro
yeah can you Can you imagine people just leaking stuff to him yeah so the Hornets are definitely going to take a center there we go there it is
there we go
come on Malawatch to Phoenix that is a big dude holy so he went right at 10
interesting
so now this is probably the start of the run of bigs
yep you’ll remember
Trey was thr he was hyped to be in DC he Trey talked about his visit
he loved it
he said it felt like a college visit he got to meet everyone within the organization uh they had all the the snacks out and stuff which is pretty funny to think about but he he really enjoyed that aspect of it it’s interesting how this front office moves like that and they’re able you know kind of relate to these young players they’re building such a young team they got to find a way to to make it the most homey environment for them and make everybody um you know feel like they belong
homie Yeah all right this is when I’m going to start considering moving up from 18 absolutely who has nicer hair sam Hartman dude Sam Hartman has way nicer hair dude i will say Cory Kissper with the headband though is something else approaching an hour and a half of being live here on Lockdown Wizards we thank everyone who’s been tuned in with us the entire time who has been in and out of the stream but we still got 194 of you in here and still growing make sure to subscribe and follow us on all our socials to get all of our reactions and see our reaction pod that comes out tomorrow morning at 7 a.m
dude comment is balling out they’re definitely going to make memes about that unfortunately i’m happy for him
yes sir dude South Sudan’s like on average they’re like 6’5 that’s insane
yeah he I mean he’s got the tools started playing at 13 wow what were you doing at 13 Ben i was playing basketball i was uh believe it or not guess how tall I was at 13 years old
uh six foot
you don’t know how tall I am do you
i don’t know i I never We haven’t met so I don’t know we haven’t met in person dude i’m I’m 5’6 h
I’m 5’6″
at 13 or right now
no right now
so were you like under five foot i was like 48 or 49 i was 411 my freshman year of high school dude holy i didn’t know this how was that
it was definitely quite the experience
uh made playing basketball a little hard
i’ll say that y’all think Trey can play defense i do i think it’s going to be an effort thing and I think head coach Brian Keefe is the perfect coach to instill that mentality into a player like Trey Johnson he’s got great reach at almost 6’6 65 and a half a good wingspan to him as well he’s fast quick uh can move very well laterally yes sir
someone said this future Wizards PG nah I don’t i’m a future center i was Mugsy basically i was scoot well I shot but I would
You played You played high school basketball
yeah I played for two years
cool
i would I would take it to the bucket and score like I was just a a fearless a fearless slasher to the rim even though
I love how you use the word fear like Jeremiah
I had no business taking it to the cup other than the fact I was quick and I was pretty good at getting shot over taller defenders trying to get fouled but uh yeah that was that bal is all the defense we need i want to see him take a leap as well especially offense everybody can get better at everything that’s how I look at it the Wizards need everything they need to get better at everything and you know he took a big step forward offensively with Trey Johnson here yep
he said “Oh how was that?” It’s How tall are you Abdullah
like 63 6’4
oh my dude you need to get in the draft
no dude i Dude trust me i thought I was tall growing up but then when I met like people that were like 67 68 I’m like “Dude I’m nothing.”
Uh you’re right wait you hooped back in the day though didn’t you
yeah so I played uh my sophomore year and senior year i was just like I’m gonna be honest I was like a Jason Smith like a Chris Humphre i would just shoot some mid-range shots like Chris Humphrey that’s a throwback um AB looks like he’d be sending some mean screens on the court
yeah dude i love shooting the mid-range shot that’s my favorite shot in the game but for me I love passing passing is fun too yeah I like We’ll do We’ll do a Ben we’ll do a IRL live stream of us playing one-on-one we should do that when we actually do it at the uh at the facility
we’ll do a meet and greet oh oh yeah well or we can do two on two me and you versus Trey Johnson above Carrington what do you guys have in that two on two man i’m starting to wonder are we going to trade up here if they’re queen
all right hey we got more breaking news for Shams right here i’m gonna read it out for you portland Trailblazers are trading Cedric Coward at number 11 to the Memphis Grizzlies so the Grizzlies they move up here so now we’re going to get the announcement of it right here I guess three Duke players in the top 10 here geez i can’t believe they they sold against Houston like that tons of good talent still left on the board for the Wizards absolutely man we definitely need a big
and now they got Shams on the air sham’s looking fitted up as always so much Carter what about Carter Bryant Ben what do you think about him um
I just I haven’t watched a lot of tape on him to be honest what’s up guys bk yes sir yes sir was it a So was it a post as a video Ben hold on
oh here we go
not Derek Queen not Derek Queen not Derek Queen
i mean no this is said Houston and now Trailblazers okay there’s that Earl Boykins so will Queen go to Chicago here is the real question
see this is where like this is where I I want the Wizards to trade up right now
yeah this is cuz right now you’re at this is six spots away from 18 but my thing is Ben is how much would you have to give up and are you willing to give it up especially since this draft class is stronger than last year’s draft class i
just I don’t know what it’s going to command to move up cory Kissper i mean we we heard all the reports that Washington was going to be active trying to move up from 18 we’ll see if that comes into fruition here or not but in those six games he had 3 20 text Lenel see what he’s thinking right now he’s he’s live doing his show on the team 980 and 1067 the fan
shout out Lenel
yeah if you’re in if you’re in the car or you’re leaving to go in the car you can go listen to that but stay locked in with us here on Locked on Wizards 1833 of you in the stream right now bob Trey Bal’s a good bit absolutely are you going to go uh hop out for pick 182 or uh I don’t know well I guess we’ll see if the guy reaches out to me again gotcha oh here we go another trade Ben so comes the Oh go ahead you want to say it
you got it the Grizzlies are sending number 16 a 2028 first round pick by Orlando in two seconds to Portland for Cedric Coward wow really wanted coward billisto’s queen is the seventh best available player on the board but I think queen to Chicago would make a lot of sense
it does happen the pick is taking a minute though coward is a great story fits their culture i don’t know enough about him i didn’t focus on him too much throughout that process so I’m definitely going to read up about him actually cedric Coward
highest drafted player Washington State history tied for it let me look him up a little bit here past season with the Cougars almost 18 points per game seven boards 6’6 he plays on the wing or he’s listed as guard he had 3.7 assists per game this guy’s solid this guy has good measurables as well danny Wolf would be a good pick if we stayed 18 i could definitely see it we We’ve talked about it [Music] and we’re at advertisements be right back oh ladies and gentlemen I know pick six was important getting Trey Johnson but pick 18 is just as important every draft pick is important especially with a Wizards team that just needs to find as much talent as they get they can they can get i need DQ bro trust me Juice Man 10 thank you for the support we I Ben at all people definitely knows that we need DQ 189 people in here thank you guys for being locked in on the locked on wizard channel make sure to follow us on ex Instagram YouTube subscriber on the way to 6,000 subscribers that’s a good question locked on law the OG fan uh viewer of this channel appreciate his support as always near the the best big on the board at 18 i’m a new Wizards fan it’s okay man come join the B bandwagon before it’s too late man pick is in for the Bulls here we go here we go here we go see if they grab queen or not here so everyone thinks but sometimes that’s that’s not the case our mothers can tell stories this is dragging as expected as expected though we got a whole pod to record after this we’re going to make It’s going to be a lot of fun content after this ladies and gentlemen
i know finally we can stop speculating and just talk some basketball who we add to our team and and what it’s going to look like going forward this is going to be a fun really couple weeks leading up to the summer league which starts July 10th the summer league is going to be crazy this year
oh bro i’m Bro we gota honestly I’d be down to I mean I don’t know how it works c can we do like live streaming love summer league games um I guess we could talk to Nick about it i’m looking at it right now show it
yeah obviously obviously
but um judging by our reactions I think we can definitely people can tell how they’ll be performing but I was going to say Portland at 16 is a team that you could definitely trade up with maybe you pair up Cory Kisper in 18 i think they need shooters out there i mean they got rid of Anthony Simons which man the Celtics robbed Portland i’m sorry man respectfully I think you’d have to package a little more we actually got new breaking news right here let’s see yeah
hit me ben
