The Deep 3 Podcast - We Blind Ranked NBA Stars (With A Twist)

Episode Date: December 24, 2025

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We are going to blind rank NBA players, but we're not just going to blind rank these players. I have 10 categories for us to blind rank them in. So every set we see, we're going to do the different category. Category one, players you let date your daughter. First up, we got Kyle Cousma. Five. Four. I feel like there might be worse people.

Yeah, this is just come back to the NBA right now. So I guess we go four. Like, Cusma's an airhead. Okay. Actually, no, I'm not going to like Cusmas 5. I'm talking myself through it now. Cusman's five. Cusma get paid.

As long as Miles Bridge doesn't pop up, I think we go Cusmo at five. I don't know I think he might be safe at 4 You're right He's not that bad Okay we'll go 4 LeBron James

One How old is my daughter I don't want a weird age gap But Let's assume Let's assume it doesn't matter Yeah one Yeah one

I'd like to have my daughter Marry a billionaire That'd be sick Generational will It's a hypothetical daughter We don't have to Yeah Why not?

Hell yeah Zah That's what I said Five, five, you're right. Kuzma, my bad. He ain't never going to be there forever, right? Yonis. Three.

He would be four, but let's put him three. Three. He would, yeah, I don't want that guy. No, no. Kuzma remains four. Oh, no. Yonis would be embarrassing. You got to hear more about Kyle Kuzma.

You got to hear about Yonis. You heard about Yonah, you just forgot. Anthony Davis, too. Okay. I like this. Yeah. That's fair. I think we got her perfect.

Okay. That's fair. Y'all has three stuff like. Probably Kuzma and Zion. Can you imagine being on your phone one day as a father and you say,

Y'all just said, what about my? No, man, come on now. Let's go. Can you imagine see Kuzma's Instagram stories? Oh,

good Lord. He said, what about RFC? Okay. Next up, we're going to do NBA players in the 2000s. Okay.

Which this category is, you have the bell like, you know, y'all this will fucking kill you, bro. What? Bring you in all your brothers, rest, rap. Come on. I try to see that. Hell no.

Category two. Players you want to build a franchise around. All right. Four. Carltie Towns up first. You can do worse. Four is good. Yeah, you can do worse. But among star players, you really can't do that much worse. Yeah. Four is good. Four. He's movable. Jewel and Bede. Five.

Okay, let's say, but if it's early, Joel and Bid, I got five years of him being an MVP before it fell apart. I'll take that over Kat. but just never I'll take that over cat but we'll go three because there's probably

two more reliable players okay we got five years MVP basketball he did win an MVP you're right yeah several runner-ups yeah give me that for sure

Chris Bosch that's five he's pretty similar to Kat I think you wanted to be your second and third star you don't want to build around him for say five is yeah I mean

they only made the playoffs like a couple times yeah he was in Toronto yeah pretty mid let's go five yeah so again also an all star pretty similar to Connithy

pounds, I think. Top two. Blake Griffin, two. Okay, we can live with that. Yeah, as long as you get, like, another point guard in there, you can make some run. Yeah, we get one of the greatest point guards of all time. We can make zero conference finals.

Level one, Markisaw. Your franchise would be stable. You will be stable. This is the most of the mid. You'll have no drama. Everybody would show up to work every single day. That's what I need. Okay.

This is the most franchise players available. This is pretty big. You can make a conference finals with Marcus all. This is true. can you can't make a conference finals with joel and b we can fight on my connolly they're they're around okay next up back to current players players you want taking the last shot zion five yeah zion up first taking the last shot five what if there's like a bum on here he hasn't efficient let's say four yeah i'm thinking four maybe there's a bum maybe there's someone who can't

shoot yeah let's say four he can't shoot zan can get to the rim oh yeah he'll get to the rim oh yeah he'll get filed yeah he might get fouled yeah i don't know if he'll make him but we'll go for Davis. Can't be my tire, three. Three. Current day, Anthony Davis, at that, three. Current day, AD, probably five, but probably.

We'll go three. Yeah. Well, out of respect. Out of respect for 2020. Jalen Brown. Two? Two, I'm pretty comfortable with him. This season.

