We round out our 2026 Top 3 previews with the last, but not least, of Darryn Peterson. He is a gear shifting lead guard with incredibly mature offense and lot of defensive upside, who is currently in the lead this season and being mocked at #1 in a lot of draft sites. Let's dig into his game and see where he is worth this hype, and where he can still grow. 

00:00 Introduction and Overview of Darryn Peterson

07:15 Offense

24:03 Defense

40:18 Roles

46:18 Comparisons and Player Comps

53:28 Recommendations

Recommendations:

Noah - Minor League Baseball games at any level, particularly the Omaha Stormchasers

Jeffrey - The ENTIRE Mission: Impossible movie series, namely Final Reckoning but most especially the best of the series, Mission: Impossible III.

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In our second prospect preview of this 2026 cycle, we take a look at the top-3 and almost-always #2-ranked prospect Cam Boozer, a power forward heading to Duke. We talk about his very skilled offensive game, and then get into more nuanced discussion about his defense and his fit. This was a pretty deep dive for this time of the year, and ends up being a very thorough look at Cam and his future developmental paths. 

00:00 Cam Boozer Consensus

02:11 Stats and Measurements

04:52 Offense

25:37 Defense

31:12 Role and Things to Look For

40:43 Comparisons

45:24 Recommendations, including War of the Worlds Review

Recommendations:

Noah - The genre-bending electronic album "Unspoken" by LUO

Jeffrey - The British detective show and character study "Endeavour" on Prime Video

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Welcome to Season Two!

We kick the season off with the player with possibly the highest potential in the Top 3 conversation for the 2026 NBA Draft: BYU commit AJ Dybantsa. 

He has a lot of talent and tools, with a refined skillset only made more impressive by his age and size. He has a few warts too on both sides of the ball, so we give our best early takes on AJ and his prospects to go #1 in next year's draft. 

01:45 Physical Attributes

03:24 Offense

28:58 Defense

38:53 Future Outlook

45:05 Podcast Dynamics and Personal Biases

47:38 Season Goals and Guest Appearances

54:44 Recommendations

Recommendations:

Noah - So bad it's good, very obviously COVID-produced and Amazon-funded project, "War of the Worlds" movie starring Ice Cube.

Jeffrey - Part Presidential murder mystery, part **redacted for spoilers** Hulu mini-series "Paradise" starring Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden. 

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We get everyone's favorite guest back with us to wrap up the final episode of our first season: THE Chris Sharp is back to provide us his hot takes on the incoming rookies and returners for this year's NBA Summer League. Chris brings a clear-eyed NBA-centric look into players we may have grown too fond of, and brings forth guys he's higher on than we are. 

It's a very interesting discussion, and you might see some really hot takes all throughout. Recorded over glasses of beer, wine, and whiskey, this was both a fun and well-rounded analytic podcast. 

Players we discuss: Nikola Topic, Daron Holmes, Collin Murray-Boyles, Kon Knueppel, Liam McNeeley, KJ Simpson, Jase Richardson, Nique Clifford, Maxime Raynaud, Egor Demin, Danny Wolf, Carter Bryant, Tyrese Proctor, Joan Beringer, Asa Newell, and Yuki Kawamura.

01:26:46 Recommendations

Recommendations:

Chris - Stretching and mobility exercises before any serious workout. Seriously, this is highly recommended and really helps.

Noah - His first ever hip hop album recommendation, "Let God Sort Em Out" by the duo Clipse AKA Pusha T and Malice.

Jeffrey - Real world meets the Forgotten Realms D&D real play podcast created by Freddie Wong and friends called "Dungeons and Daddies"

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This week we go over seven standouts from all Summer Leagues and evaluate their games. Most were way too good, but others stood out and still had some things to work on. Not all reviews are glowing, but these players stood out for what they showed in their games and how they'll be able to shine on NBA rotations in the coming season. 

01:13 Noah's Draft Combine Results

05:07 Cooper Flagg

08:31 Ron Holland

12:18 Reed Sheppard

16:46 Ace Bailey

21:28 Derik Queen

25:12 Yang Hansen

30:04 Kyle Filipowski

34:57 Recommendations

Recommendations: Two video games this week!

