Chucking Darts NBA Podcast

Welcome to the Season Premiere of Chucking Darts! Today, Forbes contributor and freelance journalist Esfandiar Baraheni returns to discuss the player improvements that will define the 2024-2025 season. Enjoy!

Time Stamps

(0:00) Intro
(7:00) Victor Wembanyama
(16:20) Cade Cunningham
(24:20) Chet and Evan Mobley
(40:00) Houston Rockets
(57:15) Immanuel Quickley
(1:02:45) Jaime Jaquez + Nikola Jovic
(1:13:00) Brandon Miller
(1:18:20) Dyson Daniels
(1:28:00) Role Player Rapid Fire
(1:33:05) Trey Murphy
(1:41:40) Christian Braun/Julian Strawther
(1:51:45) Shaedon Sharpe
(2:00:00) Jarace Walker

Keandre Ashley (@HoopIntellect) the foremost NBA draft analyst on Youtube, discusses 2024 NBA Summer League's top rookie performers. Subscribe to his excellent channel and enjoy our discussion projecting Matas Buzelis, Ron Holland, Kel'El Ware, Jaylon Tyson, and more!

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro
(07:15) Matas Buzelis
(30:30) Ron Holland
(47:00) Bobi Klintman
(1:00:00) Kel'El Ware
(1:16:00) Donovan Clingan
(1:22:10) Jaylon Tyson
(1:30:20) Tristan Da Silva
(1:34:30) Reed Sheppard/Bub Carrington/Isaiah Collier + Wrap

You Know Ball's Bartleboys join to address the 2024 NBA offseason, looking specifically at 9 teams who changed their franchise direction most drastically. We ruminate on short and long term consequences, ruminate on future trades, crown the unimpeachable truths of summer league, and dissect the slop tides that have subtly turned.

The conversation winds around basically the entire league, so sit back, relax, and know some ball with us. Subscribe to the You Know Ball Patreon.

Enjoy!

6:00 Nets
29:00 Sixers
46:00 Knicks
1:07:15 Thunder
1:26:25 Bucks
1:46:20 Nuggets
2:04:40 Kings
2:18:50 Mavericks
2:29:15 Grizzlies, Heat, and Wrap

A mammoth episode I did not get to release pre-draft, please enjoy the great international scout Ignacio Rissotto of No Ceilings (and writer for Fiba, formerly the Stepien) give deep background and insight on the French prospects that may well come to define the 2024 draft in years to come.
0:00 Intro
5:00 Alexandre Sarr
1:01:20 Zaccharie Risacher
1:37:30 Tidjane Salaun
2:19:30 Pacome Dadiet
2:47:45 Juan Nunez + Wrap

Enjoy!

The 2024 Draft is in the books. I sprint through every team in order, starting with the Hawks at pick no.1, and discuss every move they made. Along the way, I talk about my write up (linked below) and where and why I ranked the players.

Steals, risks, blunders we can debate. But they're all darts, and that's what matters.

My full write up:

https://chuckingdarts.substack.com/p/2024-nba-draft-dart-board-understanding

Enjoy!

5:30 Hawks
16:45 Wizards
24:05 Rockets
26:35 Spurs
32:10 Pistons
33:30 Hornets
36:35 Blazers
40:00 Wolves
45:10 Grizzlies
51:10 Jazz
54:15 Bulls
56:25 Thunder
1:00:50 Kings
1:04:10 Heat
1:07:55 76ers
1:11:15 Lakers
1:13:40 Magic
1:16:00 Raptors
1:23:10 Cavs
1:28:20 Pelicans
1:33:00 Nuggets
1:37:05 Bucks
1:39:30 Knicks
1:47:55 Suns
1:52:50 Celtics
1:55:10 Pacers, Mavs, Clippers, Warriors

Ersin Demir, contributor to Shot Quality ( @shotquality5054 and author of a fantastic scouting substack, joins to go through his predictive mock draft and which teams he (and we) deviate from.

Enjoy!

3:10 Atlanta Hawks
9:05 Washington Wizards
15:05 Houston Rockets
24:05 San Antonio Spurs
37:05 Detroit Pistons
39:50 Charlotte Hornets
44:45 Portland Trail Blazers
48:30 Memphis Grizzlies
50:25 Utah Jazz

https://edemirnba.substack.com/p/2024-nba-mock-draft

https://edemirnba.substack.com/p/2024-nba-draft-big-board-40

Draft Strickland's Prez (_prezidente) comes back for another odyssey into his favorite scouting type: slippery creators, or as he calls them, "prezbait." Deep looks into 5 prospects that no one quite knows what to do with, and full throated cases for aggressive placements on Ajay (Prez) and Carrington (me).
0:00 Intro + T10 creators
10:00 Ajay Mitchell
46:05 Bub Carrington
1:24:00 Jaylon Tyson
1:51:30 Nikola Djurisic
2:03:30 Jared McCain + Wrap
Enjoy!

Ben Pfeifer (@bjpf) returns to discuss 3 prospects with extreme talents and physical traits that have confounded me this cycle: Nikola Topic (post ACL news), Kel'el Ware, and Dillon Jones. Ben Sells me on high outcomes for all 3, we examine their historical draft context, and we marvel at Dillon Jones' savant abilities.

Enjoy!

Nikola Topic 5:00
Kel'el Ware 47:35
Dillon Jones 1:09:35 + wrap

Who will win and why?

Enjoy!

Premier draft analyst Brian Schroeder (patreon.com/BrianJNBA) stops by to discuss the deep well of power wing prospects in the 2024 draft.

The playoffs have reinforced the perpetual truth that role wings with power-based athleticism have a valuable role on advancing teams (PJ Washington, Aaron Gordon, Josh Hart, Jaden McDaniels, Kyle Anderson, Aaron Nesmith, etc). The 2024 draft has several darts who can aspire to similarly crucial roles.

2:15 Isaiah Crawford
23:45 Tyon Grant-Foster
43:35 Jamir Watkins
54:30 Keshad Johnson
1:13:00 Nique Clifford

with some extra observations on others on the back half. Enjoy!