the Atlanta Hawks are trading the number 13 pick in the draft to the New Orleans Pelicans for the number 23 pick and an unprotected 2026 first round pick most favorable of New Orleans and Milwaukee interesting interesting
oh my so dude I think the New Pelicans are going to take DQ i think the Pelicans are going to get queen
yeah yeah Pelicans were linked to Queen man dude that’s gonna So dude that team is going to be really interest i’m gonna be honest Ben like New Orleans has had so much talent they’re probably the worst best talented team ever it’s crazy let’s see what Let’s see what the Bulls go here come Silver with the pick noah Essen
okay so that’s another guy that I thought Washington could target at 18 but he is now off the board so my thinking if the calls were being made to Chicago there if the Bulls said we’re locked in on Essenay so the next best thing New Orleans moves up there with Atlanta to take queen so I I think Queen is going to go to New Orleans here that’s what it looks like wow this is really interesting
doesn’t seem like the Wizards are willing to trade it up yet
meet and greet at the MGM the one at the National Harbor that’d be cool if we uh you did some kind of fan interaction stuff with with people that listen to us at some point yo
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All right well I just I got I got some news but I’m not going to spoil it I guess
i mean I’m assuming what you thought you were thinking was right okay
fine dang so much for that oh man that would have been so nice man well now you can put the photo in the archive back in the archive thomas Warber still there ac Thomas Sorber as well first JP 13 out of this guy darn Earl Boykins shout out to the 200 people in here boy this is a deep pole man that’s old or dude you know this past this past year me and three of my friends drove to New Orleans for the Super Bowl we didn’t go inside we just went to like um what’s the street called again bourbon Street
oh my gosh bro it’s crazy wear suits next time uh I mean in another stream I’m used to wearing suits when I do playbyplay gigs not not for something like this yeah honestly
that’s a lot of the uh to our audience here that that doesn’t know me i mean I’m also a playby-play guy called games for Maryland for the past four years uh called baseball up in the Cape Cod Baseball League and I continue to have some play-by-play gigs here in the area calling some games for Georgetown in the fall awesome could have matched Atlanta with that trade the Wizards are not trying i really wonder what what the plan is going forward could be Sorber could be no Sher Fleming is still on the board niki Clifford is a guy that I like from Colorado State definitely a guy you can plug in and like impact right away i think you’re right it all starts and ends with Williamson and what they’re able to do all right we need to get it over to the podium we have a special moment with the association oh yeah uh N Clifford nick Clifford as well
there’s a lot of options so Julian Re still available hey shout out Guju but he’s not getting not getting drafted not not in this round not probably not tomorrow either
i feel like we’re staying at 18 honestly just disappoint all the Julian Reese fans out there bud i love I love Julian Reese man great great Maryland player dude I loved I mean this is a throwback but Melo Trimble oh my goodness as a kid bro I was I loved his game he was fun
shout out to the Turpps so we got NBA Pioneers being discussed here adam Silver it’s a nice tribute n Clifford ninth best available player just disrespected Kean like he can’t play forward position i mean Keshan can do a whole lot on the court the Wizards definitely need a big Oali i love that name that’s a crazy name you know are you going to change it though
now that pool’s gone still kind of tough though [Music] so we’re about to see Derek Queen here in a second 213 in here we’re getting close to the Wizards picking again derek Queen is about to go to New Orleans here leads me to believe DQ wasn’t high i think they did were somewhat high on Derek Queen i know they had worked out with him in a group environment setting and they had met with him obviously they got a chance to talk with everybody who knows him because you know his entire AAOU circuit all his coaches uh his high school coach at St francis before he went to Mont right in the backyard
did you show the the picture yet Ben you might as well know no I I I forgot actually hold on a second that’s funny there it is poor guy all right well dude he looks 16 man he looks so young
i know but he’s 20
it’s insane this is the picture that that never got to be this is Dude that’s like iconic we could have had this in DC man we didn’t we didn’t trade up to get it but shout out to my guy Derek Queen man happy for him maryland legend looking forward to seeing what he’s able to do in New Orleans i hope Zion doesn’t get in his head so dude that’s bro that’s a lot of talent on their team ben Jordan Pool Jeremiah Fierce not Brandon Ingram Zion Williamson who else trey Murphy hold on uh Herb Jones man there we go shout out to my guy DQ i hate how he’s got to put on a Hawks hat even though he’s not going there
i’m sorry the NBA needs to fix that Ben it’s just so
It’s because the trades aren’t finalized until the new year officially starts July 6th but it’s it’s dumb
yeah like he So he’s wearing a Hawk’s hat right
dude i’m sorry that’s That is
the LOL did the same thing i mean because he was technically drafted by the Pacers yeah i don’t know it’s a small thing but they need to fix it bro so Derek Queen is the highest drafted player for Maryland in the modern era uh they’re showing his game winner against Colorado State that sent Maryland to its first Sweet 16 in nine seasons it’s second in 23 years uh he’ll be a good player in the NBA i really believe so really wanted him here in DC but we move we move forward we move forward and now we’re on to Thomas
Sorber i mean I think my you know my inclination of why they wouldn’t trade up to get Queen is because they really want more defense and rebounding out of whoever they take at center so Sorber fits the mold for that
because Queen’s going to be a super skilled offensive player in the NBA he just is like he fits all the tools
and he you know he has everything in his bag to be exactly that carter Bryan still on the board it wouldn’t make sense to take Richardson in my opinion there’s him with his mom i’m going to listen to this in terms of the opportunities that he continues to give himself shout out to the 215 people in the chat watching
yeah we’ve been consistently been around 200 people in here now for really the almost the entire time and shout out to everyone that’s been with us here on Lockdown Wizards tonight alongside Abdullah Yubie i’m Ben Strober we’ve been your hosts now for the past three weeks and we are about to get down to it we’re going to record right after we’re done with this stream get that out there reaction pod tomorrow morning comes out at 7 in the morning be sure to check that out if you’re not subscribed to us on YouTube be sure to do exactly that and follow us on all of our socials we got to grow our Instagram because we just we nobody grew an Instagram profile for us before we took over these positions so we need we need help with that we need to grow it
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he’s working overtime tonight
he is so that’s the lottery that’s it
wizards don’t end up trading back up into it we We got to see We got to see what we get here 200 of y’all shout out to you for making lockdown wizards your choice here for NBA draft coverage tonight i need water bad i’m getting water need a H2O my mom recently bought this Kirkland alkaline water ionized she loves it so I guess I have to love it make sure of course thank you Steve hit that like button subscribe love doing this show with Ben it’s been a blast wizards are on the come up at least I’m hoping they are
it’s been a wonderful time here on lockdown on Wizards Nation streaming for the past almost two hours man this time really flies man so who are the three guys that you want to see the Wizards target at 18 i think Sorber is one of them for me asa No i don’t know who the third would be in my opinion not a guard hopefully man these people really want to trade Bal Koula Bali man i’m not I’m not ready to trade Bal yet man
yeah I mean
we got this is the third year of Bal Koulali coming up here we need to see even how he develops his game even more i got to see him stay healthy for an entire year i think that’s important he hasn’t been able to finish his first two years kendrick shout out Eigore he’s been a loyal and longtime viewer of the channel oh let’s go
let’s go i was going to ask Ben does uh stream like uh my friend was telling me like do you guys do do super chats not that he was gonna donate but I don’t know if like you’re allowed to do that uh I don’t know
some my my boy Landon in the chat said “How do I donate a galaxy?” I was wondering what that meant but then I thought about it and Thunder dude the Thunder is so loaded and they’re just going to be loaded forever they have picks forever okay so for the past I’m gonna read the from the 18th overall pick the past couple of years um last year was T D Silva I don’t know from the Magic i don’t know if I’m pronouncing that name right haimey Hawkins 2023
okay
derry 2022 the Bulls terrence man Thunder 2021 jaylen Green oh no jay Green was what j I forgot but Lonnie Walk i was just some names everyone knows lonnie Walker TJ Leaf Sam Decker so not the best eric Bledo Ty Lawson and Javevel McGee now we’re Oh Jal McGee we’re we’re going really deep now but Nolan Will Dawkins we’ll we’ll be all right i’m telling you last year the fact you hit on all three draft picks in a week draft confident whoever is at 18 that’s our guy yeah that’s that’s exactly what I brought up ear like when I first got in here that Dawkins hit on all three picks in the supposed weak draft class i mean we had Sar Duck Atlanta to get to us and then we nearly had Ace Bailey do the same thing one pick away but we got Trey Johnson oh boy so I guess if the Wizards stick and pick here at 18 Abdul we we react to the pick for five to 10 minutes then should we hop out and record um there’s no chance they go back into the first round right
