 What's the word y'all? I have been extremely impressed with the 2022 NBA draft. For reference, I don't watch college ball, G-League ball, overtime, league ball, like I am a almost strictly NBA watcher. But that's true, I'm trying to change that. I have a serious idea in mind, but it's been hard to really put it together. I need a cameraman in Illinois, like a dedicated cameraman. So if you're in Illinois with maybe a little bit of experience or maybe no experience, I mean, hit me up. I know this gonna open a floodgates to 10,000 applicants, but I need a dedicated film guy. So I could do some vlogs at different events. Anyway, I'm normally an NBA guy, so my experience with these players are like a couple of weeks before the draft, I might do a little bit of research, could usually do some type of work around it. And then my real first impression in Summer League, and of course they carry on throughout the course of their career. Remember, it's already been 30-ish games of their career, so I might be overreacting to some, underreacting to others, because some people that might not impress for the first 30 games of their career might turn out to be stars you never really know. And the last 24 to 48 hours, we've seen some really big performances from some people in this class, so let's just talk about some of these people. The Ringer today dropped an article about Palo Mancaro and his foul-drawing ability. I mean, he's in the league class, like he's right here behind some of the, he's averaging more free-throw attempts into Marta Rosen. That is something. I haven't read this article completely, but I mean, if you can just look at the stats. If you don't do no reading, just look at the graphics. This man, Palo, is up there with Blake Griffin, Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, and David Robinson when it comes to free-throw attempts into Ricky, which is insane. I mean, all you got to do is watch one Orlando Magic game and you'll see that this man has head and shoulders above the competition when it comes to his class. So we're not gonna spend a lot of time on Palo, because I mean, if you want Palo content, you got this, and he was on Old Man in the Three this morning. I haven't watched this just yet completely, but if you want Palo content, it's there. Also, the Ringer dropped this article. I seem like I'm a huge Ringer guy, I promise you. I'm just out here searching for content. It's 2020, an all-time bad draft class. And I haven't read it just yet, but even if you just look at this, I mean, you can see the top three guys, oh, two of the top three guys have been super productive. I watched James Webb, you watched me yesterday against the Nixon, oh boy. But like four through 10, of course, you get bright spots on P-Wheel every once in a while and you could count. There are bright spots in all these players, but obviously, compared to some of the other draft classes, the top 10 draft picks, only two of them turned out to do anything so far. But also remember, progression is not linear, there are some people outside of the top 10 that are killing the game, so I don't wanna overreact. I will read this article eventually. But I'm gonna give the 2020 drafts a little bit of leeway, because anytime I defend Patrick Williams, this is my excuse, and I do believe it has something to do with it. In 2020, they got drafted during the season of No Contact. There was no draft, there was no Summer League, that was nothing. These people got drafted and immediately went to go play NBA ball. And some of them taking advantage of it, majority of them haven't. So, you know, I think we should judge the 2020 draft class a little bit differently than the others, because it might take them a little bit longer to pop. But let's get back to 2022, because yeah, Terry's Halliburton, Emmanuel Quickly, Desmond Bain all came from 2020 and all of them have been having productive NBA career so far. Is that it? Yikes. Let's get to the 2020 draft. Remember, we're talking about this draft class without the number two overall pitch at home grinning even playing. And of course, I was there in Summer League watching his first games as a pro, and he was elite, whether it be in Salt Lake City or at a little bit of time, he spent in Vegas, he was elite now, would have translated over to the NBA where the bodies are bigger and stronger, I don't know. But still, he looked really damn good. But like Jabari Smith Jr., also just because I don't talk about a prospect specifically in this video, don't mean I think he's buns or I don't enjoy his game. It's just a sake of time. So Jabari was absent about 12 points per game, seven rebounds, a little under an assist, and then shooting 37% from the field, which obviously is not very good. But when I watched the Houston Rockets, I see the vision behind him. I do think the shots eventually will start falling. He's getting a ton of looks. I mean, there was a little bit of conversation around whether or not Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green get this man looks. But if you look at how open he is on average, he's one of the most open players in basketball when it comes to shots. And I think eventually those shots will start falling. But I mentioned this about a week and a half ago, I'm very impressed with his defense. And I think eventually once the Orlando, not the Orlando, the Houston Rockets become a competent defensive team, he will stand out more for his defensive efforts because sometimes you can see that he, I sometimes majority of the times when he is on the floor, he is undoubtedly the best player on his own team in his own five. And eventually the shots will start falling. And eventually some of the other people around him will start to develop as well to become plus defenders. And then you're going to really see the impact of Jabari Smith Jr. I've already seen so many people out on him based on 29 games of his career. I can't go that far just because a shot doesn't fall. It doesn't mean there's not things to be excited about. Keegan Murray is one of the people in his draft class that when I watch, he doesn't feel like a first year player. He does not feel like a rookie. He immediately came in and felt like a seven, eight year vet. He very rarely makes mistakes and the defense is dramatically better with him on the floor, which is something you do not see and