The Deep 3 Podcast - B/R Predicted The Best Players In The NBA In 2030 | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: July 27, 2026

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Bleacher Report put out a list of who they think will be the top 30 players in the NBA in 2030. BeSouls is going to show us some players in that list. I think we have to guess where they rank. Yes. First player. In 2030. Jason Tatum. How old is he going to go?

No, throw. Now you're just going to. See it and go. Yeah. Okay, Jason Tatum. Now, we need the announcements. My bad, OG. In 2030, how old is he going to be?

How old is he now? He's 27? He's what classily? 2017 draft. 2016 draft? Wait, not 2017. So he's one year older than us. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So he's 28 right now, five years from now. Is this five years now or four years from now? 2030, so four years. Four years now, okay. I don't know what the prompt was like in five years. Yeah. Okay. So he'll be early 30s?

Yeah, 30. The two peak of his powers. I'll say 12. 12? 12? I'm going to say 16. Damn, you think he's in a fall off meaningfully, not going to be a top tier player.

Yeah. At 32. Oh, I'll go nine. I think he'll still be elite. This is from Bleach Report, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, not the ringer.

They're not going to glaze him because he's Celtic. Yeah. I'll go nine. I think he's still going to be fringe top 10. Let's say 16. I'm going 12. All right. Oh, you're right.

Okay. Okay. They see the slow down a little bit. They weren't, for some reason, they weren't inspired by the playoff performance. Okay. Cool. I can see it.

I can see it. 17 seems a little harsh, though. Yeah, I'd be surprised. Unless next year he's just still not the same because the Achilles just sloping down forever. Yeah. Which I guess is possible. If that's the case,

and I've been sure, at 32, you probably won't be top 10. Yeah. Okay. All right. Next. Dylan Harper. Seven.

I'm going to go five. Seven. He's got to be, there's like, there's like three demigods alive right now. A draft clashes came in with three surefire superstars. I'm guessing he's like, in that mix it towards the back end?

Seven or eight. But you don't think of the finals performance that he just had that they're like as soon as as soon as the impending D. Aaron Fox trade happens, right, that he's going to step in and now we just have the superstar of him and the Spurs are going to have two top five players. Like I'm going to go five for DLAR. They're going to glaze. I'm going to say three. Three. Over Luca?

Yeah. Fair. I go seven. They have a mat. 15. Wow. Okay. So they're calming down a little bit.

They're not going to glaze up for the finals. Okay. Show me something before I assume you're a top 10 player. Okay. That's shocking. 15 is still pretty high I can't be bad at that They say he's going to be D Mitch

and not Luca Yeah He's a hoop Yeah he's cool He'll make some all-star A little 15 All right Fair enough

All right next Scotty Barnes Are they gonna have Scotty Above Dylan Harper? Yeah Dylan Harper's at 15 I feel like Scottie's got to be right around there I think Scottie Barnes

Probably gonna be like 18 or so 18 We'll go 19 I think he'd still be in the top 20 Should we assume that Dylan Harper

has been better than Scotty If they, so I think If we thought that he was going to be top 10 They put him 15 clearly they're lower on him So maybe Scotty is at like 12 I'm gonna go Scotty at 14 I think Scottie, they probably think what we think about Scotty But they're just not as high on Dillings

I'm not getting overhead of themselves 12 They have Scotty at 13 Split the difference right between us Okay good math Okay yeah so I think it's a fair assessment And where Scotty Barnes will be as he approaches

At age 30 That's fair I can't really like get a gauge for BR and what they're biased are so far it's like kind of truthful they're just like stop up for reading doing harper yeah fair i guess all right next a j deba bansa i mean sure number one pick yeah it's gonna be high as hell seven in four years four in year four in year four is he going to be a top ten player i bet they're willing to say it will be yeah five i'm gonna say 11 i think we got luka Wemby, Ants. And that's really it

I'm guaranteed they're gonna put above him. Cade? No. I'm not guaranteed they're gonna put Cade above Cade. So you have them at five? Okay.

I'm guessing what they're doing. I'd put Cade and I'd probably put Cupert flag. So I'll say they put one of those guys number five. I'll go 10. Yeah.

He'll be in the top 10. They're six. I think they're glazing. We got. AJ is at 12. Okay. They're being very measured. Wow.

I thought they were going to be over their skis for all these young players. They were being very measured. I like it. Yeah, I don't know how to gauge them now. This is really tame. So who the hell is the top 10? You made the right point.