i don’t think they would do that i don’t think they have the assets to do it or it wouldn’t make any sense really i don’t know
yeah hopefully hopefully not 200 people here amazing man that’s great i’m just glad Derek Queen didn’t go to Phoenix that would have stunk
yeah proven to strengthen our teeth i would recommend this toothpaste to everybody it’s really an amazing product bali wanted Queen of DC New Orleans with uh Jordan
and again Jordan Pool and Derek Queen are teammates just just not with the Wizards
just not with the Wizards man
they’ll be easy to root for like I’ll I’ll watch JP 13 and Derek Queen that’s going to be cool i don’t know what what the hell is happening with Zion dude i just I don’t Do you think he’s on the move tonight no why like he might be on the I’m not even gonna say it i don’t know what’s going on with his situation i don’t know enough factual information to it so I’m not going to speak on it on here
yes sir but off the camera we’re we’re going to go crazy about the situation crazier than you would have gone if we took Jeremiah Fears instead of Trey Johnson
actually thank God no Jeremiah Fear
keep Zion’s nutritionist away from DQ dq lost 25 pounds
dude I heard a video he was a little when he did in the McDonald’s All-American game he just He had a little chub to him just a little bit he just had some baby fat it’s okay man dude did you see like how hot it was in OKC during that parade that’s insane don’t get me wrong I’ll still be out there during that parade if it was the Wizards i feel like another option for Washington here from a big
Casperus Yakuchonis mhm all right let’s see wow oh are you serious
darn it
are you serious
fudge
thomas out of all teams man he just won the finals wow what dude they they already have the best defensive team now you bring in a guy like Sorber who’s going to be a beast in the paint dang it man sam Prey sam Prey is inevitable he’s like the Howie Roseman of the NBA he actually is though
he’s He’s even worse more inevitable danny Wolf still on the board there’s only two more picks before the Wizards are on the clock again we’re at 16 wizards pick at 18 folks thank you for tuning in for our draft co or draft coverage first round of lockdown wizards k Brener We’re about to hit two hours on the live stream two one two hours of live locked on Wizard thanks to everyone who’s been in here the whole time got to shout out some of you that we know have been in here the whole time locked on law and where’s where’s my other guy in here that’s that’s been in here the whole time luke Feldman he’s been in here since the very beginning donald Walker we’ve seen you almost the entire time paper Waves has been in here for a while as well uh if you’ve been in here the entire time uh let us know here in the chat want to shout all of you out cool drafting best player available over team fit at this point me
could be a possibility we just we need we do need a big we need somebody alongside Sar
shout out Jesse MZ he actually comment uh DM’d me on Instagram and said “Hey Abdullah my wife son and I are huge fans of the Lockdown Wizards podcast every day love the content.” He said “Hopefully we’ll get Ace and Trey.” And it was true we got Trey Big J 52 shout out Jcast Properties LLC am I saying that right
you’ve been in here the whole time too joseph Mitchell been in since we started thank you for tuning in with us here on Locked on Wizards grizzlies on the clock right now
or actually it’s it’s uh it’s Portland i forgot the trade we said it time and time again what it’s all about if you’re in the chat and you want to tweet at us as well it’s locked on Wizards we’ll keep it rolling throughout the show as still available
yes sir
missing Alan Sorber was big i really was high on him as well but it’s all about we just have to move have to move
dude that’s insane so it was New Asa Newell Derek Queen Cooper fight all at Mount Vern that is insane that team was nuts they had the coach on of that Mount Vern team earlier pre-draft coverage on ESPN
that’s so dope as New Still there man let’s see if we can 18 nikki Clifford’s a guy I would like too
walter Clayton still available mamba mentality brings it up if Wizards want guards I don’t know if the Wizards go guard here but if you do go best player available then maybe one of the like Walter Clayton could easily be a candidate for me to go with 18 is there a possibility where you trade down from 18 i don’t think that’s impossible it was great it was a great talking a little bit i think 238 people in here make sure you are like comment subscribe the lock on Wizards podcast appreciate all the support as always Wizards are building something special man i’m trying to tell y’all i think you have to go big man there’s no way you get another guard
yeah I think we’d absolutely need a big because right now Kelly Ool would be the starting center of this team
bro can we can we can we actually let like are we going to let Kelly Oolen
Dude I saw Wizards fans saying they’re so still upset about what happened against that with the series against the Celtics that they didn’t want him to even suit up i mean that’s crazy dude I made a video of a short of like me in my car asking everyone what’s like your favorite JP13 memory and someone said “Are you like in the back seat and your mom picked you up from your basketball game or not?”
I saw that it’s so fun like the internet’s amazing place dude my guy Ed Oliver is a YouTuber for Commander Content he also was a former host of the Lockdown Wizards podcast he’s at the theater at MGM oh he’s there right now that’s sick it’s awesome so Behringer the French player is another option for the Wizards 611 230 pounds
i think just the fact you said French is an inclination that the Wizards are going to draft him um I think claimed to never touch a basketball until the summer of 2021 but was pressured to play due to his height played for Straussorg St joseph basketball after he moved there at 10 years old played for the 88 squad U21 prospect team competed for France in the 2023 FIA U8 European Championship i think I would say my favorite part of the game
he’s so young he’s born in 2006 yeah beher was playing soccer before he played basketball play 100% i mean if you think about the the best basketball players in the world right now they’re all international yep giannis SGA Joic
Alexar Belali
yeah top five right there but that’s what I’m saying if you’re the like there because at some point it was all US but do you think it’s the whole like Ben like how they like practice for basketball in like Europe compared to the US where I don’t know if you saw like some guy I think it was a TED talk or some seminar where he said the the the Europeans or any like international countries they practice way more than oil my back chinese center out of China baby this dude’s tall right oh shoot interesting
that is so him and Zach Edy whoa that’s kind of wild dude no one’s gonna get a rebound of that team
that’s That’s a bit surprising to me I did not think I did not think this guy was going this high oh sure defensive player of the year in the CBA 10-inch hand length largest at the NBA combine
inch holy that is a reach though for sure yeah I think so
that’s a bit surprising
that is interesting okay
hey man helps us though but yeah Ben like what do you think like is do you think it’s true to the whole like uh and they prioritize more practicing internationally more than like the US players i don’t know i I really have no idea like I haven’t done enough research and studied you know how they develop players in European nations and what the process is like for that how it’s compared to like the AAOU circuit at the the level American basketball is like what’s so different but European basketball like I’ve said about Derek Queen is not as much focused on athleticism and being flashy i think there’s a lot more emphasis on that from the US brand of basketball and I don’t know if that’s the reason why European style is becoming so do dominant here in the NBA today it’s interesting to think about for sure
edy grabbed the GM and demanded him all right 17th pick wizards are at 18 let’s go this is locked on Wizards thanks to everyone who’s been with us the entire time throughout the live stream 228 viewers currently is this really what like streamers do all day like like Kaisenette like they just like they sit here like this and just entertain
yeah I’m not gonna lie that
did you see that debate they had with like 9 to5 workers and like streamers and who has it harder dude I kind of see the the streamer’s point of view here the stream is kind of fun though like I’m having fun it’s like legit like we’re just talking and people are watching us like that’s fun all right let’s let’s get into it who are we getting here at 18 asa No Nik Clifford
Joan Beher those are the options right now it looks like also let’s pray that after 18 we’re done with tonight because we can’t be on here for another hour man i I think based on who I’ve watched I think I would go Ace but he also does play the same position kind of in a way as Sar so I’m not sure how that dynamic would work so maybe you try to go find somebody bigger here
even more than New I think Behringer would be my second choice but I don’t know i guess Danny Wolf is Haringer is 6:11 2:30 out of France i need to be locked on for 12 more hours honestly Ben like how long do you think you could stream for like like physically
