No Ceilings

On this episode of the No Ceilings Podcast Nathan Grubel interviewed professional basketball skills coach Phil Beckner on his career training NBA players like Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons, and Ryan Dunn as well as how to project shooting and what goes into building a reliable foundation.

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This week, Maxwell is joined by Mike Gribanov! They started off talking draft philosophy and how to approach prospects early in the season. From there, they got into Tre Johnson, Cooper Flagg, and Miles Byrd!

0:00: Tre Johnson

21:12: Cooper Flagg

44:43: Miles Byrd

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Tyler Rucker (@tyler_rucker) and Tyler Metcalf (@tmetcalf11) share their thoughts on the opening week of college basketball as they alternate picks for their first mock draft of the 2025 NBA Draft cycle. They then finish up with their first induction to the Green Room.

0:00 Intro

3:55 1-5

23:10 6-10

48:15 11-15

1:02:20 16-20

1:13:40 21-25

1:26:20 26-30

1:37:00 Green Room

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Jam Hines joins Maxwell Baumbach to discuss the "Must-Scout" games during the first week of the college basketball season!

0:00: Baylor vs. Gonzaga, Baylor vs. Arkansas

28:50: Texas vs. Ohio State, UNC vs. Kansas

1:05:00: Santa Clara vs. Saint Louis, UAB vs. Vermont

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Tyler Rucker (@tyler_rucker) and Tyler Metcalf (@tmetcalf11) use different traits of 2025 NBA prospects to build their own Frankenstein prospect.

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Nick brings Maxwell on the podcast to talk about his recent article, covering five players facing a make-or-break season for the 2025 NBA NBA Draft. They discuss Gonzaga's Nolan Hickman, Mississippi's Matthew Murrell, Miami's Matthew Cleveland, and Alabama bigs Grant Nelson and Clifford Omoruyi, diving deep on how they could find their ways onto NBA rosters if things break right this season. Finally, they wrap up by discussing Hansen Yang, his offensive gifts, and his long-term projections.

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Tyler Rucker (@tyler_rucker) and Tyler Metcalf (@tmetcalf11) give their thoughts on the preseason scrimmage performances of Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, and more. They wrap up with their reactions to the most recent matchup between AJ Dybantsa and Cam Boozer

0:00 Intro

7:20 Duke

28:10 Rutgers

42:40 Rapid fire with Arizona, West Virginia, and others

51:10 AJ Dybantsa vs Cam Boozer Recap

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Sydney Kings wing Alex Toohey joins Albert Ghim and Corey Tulaba to break down his game

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Maxwell is joined by Chuck from Chucking Darts to discuss a group of perplexing prospects!

0:00: Tyon Grant-Foster

30:40: Johni Broome

48:17: Cedric Coward

1:02:00: Derik Queen

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Tyler Rucker (@tyler_rucker) and Tyler Metcalf (@tmetcalf11) run through the entire NBA and ask one major question for each team. In part two they finish up with the Western Conference.

0:00 Northwest Division

0:00 Oklahoma City Thunder

5:35 Denver Nuggets

8:35 Minnesota Timberwolves

12:50 Utah Jazz

16:00 Portland Trail Blazers

21:10 Pacific Division

21:10 LA Clippers

26:50 Phoenix Suns

32:15 Los Angeles Lakers

35:35 Sacramento Kings

41:27 Golden State Warriors

44:15 Southwest Division

44:15 Dallas Mavericks

50:35 New Orleans Pelicans

54:15 Houston Rockets

1:00:55 Memphis Grizzlies

1:05:45 San Antonio Spurs

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