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Let me know what you think All right for the sake of today's video I think it's important for us to decide what we consider a young team because there's a couple ways We can look at it if you wanted to look at the average age you could do it that way But there's also some other stipulations like the okc thunder is not gonna get some love for me today As far as what team is gonna take the next jump because when I think about young teams also think about them being young and development young and culture and Young and how many wins they had last season okc was a game away from being in the playoffs And though there is another step for them to hit and I think they will do that We can talk okc another day I was more thinking about those teams that were high in the lottery the pistons the magic I guess the trailblazers even though Dame is kind of over the organization right now the Hornets the Rockets normally would But we talked about them pretty decently last episode So you can go check out that if you want to hear me talk about the Rockets the Pacers Dispersed those those are the teams that we're trying to decide between today And I do want to remind people that taking the next jump don't mean that you go from a 22-win team to a 50-win team and just just one offseason But it's like that gradual progression like the thunder just did where they were one of the worst teams in ball and then boom They're in conversations They're in the hunt for an actual playoff spot Thunder were from 24 wins to 40 wins Which is like the type of thing we're trying to predict in today's video I think the recipe for having a young team hit the next step I mean, there's a lot of different factors one to have to be a coach And that's one thing that we talked about okc feels like they have that they have to be well coached because when you have a roster Or a locker room with basically kids when it comes to the NBA time They need some type of mentorship and leadership and a lot of the times that comes from the coaching staff And let's be real in most cases you're gonna need a star player you're gonna need a shame which I guess Just ask for a lot because she is one of the boys But a guy that can take you to the next level a guy that projects to be a star or is very close to doing that So as I'm starting this video, I have no idea what decision I am going to make on the team that will make the next jump We don't talk about a few different teams give the pros give the cons and figure it out after that I guess the star from the actual youngest team in the league the Detroit Pistons as right now It's hard for me to gauge exactly what this season is going to be for the Pistons They made some changes this offseason They spent a hell of a lot of money to bring in Monty Williams who is a guy that can help set the culture because he did it and this stop And that stop and that stop so that's a plus for the Pistons They're also getting Kay Cunningham back and he has become one of the more polarizing young players in basketball I guess I kind of get it But I am still a believer in Kay Cunningham's ability to hit start them first season He had some injury stuff where he was good, but he was also a rookie point guard You're number two. He only played a handful against I think it was like 12 or 14 games and in those games Yeah, I think a lot of people look at a rookie year of somebody being good and be like sophomore years You gonna hit that jump and a sophomore year and the 12 the 14 games He didn't hit a he didn't hit a jump and of course the sample size is very very small for me to make an overall Declaration on the star power of Kay Cunningham and that is why I'm still in the camp of one day He will be a stud because my sample size of him and the NBA is small the thing that worries me a little bit with that It's yet. He just missed basically an entire season So if he's going into this year number three and we're trying to predict what team is gonna hit the next step He might take some time to jail back into the flow of the NBA and for some players that doesn't exist, right? It's like I come off injury and I'm actually better after injury than before injury some players It takes half of a season sometimes it takes an entire season and I just don't know enough about Kay Cunningham His work ethic and how the the chips are gonna fall for me to say that hey, Kate is gonna come into your number three He's about to surprise me because I don't really know would I be surprised if that was the case? Absolutely not because Kate is a stud But one thing I don't like about their team is this log jam at the big position They just paid Isaiah Stewart shout out to him and that's an amazing bag for him They also have James Wiseman on the team Jalen during they paid Marvin Bagley last year That is that is for players and I would say that most of them project to be more of a five in the current stage in the NBA Rather than the four I know last year they ran a plethora of different lineups where two of the bigs were on the court together I don't know about the future of that big four core of centers, especially compared to their wing positions Which is kind of a bad position for them Again, I'm automatically rooting for them because they have one of the Thompson twins and there's no bigger fan than the Thompson twins than me right now And he showed a lot of good stuff in summer league about his defensive versatility in this effort And then the offense was coming around to like we'll see how long that takes for to translate to the NBA They did trade for Joe Joe Harris and Kate needed more spacing in the time that he played in the league and Joe Harris can provide that I'm gonna go out on the limit say this is not the team that I'm gonna pick to hit the next step They might still be a year away and most of that is probably because Kate might take some time to get back into the swing of things Oh, the second youngest team is the Orlando magic They are one of the more intriguing young teams because undoubtedly they have an immense amount of talent Paulo Bencarro was the best rookie last season and then Franz Wagner I just made a tweet about this a couple hours ago Franz Wagner is still one of the most Underrated young players in ball because when I watch Franz and this is what I do in the offseason when I'm deprived of the NBA And I know we got summer league But I mean like the actual NBA I'll go back and watch so many different clips and highlights and and so many different moments of Players that I might have forgotten or not been able to watch in the regular season because sometimes we got 10 games on at the same time And I might not be able to watch Franz Wagner as much as I want to so I'm diving into the film of Franz And he is extremely underrated There's not a hole in his game He is as well rounded as can be now I guess you can add that like part of that will round in this is he's not superior at a lot of things, but Have you seen him finish at the basket? Because that would be like the one Determined fact though the one standout ability of Franz Wagner's game, but everything else is there as well He's a versatile defender. He's a good defender. He is a underrated playmaker my eyes I know if you look at the assistant turnover ratio, it's about 1.5, which is not Incredible, but if you