physically if I got like an energy drink I could probably sit here for a while to start once I get some caffeine in me I like I can’t shut up like I won’t stop talking yeah dude honestly we got to do like an overnight stream like like just straight up talk wizards i think it’d be fun all right pick your forward
here we go here we go well there’s Yoan Biranji so I was saying his name wrong first of all i didn’t even I couldn’t find his pronunciation but he’s gone now
so well France we didn’t get a third French guy in DC guaranteed to go to commercial it It’s definitely going to happen it happened the first time it’s gonna happen again no actually if if it happens again like oh here Joseph I’ll I’ll answer what you got right here we’re over the moon about getting Trey we were really hopeful for Ace Bailey he goes a pick before but Trey Johnson is going to be an unbelievable player here in DC we think he brings a unbelievable dynamic to the offensive side of the floor he can stretch the floor in a way we haven’t seen in DC here after Jordan Pool departs yesterday in the trade i think this was an unbelievable pick and the pick that had to be made at this time
i agree the fact that you get him despite not having much luck in the lottery is amazing i think he could end up being the best scoreer in this draft what he did in Texas last season was just amazing as a freshman just a three-level scorer with the mix of Cam Thomas and Bradley Beal i can’t wait how he does here in DC so the Wizards are about to be on the clock here at 18
has to be Ace New but then again you bring up the question about fit do you move Alex Sar to the five i don’t know we’ll have to see
i feel like Sar could play at the five i I really do
the lack of aggression was clear last year Ben but I’m hoping this offseason he figures that out like he Alexar is seven foot i I feel like he should definitely you know be able to somehow translate his game to the five i think he’s still a work in progress though remain to be seen dawkins getting tradeback calls here perhaps i don’t really I don’t really know if there’s a reason to trade back here unless you’re going to get something
if you get some good compensation get some more draft capital or assets going forward uh we will see i’d keep SAR at the five fair reminder that we as although it says it on the screen we do not have pick 40 that is New Orleans that’s right zulu is the number one uh best available player yeah this is uh I definitely see where you’re going with this point Todd but you do got to realize that playing in Australian league to the NBA is quite the trans transition so I’m hoping this offseason Alex Sar does develop that aggression that motor and takes him more to the hole and becomes physical because if it’s not anytime soon especially when he’s young I don’t know if he’ll be a thing in his year four year five if that’s still a problem then that’s going to be a cause for concern
i think the pick here Abdul is going to be Casperis Yakuchonis
oh that’s going to be a fun name to pronounce casper
wow why are you Why him is there a reason why
casperus casper another guard ben I feel like you have best available at this point
yeah honestly yeah who am I kidding go best available mcneely is still on the board the pig is not in yet oh my god it went to ad i just realized man we went to I just
Yeah like that it went to commercial again
actually insane i just got a text from my friend saying we need Cosperus
dude I just clocked that that’s insane seems like we’re not trading back how does it always happen with the commercial
dude it’s like anytime it’s like Washington just commercial commercial just
goes to show people don’t like the Wizards man unfortunately I just want to see this pick we’ll see if it is Cas here that’s That’s who I think it’s going to be but Wizards are on the clock officially jace Richardson best available have to get him i watched him play a little bit of course at Michigan State good player i don’t know who’s won the draft so far based upon the picks i have to wait for the first round to be over before I can determine that here let’s see gonna watch the new Jurassic Park movie oh wait pick is in pick in
uh yep yep yep i think I think it’s going to be in the wall we’ll see oh my gosh can this break end nope oh my god could see your guy Danny Wolf here [Music] just give me duel
do you think there’s a possibility where they trade into the second round Ben or
I don’t know we’re about to get the pick here
there we go whoa oh did we just trade the pick
told you Ben oh my gosh
oh hold on what’s the What’s the compensation Shams so are we going to 21 will Dawkins man working his magic so they won Walter Clayton what did we get did he report it
i didn’t He didn’t tweet yet oh wait
that’s it did
he didn’t He didn’t say what the compensation was
bro shams why why what are we getting back what are we getting back so Walton Walter Clayton is going to Utah yep
see so they have pick 21 correct yeah so I’m assuming we’re taking that pick but what else did we get
ace Bailey no I’m joking told you Ben it was a possibility man damn you you called it
yeah I’m a wizard guys get it straight up for ace for Clayton i wish man what’s the compensation dude i swear this is edging at its finest man oh my gosh trade for Bradley Beal dude
got 282 people in here right now and of course we’re not even picking right now
anyone know the compensation please let us know
so I mean I’d assume we’re going back to 21 okay oh Utah sent number 21 in second round picks to Washington that’s it how many second round picks are we going to have
dude like why is
But they don’t they don’t say if they’re for this year or future they might be for this year then why is it not clear then what are you going to do with the second round picks is my question all right but once again if you’re you didn’t hear the first time Utah traded the 21st pick to Washington for 18 and also exchanged second round picks to Washington we’re not sure if they are for this year for the future or how many of them well Biggie Steve uh please don’t do that second round picks for what year man aiden Charles speaking facts right here so there goes Walter Clayton Jr
man he goes to Utah do you think we package i don’t know actually so we have a second bro how many this is I’m sorry man this is I’m lowkey stressing out bro what picks do we got
i don’t know i know at least we go 21st are Dude are they going to go to commercial again
all right now now we’re pushing it now we’re pushing it if they’re going to commercial i’m going to tweet that right now if they go to commercial again almost let’s get 300 people in this live stream baby we’re getting there this is really really interesting so now the Wizards are picking at 43 tomorrow all right
only one second round pick greg Finnberg reports that uh the Wizards will be picking back at 43 washington stays accumulating assets they now have 17 second round picks through 2031 17 so the best available players you probably still see new available uh Kasparus and then Trayor as well i think those are the three that you might see available there 21 Dawkins man billy so the Wizards will pick tomorrow unless that gets traded at some point but Wizards currently as it stands have the 43rd pick in the draft tomorrow
well we’ll be back here tomorrow Ben working the second round
i’m I’m not even I’m not available tomorrow night just
I’ll be here then
yes you’ll have to be there fudge man will Dawkins i knew he had something up his I told you that was I remember that was the one of the predictions was trading back in one at least six or 18 when it happened nik Clifford a sad Jazz say it again
aspirus i I feel like he’ll be there at 21 he’s fallen far here and a2 let me ask you this Ben do you think do you think the Wizards got a little compensated for just moving back three picks well I I like we just have we have 17 second round picks over the next six years so that’s just more assets they might use to trade in the future i just I don’t know f those picks as a wise man once said we got to trade up man especially next year’s draft class with Debonsza Peterson and Met Boozer Twins
i just can’t believe that we have 17 second round picks
is that that’s got to be up there with like some record right like this is exact blueprint what will Dawkins did at OKC
all right we’ll we’ll go through the trade details here once again one more time so Utah sent the number 43rd pick in second rounders in 2031 and 2032 to Washington in exchange for the 21st pick in this draft which they used to select Walter Clayton Jr 283 people in the chat let us know who we’re taking at 21 story so no one another guard out of France are we we are are we going to get that French player after all abdullah it’s just how they just how it’s written up huh leming at 21 could see it
so wait did you Ben you said the full compensation right you You said it already
yeah I said it
okay so interesting it’s all It’s all confusing stuff all confusing stuff maxim Renard Bronny II Bryce James can’t believe we got to wait even longer yes well Dawkins he’s working overtime and here on Locked on Wizards we’re always working overtime bro almost two hours and 30 minutes holy this has been fun yeah non-stop no breaks no no commercials no ad reads from us today you’ll see those again tomorrow morning though don’t worry
yes sir because it is a story that I think so many people can hold a piece of you have a dream a childhood dream that not realiz wow there well there goes Shore
another France guy french guy off the board now New Orleus i’ll do better next time luke don’t worry i got you commercial after Miami’s pick for sure like honestly can we like is there odds on if they’re going to go on a commercial before the Wizards pick because