or hear when it comes to rookie players. I mean, especially when it comes to top five picks because traditionally top five picks end up being on really bad teams. Obviously the Sacramento Kings are not a bad team at all. But when he is on the court, the defense is dramatically better. And again, as a guy that doesn't watch any college ball or anything, a couple of days ago, his twin brother dropped some crazy stat line. And I woke up to see the stat line and was very confused because I didn't know he had a twin brother. So he does. So he's average of 12 points per game, four rebounds, about a little under an assist per 43% from the field. But the best thing about it, 38 is percent from three in the last 10 games, 45% from three. We knew he was going to shoot. I think the defense is a little more advanced and I even anticipate it. And he's been a crucial, crucial part to the Sacramento Kings being one of the better teams in the league. Jay Nivey had his first 30 point game of his career yesterday. And that was also one of the catalysts for this video because I was watching that game and two things stuck out to me. I guess three things stuck out to me. The number one thing is I still can't believe how good Larry marketing has been this season. He would look very good in the Bulls jersey. He would look very good in the Bulls jersey. Okay, I don't have the stats to prove this because I don't even know, when people talk about second spectrum, how do I get second spectrum stats? Because I'd be listening to podcasts per second spectrum, 60% of the time when he does a pick and roll that people go under, whenever I watch Jay Nivey, it seems like when he's running a pick and roll with whoever the defenders are going under because they don't trust his jumpsuit in just yet. And in yesterday's game, he stepped into a lot of shots and he hit them. He would step into a nice mid-range jump shot because the defender was so sunken under and he had one move on Mike Conley, made him look foolish. And I was extremely impressed with what he was doing. That was the second observation behind Larry. Mark, it'd be a great. And the third one, since we hear talking about it, Jalen Durant. Whoa. They got it. They got it. The man is breaking records. The man is breaking records. I mean, I'm not giving no advice or whatever, but I will say of the last five Detray Pistons games that I have played prize picks with, I have hit the Jalen Durant rebounds and he takes them. He's gambling all the boards. And you know what I like about their team? Obviously they're missing Kate Cunningham, which is a big spark to their watchability. When they are going, they like to do a little showboat, a little bit of talking. I mean, of course you got to just do it on the team who ain't afraid, nobody. So they gonna do a little bit of talking. Jay Nivey throw a little pass to Jalen Durant and he's dunking the ball and they're doing airplanes down the court. Like they're a fun watch with some super cool jerseys. Jalen Durant is very excited. I remember maybe a week into his career, there's another YouTuber that does NBA stuff, mostly draft stuff. They would say, hey, that 13th overall pick for Jalen Durant video. I don't know why I continuously say Jalen Durant is during. I don't even know how it's possible that I think it was the Charlotte Hornets that drafted him and ended up trading him to the Knicks and the Knicks traded him to whatever. He was saying, I don't understand how so many teams had them in their hands and decided to ship him off to Detroit because he's that nice. They were saying he's the white Howard-esque player, not to the elite level superstar, the white Howard was in his prime, but high energy, gets some rebounds, blocks some shots and does great things and it's like smaller. He's a big guy, but shorter stature and I see it, bro. And him and Isaiah Stewart playing together, if they're deciding if that is their front court of the future, it's exciting stuff because Isaiah Stewart is hitting shots and of course the defense between the two of them is gonna be pretty good eventually once they continue to learn the game. So I really liked the draft class so far for the Detroit Pistons and with Kay being the former first overall pick who looked like a stud and with them eventually getting another top three, top five pick this season, here they come. Benedict Mather is not a lot to say right now because we've made videos about Benedict Mather, even though he has slowed down after that super, super hot first month of the season, he's still playing quality minutes and still fearless when it comes to the sport of basketball. So again, if you wanna hear me talk about Ben Mather and you can go watch some other videos. Shayton Sharp, Dyson Daniels, Tari Eason. Those are three guys that are basically fit into a role on their team. I'm seeing a lot more of Tari Eason, which is dope because he was my favorite prospect after watching four minutes of footage of him at LSU. I was like, oh, this is the type of play I really like but they've all fit into a role in the early starts of their career because Shayton Sharp is playing with a Damie Lillard, Anthony Simon's team who's really solid right now. So of course he's not gonna get the opportunity as some of the other ones but he has made the most of the opportunities that he's got. I mean, he's a human highlight real already. He's only played 30-ish games of his career. Really love his game. It's still, I still haven't seen enough of it to give like a deep dive or this is what he good at, this is what he bad at but I will say when he is on the court you can feel his impact and I say the same thing about Dyson Daniels. Earlier in the season, he was getting DMP's coach's decision and then a couple of knick-knack injuries heard Jones is out, Brandon Ingram is out and now you need to rely on this young dude and he's averaging five and a half points per three and a half assists or three and a half rebounds to assist. The impact that is Dyson Daniels is not showing up on the stat sheet. He is a hard-nosed one-on-one defender that is what, 19 years, he was born in 2003. That's how young NBA players are, 2003. And I could say the thing about Tari Eason is not gonna be shown on the actual individual stats but instead it's about their defense and Tari Eason's case is a lot about his energy and the ability