watch the film the playmaking shops are there the Orlando Mask had a lot of cool stuff and I know some people are down in their draft I don't watch enough of the game to say oh Jeff Howard was the right pick over Grady Dick who was just sitting there as well or Anthony Black is redundant to some of the other players around said that's not why I'm sitting because I don't know I'm enough about that. I'm taking it at face value and at face value between just those two wings I think that they have a chance to do this if you take a look at last year's statistics They're gonna be some things that stand out if you weren't really in tune with the game of basketball The first one is a to Chicago boys with top five defense last year top top top five It's not crazy. Vucovic is our starting center. We ended up with a top five defense That is insane, but another thing you gonna notice is the Orlando Magic wasn't too far behind them They have that part of the game figure it out It's about translating some office into the game I think part of the reason they haven't been able to do that is because the spacing is Awful they don't have many plus three-point shooters Franz is one of the few people on the roster that are giving you a good amount of temps and also shooting 35 to 36 percent Franz does that but outside of Franz. It's like we'll let him do that Palo missed like a hundred three-point is in a row at one point in his rookie career We'll let him shoot that I came to this office and thinking what are they gonna do to address those issues when a they drafted Jehovah who was one of the best shooters in the entire draft and they signed Joe Engels? One of the more weird sign is that he off-season not that it's a bad one I don't know Joe Engels coming off the injury I didn't see a ton of what he was before injury, but maybe a year removed But he also is like 35 years old so we'll see those are really the only things they did to address the shooting issue And I think that their mindset is that addressing the shooting is relying on guys like Marquel Palo Even window Carter who showed that he can hit it at a decent amount of clip to just have another year under their belt and have Another year of development and turn themselves into a respectable three-point shooter because I'm gonna read this out Palo is 20 Jaylen Sudge is 21 Franz is 21 co-anthony's 22 Window Carter's 23 Marquel is 24 like this team again as we're talking about young teams is extremely young and Sometimes just having more years under your belt another off-season to work on your deficiencies can improve a ton I thought they were in the market for Like siacum which it feels weird to me because it feels like your four positions for the future are set And I just don't understand the mindset, but maybe they see something that we don't I'm gonna put a maybe on the magic right now The blazers I can't talk about the blazers until Damien Lillard is dealt. I've made that decision I will not be talking about it again. Michelle Lehorne said an interesting off-season. They extended Lamello ball and you know as me as the podcasters a youtuber and in love with this ABA stuff I listened to a ton of other people's shows because I just enjoyed when y'all y'all caught listening to music I'm usually listen to a podcast right and I remember right after he got that extension because it was on the tales of like Tabry's Hallibur that has been vain all happened in like 24 hours fan Nobody really questioned a Tabry's Hallibur one which is understood because he's a stud You did see some people talk about Desmond Bain, I guess But a lot of people focus on the mellow balls extension to say hey Can can he win 40 games can he win 45 games before we give him 200 million dollars? And that for me when I when I hear those type of things are It doesn't make sense to me because in my mind I have no doubt about the mellow ball on the offensive side of the ball There is a reason why they ended up with the number pick that they had to get Lamello because the team has Has been and it's has been bad And immediately he came in after his rookie season and made them better And then year after that they won 40 plus games before and again the roster is not good But you know who is Lamello ball now part of that is the reason the roster is not good because y'all haven't drafted extremely well Whatever whatever, but I have no doubt in my mind that Lamello ball on the offensive side of the ball Is an engine and an engine enough for me to want to pay him that type of money because eventually the goal is To draft well make the right decisions where it's not just the Lamello ball show which that's what it felt like last season Yeah, he uh, maybe take some ill of eyes shots and doesn't give any effort defensively almost nights But that's just that's not what it's a that's not what it's about right now You know what i'm saying and when I look at that roster this year I feel the same way this roster nothing jumps out at me other than having Lamello ball Who should be even better next year signing and they're not even really in the conversation even though they're super young I'm excited to see how Brandon translates to the real NBA But I ain't got a lot to say about the Hornets this year. Is it cheating to put the Pacers in this conversation? They're the 20th youngest team in the league. So they're in the bottom third Let's do it because they Are probably would be most people's pick so they extended Tigers Halliburton They brought in Bruce Brown in the contract they traded for obi toppen and they Drafted Jairus Walker. Those were their major decisions this offseason And this if there's anything to be said about this roster It is going to be one of the most fun rosters in basketball A lot of people forget that before Reese went down this injury and everything They were one of the more competitive teams in league In the league they were actually a playoff team that he got injured and you realize oh snap He's actually that nice because as soon as he was out of the lineup They couldn't win and got game and Benedict Maverick started off his rookie season so very hot Of course cooled down and everything I think a lot of people are expecting him to kind of find that balance somewhere in the middle between his super hot First two months and his super bad last two months trying to find that that middle ground And Bruce Brown just showed all of his value on full display during the NBA finals Just the highlight potential was there would Reese as a playmaker With obi as a trail man They have two of the better shooters of their positions and buddy healed and then Miles Turner had an amazing season last year Maybe a little bit skeptical that he'll be able to replicate that for another year But if he does I mean this team is going to be in real contention for a playoffs But because they were almost there before I struggled even having them in this conversation If I guess i'm picking as of right now the 14th of july I might be I might be picking the Orlando magic even though of course they're deficient in some places They just have so many intriguing pieces and so many talented pieces that I think that they could make the jump Now what does the junk look like for them 34 games last season? They they should be able to get to a 500 team if they were a 500 team this year. I wouldn't be extremely surprised