Yeah, too. I'm cool with that. He's not like it's a superstar, but I'm comfortable with that. Bam out of bio. Five. Hell no. Don't put the ball near his hands. Let him get the game saving block and then give the ball to Tyler here.

Yeah. The game saving block, get a nice offensive rebound, but that's it. You can be inbounding. And Jamal Murray won. Perfect. Easy. Nailed this. That's exactly what I want out of this five.

He's hit game winners that made me have nightmares at night as a Lakers fan. I just saw the clip the other day. Yeah, don't talk about it again. Mad clutch. No more talking about it. Don't let me hear anything about that clip. It is crazy. Back to 2000s players.

Bro, they got sweat. I don't want to hear about it. It's disgusting, man. Players that could go pro in another sport. First off on Marcus Aldridge. Five. What is he doing in other sport? Goalie, maybe.

Hockey? No. I don't think he can't move like that. No. What if another church are needed by a goalie? I don't even know. You gotta be mad food. I'm very, very quick.

You're standing right there. You don't move. You have to be very quick. Yeah, yeah, reflexes. Okay, did it? Five, five. He's the worst. Can he play water polo?

You need to be tall for that. I don't know. You do. I don't know. Is there pro water polo? It's just like Olympics. Olympics? Five.

Next up. Ben Wallace. Yes. Defensive end? Probably. Yeah. That's Ed, too tall Jones. Yeah, because he wasn't.

Because he was an undersized center. So you could just be a really, really big football player. Yeah. Ed, Too Tall Jones was a 6-9 defensive end. That's Ben Wallace. Exactly. You put some creatine and protein shakes on this thing? Two?

Okay. Two. Yeah. Why not? Paugasol for a big slow basketball player, seven-footer. You're not playing any other sports foot. He's playing water polo. He only had one option.

Yeah, maybe the ping pong tables. But I think those guys got to be small. Okay. Chris Paul. One. One. I think you play so many different sports. Chris Ball could be a corner for sure.

Yeah, young Chris Paul, when he could, like, actually move, smart guys. But he's like 5-11, yeah, that's a corner. If you train him for like two years, he could play soccer. Probably. Yeah, he's smart. Okay, Chris Paul, number one. Chris Paul can play baseball, too. He could be a shortstop.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. Okay. I think you play tennis too if he really wanted to. Is he Mookie bets? Lucky. Lucky. Clay Thompson number three. All right.

Yeah, I think, you know, and that's fair. Clicking be a possession receiver, maybe a tight end. I don't think he would get a tight end. I think Clay Thompson can do whatever he puts his mind to.

Nice. I like Clay Thompson. I think he could do that. Okay. We'll bet all the personalities. Okay. Next up we got, how good they be as a lead in a romantic comedy movie?

Oh, shit. Okay. We got to do that. What's going to say? One. Actually, low key. He's one. He's kind of.

of getting up there. Yeah. He does a little will they won't they in the media with Asia, pretending they're not together for a while. Maybe he has a little

charisma to him. He has to be top three. I think he's right in the middle. Right. Right. Maybe you can do a little bit. Sleeper for one though.

McHale Bridges. Four. Yeah, it's not bad. I don't think he's charismatic. Cool dude. I mean, a lead. Yeah, he probably can't

can be the lead. Nah, he can be the like, he can be the little best friend that cares so much about his job and you want to get him out at night. He's like, now I've got to go to work, but he can't be the lead.

Okay. Jaron Jackson Jr. He's pretty charismatic. I probably rather put it away. I mean, if it's got to be two or five, I'd probably rather do two, I guess. Really? I mean, I don't know. Do you want to lead the last two open?

I think I'd be okay with him at five. Yeah. I don't know if it's been five. Five. I haven't seen the audition tape. Joelle Embeddead. Oh, yeah. Hell yeah.

Yeah. This is a real movie. Let's go too. This is cinema. Let's go. He's perfect for a romantic comedy. You can put him at one low key. Fuck it one.

Romantic comedy? Hell yeah. Jeremy Grant, too. I guess. Yeah. Sure. Yeah, I have no idea.

