We're back to scouting players for the 2025 draft, and Jeff is back to his desktop podcast setup! We celebrate the occasion by scouting the Illinois lead guard prospect in Kasparas Jakucionis. We dig into his offensive and defensive games, and even dig into advanced stats just to understand him better. 

And yes, this pod was recorded just minutes before the Luka trade, so expect zero references to him to be in that context. 

00:00 Introduction and Statistical Breakdown

01:39 Advanced Stats Nerd-ery

06:00 Offensive Analysis

22:47 Defensive Analysis

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After a long time away with Tank Commander Jeff packing up his family's life and driving a moving truck across the country, your favorite brothers in arms are back! This time, we take the time to review the 10 prospects we've done deep dives on so far, and finally rank them relative to one another. This won't be an exhaustive overall Top 10, and instead an ordering of only the 10 prospects we've analyzed so far for the 2025 draft season. 

A lot has changed since we first analyzed them, so take a look at how their stocks have changed so far! Come for the draft analysis, and stay for how two adults struggle with taking basic averages to order a Top 10 list. 

00:00 Intro and Big Board Reveals

03:11 Taking Averages: Really Bad Public Math

07:05 Composite Top 10 Breakdown

55:19 Final Thoughts and Top 10 Recap

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Riiiight in the middle of the regular NBA season, Old Man Squad Podcast Network Contributors and some keen outside experts got together to start a dynasty league! We started a slow draft in Week 8, and dynasty values proved to be VERY different from dynasty drafts last season and REMARKABLY different from drafts that started in the beginning of the 2024-2025 season. 

Tune in to Tank Commanders Jeff and Noah's commentary on this draft to see just how far dynasty values have come. Who are the top rookies and sophomores drafted? Which teams got value from drafting productive veterans, true to the OMS ethos? 

This week, we get into Rounds 11-22. If you want to see what the middle and deep ends, where a lot of the separation begins, of an expert dynasty draft looks like, this is the one to watch!

Notable members: 

Josh Millman

Isaac Lederach @slickrach

Chad Simpson @caochadttv

Erik Ong @rotomancer

Adam King @adamking91

Keith Cork @hiremeplzk

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Riiiight in the middle of the regular NBA season, Old Man Squad Podcast Network Contributors and some keen outside experts got together to start a dynasty league! We started a slow draft in Week 8, and dynasty values proved to be VERY different from dynasty drafts last season and REMARKABLY different from drafts that started in the beginning of the 2024-2025 season.

Tune in to Tank Commanders Jeff and Noah's commentary on this draft to see just how far dynasty values have come. Who are the top rookies and sophomores drafted? Which teams got value from drafting productive veterans, true to the OMS ethos?

This week, we do a deep dive into Rounds 1-10, and next week Rounds 11-22. If you've ever been curious to see what a dynasty draft is like, this is the one to tune into!

Notable members:

Josh Millman

Isaac Lederach @slickrach

Chad Simpson @caochadttv

Erik Ong @rotomancer

Adam King @adamking91

Keith Cork @hiremeplzk

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While he wasn't part of our original boards and scouting plans at first, we just could not help but take a look at the rising Jeremiah Fears out of Oklahoma. He's been red hot as a point guard in leading his currently-undefeated OU team, and we take a deeper dive and break down his strengths and weaknesses, and stack him up against the other point guards in this stacked lead guard class. 

Next week, we go over the results of the recent Old Man Squad dynasty league mid-season draft, and look at how dynasty values have changed since the start of the year. 

00:00 Introduction and Player Profile

02:14 Offensive Analysis

30:41 Defensive Analysis

44:02 Point Guard Big Board Update

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This week we look at the Sophomores! We give our 5 non-Wemby standouts and talk about some mythbusting for some sophomores who might be struggling this season. 

It's a fun episode, and even gets serious with the sophomores and whether some of their struggles are warranted or not, and whether they can climb out of their current pits. 

Next week, we go back to regular scouting and take a look at the hottest player in NBA draft boards: Jeremiah Fears. 

00:00 Welcome and Overview of the Sophomore Class

02:28 Tank Commanders' Sophomore Standouts

28:24 Honorable Mentions

30:59 Sophomore Struggles MythBusters

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We're at the quarter of the season mark, and we review the rookies so far. Here, we talk about our individual Top 5s, before we dig down and look at the 4 December Kia NBA Rookie honors. Last, we'll talk about the guys who didn't make either cut and talk about how they're doing, why they're not getting minutes, and any hope we have for them. It's a really good one, and gives you guys an easy catch-up to the rookies this season so far.

Next time around, we focus on doing the same thing for the sophomores!

00:00 Welcome and Housekeeping

01:38 Tank Commanders' Top 5s

05:17 Kia NBA Rookie Top 10 Analysis

32:02 Honorable Mentions

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This week we look at BYU and Real Madrid's Egor Demin, a 6'9" point guard forward. Not to spoil too much of the episode, but he did drive both of us to rework our big boards. For our big board updates, we both had massive shakeups, but definitely tune in for seismic shakeups that took place on Noah's board.

Next week, we take a break from the 2025 class and review the 2024 rookies in terms of standouts, risers, and fallers.

00:00 Introduction and Stats

06:25 Offense

26:03 Defense

31:01 Player Comparisons

34:01 Massive! Big Board Updates

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Continuing our 2025 Prospect Preview series, we take a look at the very intriguing center-forward with guard skills Derik Queen, playing out of Maryland and hailing from Montverde Academy. We were certainly intrigued by his rare combination of skills, and we both had shakeups in our big boards. Tune in to learn more!

Next episode, we look at the rising BYU phenom Egor Demin to shake up our big boards even more.

00:00 Intro and Discord Shoutouts

02:45 Player Profile and Stats

08:06 Athleticism and Offensive Skils

22:47 Defensive Analysis

31:58 Player Comparisons and Big Board Updates

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Almost the exact opposite to Colin Murray-Boyles as a shooter, Liam McNeely is a lethal weapon from deep with lots of plus skills you might not expect to see. Find out what these skills are, and dig in to get more nuance on what his shooting strengths and weaknesses are!

Once again, apologies for the volume issues.

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