The Deep 3 Podcast - Ranking The Most Disappointing Players In The NBA | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: December 8, 2025

NBA players that let us down so far this season! #nba Check out the TD3 merch: https://the-deep-3-shop.fourthwall.com/ Listen on Spotify!: https://open.spotify.com/show/3elbbqVumwqz8wlIdknsLW Listen on Apple Podcasts!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-deep-3-podcast/id1657940794 Follow us on TikTok!: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedeepthree Follow us on Instagram!: https://www.instagram.com/thedeep3podcast/ Isaac's twitter: https://twitter.com/byisaacg Mo's twitter: https://twitter.com/Mojo99_ Donnavan's twitter: https://twitter.com/Dsmoot3D Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donovan, it is your time to hate. Donovan is going to rank to us his top 10 most disappointing players in the NBA this season. That's true. Get your shit off. I got my list. Got my list. All right. Number 10.

We got 18 and 8. I mean, this is tough because like, go to make your case. Why is he disappointing? So he's disappointed because we thought that Evan Mowgli was going to take a leap this year. We saw signs last year that his offense and that his ability to be the number one guy is that that was all. on the way we were having conversations like is he the best player on the calves like is as he lapped de mitch and coming into this year especially with dari's garland already dealing with injuries the calves are very mid we don't think that they're like a overly you know top 10 team

in the in the league when coming into the year we're like the cabs are going to win they might win the east of conference they they should be in the finals and not that everything is on ever but the fact that he hasn't elevated is kind of disappointed yes the reason why he's 10 on my list is because he still is providing 18 and 8 in good defense like he still is a very good player so that's why he's lower but we should have gotten just a little bit more he makes sense he's still good we want him to be great because he hasn't hit our expectations you make the list but just barely i think he should have been hiring this list because if you ask any other top three overall pick someone who's actually like lived up to some level of expectations this is a moment where you see where

you see your star point guard go away you're prioritized last year asked demons to take a step back average 21 points a game, one of the lowest averages of his career. This is your moment to say, hey, like, we still good over here because I'm going to go ahead and elevate and become a fucking superstar capitalized off of last year. I get that storybook. He went DP OI last year. Yeah, he did. And maybe he just isn't that offensive player we wanted to be, and that's fine.

If he's just going to be a solid secondary offensive player while being a DPOI but never becomes a volume score, so be it. I guess so be it. You know, that's a good place to be. You're still an all-star. Next player, Mr. Rob Dillingham. Only number nine. Rob Dillingham is a guy, one of the few Kentucky guards that looks like he's going to fail,

is at a position that we have been clamoring for the Minnesota Timberwolves to upgrade. And they have said, it's okay. We don't need to go out and get a point guard. And honestly, we'll let a ball handler walk because we got Rob. Robert got us. They ain't got nothing with Rob Daniel. The whole idea, even outside of playmaking, can you come? in here and can you give us buckets?

How many times this season do you think that Rob Dillingham has scored at least 10 points in a game? Once, maybe twice. One time. What? Damn. One time.

He scored 11 points. Damn. Outside of that, Rob Dillingham is not giving them the enough scoring. He's not giving them playmaking. We know his size. We know the limitations that he has on the defensive side of the ball.

The Timberwolves have a, they gave up insane draft capital. They have a massive hole. And Rob Dillingham is not living up. he's disappointed right now. It gets real spooky once people start to question if you can generate enough power from your shots to get the ball to touch the rim.

Nasty conversations we were having, man. I hope there's still a chance he's still young, but yeah, early returns are not great. Yes. Ooh, Dyson Daniels. Okay. Number eight. Okay.

If your three point percentage is under 20%, you are going to be on the list. I'm sorry, that's really it. That is really it. You are doing like trash, dude. is going on that's really as simple as that obviously made a great leap last year now you can't score one way player as of now we would like you to score a little bit yeah man he's again i said it earlier in this season as a joke said he was stealing money oh my goodness when i looked when i

put him on this list he was shooting 19 he's at 15% right now yeah 15% also the once i saw somebody say he looks like riley curry i have not been able to unsee it that is step curry son we're just getting Lightskins out here. Dude, look at him in the eyes. He looks so much like Steph Curry. He is Curry coated. What the fuck? He looks a lot like Riley Curry.

Yo, he's the complete opposite of Steph Curry. What the fuck? It's the worst shooter ever, big as hell. You can play insane defense. Like, if that was Steph Curry Jr., like I'd completely believe you.

That's, yo. Is this canon? That almost looks as much like Steph as Bronte. He looks like LeBron. Like, it's almost the same level. The fuck. That's crazy, man.

Number seven, who we got? We got board men. Kowah Leonard. Oh, okay. Well, what do you expect from Kauai that you're not getting? Hey, man. I know, I know stuff is going on. He's dangerous shooting 50, 40, 90s still.

Guess what? You need to come out here. James Hardin is playing like it's 2018. You need to do the same thing. You need to be out here scoring 30. You need to be out here. There's no reason, no reason why the clipper should be this batch. And I don't care.

I really don't care. He could be shooting. Sorry. I said damn near. He is shooting 50, 40, 90s. 97% from the free throw line. Why is it not 100%? I'm also

I'm using Kaua Leonard as a proxy for the Lippers. There it is. Because they are ultimately disappointed. I can't get mad at James Hardin because he's hooping. You need to do more.

Yeah, you said James Hardin made a new hamstring in a cave with a box of scrap and you can't lead us to the play. Okay, this is clearly Clippers hate. All right. So we had to. Number six, Tumani Kamara. Too many cameras.

