Esfandiar Baraheni returns to discuss his article in Forbes calling for the NBA to debut five man teams for the Most Improved Player award. Then, he runs down his MIP winner, honorable mentions, and three five man units for 2024.

We dive into the philosophy and importance of improvement, how the draft can predict it, which improvements matter the most, and what they say about where the league is going.
Enjoy!

0:00 Intro + MIP Race and Maxey

14:40 First Team with Coby, Jalen Johnson, Sengun, Kuminga, JDub

40:00 Second Team with Herb Jones, Derrick White, Suggs, Deni, Sexton

53:40 Third Team with RJ Barrett, Vince Williams Jr., Nesmith, Strus, Watson