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The Draft Lottery has come and gone, the Hawks have the number 1 pick, and the Great Prez from Draft Strickland stopped by to do a full lottery mock (no trades). This is what we would do, not predicting what the teams will do. So, we debut a lot of our deep scouting feelings in a very uncertain year.

Enjoy!

8:40 Atlanta Hawks
24:15 Washington Wizards
45:00 Houston Rockets
56:15 San Antonio Spurs
1:08:35 Detroit Pistons
1:21:20 Charlotte Hornets
1:30:30 Portland Trailblazers
1:42:00 San Antonio Spurs
1:48:15 Memphis Grizzlies
1:51:05 Utah Jazz
1:54:00 Chicago Bulls
1:59:25 Oklahoma City Thunder
2:06:25 Sacramento Kings
2:13:10 Portland Trailblazers + Knicks talk to wrap

Esfandiar Baraheni (@Forbes, @RaptorsRepublic, @ProHoopsWriters, @CEBLeague) returns to discuss permanent lessons we've learned thus far in this year's playoffs.

Plus, a discussion on how the rosters of the Wolves, Thunder, and Knicks inform us on what "role players" will be most desirable in the NBA moving forward, including some 2024 draft talk.

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For Chucking Darts' special 200th episode, Swish Theory editor-in-chief Matt Powers states his case on Zach Edey as the best player in the 2024 draft. In-depth scouting, philosophy, and projection talk on Edey, Uconn's Donovan Clingan, and one of the draft's most underrated players, San Francisco's Jonathan Mogbo.

3:30 Zach Edey's as Draft Outlier
13:10 Building NBA Offense Around Edey
18:45 Edey's Offense vs NBA Bigs
24:35 Edey's NBA Defense
34:30 Edey vs 5-out Offenses
45:00 Edey's NBA Comps
49:45 Final Edey Pitches
1:01:35 Donovan Clingan
1:33:20 Jonathon Mogbo

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The country's finest ACC analyst, 247 contributor, and NC State Wolfpack alum Brian Geisinger returns to provide in depth scouting reports on NC State-Purdue and UConn-Alabama. Can State pull the upset? (I think they can.) How the aesthetic difference between DJ Burns and Zach Edey may give them a puncher's chance.

Plus, some draft thoughts regarding Zach Edey, Donovan Clingan, Stephon Castle, and Alex Karaban.

0:00 Intro + NC State-Purdue
54:10 Uconn-Alabama
1:06:05 Stephon Castle Scouting
1:16:50 Alex Karaban Scouting
1:22:45 Tristen Newton Scouting + Wrap 

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Acclaimed and accomplished ACC expert Brian Geisinger returns to analyze, in more depth than you will find anywhere, the 4 Sweet 16 matchups featuring ACC teams - Duke-Houston, UNC-Alabama, Clemson-Arizona, and NC State Marquette. Plus, draft talk on the darts therein. Enjoy!

6:00 Duke-Houston
47:00 UNC-Alabama
1:09:00 NC State-Marquette
1:30:00 Clemson-Arizona

Merry Marchness!
I do a quick sprint through my bracket after giving an update on the three NBA-relevant Colorado Buffs at the start of the ep (Cody Williams, KJ SImpson, Tristan Da Silva).

Enjoy!