The Deep 3 Podcast - Re-Drafting The 2024 NBA Draft | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: December 31, 2025

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We are going to redraft the 2024 NBA draft class. This is a class that, you know, was referred to as potentially the worst draft class of our era, potentially the worst draft class of all time. We're going to sit down and we're going to redraft it after a year and a half of basketball. Okay. Well, you know, your team has the number one overall pick. We're going to take turns. All of us making a pick one by one, you can go first.

As a Hawks fan, who do you think, looking back, they should have picked number one overall? Man, oh, man. certainly it's not Zachary Rich just saying anymore. God damn. I don't know if he would be top 10. I got about the 22 players that are relevant in this conversation on the screen right now. But you know who's in the draft class. You can put up on your phone.

Who is number one picking this class? Very worthy. Give me Stefan Castle at number one. Okay. Is there anybody that you thought about? Alex R, of course. He's been hurt as of late. But I love his potential.

It's just so hard to see his potential when he's masked and shit and covered up and shit. You got to like do a lot of cleaning up to see the value in him. But it's there, but it's close. Do we feel like Stefan Castle has the best all-star caliber potential right now? Yeah. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. Because, like, even Alex, like, if you want him to be an all-star, like, he can, he can kind of get there.

But, like, Stefan Castle is genuinely, like, impactful on both ends of the floor. Yeah. Okay. Donovan, number two, who are you picking? This is hard. You can go a few ways. I can't. I can't go.

few. I got to let you hear what I'm saying for this one. Understand. God forbid a white boy get a little bit of motion. Jimmy Reed Shepard number two over one. That's not ridiculous. People wrote him off. He's been a bucket. He has been everything we wanted to be.

The defense is coming around. He's a sharpshooter. I like it. Okay. That's fair. That's very fair. He's nasty, man. He's filthy. Number three, things get interesting. I think if I was in, if I was a GM right now, I'm just staring down this draft board.

I'm taking Zach Edy. Yep. I'm thinking Zach Edy. I think the 10 games before he got hurt, I think he was shaping up into being borderline, also a level production. He was a top 10 center in the league. Then he got hurt a couple weeks ago. I think he's going to come out. And he's going to be a Zubach type level player.

What about the 18 games of Alex Ard that we've seen? Oh, my God. Alex Stark before. Oh, my God. I believe in the floor of Zach Eadie more than I do the ceiling of any of these guys. I think he's going to be an above average start. for a long time wow man wow and i never ever doubted his glazability i knew i knew that he was going to take zach edith yeah it was in him or sorry oh my god if you tell me you pissed

all over him i i understand yeah yeah man i feel so sorry for you i know what you are but i'm taking alex r for yeah that's fair i don't i don't do you think it's a guarantee that alex rickety i'm not saying it's a guarantee i don't know nothing in this life is a sure sure sure but do you think is likely i think it's likely that i think it's likely that i don't think it's a guarantee that Alex Tsar will have a better career than Zach Edie. Injuries are the one reason I can understand that. Exactly. That's the start of the conversation. But also, I think Alexar has the higher ceiling, too.

I don't know. I mean, I get why you say that. Yeah. I don't know, though. I think Edie, if those few games are real, those 10 games, like, he was defending. And this is what these damn watchful. We're just having done to Alexar. They're so bad all around that you don't even know what that dude is good at, right? That I mean, he's good, but I think that Zach Edie obviously gets treated like he has less of a ceiling. Man, he is surely closer to his ceiling than Alexar is,

but I think he can be a legit elite defender being that giant rim to turn. I think he'd be an elite finisher, obviously an elite rebounder. I don't think that's a guarantee that Saar becomes what we want from both sides of the ball. But granted, with the shot and obviously the handle, he could do more if he gets his best case scenario.

Yeah, and I think the injury concern and balancing that, you know, with just Alexar being there, you have a little bit more reliability that you feel more comfortable with Alexar. I get the injury thing for sure. Donovan number five, where are we going? First team all-white boy as well. Give me modest-Buzzles.

Yeah, Modda-Fat-Go number five. First team all white boy. That's all I'm taking. I'm just taking the whites. Nah. Okay, who am I left now with? Who are we deciding with between for number six? You got quite a few options.

Kishon George, having a great second season. He should have won number five, to be honest with you. Over Buzellis? Yeah. For the first two years, yes. Okay, I agree with you, but I also still, like, I agree with you, that George has put more on film than the modest, but I still think that the upside of modest.

And seeing the stress that he had at the end of last season, where everything, like, really, really started to click. I see that, and I don't see that as just, like, fake March basketball. I actually believe me to that. I think that he still has a high scene. I agree. I will go Kishon George, number six. Same type of thing is Edy.

In a draft class full of mediocre players, I want to pick the safest role players I know will be great for a long time. That's Kishon, George. Okay. Very, very fair. Number seven. Oh, man. I think we're kind of out of the sure things.

Yeah. Which some of these guys weren't sure things. But I think we're getting more towards role player central, not really start upside. And now that you say that, it's my turn correct? Yep, number seven. Number seven, give me Donovan Klingin. That's a good pick. Yeah, he will give you the most stable level defense ever.

I'm not going to ask too, too much from him when it comes to offense. Stone hands, but I see the three-point potential. Very interesting. I think Donovan now, number eight. I think there's a second round pick you might be able to start considering. Bronny James? Is he here right now?

Oh, my God. There's another one. Playing over there wearing blue. Is that time? Maybe. I don't know. I think he's in consideration. Nah.

Nah. I don't like him. You whack? I'm going with Jeremy McCain here. Okay. What we saw in 16 games last year, you think we can extrapolate that and get it for a full year?