it’s probably going to happen it’s probably gonna happen the odds are like what minus a million i’m I’m gonna crash out if it does is Casper Shador thought he was lottery bound he’s falling falling right in the laps of the Wizards it’s like Trey Johnson nick yeah that that’s that’s where I really got the idea from it always would happen before a commander Redskins pick and the same thing happens with the Wizards now yes sir hell to the freaking commanders man so I think I think to answer this just acquire more draft capital more assets to eventually when you want to make that move to acquire a superstar here in Washington when you’re somewhat contending you get that those assets that you need and make a move like this so we’ll see again Will Dawkins is thinking long term guys i know we I hate using the word P the P word patience but it is what it is right now for the Wizards no shortcuts when it comes to this rebuild clearly it’s been a great day man it’s been exciting thank you to everyone that’s been in the stream with us at some point or if you’ve been in here the entire time we love and appreciate every single one of you uh just the start of what’s going to be a really fun year here on Lockdown Wizards we finally get to talk real basketball now that the NBA draft has finally happened ace Wool at 21 would be awesome we’ll have to see
it’s good value at that point
yep
uh Liam McNeely is still available if anyone takes him at some point was arguably maybe in the lottery but let’s see
we’re sure Fleming is the fourth best available playing uh player right now
nik Clifford is the guy that I’m still
Clifford as well mcneely seventh best drake Pal at eight there we go this what we like to see right here to answer your question I I agree we’ve been patient for so long but the one thing that we have to realize as fans is that this new regime is not cutting corners they’re not doing what the previous regimes did and acquire washed up players and trading away young assets to make it barely into the play or getting eliminated in the first round this time it’s completely different and I’m telling you man yeah five first round picks is I truly am shocked that they didn’t try to trade into the top five
i I honestly feel like we’re stacking up so many second round picks because teams that trade for superstar players always throw in like five second round picks
just in the deal almost for no reason
i feel like second round picks are literally just used as firepower for team nobody even like you use second round picks to trade them you never even like draft the players with them
except Tristan Vuch of course
yeah shout out to our guy Vuke oh my god pick is in for Miami miami is an interesting position like I don’t like I thought if Kevin Durant went there then that would have been something but I just don’t know what their future is
everybody want to be like OKC how could you not
i mean yeah they just won this the the championship wouldn’t you want to be a team that just won the championship
and they’re going to probably win more yep unfortunately
if we’re being honest yeah pre preach this i want to see development but also want to see us uh ensure that we have a first round pick next year trust me me and Ben are a little sick maybe Ben a little more but yeah now there’s no way you trade back from 21
hopefully not i feel like a new
Yeah
would be a pick for me right now
because I feel like we could have got him at 18 and I guess maybe the thinking for Dawkins was that you still would have him available there at 21 this is a funny comment they I honestly I’ve thought about that i I’ve really thought about like how it would work if either the commanders or wizards were picking first they’d probably still go to commercial yes sir greg this is it this is it right here announce the pick here we go [Music] there goes Casperis Yakuchonis that was your guy i like that fit for Miami yep so I I really I wonder what Brooklyn is up to I am wondering too this is wild yep i agree we’ll just have to see but teams are built to the draft that’s the reality situation in sports in my opinion there’s only so much you can do when it comes to free agency also I hate the narrative that no one will play in DC we don’t have those clowns running the show here in DC anymore we don’t have Ernie Gruntfeld or Tommy Shepard a used car salesman we got a legit front office that is trying to build things the way it should have been done years ago here in DC should have been rebuilding so long ago all right Ben what commercial are we thinking oh like Yeah this is gonna Are we going to see a commercial that is that is the question burger King for sure okay they’re showing showing Casper yaka showing us highlights out of the pick and roll but yeah I wonder what Johnny Davis is up to nowadays haven’t even put Washington on the clock yet well Kevin Durant never wanted to come to DC it’s just like that’s just KD
yep okay the Wizards are on the clock folks finally oh please no you can’t really You can’t trade this pick right or are you allowed to oh yeah 282 people in the chat smash that like button make sure you are subscribed to the Lock on Wizard channel me and Ben love talking about our wizards give me Noir Fleming
yes sir jared thank you for coming back
yeah Jared what’s good no way no freaking way oh my Dude this I’m not even joking like this is actually absurd dude this is like I’m convinced like Adam Silver is watching us make doing some on purpose bro [Laughter] what the fudge man how like
how does it happen three times in one night
dude okay one time uh two bro three things
dude like this is laughable i got to tweet this again i It’s happened three times tonight every When are they going to put respect on us when this is unbelievable man
it’s like we’re a joke that Wizards fans don’t exist we’re tired of seeing this we’re tired of seeing this in DC we’re tired of with the Commanders now the Wizards too it doesn’t even make any sense they give us a six pick in the lottery and then they do this to us i’m I’m done dude i’m done like
I’m not even joking this is like indirectly a middle finger up to like Wizards fans bro this is crazy okay Joseph well the Wizards are about to pick and they sent us to commercial again this is the third time tonight this has happened hey bro this is this a crazy Oh man
i Wait this might change it
no if I’m looking No I’m looking
oh wait you’re right you’re right you’re right okay that’s funny dude you guys are hilarious bro that’s 300 people in the chat let’s freaking go
we got 300 people and we’re in commercial again
nba loves to troll us man
let’s make it We’re gonna make a pod we’re going to do a pod where we just talk about going to commercial before a break i mean it’s apparent a big thing
we have been I mean look man we’re we’re rebuilding like this is what we had to do we we had to do this rebuild we were honestly we’re more of a joke when we thought walk to Maryland are are you walking from DC into Maryland which starters have a better season bob Trey Kulibali George and Sar or CJ Brog Middleton Smart and Olen probably going with the young guys at at this point right here uh Middleton hasn’t been able to play a full season in about four or five years now uh his production has tailed off smart kind of similar Lin uh has been traded almost every year for the past couple years it’s an interesting point to bring up but obviously we’re not going to see this coming to fruition or anything like that
take his in from DC to MD back in DC now
well I hope you enjoyed the work that’s funny dude you guys are hilarious man the comments are comments are always hilarious on our normal videos
even on social media like some of the majority of times the comments are way better than actual content a lot of you guys need to pursue a career in being a comedian all right well we’re back we’re back in business and as All right we’re back from the break oh gosh let’s go let’s go come on come on come on come on here we go will Riley
that was a name that I was wondering too
will Riley is a Washington Wizard well then
wing out of Illinois so we got backto back picks out of Illinois so Canadian small authority averaged 12.6 points per game this is really interesting because I was kind of exploring the idea of the Wizards adding a wing at some point in this draft and a big was probably a a more bigger need for this Wizards team but it’s very obvious that Dawkins maybe didn’t love any of the bigs available at this point this is interesting i I really did not have this in the cards actually for this pick right here yeah this is um
I guess they really liked Riley over New 68 and 95 pounds per 247 i think he’s a little lighter than that though he looks rather thin
but here’s my thing man why don’t you get a big man i mean do you think they’re comp they’re comfortable with the the depth that they have in the front court i don’t know
like
I don’t I don’t know do you think he’s this wing that can be a really good offensive threat he’s obviously going to play off the wing he’s got some versatility taking it to the cup oh it’s a nice jump shot he is thin
yep that is one thing for sure he almost reminds me of a slightly taller AJ Johnson hey two AJ Johnson’s on a team isn’t so bad but I think are we done for the night or Will Law is going to pull something else out of his
