Deep Dives: 10-Year Draft Retrospective Part One--Guards

Nick brings Nathan Grubel back on the show for a 10-Year Draft Retrospective, covering the changes in how guards have fared in the NBA and how they have been evaluated from the 2016 NBA Draft class to this year's 2025 NBA Draft class. They break down changes in the last ten years and the last five years in terms of prospects and in terms of previous eras of the NBA, including breakdowns of the small guard archetype, the disappearance of the "pure" passing point guard, and the ways in which various guards have had to evolve their games to stick around in the NBA. Finally, they wrap up by discussing some of the guards in this year's draft class, including Dylan Harper, Tahaad Pettiford, and John Mobley Jr.