Prospect Podcast: NBA Draft Scouting and Analysis

In this episode, Ethan and Alex break down their predictions for how the first round of the 2021 NBA Draft will play out on Thursday night. Make sure to leave a nice review and like the podcast if you enjoyed the episode. Follow Ethan > @EthanPiechota Follow Alex > @AhbAnalytics Follow us > @ProspectPod

In this episode, Ethan and Alex break down the a few of the most interesting big guys in the 2021 NBA Draft class in Isaiah Jackson, JT Thor, Day'Ron Sharpe and Sandro Mamukelashvili, their strengths and weaknesses and their avenues to success at the next level. Timestamps: 0:45 - Isaiah Jackson 15:00 - JT Thor 29:00 - Day'Ron Sharpe 40:00 - Sandro Mamukelashvili Leave a nice review, subscribe and share if you enjoyed! Follow us on Twitter! @ProspectPod Follow Ethan > @EthanPiechota Follow Alex > @AhbAnalytics Sponsorships: on for this episode

In this episode, Ethan and Alex are joined by NBA Draft Writer for BasketballNews.com and Senior Basketball Operations Analyst at Sports Info Solutions Derek Murray to break down the biggest risers from March Madness 2021. The 3 discuss the potential draft ranges and strengths and weaknesses of Davion Mitchell, Jared Butler, Matthew Mayer, Corey Kispert, Joel Ayayi, Quentin Grimes, Johnny Juzang, Miles McBride, Isaiah Mobley and Neemias Queta. Timestamps: 1:40 - Mitchell 8:35 - Butler 12:10 - Mayer 16:10 - Kispert 19:30 - Ayayi 22:25 - Grimes 26:00 - Juzang 30:55 - McBride 35:20 - Isaiah Mobley 38:30 - Queta Leave a nice review, subscribe and share if you enjoyed! Follow us on Twitter! @ProspectPod Follow Derek > @dmurrayNBA Follow Ethan > @EthanPiechota Follow Alex > @AhbAnalytics

In this episode,  Ethan and Alex are joined by Babcock Hoops Director of Scouting Derek Murray to break down the most interesting returning prospects in the 2021 class. The 3 give their initial impressions and thoughts on James Bouknight, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Kai Jones, Jared Butler, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Kessler Edwards, Deuce McBride, Scottie Lewis, Chris Smith, Matthew Hurt and Ochai Agbaji throughout their initial showings in 2020-21.  Timestamps: 1:53 - Bouknight 7:30 - JRE 14:30 - Kai Jones 21:50 - Jared Butler 25:12 - TJD 29:23 - Kessler Edwards 33:15 - Deuce McBride 36:50 - Scottie Lewis 40:25 - Chris Smith 44:23 - Matthew Hurt 49:40 - Agbaji Leave a nice review, subscribe and share if you enjoyed! Follow us on Twitter! @ProspectPod Follow Derek > @dmurrayNBA Follow Ethan > @Ethan Piechota Follow Alex > @AhbAnalytics

In the first episode of season 2 of the Prospect Podcast, Ethan and Alex break down and react to their initial thoughts on Cade Cunningham, Jalen Suggs, Evan Mobley, Zaire Williams, Jalen Johnson, the Kentucky Kids (BJ Boston, Terrence Clarke, Isaiah Jackson, Devin Askew), Illinois (Ayo Dosunmu, Kofi Cockburn, Andre Curbelo, Adam Miller, Coleman Hawkins, Giorgi Bezhanishvili) and Arizona St. prospects (Josh Christopher, Marcus Bailey, Remy Martin) through their first few collegiate showings of 2020-21. Leave a nice review, subscribe and share if you enjoyed! Follow us on Twitter! @ProspectPod Follow Ethan > @Ethan Piechota Follow Alex > @AhbAnalytics Timestamps: 1:50 - Cade 8:25 - Suggs 13:30 - Mobley 21:30 - Ziaire 26:05 - Jalen Johnson 30:50 - BJ Boston 35:10 - Clarke 37:40 - Isaiah Jackson 41:00 - Askew 44:10 - Dosunmu 50:40 - Adam Miller 53:40 - Kofi 55:30 - Josh Christopher 59:25 - Bagley 1:04:30 - Remy Martin 1:06:20 - Questions