Let’s Let’s get some reactions and hang out here for a little bit we’re two hours and 45 minutes into the stream over 300 viewers the Wizards just took Phil Riley played one year at the University of Illinois averaged 12.6 points per game he’s listed at 6’8 and a quarter and about 80 pounds I’d say uh based on his measurables high volume score in the wing a tough shotmaker uh who displays signs of a grow have growing playmaking instincts as well good positional size especially when operating as a big guard but the lanky frame is somewhat of a concern for us and that’s going to need you know a significant amount of improvement from him he’s going to have to put on muscle uh before next year and then in the coming years as well he’s not the most athletic person the Wizards could have got at this point but he’s
he’s kind of got that elastic type build to him
ben did did you want to join U I don’t know if you saw the text i can just take over
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you want You don’t want to do it not this one
yeah cuz I don’t know much about I’m not going to buy i got you i got you
okay will Riley 19 years old i don’t know
i don’t know about this pick i think you have to go big man in the second round Ben who’s going to help saw rebound so Wizards pick at 43 tomorrow [Music] i think Trey Johnson has the potential to become the superstar player that the Wizards just took i think he has the most offensive upside uh from anyone that is currently on this Wizards roster so to answer your question G uh Trey Johnson 100% i’m still so happy about that pick yes sir all right guys i’ll be right back Ben all right Abdullah is going to hop out here for a moment i’ll keep everybody company here on Lockdown Wizards so we thank everyone who’s been with us for the past two hours and 48 minutes had over 300 viewers at one point the Wizards tonight get Trey Johnson at six and then at 21 get Will Riley a wing player out of Illinois and let’s just you know kind of get the reactions from everyone right here for what the Wizards have had so I think a lot of people are a little bit confused about the pick and to be honest I’m not so sure about it either i just feel like he doesn’t really fit what the Wizards need at this time he he seems a guy like that kind of plays similarly to Keshan George but maybe not as good as a defender because he has a lankier frame to him but the Wizards aren’t going to be good next year i don’t know if this is all part of you know the Wizards at this point they’re they’re they’re bottoming out again next year and I’m not saying they’re drafting a player for that reason but I wonder who’s getting moved at some point from this Wizards team if anything’s going to change from here i’d rather have had two more second round picks and will Riley to like stack uh stack up assets and move them eventually so this comment right here the Wizards want to be a perennial contender they don’t want to be a play in one team miss it the next year kind of organization they want to be top of the Eastern Conference whenever they feel the time is ready and I mean this is the last year where the Wizards are going to be bad because of rebuilding purposes if they’re bad after that they’re just bad they didn’t develop players or they didn’t make the right moves uh to get the organization into a more favorable spot because after this year they they’re going to have to start seriously trying to compete again that’s the thing i mean I I can get down with this as well i don’t know a lot about Will Riley he played in the Big 10 Conference so saw him play Maryland once i just can’t remember enough about him i haven’t been able to he wasn’t a guy that was on my prospect radar so not a lot of tape watched on him i’m definitely going to get on that as soon as we get off here we’re also going to record a reaction pod which will be out tomorrow morning at 7 a.m still over 200 people in here for Lockdown Wizards want to thank everyone who’s been with us all night long and we’re approaching the threehour mark of being live which is just crazy hope everyone is enjoying their night wizards fan i mean like let’s let’s be honest right here we did get Trey Johnson tonight at six and I think there’s a lot that we can be excited about with Trey Johnson coming to DC we were pick away from Ace Bailey about to get the 22nd pick here in a second thank you Lucy Goosey our guy if you’ve been in here the entire time let us know in the chat because we’d love to shout you out AJ Deansa how will we get screwed in the lottery locked on Law this is always something you have to think about as a Wizards fan i remember I sat down on the couch with my buddy we watched the NBA draft lottery and I I said you know we’re going to get six we’re going to get six and when the guy went up with the pick I said “It’s going to be us it’s going to be us.” And before he could even announce Wizards he flipped up the card or he didn’t even flip up the card he said “What?” And I just I knew um but you know we still got Trey Johnson with the sixth overall pick we had a really talented player high level prospect elite offensive upside fall into our lap at six and I think that’s something that Wizards fans can be excited about john Hipkins appreciate it brother dude will be a benchmob player it’s not a terrible pick to be honest most of these kids are crapshoots they just don’t stay in college long enough to learn it’s insane how many players are one and done especially this year in this NBA draft have to go and count how many of them were but it’s honestly wild to me how many guys are you know leave college and you know give up a year of development to go right to the NBA and try to either develop with an organization develop in the G-League i I don’t know if we’re going to see that from a guy like Will Riley uh someone that would be on like a two-way contract because I’m scarred from that after what happened here with Johnny Davis that was a my god and it was so obvious from the second he played in summer league that he clearly didn’t have the confidence he needed to be an NBA player and he was never going to work out he was terrible with the go-go terrible with the Wizards and eventually I don’t even know how they traded him but they somehow threw him in there or something luke appreciate you my guy you’ve been here the whole time and we appreciate all the comments you’ve left and for rocking with us here on Locked on Wizards uh my my TV just turned off i I don’t know why i’m going to go turn it back on espn is in a commercial break which means the Wizards must be picking right no I’m just kidding but like seriously yeah that was ridiculous three times tonight i think that’s a story line in itself what the heck how bad is it we didn’t get a big in the first round i wouldn’t say it’s the end of the world if Will Dawkins and the Wizards front office didn’t feel like they loved any of the bigs that were available to them i think they were high on guys like Derek Queen uh and Kaman Mawatch obviously who would have been a pipe dream and it just didn’t fall in the cards for them to move up they would have had to maybe give up too much capital to move up and get a guy like Derek Queen i don’t know if it’s the end of the world you might have to focus on that next year going forward to get another big to put alongside Alex Sar but I would have really liked to get a big at some point in this draft and the Wizards were unable to do so which is interesting approaching 2 hours and 55 minutes still over 200 of you guys in here kevin Durant’s from the same school but not often we have tons of money to get any superstar pick in the NBA so I understand why people are mad i think Washington’s going to become a destination for people at some point in one way or another whether the Wizards get aggressive in the trade market a couple years from now to go get a superstar an all-star level big player i mean maybe that could be the plan all along here from Will Dawkins we’ve seen so many teams that will use uh future assets such as draft picks which the Wizards have now amassed 17 second round picks through 2032 didn’t see Cory Kisper on the move yet i feel like he was a guy that’s going to be traded i mean he just picked up another wing player so I don’t I don’t know where he would even fit in on the team sorry y’all somebody was texting me about something else see like this we We can’t We can’t keep bringing this up why are we still talking about KD kd clearly didn’t want to play in DC for a multitude of reasons i don’t think it had any even anything to do with the Wizards organization some people just don’t want to play in their hometown this is also when the Wizards had Ernie Gruntfeld in the building as the general manager i just I don’t think it makes any sense to say that nobody will play for the Wizards we’ve seen the past couple years highle prospects that have ducked other organizations because they preferred to go to Washington ace Bailey nearly did it today and was a pick away i think the pick for me would have been Ule or Fleming so Jay I do agree with you 100% there gee uh to answer this question yeah absolutely i think the Wizards organization will have a big decision to make on Koulabali after this next off season and if he doesn’t take that step forward that that they’re hoping out of him offensively or if his defense does tail off he’s already one of the best perimeter defenders in the NBA right now and that’s why 100% was you know thinking people are crazy uh about the idea of trading him in this year’s draft to move up or whatever uh but I think Kulabali could be a guy that either becomes a candidate to be a great six-man for this Wizards team if he doesn’t take a step up or become a guy that gets traded i mean it’s just business not everyone the Wizards draft in the first round whether it was a couple years ago or in the future not everyone is going to be a starting player on a contending team if the Wizards ever do get to that point and that’s just the reality of the situation i love Bal Koulali though and I think he’s going to get better i think he’s going to tap into some even