 What NBA players are you buying stock of before next season? If you look past the ethics of us turning NBA players into stocks, this can be a fun exercise, so just look at it like that. Like if you're building a portfolio that you have to cash out at the end of the 2022-2023 seasons, what players would you invest in? Like I understand wanting to pick Giannis and Bede, Jokic, Donchis, these are players that will not burn your portfolio. They are the safe bet. Let me keep it a buck. Ain't that safe around here? You know what I'm saying? So I picked some players that I think have some potential to be volatile and my portfolio potential to invest heavily into them and it doesn't pan out, but I'm willing to do that. Also, that's how I got to the point where when we looking at sports cards, I had like a hundred rookie second Dumbuya cards. I invested in Bro thinking he was about to be potentially the next Giannis. He's out of the league. So think about that when I'm predicting my people. I ain't shooting a hundred. I might not even be shooting 50% or 30%. This is what I do for a living. You feel me? I ain't perfect at it, but I got some names, but I will be honest. Part of this video is mostly because I want to talk about one guy. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. It's Mr. Dianna Fox and I ain't got many jersey shirts. It's this one and it's Mike Collie. It's this one and Mike Collie. Those are the two people I decided to go to NBA.com and buy jersey shirts of. Dianna Fox and Mike Collie. Wow. Dianna Fox is number one on my list of players that I want to buy stock in because the Sacramento Kings have got me for the third year in the row. They cannot get away with bamboozling me every single season. But I think this year, I think this is probably the best chances they have to be competent. That's all I'm asking for. I think that's all Kings fans are asking for. Competency, if that's the word, and potentially making a playoff run. And a lot of that revolves around number five. One thing I really, really wish someone can give me a class in is how to read advanced stats because I got a lot of advanced stats in today's video that sound cool, but I'm going to be honest with you. I didn't find a single one of these myself. I just know how to scour the internet and Twitter. So shout out to the people. I'll get them. I'll get them they love. Best believe it. But no, no, before we really get some stats and stuff, let's take a bigger picture around the Sacramento Kings, why I feel like De'Aaron Fox is a guy I want to invest in. Last season around the deadline, they traded Tarris Halliburton for the Montessor bonus, a trade that so many people looked at, including myself, were like, what the hell are you doing? But maybe they saw the right on the wall. Listen, the numbers of De'Aaron Fox and Tarris together wasn't that great. When De'Aaron didn't have the ball, it wasn't much he could really do. And then when he did have the ball, Tarris Halliburton was kind of sitting there. They saw the right on the wall that they get adequate value for a guy that looks like he's going to be a stud in Tarris Halliburton. Maybe. They traded him for an all-stack Halliburton player that is just slightly older than Tarris. I think people think that's a bonus for somebody who's like 30 years old. He's not that old. But even now, I still question it, but only time will tell. Tarris is that nice. I'm being honest with you, that's the homie. He is actually that nice. But bigger picture. They may have saw the right on the wall. Maybe there's some things behind the scenes that we don't know as NBA fans. And they say, hey, we rather pick De'Aaron over Tarris to build our franchise around. And since that moment, I think a lot of the moves that they've done, are going to improve the chances of building around De'Aaron Fox. So let's break it down. Now, if Fox and the Ox have a very small sample size together, I think I'm going to be the next best duo in all the basketball. I don't really know. I'm going to look at the other things, like drafting Keegan Murray. Now, he was the Summer League MVP. And at the end of the day, Summer League doesn't mean that much because I've seen people go to Summer League and dominate and get to the NBA and be like, oh snap, I forgot how to hoop. But I don't know how likely that is for Keegan Murray. Will he be better than some people drafted after him? I don't really know. But he looks like he is ready to slide into a role right now. And then they made some moves to actually have people around De'Aaron Fox that will maximize what De'Aaron Fox likes to do. De'Aaron Fox, I've been a fan of him since he was drafted. I interviewed, bro. And I let him know straight up front, he's one of my favorite players in all the basketball. But I think you can all agree that last season was a huge setback whether it had been his ankle or his shoulder, whatever the injuries were, it was a huge setback to what we're normally seeing. But so watching the video by the score, shout out to them. Again, I don't really know how to