And we have said it before, until you get back to that all defense, one of the most versatile lockdown defenders, somebody that as soon as you check into the game, people are at the free throw line looking back like, no, it's not him, it's not him. Until we get back to that level of fear and locked downness from you, you will be too many cameras. You also can't be taking the most shots of your career and being the most inefficient that you have ever been in your three years in the league. I understand you've been in the gym.

I understand you. He's leveling up now. He got paid. He was able to pay for more trainers. I know that you think that you have a bag now. Let's reel a bag. Let's get down. Let's get down back to the basics and do what you do best.

Damn. He's on this list. Understandable. Jerry Jackson Jr., we have just talked about him. He's not. I think he should be hired. This is too low. We're getting into into the top.

five he gets slight slight of a of a past in terms of being higher on this list because of other individuals he exists in the shadow of somebody who's clearly in your top five demetrius but jaron jackson just though if nobody else wants to talk about it i've noticed you've been terrible this year and last year you set a new standard if nobody else wants to talk about the fact that you completely fell to live up to it i will jaron jackson if if 12's not there you need to be there You have to be the one to step up And lead this team forward And you guys are currently not doing anything

You the vibes are bad Your play is not up to your current standard John Jackson has been insanely disappointed this year Yeah man John Morant to non-Nitin And you're still averaging five less points For game than last year It gets as simple as that

That's outland Now's your time He's not even blocking shots like he used to No more either man What does he do? He'd just be there Be tall Don't box out

Orifarm I guess Palo Bank Harrow's number four I understand this I understand this part of it is because he didn't start the season great and

I am letting some of the discourse seep into this because now it's like wait are the magic actually like a little bit more like it's got to hurt more for him because he's the biggest Paul they do have a top 10 offense without you

it's starting to creep in and now and now I'm more disappointed honestly by just the situation than him specifically because why are we having conversations about, oh, are the magic even better than Palo? Are they even better without Palo? We should never think that

in our life. You are Palo Van Caro. You are 610. You are huge. You are a demon. I need you to put it all together. He didn't say he's killed. He said you're huge. The straight, oh, are you 610? You got tattoos. You got brains in a headband. You know how to hesitate tweet. We've seen, exactly. We've seen you do the hesy tune. We've seen you have good playoff performances. I need that to happen in the regular season. I need you to figure out a way to play

with Franz Wagner. I need you to figure out a way to play with Desmond Vain because the magic have gone out and they've said, hey, this offense is not good. We're going to give you more offensive pieces. And if it doesn't work because of your inability to either mesh with everybody else or be a very quick and decisive or learn how to play off of other people, that is very disappointing. So that's why he's number four. Time for the top three. Who's number three? Zion Williams How is he not one? How could he not be one?

Listen, there's other people. I've liquidated my Zion stock. I held on to it. We hit rock bottom. We went broke. We didn't go to the moon. We went to the guy. We went to Hades.

For other people, he might be one. I knew you. My stock was already sold. I've been sold my stock. Right? So adjusted four expectations. He probably is one for other people. But even now.

Still? Damn. I held the line. You got worse and every facet as soon as you got skinny. I'm over. Still disappointing? I can't do it anymore.

Who's number two? La Mello Ball. Zion is way more disappointing than the Mellow Ball. No, man. I don't know. Not, man. Here's it.

Okay, so you were already out on Zon. I've been out on Lamello. I've been. That's what it is. That's all it is. That's all it is. And now we're flipped. I just need,

I need La Mello Ball to, I need to figure out if he, and actually, this is why it's disappointed? Because I think I'm getting the answer. I don't think that Lamella ball is a winning player. And I don't know that if you are building your team around him, that you can win a championship.

Maybe he could be. Does the truth of things and I agree. He might be a winning player. And that's exactly what I was about to say. Maybe he can still be a integral part of a championship team. He can't be the one. I 100% agree. You know, go ahead.

If he was a sidekick to Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown as a third option there, I think that would make a lot of sense. Building your team around him is a first. primary scoring option i don't want to see it exactly bro damn brad these are two former stars now that are getting their chain snatched by some 2025 NBA rookies we're talking about building over con over you bro we're talking about building a scene over with derrick what queen over you right it took me six days if the side concinibble was better than the melbourne that's crazy man it took me watching exactly two regular season games to me to say i'd rather have concinple and isn't that

crazy isn't isn't that that ridiculous yeah that's dammy here we are it took me two days to say concanibble's better than Brandon Miller, too. Who's number one in your list? Who is the most disappointing player in the league? Is Mr. Moran? None of the truth is it has to be. It's Mr. Moran. This one's not even debatable.

It just feels like it's over. I feel very little reason to be like, oh, if things get right and he starts doing this and that, I have no out to tell you it'll get better. Yeah, and I understand the Grizzlies fans that want to hang on to any hope and the connection that they have to him, that's your guy. You ride with him until the end. Fine.

Everybody else sees what's going on. And the vibes, bad. The play, bad. The athleticism and the fake highlights, bad. You can think it's silly or not. When I saw the highlight of him trying to dunk on Hartnstein and not getting halfway above where he used to get, yeah, man, it's over.

Oh, my God. The idea of, oh, my goodness, 12's here. Nah. It's rap. 12 no more man he is timetrius until he proves otherwise he is not no longer jaw at all he's timetrius yeah the the jama rant that was going toe to toe with the warriors the one that was scoring 40 points in in the playoff game that guy's not there calling him by his nickname we give that grace to young players exactly bro we give that grace to guys who actually fire who are cool cretney you

don't you can't even see him celebrate no more on the court bro fuck that grenade celebration you are timetius get you three get back to the get back to the defense have been put him shorts up I love celebration fuck that can't do it no damn understandable

understandable top of this list yeah man