It's your four. Yeah. I was thinking it's a little further. It's only your four. I think they're saying some of the guys that are elite now are still going to be elite. Like, oh, I forgot Shay. She's still going to be up there. Shay.

Yokich probably. Yokich. We'll look at the list at the end. I didn't say Chet. Oh, he did. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

So you're right. They're just not going crazy with the league completely changing in four years. They're not glazing. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay, okay. So we can stop pretending they're glazers.

All right. All right. All right. Next. Darren Peterson. Glazing coming. I'm going to go eight. Okay.

Now they might say D.P. is going to be better. And I'm going to say, I'm going to say nine. I'm going to say 11. I think they probably put them right next to each other. They actually have him at 11. Yes.

Yeah. Okay. I figured they're like, we are smart basketball minds. We actually think he's better than AJ about one spot. Okay. All right. Next player. Cambuzer.

About behind AJ 13. Oh, you know, really saw their doing. No, yeah, Scottie was 13. 14. 14. 14 for Bozer. Yeah. They have Camboosur at eight.

Wow. Oh, they're super woke. They're stamping their flag. Wow. Let's go. That's the bias. That's what they think. And you know what?

I'm with it. I can definitely see this happening. I like it. I love Camboozer. I can see him being the best of this draft class. I'm with it. Okay. We're running out of spots.

Is Caleb Wilson going to be on this list? On this list? Top 30? Yes. Yeah, he should be. Is he going to be here? We'll see. We'll see.

Back half of the top 10. Next. SGA. Two. Two. Yeah, just behind Webby probably. Yeah, Wembe should be one. Yeah, four years from now, he'll be, what, 32?

I'll say three. Can you get answering to be above him? Potentially flag. Oh, he can put flag number two. Potentially. Okay. I'll say Shay's still number two. Okay.

Okay. He'll put Wemby above him in four years. Donovan is right. He is three. Okay. Fair, fair. I wonder if it's flag or aunt, though. Yeah, Wembe.

Wembe, insert player here, then shit. Yeah, one of those guys, fair. All right, next. Amen Thompson. Oh. In English? Are we still on the Amen train? No, I'm done like you're expecting top 10.

25. That out, 21. Yeah. I'll get it's 21. Back half 20s. 24. Of course, sure. Be original.

All right. It actually is. 21. Oh, let's go. Be original. No. I'll be right. I'll be right.

Make your own. wait for once. All right. DJ Edgecom. 32. You can have that. I can actually put him above them in. 19.

19. We've seen 17 already. Yeah. I think so. I'll go 16. Above Tatum. Yeah. I'll go 19 right below.

You know, it's crazy. Donovan was actually right with his first guess. 30. Unranked. He's not in the 30. I know fair. Maybe he is just an elite role player. Who knows?

I guess only so many. players can be top 30 in your presumptions. Okay. Yeah. All right. Next. How low? Unranked.

Yeah, he might be. He asked him. Now, 29. They barely, they squeeze them on the list. They feel like they should, but they really want to leave them off. He'll be 29. He'll be 30. 29.

I think he's unranked too. No, actually number 30. He's the last name on the list. Bro, be original. I just said 30. Oh, no. My bad. I hate whatever he's on.

He's on tip. It's 30. It's 30. I was trying to get on the way, bro. Damn it. See, I spell up the process. All right. Donovan's guy.

Jalen Brunson. In 2030. He's going to be old. He'll be like, he's going to be 33. 29 or no? 28, 29. 33 year old. Probably still pretty fucking good.

17. I think they'll put him around the tatam rates. He takes a lot of hits. So they're either going to. go if tatum was 16 I would say they'll probably say Brunson is either 17 or 22 15 they put him one spot

above Tatum I think he's 23 I think I think they're going to index on the small guard stuff I think I'm gonna go you're right this is a smart list I can't say they can give him championship shine I'm gonna go 22 yeah no indexing going on over here

28 24 yeah fairs checks up Another four years, he plays a very physical style of basketball. Like, I can, I can see where the, where the hesitation comes. Yeah. It's not even hesitation. It's just like, takes a lot of hits.

Yeah, he'd be in mid-30s. Fair. All right, next. Extension's just kicking in. Wemby. One. One. I would be baffled if he's not one.

If he's not one, throw the list away. The hell are they doing it. He might be one today, four years, night, but everyone. It is one. It is one. Okay. All right. All right.