find advanced stats, but they had some pretty good ones talking about how the lineups that De'Aaron Fox played with last season, nobody on that court can shoot. They were in the seventh percentile when it came to spacing. De'Aaron Fox himself, not a shooter, we noticed. He had one-year reach, shot pretty solid from three, but other than that, it was like 29%, 30%, 32%. He's not a known three-point shooter. He might never be at this point of his career. So because of that, we should probably surround him with people that could open up the game for him because his name is Swipe of the Fox. And it's not just because his name is Fox. It's because Bro is fast. He can get to the basket at will. If we have people around him that cannot take the burden away from the rim, then what the heck is he doing? Seventh percentile in spacing is insane. But if you look at the new lineup, Kevin Hurdles on the team, 40% three-point shooter. Keegan Murray's on the team. Don't know what he's going to shoot in the NBA three, but good three-point shooter. Malik Munk is on the roster, 39% three-point shooter last year. I can't tell you if they're going to defend the goddamn thing, but if we're talking about putting Darren Fox in a position so he can play his best basketball, this is the year. And I also think it's kind of a make-and-break season for Darren Fox because he was given his big old contract. He had a really good season after that. But since then, like I said, down year, kind of plateaued in a way, and this is the best roster he has personally played with. So I'm buying the stock on Darren Fox. Darren Fox and the Montessor Bonuses picking roles where we're ruthlessly efficient last season with a 1.22 points per possession on 14.3 screens per game. This is from NBA Underscore University. Fox's success post-trade may have been more about his epic offensive synergy with the Montessor Bonuses. I added that, by the way, I added his last name, then about removing Halliburton. And this asking me what this graph is saying, I couldn't tell you exactly, but I trust it. Give it to me, this is a trustable source when it comes to advanced stats, best believe it. And the 20 games without Terry's Halliburton, 24-year-old, something I also forget myself, he's younger than I am, what the heck. 24-year-old, Darren Fox averaged 28.3 points per game. 4.2 rebounds per game and 6.6 assists on 50. Oh my God, 38 and 75.8 splits. He was out there actually hitting the three. Maybe not sustainable, because again, it's only a 20 game saddle size, but hello. He was a hyper-aggressive killer on the rim, even though he was in the zeroth. Zeroth, is that even a word? Zero if, percentile, and rim shot quality. He was going up on heavily contested, smothered layups, and finishing through contact. That is crazy. Can he lead Sacramento to a playoffs? Only time will tell. But I like the graphs and stuff that I'm seeing. I like our chances. Also, we got the stats here from the score. Again, shout out to them for getting advanced stats for me. We're like with the lineups of the shooters that they have, they can be very, very lethal offensively. Fox and the Ox is gonna be a real thing. I'm buying in. I'm just gonna keep this shirt on, because I don't feel like changing. The next person I'm buying in on is a person that is an NBA 75 player. So this is one of the people in my portfolio that's like, oh, is this person low risk, considering their history? He's an NBA 75 player. I'm talking about Anthony Davis. Let me stop burying the lead. Anthony Davis, top 75 player of all time, according to his peers and some writers and stuff. Everybody knows how good of a player Anthony Davis is, or can be. But they can all agree, due to injuries and things like that. This last season wasn't exactly what you wanted from him. Hold on. Let me find out one thing before I even speak. Before I even speak, I'm Googling the name Anthony Davis real quick. If this is what I think is true, he's not even 30 yet. Oh, give me all the stock. Give me all the stock, bro. If you're selling, I'm buying. I don't know if that leg is gonna be good. I don't know if they still got tricks at the sleeve or how to make the roster better. But Anthony Davis should be out for vengeance. He should be. I know he was in some hot waters after he was streaming GTA, and he said he ain't touched a basketball in three months or whatever it was. Actually, I think he was playing basketball against Faye Swag when he said that. Gaming and sports cross the way so many times, it's so great to see. I'm buying all the stock on Anthony Davis. I don't need to go in the full 13-minute thing about AD. You know, if you're a seller, hit me up, because I'm buying. Oh, this is a good one. This is a good one because it has burned potential. And I think the burn potential is mostly due to the fact that he is on a team that has so many guards, and he is also a guard, that I don't really know exactly if he's going to get the amount of minutes that I think he probably should get. It's a former, another former first overall pick, by the