I have no idea. Where is this movie selling on right now? Can Jeremy Grant act and sell me on the power of instant romance? Jeremy Grant is. Maybe. You know what? He sets like an unknown. He can,

he can show up. And surprise you. Like, he's not typecast. Yeah, okay. It's a blank slate. I guess so many. Next up, which players rank the highest all time? Hmm.

Okay. Marcos Aldridge. Five. You assume there's four other stars on here? I guess so, but I mean, this is not like a top. He never wanted a championship. Yeah, never want a MVP. Is he top 150 player of all time?

I don't know. Fucking, you think I ranked that for? Yeah. Maybe. He might not be a top 200 players. No, I think you probably have a real 200. He is. 200?

Russell Westbrook Could you do Three or four Three is probably safe Okay Three's a good number For an MVP He was a

He was a NBA 75 right No Russ? No I don't remember He wasn't No No

No That's actually really Interesting I never thought about that Because Kyrie How could Kyrie Make it out Currie didn't make it

Dimm and Anthony Davis Are the worst Like new players That made it That's weird That's kind of crazy That Russ didn't Let me make sure

I'm not saying bullshit He might have made it. Yeah, I think he's an MVP. Yeah, an MVP of the lead doesn't make the top 75. Yeah, I think Russ would have made it. Maybe, maybe I'm wrong. Let me see.

Did he make it? Oh, yes. He did make it. Okay, my bad, my bad. He did make it. Okay, so I'll say three. Yeah, three. Okay, top 75 player of all time, number three.

Dwight Howard. Right on that line. Yeah, kind of the same as Russ. I guess we go four. Just to say the top two spots open. Next up. Chris Paul. Perfect.

That's right there, two. go two and hope you have a legend yeah yeah let's roll the dice or do you go one and hedge our bets let's do two okay please be a legend number one lepron james look at that perfect he never let us down glorious victory look at your chest look at your arms look at your legs well he never lets us down my sunshine head to toe calm down you said what else next up we're going back to current day players nasty rate these you have category of blind ranking ora who has the most aura first off i got brandon ingram don't sleep oh don't sleep i said four don't sleep you're saying three

it's four three i was i would say four nice a pineapple express aura four on more tame side we could do four okay yeah let's just be conservative this is the personality to be top three but you know he's a he's a little nonchal on he got shit going on man looka don'titch two What type of order does he have? Just fire you up, fired up white boy? I guess. That, listen,

that resonates with a lot of people. That resonates with most of America. I'll say two, two. He has so much or he has so much fired up white boy aura that most of America thinks he's better than Shay. Two, two. Two.

Next up, Desmond Bain, five. Five. What or does he have? Fucking, the kid in detention, you keep punching the wall. Yeah, well. Punching holes in drywall. Yeah.

Mike Lee, he's still on the hate watch list. So, five. Next up. Kauai Leonard. Three. Kauai is Pekador. I guess, but I'd rather him go below, Luca, than above. Yeah, because Kauai has the, like, I'm not really trying.

I don't want to be any of this. King nonchalant. Yeah, that's, but it's a cool nonchalant. It's a boring nonchalant. No, he ate a whole brand off of being boring, though. It's a good brand. Pre-investigation, I can see people were saying, like, oh, it's not bad. It's a night brand.

That's three, man. Okay. Number one. Julius Randall, let's go. Big Swall-Ora. Dubious handle? Oh, this stinks. Oh, we should have put Kau I would.

Ah, the stinks. I'll take it. What? I'll take it. What's like insurrection about Julius Randall? Like, what's like, ooh, man, he's so tough. I don't know, but I'll take it. Oh, man.

Look how we put it on, like. Nice family, man. Yeah, family, man. Next category. How well you think they can. dance. Oh, okay. It was easy.

Five. Carl's he can't move his hips. Five. He can't move his hips at all. But he is Dominican though, so you should know that. Oh, shit. You're right. You should know a little something.

It's a very like. It's a very like. I'm just in place. I'm not going all around the dance floor. I'm going to stay right here in my box in the pocket. That's all that matters sometimes. Okay, four. Four.