Noah - Hades, dungeon crawling rogue-like/lite that is tons of fun for its replayability in short bursts and incredibly addicting gameplay

Jeffrey - American Truck Simulator, painstakingly recreates real-world highways all across America, to include Jeffrey's home region in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The thrilling sequel to our pod with Erik Ong AKA Rotomancer. We go through the rest of the first round and finalize the last picks of both drafts, going in-depth on each player's real-life and fantasy potentials. Don't miss it!

Recommendations:

Erik - "Somebody Feed Phil" globetrotting culinary tourism show on Netflix

Noah - The mostly free and very helpful nutrition tracking app called Cronometer

Jeffrey - 1) The College Basketball Experience in Kansas City, MO. Recreate your own NBA Draft Combine and test your hoop skills in this awesome museum. 2) The greatest match of all time, the 2008 Wimbledon Final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. 

Follow Erik!

@Rotomancer

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This conversation was so good we had to break it in two. In these next two episodes, we discuss rookie values using TWO REAL dynasty rookie drafts! You'll get a lot of insight on fantasy and dynasty from Erik, and get the Tank Commanders' takes on rookie values. You'll get a whole lot more in-depth than what we advertise, so tune in!

Recommendations next episode!

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We review the 2025 draft! We break down each pick across both rounds, per team. We love certain rookies (see our big board episodes), and draft fit was a HUGE factor in our reviews, along with our ideation of draft value. 

The conversation gets interesting when we start talking about New Orleans, Brooklyn, and Toronto...

01:27:50 Recommendations

Recommendations: 

Noah - The electronic/club/house-rooted but wider-appealing full album "Footpaths" by Former Hero

Jeffrey - Two restaurants in the Central Coast California: Mexican barbecue house Floriano's in Lompoc, and foodie friendly Full of Life Flatbread in Los Alamos

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Special note: We have made it to ONE YEAR of podcasting!! Thank you to everyone who supports us!! 

We have finally made it to the last episode before the REAL NBA draft! This time, we do our first and final FULL first round mock draft, featuring some of our favorite guests straight out of the Center Hub: 3-time guest Jeremy AKA On Ball Creator, and the guest of our most popular episode Corban Ford!

We have an awesome and surprising mock draft that starts at the #3 slot to the 76ers all the way to the Clippers at #30. Come for the draft insight, stick around for the banter, and deep dive for some great recommendations and Tidjane Salaun talk. PLUS, thanks to Corban's keen eye, we reacted LIVE to the Celtics trading Jrue Holiday for Anfernee Simons + Picks from the Blazers!

This was huge fun, so we hope you enjoy it!

00:00 Introducing Jeremy and Corban

02:40 Mock Draft Overview

03:20 Draft Order RNG Determination

03:36 Consensus Picks 1 & 2 Discussion

07:02 Starting the Mock Draft at 3

01:22:49 Draft Surprises and Honorable Mentions

01:26:30 Draft Night Expectations and Wild Predictions

01:27:27 Setting Over/Under Predictions for This Year

01:28:38 Inside Look at NBA Draft Rooms

01:29:21 The Tidjane Salaun Discussion

01:33:02 Final Thoughts and Draft Anticipation

01:33:26 Recommendations and Closing Remarks

01:50:08 Reacting to late breaking Celtics/Blazers Trade

Recommendations:

Jeremy - Classic and hilarious 1968 movie "The Party" starring Peter Sellers

Corban - The highly addicting and very apt hidden gem browser-based game "Basketball GM," spanning players and transactions with real data from 1947 to today. 

https://basketball-gm.com/

Noah - So bad it's good, the entire filmography of director, actor, writer, producer, Neil Breen, particularly the film "Double Down"

Jeffrey - The classic HBO crime and procedural series revolving around the Baltimore drug scene "The Wire"

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At long last, Noah and I do our FINAL **public** big board of the 2025 draft class! We got through the first round, in batches of five and talk about the prospects that we like/don't like, where we're higher/lower than consensus, and where we differed from each other.

If you only listen to one catch-up episode on these prospects, this is the one to listen to!

00:00 Introduction and Overview

01:40 Top 1-30 Big Board

01:15:46 Recommendations (recommend you stick around for the music conversation)

Recommendations: 

Noah - The experimental dubstep/electronica musical album "Led by Ancient Light" that also pairs with a 5000-page sci-fi novel of the same name.

Jeffrey - The 2005 Australian Open Men's Semi-Final match between Roger Federer and Marat Safin. Truly one of the best matches of all time. 

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