way. It's Mar-Kill-Folks. This one a lot less safe than Anthony Davis, for sure. Mar-Kill-Folks. He adds an element to the Orlando Magic that they don't have across any of the other guards. And that's why I think his minutes are going to be more consistent than some of the others. Because between Colt Anthony, Jalen Suggs, we talk at RJ, Hampton, Gary here, all of the guards. There's one thing that Mar-Kill-Folks excels at when the other players on the team don't, and that is pick and roll. Pick and roll. And overall, just finding his teammates. Mar-Kill-Folks in the class of his own, at least on his own roster. So that should give him the opportunity to get more minutes. I just again want to say shout out to NBA Underscore University. Shout out to BeBall Index because those are the two places that I go to like get a bunch of advance stats that like I see the tweets and see the posts and I'm like, I did not know that. You know what I'm saying? Like you can get a feel for the fact that Trey Young gets a lot of assists and he's a pretty good passer. But Mar-Kill-Folks is second on this list. Leaders in high-valume assists, 70-pad possessions, assisting resulting in an open rim or three or free throws. Mar-Kill-Folks is slightly below Trey Young. Above Luca. Above Darius Garland. Above James Harden. What do these people have in common? These are the most elite playmakers in all of basketball. Above Lamello Ball. Above Yolkes. Dremont Green. Ricky Rubio. Dijonte Murray. Mar-Kill is number two on this list. And Mar-Kill also doesn't have some of the pieces that these other people have. Mar-Kill don't got no click-a-pella? You feel me? Mar-Kill don't have no... Okay, Luca didn't have that many great piece too, but he led them to the conference finals. Luca's a different beast, you feel me? But like his... The people that he have on his team aren't known scorers and he still did it. That a lot has to be said about that. There's another part of Mar-Kill-Folks' game that I obviously love and this ability to get to the rim. I don't... I can't... See, this is one thing. I can't bring in a number zone. But I just know when I watched Yolando Magic it feels like it didn't matter who his defender was. If he wanted to get to the basket, he pretty much could. And a lot of that ended in him finishing at the rim or him creating an opportunity for someone else to score. So Mar-Kill-Folks, I think that the price is probably lower than anybody else on this list. So I'm taking that and I'm cashing out. The worst thing about doing a video like this is I know the comments and I'm like, Kenny, what about this guy? And listen, there are a lot of people that you could buy in. Just let me know who you would. Let me talk a little bit about my picks. The next one is a bit weird because the other guys that I've picked have something in common and at least being a starter. Well, it was Mar-Kill-Folks. It's going to be the start of this team. I think you could probably argue Jaylen Suggs and Co-Anthony are probably starting in the back court over there. But I think Mar-Kill will make his way into that lineup eventually. And this guy's not a starter big on his own team. Even though I believe he should be, it is Nyeka Akangwu. And listen, this is not a surprise pick if you've been around for some time. You know I love me some Nyeka Akangwu. Before he was even drafted, people say he could potentially be the next BAM. And you'll see potential flashes of that. But there's a reason why BAM is one of the better players in all the basketball. Nyeka Akangwu is not a starter just yet. It's about rounding out the game. We are just going into year number three for him. But I really like a lot of the stuff that I saw. I was waiting for this moment of the off-season where the Atlanta Hawks found a partner for Clint Capella. They haven't. So I guess Nyeka Akangwu is going to be either stuck to playing back of five or maybe get in some four minutes. I know they've been talking about him improving his jump shot year after year after year. He's going to obviously need to improve his jump shot in order to play more four. But I really like a lot of the things that I saw and the numbers prove it too. And Nyeka Akangwu is kind of a stud. Also, if you know about other advanced stats accounts out there on the Twitterverse or Instagram and stuff, please hit a brother right because I'm always looking to deep dive into other people deep in diving into some advanced stats. You feel me? Trey Yong is one of the best pick and roll players in all the basketball. Some people argue the best. And I can't even be mad at them for putting that. And you look at some of the pieces that he has in Clint Capella and John Collins. You understand why. Of course, there's a lot of Trey Yong, but you also need people on the other end. What if I told you the stats say Nyeka Akangwu is better than both of those dudes in the pick and roll with Trey Yong? Trey Yong average is greater than, greater than or equal to 1.3 points per possession on ball screens with every partner. But number one on