more potential offensively this year bison for life appreciate you for listening appreciate the feedback and yeah I think we need to show a lot of growth bob Garington essentially has been given the keys to be one of the lead guards for this Wizards team alongside now Trey Johnson uh it’s going to be important to see him take a big step up uh get to the cup a little bit better get to the free throw line more you want to see some more improvements offensively from Alex Sar get better as a rebounder as well obviously the goal is still not going to be winning games for this Wizards team this year but they definitely need to develop and this is an interesting point right here because NBA free agency is just kind of dead it’s for whatever reason like it’s just kind of dead everybody is all about the trade market and trading assets and and becoming a hub for bad contracts which is what the Wizards are going to be next year especially with the expiring deals that they picked up and they’ll probably be moving some more expiring deals at some point uh in the near future that’ll remain to be seen all the trades get finalized on July 6th and then guys that are already guys that have joined Washington in the past couple of days such as your CJ McCollum Kelly Lin if the team announces those guys as playing for the Wizards this year on July 6 then they will be Wizards because they wouldn’t be able to be moved until I believe December i think that’s the rule in the NBA pelicans are going to be fun to watch even though they pissed me off tonight they will be Fierce Jordan Pool Derek Queen New wow it’s just interesting with him going at at Nason D going at 23 and the Wizards passed on him try my best to catch up a little bit right here on what what’s been going on i don’t have my TV on too loud so I don’t want it to bleed through uh the audio here in the chat still over 200 of you we’re over three hours on this live stream for Lockdown Wizard shout out to every single one of you that are in here right now and have been out here throughout the entirety of the live show probably pretty shortly once Abdullah gets back we we’ll close things out for the stream and we’ll start to record the podcast that we’ll have out at 7 in the morning tomorrow the the grind doesn’t stop for us here on Lockdown Wizards just like the rebuild does not stop yet for Washington victor we love you we appreciate you three hours wild it’s the first time I’ve ever gone live uh for a show like this for this long like I’ve I’ve hosted radio shows that were an hour to two hours long at school uh but I’ve never hosted a live stream or anything like this that went on this long so if you guys have any feedback for things you’d like to see in the future for streams I know this is kind of a rare occasion because we’re obviously pretty much covering the NBA draft right here but if you have ideas for future live streams where we do a Q&A session or just chill or or do whatever you guys would think would be entertaining uh to the listeners let us know in the chat here patriots need to live stream for the entire night the signature uh it’s un it’s Bradley Beal um yeah it’s Bradley Beal that’s all I’m going to say what are you What is What are you talking about Frank like what are you what are you talking about big from Stanford is still there some more news from Sham sacramento Kings traded for the number 24 pick from Oklahoma City and taking Nate Clifford frank we said we said that a long time ago the Wizards got the 43rd pick 30 minutes ago we we’ve already talked about that that’s not till tomorrow i don’t know if the Wizards are are going to pick up a big at that point but that’s that’s the 43rd pick i don’t know who’s even going to be available at that point go live during the game well we’ll definitely go live during games we’ll go live during the summer league yeah the ending was just bad a lot of people give me flack when I I talk about the ending here uh to Brad Bradley Beal’s tenure in Washington it was just it was bothersome for me it really was i’m not I’m not even going to get into it right now there’s no reason let’s see see when Abdullah is coming back where is Abdullah he’s currently on the locked on network i hope so i got this as a gift uh my dad somebody he works with at his office gave him this basketball as a gift to me because he knew how I was a huge Wizards fan this was years ago this this is a hilarious comment i I used to get so mad watching games for this exact reason do we think the Whiz can win summer league i think it’s the expectation they should be damn competing for it we’ll go live for those games because they’re going to be really good i’m I’m interested to see how much a lot of the second thirdyear players actually do play in the summer league or how much Will Dawkins and Brian Keefe think it’ll benefit these players but I absolutely think everybody could use the summer league and the Wizards should be really competitive to win that yeah I mean there there’s truth to this and Wall getting injured of course is what tore everything down and then the contract was just terrible that was the problem john Wall got injured and we traded him so we thought Beal had to be the number one here when in reality that was that was never never going to be the possibility it should never happened it’s the worst contract to probably ever be given out in sports and Abdullah’s back man it’s been a fun day hasn’t it we’re over three hours abdullah
this is insane man oh no no more commercials in our picks because we have no more picks right
not until not until tomorrow 43 we have to take a big tomorrow Ben i’m sorry like we have no depth in the front court
but who do you get at 43 you think Danny Wolf’s gonna be there that’d be crazy as Wolf get drafted oh yeah he did 23 gotcha see that
i mean we we had success out of the second round pick in Tristan Veovich so you hope that the Wizards can maybe emulate some similar success in somebody else listen to this Ben i don’t know if you said it already but when it comes to this young core Trey Johnson 19 Will Riley 19 Bub Carrington 19 Bill Kavali 20 Alexar 20 AJ Johnson 20 Keshan George 21 Tristan Vuvich 22 Kobe Jones 23 youth movement in full effect in the district
yes sir i’m gonna step away for a second for me I don’t know about this Will Riley pick it might take some time to understand because again the whole idea of you had Danny Wolf there you had Ace New i don’t know if is Niki Clifford off the board
i don’t know check but thanks again guys uh 192 in the chat this is amazing you guys are spending your NBA draft night day one with us here on Locked on Wizards make sure to follow us on all social media platforms youtube X Instagram Tik Tok Locked On Wizards was it reach even at 21 yeah I I agree i I was surprised that we didn’t Will Dawkins didn’t trade up to get a guy in Malawatch Sorber or their queen but maybe he has so much confidence in some guy in the second clifford was just selected okay thank you guys for the update interesting interesting interesting yeah Nick Clifford just got uh just went as well that was a guy I really liked how do we let Jazz get ace from us i know
i wonder how expensive it would have been to move up that one pick I really wonder what kind I wonder you’d have to imagine the Wizards probably made some calls unless they were thinking to themselves we’ll just take whoever’s there between Ace and Trey that could have been the case as well so many Brooklyn picks my god shut up horns up trey Johnson i wonder what Trey Johnson’s nickname gonna be when you I’m so hungry Ben trey is his nickname okay okay ace isn’t better than Trey scoring wise you could definitely see that and warming the Great Wall of China in Memphis that’s funny trey Trey Ball trey balls from Trey is the size concerning a little is like the 186 frame pound a little concerning for Riley Ben he might even be thinner than that like he just looks so thin his 247 sport profile said he was 195 pounds i don’t believe that at all uh I think his lanky frame is something they’re going to have to work on and tool with him a little bit in order for him to be effective especially as a defender at the next level uh but I mean we also have a a skinny skinny man and AJ Johnson on our team who we’ve really uh enjoyed watching over the second half of the season last year expect to see more growth out of him um but I think Riley needs to be better as a defender for what the Wizards are trying to build we got to feed him some mumbo sauce i saw I saw a video Ben of Derek Queen yesterday talking about this place called Jimmies have you been
Jimmy Seafood
yeah he said like they had some I forgot what item it was but he said he really liked it
what probably crab cakes yeah probably
he said like they have the best crab cakes in the country i don’t know i’ve never been a big seafood fan i got a broaden my horizons i’ve never had sushi isn’t that crazy you’ve never had sushi yeah I’m I’ve had shrimp never had sushi how have you never had sushi
i don’t know i’m so like bland when it comes to that but I have to
what do you like to eat literally anything um I guess anything but sushi
anything but sushi
it’s not that I hate it i just haven’t tried it i have to try well like what’s a good sushi spot is all the sushi the same nah i need to get more water approach drying up
dude I am so hungry how the fudge does Kaisen do this without going to the bathroom
