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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).

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Esfandiar Baraheni returns to discuss his article in Forbes calling for the NBA to debut five man teams for the Most Improved Player award. Then, he runs down his MIP winner, honorable mentions, and three five man units for 2024.

We dive into the philosophy and importance of improvement, how the draft can predict it, which improvements matter the most, and what they say about where the league is going.
Enjoy!

0:00 Intro + MIP Race and Maxey

14:40 First Team with Coby, Jalen Johnson, Sengun, Kuminga, JDub

40:00 Second Team with Herb Jones, Derrick White, Suggs, Deni, Sexton

53:40 Third Team with RJ Barrett, Vince Williams Jr., Nesmith, Strus, Watson

Maxwell Baumbach, host of the Draft Sickos podcast and prolific writer for No Ceilings (Prospect Overview, No Stone Unturned) stops by to discuss SEC player of the year and likely lottery pick Dalton Knecht.

Dalton is a clear NBA wing, but how will his game scale to winning?
Which sorts of NBA wings and contexts are instructive to his skillset?
What is trickier about finding a role on a contender, and how big would his role be?
What other wings in the class might be better bets to eventually help great teams?

Maxwell covers it all, and sells me on why Dalton is sniffing the top 10 on his board.

0:00 Intro + Knecht scouting report
22:20 Knecht's NBA role
26:00 Knecht + "tools wings" on D
41:10 Knecht's NBA shot diet
47:15 Knecht vs Great shooters
52:00 Bad (and Good) Team Fits
1:02:00 Knecht on Contenders
1:12:00 Other 2024 wings + Wrap

Enjoy!