that list is Nyeka Akangwu. Won't you look at that now? It's not by a ton. Clint Capella is right behind him and right behind that is John Collins. But the Nyeka Akangwu Trey Yong thing has worked. And I think in order to be a great pick and roll partner, you have to have really elite level hands. And I think Nyeka Akangwu has that. So many times the pass is not nearly perfect and Nyeka Akangwu finds a way to catch us and immediately goes right back up. I really love the stuff I see on the offensive side, but defense is where I'm even more impressed. You don't have to look long to find videos of Nyeka Akangwu clamping up some of the best players in basketball. There's one specifically that I watched before recording this video of Nyeka Akangwu clamping up Yannis. And before the Yannis fans and the Milwaukee Bucks fans come in the comment section on this one game sample, I understand Yannis might have put up 50 the game after. That's not what I care about. It's about seeing the things. And I saw a lot of the things. Can it be replicated against Yannis? Probably not often. But if he can use those tactics to get some of the other players in the league, boom. We have a great defensive player. He runs like a gazelle in transition. He's great on the offensive glass and he moves without the ball. Something that doesn't really happen in Atlanta often. So to have somebody actually out there moving, whether it be block to block or coming us at the screen or popping out a little bit, I love to see Nyeka Akangwu on the floor. And I hope to see him on the floor way more than we did last year. Also, the quality of shot we got from him jumped up a bunch. And that could be a team thing because right above him was Clint Capella. But still, you have to do that from year one to year two. Next couple guys probably don't get their own segments. But Jaylen Smith, if you've been around a child, he's one of my favorite prospects in his draft class. And to see him get re-signed and end their interview, they're saying he's competing to be the start and power forward over in Indy. I'm really excited about that. Pressure to you is another one. As you can tell, I have a type, kind of. If you could play some defense, run the floor and do a little bit of extra stuff. I'm a big fan. Like Jaylen Smith in pressure show that they could potentially become plus three-point shooters. And I love that idea. So yes, they're on my list. Earlier in last season, we were making jokes about the fact that pressures were shooting like 30% from the field as a center. A lot of that changed. So at the course of the season, and there were times in the playoffs where he seemed like one of the better players on the floor and he is also super young. So those are some of my people. I'm going to go to the comment section because I also did tweet this because I was curious of what y'all were thinking. Shake it, shake it. This is my Twitter, by the way. So if you're interested, go follow me. Let's see. Ben Simmons is looking hella attractive right now. I'm assuming he's talking about the basketball play, but even if he's not, that's fine. Yes. I mean, we talk about a person whose stock is at an all-time low. I would buy that as well, but we already know Ben Simmons. We've seen him play so much that it's not a person to add to my personal list. But I would buy in. Wendell Carter Jr. love that. AD stock is at an all-time low right now. I love that big man. I agree. John Wall ago in a Yucca cargo. One of my guys, David Duke Jr. and Klax. Ooh, I see a couple. RJ's back-to-back. RJ's stock has already been bought. I believe having a point guard or maximized Mitchell Robinson's ability that has been suppressed. Expect him to be in the same tier as Jared Allen and Robert Williams next season. So he's talking more about Mitchell Robinson than RJ. That's interesting. Only time will tell. Playoff bound. I was so big Nick's fan, so I understand having high hopes for your team. I hope you're right. Another one. I also got a name, Kenny. RJ. Kelton Johnson, a very good pick, as you can see here. Saw it a lot. It makes sense. You know, Dejante Murray is gone. He had his 17 last year. With Dejante, there's going to be more shots. But I also think that his stock is high right now because of that exact fact. I think a lot of people realize that he's going to be a conversation-most-approved player. So I'm not saying it's a bad buy, obviously, because he can hoop. But you might not be getting as much value as you think because a lot of people expect him to be a lot better. I guess you could say that about a lot of my pick as well. All right. I appreciate everybody that participated. This style of video is cool. I recorded another video like this, but way more in-depth a little while ago. And my editor is dealing with that one. I'm dealing with this one, so it's not going to be as good. But since the off-season, I'm just throwing things at the wall, whatever. I think it's fun. And this has been fun for me just standing up talking hoops. I guess I'll see y'all soon, but maybe not. Whatever.