how they do it shout out Kaisen man he’s a funny guy he’s killing it the game the streaming game it’s amazing had Mumbo went to Jimmy’s for blue crabs that’s awesome michael my um my father he has a restaurant in Landover Maryland and a lot of people there tell me about I think that’s where I heard about mumbo sauce being a big thing so that’s that’s awesome mumbo get some food appreciate the the kind comment i know guys I’m so apologizing for coming in late but I’m still here for the long run love doing this with Ben like genuinely 183 people here i would be like so grateful for the fact even one person’s watching this so it’s been a fun ride tonight three hours of doing this talking about Wizards basketball what do you guys think of the double hat commanders DC [Music] delaware has good sushi i I got to try it i really have to i think at some point I have to like end the streak of not having sushi i’m 22 years old and not having su not having one bite of sushi is kind of impressive need sound effects for a live i was already thinking about that but I just don’t know which of these sound effects are good like hold on that was a rock one i like that one they’re all non-copyright so we’re good [Music] see that’s impressive ben 37 never eaten sushi wow wait why why we hate Why does everybody hate sushi so much here what is this
need some
locked on locked on hating sushi we need We don’t need M we need some NBA Young Boy need some NBA Young Boy that’s my favorite rapper
really you’re You’re actually a big MBM Boy fan [Laughter] not I’m not Jo I literally have a tapestry with like every album
really that is actually insane why i never think that
oh yeah
that is Wow well there you have it ladies and gentlemen ben Strober the number one NBA Young Boy fan
is he Is he still in jail no
no he’s out he’s out
that’s good that’s good he’s He was out and he was on probation then he actually got a presidential pardon for some reason i don’t really have I mean there’s like some artists that I like but
it’s just since high school for me i just like everybody in my high school listened to Young Boy so I just I just fell in love with it
interesting i feel like a guy like his music though it’s like just to get you hyped up ready to lift or like before a game and stuff not hitting on him but I mean I just thought that’s that’s his genre hey man we we’ve been on here for three hours we’ve been on here for three hours talking basketball i mean this is also like I like to use this opportunity while we don’t have a whole lot going on uh to you know get to know some of the people that we interact with here
yeah man this is
So everybody favorite foods favorite artists drop them in the chat let’s get to know each other a little bit what do you think man just by looking at me what do you think my favorite artist is what wait say it again
like just by looking at me like who do you think my favorite artist is uh let me think is it rap
uh no it’s R&B r&b
yeah um he’s looking up R&B artists right now they old or young
uh they’re not that they’re out of They’ve been out the game for a little bit i think they’re not posting any music at all anymore or particular person chris Brown
no Frank Ocean
oh okay frank Ocean’s tough i like that
yeah for me like I’m a big fan of Frank Ocean Drake The Weekend Jay Cole those are like my favorite
let’s see what Brooklyn takes here
here we go here we go enough of the music talk ben Saraf Israeli player got the next Denny Abdia
ooh ooh straight out of Satish Gambino Usher Drake all right Wizards fans at 43 tomorrow let’s throw out we getting a big Is that who you guys want at 43 well everyone really got engaged with the music talk i know dude also I last music take but I want to go to a Coldplay concert one day bro my friend went to one it looked It looks insane so I’m I’m going to the Young Boy concert at Capital One Arena
in September right
that’s October 1st october 1st sorry okay dang that’s gonna Is that your first like Young Boy concert
yeah the last time he was on tour I was like a sophomore in high school or something
dude Ben that’s actually insane that you’re a Young Boy fan my first ever concert was Key Glock at the Fillmore uh my freshman year of college during my years at Tech like uh Annalie Choa came my freshman year
dude I remember that cuz my friend went to Tech that That must have been crazy
oh yeah dude it was free it was cool uh Gunonna came my freshman year i agree with this looks don’t matter actually Brooklyn’s got all the firepower right now in the NBA best player available who cares about position in the NBA especially when you want 18 well yeah the Wizards need to get better at everything and obviously they they got a lot better offensively in a guarded position at with Trey Johnson uh but they do need to get better in the front court as well to pair someone alongside Alex Sar yes sir i can’t league roster man yeah that’s going to be fun i listen to GoGo i don’t like listen listen to it but I enjoy it i I hear it out and about a lot especially when I’m in DC it’s good stuff oh is Danny Wolf oh I think he just got drafted actually I don’t know he’s crying or is that tears or is that [Music] Oh yeah i think he’s Or is he crying he’s not I don’t know [Music] wait what was your friend’s name ben that went to T did he just graduate
yeah his name is Jack Tyrie jack Ty i wonder if I ever ran into him liam McN still on the board
was Khalifa coming to Jiffy Loop live soon i didn’t know that
the weekend’s coming to Landover in August had a lot of good concerts at Northwest Stadium recently metallica was there recently
dude i went to the the Metallica concert in Blackburg it was really
bro oh my goodness it was so I couldn’t even experience it i explain it rashir Fleming is still available
yeah that’s surprising
there’s been so many guards in this draft paper waves i am outside of DC i’m in Montgomery County Maryland i’ve grown up the Northern Virginia area of Woodbridge whizard fan from Delaware paper did you move there or you grow up in Delaware it’s always cool to see like like when you’re from like a different city and a fan of like a different team like especially with the reasoning behind it here we go the Atlanta Hawks trade the draft rights to Derek Queen the 13th pick to the New Orleans Pelicans for the draft rights to New6 first round pick [Music] [Music] there we go there’s Danny Wolf
there we go danny Wolf my guy that I wanted man he’s about to be a stud jack I understand the frustration but are you not excited about Trey Johnson like this is a guy that should not have fallen in our lap at six and we got him this is a guy with such high upside offensively somebody that’s going to provide the ability to shoot the three ball way better than we’ve had in previous years i just I can’t call the draft an L right now it’s just you can’t right now there’s just no way wow that’s cool austin Texas uh from Woodbridge that’s it was the best pick just Brooklyn Nets summer just just Brooklyn Nets versus Washington Wizards summer league game is going to be something i’m reading a Reddit post uh where somebody a writer wrote Colin Colin Ward had wrote that Will Riley will be the steel of the draft and this was earlier this was written before the draft i’m seeing Riley in Illinois small forward in the 20s in most mock drafts i legitimately think he’s a top 10 talent his range is unlimited and he shoots it with confidence but he’s also shown flashes of some advanced playmaking finding shooters with one-handed zip passes off penetration he has a mid-range game in the basketball IQ that makes him a smart cutter and a connective passer of course there are defensive questions given his slight frame at 6’8 185 pounds but he profiles to be strong enough offensive talent to make him a net positive player in five years we could be wondering how he dropped so far so there are some people that are very high on Will Riley and I guess we’ll have to see what the Wizards plan for him is going forward yep we’ll just have to see again a lot of people wanted Danny Wolf like me as No Fleming will Riley might have been the guy that just got away and somehow slipped in offense’s hands all right well Locked on Wizards Nation three hours and and 23 minutes later I think it’s about time Abdullah get grinding away at the episode of Lockdown Wizards that will come out tomorrow morning at 7 in the morning we want to thank everyone who tuned in with us here on Lockdown Wizards we had over 300 people in here at one point some of you have been in here the entire time like my goodness man wizards Wizard fans are crazy and I love being crazy with you guys because it’s been it’s been hard to be a Wizards fan but you know we have a strong community here that we’re building with the lockdown Wizards Network right here and we appreciate everyone that interacted with us tonight it’s been so much fun this has been so much fun the fact that we talked Wizards basketball for three hours and about 25 minutes and Trey Johnson is a freaking wizard you love to see it
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This year is gonna be our year, I just know it will be.
So funny they actually went to break on the wizards second pick as well 😂😂 I was pissed when it happened
I've been a fan since these guys were the Washington Bullets – I wanna say they were the Washington Capitals or something else for one year – we had Elvin Hayes , Bobby Dandridge , Bernard King , Wes Unseld , we were perennial 2nd or 3rd place behind Boston or Philly and the Bullets were exciting to watch but now because of DUMB draft rules half the teams are tanking , and players switch teams constantly and take nights off constantly ! Teams are hard to root for because I find myself cheering for the wizards to lose so maybe they can get a better draft pick , which doesn't happen and on top of not being able to root for the TEAM , I just can't root for players cause they bounce around the nba simping for strippers and playing only 50 games a year , I feel like I'm not alone in feeling that the nba is a sad dumpster fire – it used to be way more popular and I only see it getting worse . Imho