Four. We can do worse. Next up, Luca Donchich. Five. Five. I can't lie. I mean, listen, what are they doing out there in Slovenia? I have no clue.

Are they moving like that? I don't know. I assume Eastern Europeans don't dance. I assume they just wear coats. See, that's what I'm saying. That's a misconception because they also party. They do party out there.

Yeah. I picture everybody that's like Eastern European Renaissance Festival. Like I just, I just picture of all like hold a hand doing like a line dance in the circle. That's ridiculous. The image is crazy.

That's ridiculous. I'm sorry. That's what I think. Five. That's what I think. That's my truth. I'm sticking to it. Just eating mad mutton chops.

Oh, my God. Jalen Brunson. I think he's probably too cool to dance. He probably thinks he's too serious. He just be in the corner just bobbing his head. Yeah, he takes stuff too seriously to dance. Yeah, he's thinking three. So three.

He should be lower. He might be the, he hit you with a nice one of these. He just not bothered. I can't even imagine that, man. He goes to the club, shoulders against the wall, leg kicked up, posted. Exactly.

He's not dancing. Yeah, three. Brandon Ingram. I guess, too, I suppose. He is not dancing. His ass is not moving. And number one, Kevin Durantz. I think Katie, you can look, he pulled some shit off.

Oh, we've seen him dance. Yeah, that one. You can even clicking his knees together? He is one. This is very fitting. Okay. There we go. Okay.

So, honestly, it's Kevin Durant and four dudes who don't dance. I know for a fact, don't dance. But Brandon Ingram was kind of crazy because, like, if he, like, if he was an all-star and they, like, introduced him in the warm-ups or whatever, and he just, like, hit a pin drop. like I I feel like Brandon Ingram has like one move that's like a party trick

in his bag I doubt next one how fun they are to watch first off Shaq damn there one one or two

if you want to save one I get it it's a we never start with one I think we start with one yeah let's do one

that's just gotta have to set the bar no why not Tim Duncan fun fun probably three or four four

four yeah four four he could say four even even peak Tim totally fun. I mean, it's fun for, like, nerds that, like, appreciate help side defense.

But, like, even at his best, the league as a whole and the style of basketball that they were playing wasn't super, like, fun and open. Yeah, we go for. So. Kevin Garnett. Three. Two or three. Three, only, in terms of style of play, only marginally more fun than Tim Duncan. But he's insane and will scream at people.

So that's more fun. Exactly. He's talking shit. Whoa. Damien Lillard. Probably two. He's too. Two for sure.

Easily to. Bubble Dane, that's one of the most fun experience I've ever had watching basketball. Easily too. And number five,

Paul Pierce. Perfect. Makes sense. I mean, maybe it's a little more fun than to Dungeon but I'm fine with this. Yeah, Paul Pierce gets his bag off.

Kind of. It was like, yeah, I'm cool with this. Okay. It's not bad. It's a good list. I think that's, we nailed it.

And last one, how funny they are. Going back to current day players, Desmond Bain. He's hilarious in the worst way. In a way that like, it's very dangerous.

Yeah, in the way that you're crazy cousin who doesn't you like you don't like him come around at christmas the way that he's funny yeah because he again will punch the drywall like if you ask if you see me come up on the show and did you see what desmond bain did and like i start chuckling terrible oh my god who did he who did he knock knock out this week yeah i think it's three we'll go three okay nice and even next up drew holiday not funny not funny five not funny at all doesn't talk is he ever got a joke yeah scotty barnes one oh one one y'all got it

one yes hell yeah one bam out of bio four yeah he's not he's not out there trying to make people laugh at him yeah he's real comic collected number two jaron jackson junior i guess you can have you guys know he had 12 rebounds the other day

are you serious yeah i swear to god i'm not like me it's a christmas miracle i swear to god he had 12 he's a christmas miracle that's crazy yeah i saw somebody quote tweet the quote tweet a tweet about like with his stats and he was like he had how many rebounds I was like, this is crazy.

He's 6'10. Yeah, he got the whole world shocked. We should not be patronizing.