Yeah, I do. And I think that... It's weird because, like, I don't think that he's going to be, like, he might be able to, like, get into maybe one all-star game, maybe. But I still think that in terms of floor and solid and consistent play, Jeremy Kane can give you that. And right now, just because of how weird the Sixers are, you're not seeing it 100% this year. He also started the year coming off of injury. So a lot of stuff is just, you know, up in the air, not 100% as ideal as you'd like it to be. I believe in what I saw last year

And I think he could be A top 10 pick Especially in last year's draft Yeah Okay Yeah and it's a simple thing Like maybe he is like an elite shooting role player For a long time

But if that jump shot is real When we saw last year That's gonna be a sticking trait For a long time Number 10 I picked two safe picks before I'm going for upside now Give me Kalilware

Number 10 You mean number nine Oops yep my bad Number nine Give me Kalilware Give me the upside What might be A shot blocking stretch big

type of combination that just provides crazy value dude over the last two games he hit 11 threes that's ridiculous what center's doing in the league right now is crazy and obviously he has there's a downside here that if the motor ends up being an issue throughout his entire career and can't stay on the court for various reasons that maybe he's just like mr potential man but if he can figure it out with the right coach i think he can be lethal he could be an elite starter he could be up up there with the guys in top five okay but the downside's crazy speaking of elite starter i think one guy who i feel very comfortable with starting for my team but has a chance to be a borderline potential.

He can sniff an all-star game, potentially. AJ Mitchell, put him up on my list. Okay, I don't know if you're sniffing an all-star game, but that's a great pick. Put him on my list, man. Sam Presley did it again. Found the 10th best player in his draft class in the second round. Yep.

Great defender can pass, can bolsters way into the rim. I like him, man. Now we're getting to the point where we've got to start considering some of these guys that haven't done much yet, but I have a ceiling. Oh, we're those type of GMs? You have to be. It's the name of the game. E.

Pick number 11. I think a lot of the shirt things are gone. Who are you putting your, who are you placing your chips on? Now, but there is some like 23-year-old role players that are still available if you want to go safe and boring.

Tristan to Silva's looking at you. I really like, I like Jalen Wells. Okay. Yeah, I like Jalen Wells here. I think, I think, upside. You know, if I'm picking at,

at this point in the, draft sometimes depending on how my team is i feel i will feel okay swinging for the fences other times i'm just trying to make sure i get a good player i know jalen wells is going to be a good okay yeah that's fair gonna be a you know three-indy type of guy you there's no real hope for him being anything more than that i think and that's yeah i also no hope for him being bad yeah he can start for you for 15 years bro be your 2025 damari carroll that's fine bro that's a crazy comparison Damari Carol What a name to pool

Great starter Okay Number 12 now East Missy He has solid rookie year I love Isaiah Collier's Passing but he can't shoot You love Terrence Shannon Jr.

Ah don't say him Please I'm not You can't be here sorry I think I don't want to pick One of these 23 year olds Safe picks now

I want to go for the best swing available I think give me Ron Holland A number 12 Wow wow wow Okay Ron Hahn has to go the run home can still be extremely good. Obviously, a lot of swing factors

needs to be able to shoot, needs to be able to handle, improve some offensive stuff. I'm going to bet on that motor and that slashing. Okay. Damn. Pick 13.

I'm not across those right now. I can go so many, so many ways. I see so many, like, yeah, he could play for my team. He could be,

I don't know, the seventh man. And my team is going to be in great shape. I could go Cam Spencer, but he's, I don't really want to do that. 25. He is what he is.

is yeah exactly someone who has like a little bit higher of the ceiling and i know he can play he can play and contribute now i think i think he's like actually a year younger than can spencer too maybe two years give me tristan de silva okay i like him yeah big forward can do a lot of stuff can handle the ball sneakily go up for someone that size obviously shoot play defense i like that yeah okay okay donovan who is closing this out who is pick 14 to round out the lottery one guy left everyone else gets told to fuck off Who's you saving? We are saving Mr. Energy himself.

I'm going Jalen Tyson here. Oh, okay. Again, all these safe role players. Wow, that's okay. That's... I don't care about none of these other dudes. He just won't guys who got energy and static. That's all I want.

That's all we need. So you're telling me, number one pig, Zachary Rishishin couldn't go on the top 14? He would not be on my team. Come on, man. He could have went. When Jaila Well started, Risha Shaysay's in this tier. Riesuchet could have won as high as 11. He could have, but not if I'm the G.

He's more talented than Jalen Tyson. That's fine. You can win titles with talent. Go ahead, try that. You picked Tristan to Silver for him. I'm joining with players. So today, as a Hawksman, would you have traded Rishishersh for Tristan to Silva tomorrow?

Yes. Right now, yes, I would. That's no hate to Risholet at all. Yes, it is. It's nothing to do with him. Yes, it is. I just like Tristan to Silva better. No, no, no.

If you're telling number one pick that you like Tristan and Silva better as hate, no it's not you don't you don't like rich you say you've never liked them i like them what do you mean you have no evidence that i don't like him i i i do you don't the world does where how broadcast and has highlights if you know you know how was AI that was not uh we rob dillingham fell out of the lottery all entirely yeah no he's not getting picked here at all sorry that's tough uh anybody else that honestly can't ryan done potentially had a lot of bob character has been better as of late but you need more sample size

and a lot of these guys have given you plenty of sample size Missy maybe could have been in contention for 13 and 14 do you really want to go yeah do you want to go upside Ronnie James you know an argument here

and that is our top 14 players in the 2024 NBA draft connect man what a what a draft I didn't realize I was going to be like this man damn