In this episode, Alex and Ethan address all of the rumors and buzz in the 2020 NBA Draft, and discuss potential strategy and trading options for a few interesting teams based on their draft capital. Timestamps: 2:34 - OKC Draft/Off-season Strategy 11:10 - Boston trade up? 22:50 - Westbrook/Hornets? 29:05 - 76ers Draft Strategy 35:00 - Cole Anthony 40:00 - Justinian Jessup 43:50 - Questions

In this episode, Ethan and Alex are back and break down their favorite realistic fits for each team in the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery. Spoiler: Devin Vassell fits well everywhere. Timestamps: 2:18 - T-Wolves 6:50 - Warriors 13:15 - Hornets 17:00 - Bulls 21:00 - Cavs 24:58 - Hawks 27:40 - Pistons 30:30 - Knicks 33:30 - Wizards 39:40 - Suns 42:55 - Spurs 46:45 - Kings 51:50 - Pels 55:55 - Celtics

In this episode, Ethan and Alex are back and break down their projected risers and fallers for the 2020 NBA Draft Combine. They also detail a couple of snubs that they believe should've received combine invites. Timestamps Combine Risers 2:30 - Zeke Nnaji 5:10 - Mason Jones 9:00 - Paul Eboua 14:00 - Jay Scrubb 16:10 - Cassius Stanley 18:35 - Robert Woodard 22:00 - Mamadi Diakite 24:50 - Josh Hall 26:52 - Tyrell Terry 31:35 - Kira Lewis Jr. 33:55 - Killian Tillie 36:20 - Malachi Flynn Combine Fallers 39:30 - Kaleb Wesson 40:45 - Vernon Carey 44:15 - Khalil Whitney 47:25 - Udoka Azubuike Combine Snubs 50:20 - Lamine Diane 52:10 - Justinian Jessup 57:25 - Nate Hinton 58:45 - Kylor Kelley 1:00:00 - Giorgos Kalaitzakis

In this episode, Ethan and Alex read through and answer the questions they received for a mailbag episode!

In this episode, Alex and Ethan are joined by Derek Murray, Director of Video Scouting for Babcock Hoops, to talk his journey to where he is now and where he hopes prospect scouting takes him, and then dive into a few guys he's done scouting reports on. Timestamps: 0:30 - Derek’s path to prospect evaluation 5:30 - Biggest draft hit/miss? 9:00 - Eval process 23:40 - McDaniels 34:30 - Bolmaro 42:05 - Stanley 45:50 - Hayes 53:40 - Avdija Higher/Lower 59:00 - Cole Anthony 1:04:40 - Maxey 1:12:30 - Wiseman 1:15:50 - Toppin 1:23:20 - Stewart 1:25:40 - Carey Jr. 1:28:30 - AntMan 1:29:20 - LaMelo 1:32:10 - Derek’s sleepers

In this episode, Alex and Ethan cover a bunch of guards who could potentially be off-ball guards or forced to succeed in a secondary initiator role at the NBA level. Timestamps: 1:06 - Questions 1:30 - Terry Off-Ball Guards 22:40 - Joe 27:30 - Stanley 30:40 - Ramsey 35:25 - Ty’Shon 37:45 - Queen 41:45 - Merrill 43:50 - Elleby 46:35 - Ford 49:15 - Quickley 51:40 - Petty Secondary Guards 53:35 - Edwards 59:00 - Mason Jones 1:02:40 - Maxey 1:08:15 - Haliburton 1:12:30 - Hampton 1:15:40 - Mays 1:17:50 - Scrubb 1:20:20 - Kalaitzakis