to, Tari Eason just jumps every pass a lane and everything. He does all of those little things that you care about and like a dude that's probably gonna be a rotation piece may not be a superstar but a really quality pick and now it's got to the point where like, of course the Pelicans are still missing Brandon Ingram and stuff but I will find it extremely, extremely hard for Willie Green to be like, oh Dyson now you going back to getting DMP's coach's decision because that's how impactful he is on the defensive side of the ball and we got him and Jose Alvarado together. I don't know if the stats prove this or anything but that's an annoying ass too to start the goal against if I'm a guard. And then we get to Jeremy Sohan. Jeremy is, I don't wanna say my favorite prospect in this draft, he's definitely up there. Mostly because he is so bare bones and the last, I don't know how many games that I've watched of the San Antonio Spurs, they run him more as a primary ball handler. Now, some teams have this thing where anytime they draft a bigger dude that can handle a little bit, immediately he's turned into the point guard. Immediately we gonna give him an opportunity to run PG and in my opinion, I can't say it hurts development but it just always doesn't work and I'm not saying that the Jeremy Sohan minutes at point guard is working but I understand it if that makes sense. I don't know if Jeremy's gonna be a lead guard in his future but I see it. I do wanna say his passive accuracy, maybe not as good as you would want from a lead ball and it's a San Antonio Spurs right now. We got nothing to lose so let's let him develop these things and he's another guy similar to Dyson Daniels where his defense is really up there. Like I would not be surprised if it four years down the line and Jeremy Sohan is one of the more elite on ball defenders or not just on ball just defenders in general at the wing positions. You know, and I'm seeing that those glimpses right now where he's in the help and he's gobbling up everything, blocks, steals, all of that stuff and just overall great help defender. The jump shooter still has a lot to be desired but I watched the game against the Houston Rockets a couple of days ago where he did like a out of a post up, face up, mid range jumpsuit and lean it. I don't know if that's him but if he can start to develop that, I'm just saying. Jaylen Williams doesn't do anything wrong. 12th overall pick. We talked about Jaylen Williams with Santa Clara. You know what I mean? Like I think that a lot of the upper class players just come in more ready. I mean, it makes sense they're older but like they come in more ready than some of the other ones cause you don't draft Jaylen Williams mostly on potential. You draft them based on his production and I said he doesn't have potential to be something great eventually but him being older and a little bit more experienced you can definitely see that and I say the same thing about Christian Brown who had a really good game last night against the Memphis Grizzlies. They're just these upperclassmen that seems like they really, really make mistakes. Now they might not go out there and drop 30 but they really make mistakes when it comes to rotational players at least for like a Denver Nuggets type team that is trying to compete those are the type of people you want. I was actually surprised to see Jaylen Williams go this high at 12 because he was an upperclassman for the OKC Thunder but it makes sense when you think about the OKC Thunder's construction right now it makes sense. And then you got the people that don't really get PT like Mark Williams who haven't really touched an NBA floor just yet or Usman Dang who played a little bit had a really good game against I don't remember who he had like four threes and then got injured right after that but like these are people that were in a lot of read that haven't seen the court much and I don't have an opinion or Johnny Davis don't have an opinion on Johnny Davis he hasn't played basketball yet and then we get to like second round picks like Andrew Nemhard you saw him at the Big Shot against the Lakers or whatever. I'm really good pickup there. Caleb Houston has got a lot of minutes in Orlando because they've been struggling to stay healthy. Christian Coloco start in majority this season. Max Christie hasn't got a ton of opportunity but he is now with the injuries that are going on with the Lakers but I don't know how I just went that far. That far without talking about Walker Kessler. I picked up Walker Kessler at Fantasy Basketball maybe two weeks ago the one of the best waiver wire free agency Fantasy Basketball pickups I could have. Man we play nine cat for some reason I'm in a league with my through the wire boys I'm in a league with pick a side and I'm in a league with a six man show three great podcasts by the way if you want to go check them out shout out to the guys and Walker Kessler was sitting there and I was like you know what Kelly O'Lennick is going to be out with an injury for a little bit let me go pick up walk. I mean block shots, get boards 100% from the field normally you know what I'm saying those are the type of stuff you're getting from Walker Kessler and maybe he's a sophomore your player and a lot of people question whether or not he would have the foot speed to hang at the NBA level and I don't really trust him on switches on guards but when it comes to that painted area he's a year or two player he's already one of the more elite straight up shot blockers in basketball what does he say he's a two way player he's a year one player he's one of the best primary shot blockers in all of basketball so you know some other people that I haven't seen a ton of but are interested is of course Nicola Jovic, Jake LaRivia and David Roddy both of the dudes the end and out of the rotation over there in Memphis because they just have so many bodies that like if somebody goes out okay now we have you play and you know what I'm saying so again just an impressive ass draft class and I'm extremely excited to do the same video a year from now because the way people are talking the next year's draft class is the one that picked one through 60 all of them gonna be superstars so let me know out of this 2022 NBA draft class who has been most impressive to you and I'll be in the comment section as always.