Friend of the show, not really. Hugo Gonzalez. He'll go Gonzalez. What the hell? They rank to you go? If you go ranked, Bill Simmons is somewhere in this Bleacherport office. Back. Put in barrel to back.

Tell him people what needs to be done. He better be unranked. Unranked. He is unranked. Oh, God. Top 30. Next. Luca.

Okay. He's either at two or he's at four. I think he's at four. Oh, maybe. Who do you think age is better? Him or Shee? What do they bet on? The tough shot making?

Shee, for sure. because he has we less injuries to count on. For sure. So he should be four. Flagg's going to be in this top five. Flags play five and ants two, I'm guessing. If we want to assume Lucas four. What if they assume he aged is a little bit better than shade?

And they put him at two. What if they put Luke at five? Why they... And they put flag and ant ahead of him. It's good rage bait. They could do that. Let's go with rage. Let's go Luca at five.

There's a lot of Luca rage bait these days. Yeah, you're right. Let's go five. Luca is... I got four. At two. Okay. They are saying age better.

than Shea. Whoa. So Wemby, Luca, and Che is the top three. Okay. I don't think that's crazy. I mean,

that could happen. So now that they, now that's their top three, now I think, I think flag is for Ants five. Maybe. Those two are probably four and five.

Maybe Cade's above those guys. Next player is Anthony Edwards. Four, four. Yeah, he should be. I'm my bad. Wait,

I'll go four. I think they're going to put an above flag. I think they're going to assume AMP becomes Michael Jordan. I think they would do five they're going to assume cooper flag just just becomes a white lebron yeah yeah literally you know a good assumption honestly anthony edwards is at five

there we go you guys might be right five never let me down there you go and that is the end of the guessing game but we will reveal the list right now the whole list here we go they love cooper flag dab jillan johnson at 18 respect what the hell that's good okay sure jason at 17 Okay. Respect. Tyree Saliburton at 16. Okay. Dylan Harper at 15.

Okay. Yannis at 14. Oh, forgot about Yonis. That makes sense. Yeah. He's got 35. Wow. This is the 13 through 10 that we talked about earlier.

A bunch of the rookies. Lamello at 10. Whoa. Now that's a huge reach. That's a huge reach. I think we're past the point of Lamello getting like super better. And you know what? There goes.

There's the bias. Yeah, that's crazy. Mm-hmm. Tyreys Maxi at 9 That's a little bit of reach But I can see that I can see that 29 year old

Boozer at 80 Okay fair Like that Kda at 7 Here's Koeuvre flag at 6 What Wait sure I guess Who's left?

Oh Yokish They're still gonna have Yokish There in the top 5 That's fair They'll probably age well Yeah and that 5 Okay And then Yokic at 4

That's fair At 35 He could I won't be shocked If he's that next guy That's like Steph Lebron et cetera fourth best player in the world at 35 yeah i mean step and lebron have done that i won't be shocked

he he's there's no reason he won't age as well as step very physically what does he need to yeah yeah he'll probably age perfectly fine yeah he'll probably still be winning mvipes at 35 he just needs a heartbeat it'll be all right yeah that makes total sense to me yeah and then we already rebuild the top i think that's a i think that that's a lot i don't know if yoke's is gonna be top five but look the guys behind him the guys behind him just maybe are never MVP level like that that's i i understand that but i also think flag is just amazing I agree, but if I tell you he plateau is a not MVP level, just all-N-B-A, second team, whatever.

I'd be shocked. Really? You'll be shocked if Flag doesn't win an MVP? Or, you know, that type of player, maybe he's like a little guy. But you'll be shocked if he's not a clear MVP-caliber guy. I will be. I would be shocked if he's not like a perennial first-team-all-M-B-A guy. Yeah.

Yeah. I won't be shocked. I mean, most players don't become all-N-B-A guys. I think he will. But if you tell me, he's like Jason Tamm and he's always right below that, I believe it. That's ass, man. No, it's not. You don't relax.

ass, man. I'm reading back to scoreboard, bro. He already doesn't get the 10 piece. You don't got to, it's fine. Yeah. We got, he's,

he's gonna be hungry. Also, y'all did ask about Caleb Wilson. They had him at 29. Whoa. Okay. Okay.

Fair. They don't believe them at all. Yeah, they don't believe. Severely low. Top 30 player. Also, we've been talking about this. Y'all try to hit Jollybee after this?

I don't have to. Y'all can't have to Jalaby. No. I won myself a 10 piece. No. We can't split a 10 piece? either you're about it that's actually the default

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