In this episode, Ethan Piechota and Alex Brown of the Prospect Podcast break down the top and sleeper wings of the 2020 NBA Draft class. They discuss their evaluations on lottery-level talent to potential undrafted guys. Timestamps: 6:20 - PatWill 12:40 - Vassell 19:55 - Avdija 29:15 - Okoro 33:45 - Nesmith 38:00 - Bane 41:40 - Josh Green 49:35 - S. Bey 52:05 - T. Bey 58:15 - Alston Jr./Jessup 1:04:00 - McDaniels 1:06:20 - Woodard 1:10:40 - Nwora 1:13:00 - Chris Smith 1:16:50 - Henry 1:22:06 - Questions

In this In this episode, Ethan Piechota and Alex Brown of the Prospect Podcast break down their individual top 10 early 2021 NBA Draft guys, a class with limitless potential and star-power. They also dive into some of their favorite college basketball returners and potential breakout candidates for next year. Timestamps: 4:10 - Cade 11:10 - Jalen Green 16:25 - Kuminga 20:40 - Boston 25:50 - Jalen Johnson 31:50 - Garuba 37:20 - Barnes 40:40 - Mobley 47:25 - Keon Johnson 50:55 - Suggs 54:00 - Springer/Love 59:00 - Christopher 1:04:10 - 2021 sleepers 1:12:20 - Questions

In this In this episode, Ethan Piechota and Alex Brown of the Prospect Podcast break down the best big guys and lay out their overall opinions on the class. Timestamps: 2:45 - Okongwu 4:45 - Jalen Smith 6:40 - Xavier Tillman 9:10 - Obi Toppin 13:00 - Jalen Smith Pt. 2 14:40 - Killian Tillie 18:00 - Wiseman 22:25 - Zeke Nnaji 25:00 - Achiuwa 27:38 - Pons 29:20 - Paul Reed 30:10 - Isaiah Stewart 44:00 - Carey/Oturu 51:30 - Value of Bigs in NBA (role, skillset) 1:04:00 - Questions

In this In this episode, Ethan Piechota and Alex Brown of the Prospect Podcast break down their individual top 20 recent big boards and answer questions at the end. Timestamps: 2:25 - Big Board Comparisons 1:00:35 - Questions Follow us on Twitter!  @EthanPiechota @AhbAnalytics @ProspectPod

In this episode, Alex Brown joins Ethan Piechota to talk about the depth of the 2020 NBA Draft class and dive deeper into a few specific guys, as well as talk draft philosophy in RD2. 3:05 RD2 Draft Philosophy 7:00 UDFA/RD2 Impact Values Plays (Mason Jones, Lamine Diane, Justinian Jessup, Yves Pons, Killian Tillie, Jalen Harris, Kylor Kelley, Trent Forrest, Nate Hinton, Zeke Nnaji, CJ Elleby, John Petty, Malik Fitts) 1:04:00 Fit vs Best Player Available in RD2? 1:06:57 Pritchard, Powell, Howard 1:18:00 Questions Follow us on Twitter! @EthanPiechota, @AhbAnalytics, @ProspectPod

2:30 - Killian’s strengths and weaknesses 18:43 - LaMelo’s strengths and weaknesses 27:45 - LaMelo vs. Killian for the Knicks 31:00 - Ceilings and floors of both 40:00 - Who delivers more passing value? 42:30 - Rest of PG class talk 53:20 - Under the radar PG prospects 1:00:30 - Cole Anthony talk 1:07:42 - Questions Follow @ProspectPod, @EthanPiechota and @AhbAnalytics on Twitter!

0:58 - Overall draft outlook 3:15 - Wiseman talk 8:52 - Okongwu talk 16:05 - Ball vs Hayes talk 23:38 - Poku talk 26:55 - Prospects I'm lower on 32:14 - Favorite players from the class 41:35 - RD2 sleepers? 45:05 - Questions from Twitter Follow @ProspectPod and @EthanPiechota on Twitter for more!