10 Sixers Draft Questions With J. Kyle Mann!

The Ringer's Philly Special

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🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Sheil is joined by Ringer NBA draft expert J. Kyle Mann and has 10 questions about the Sixers and the prospects who will be drafted next month. Is VJ Edgecombe more of a fit for the Sixers than Ace Bailey (03:54)? How much should the Sixers be considering fit and championship window rather than the best player available (31:12)? If the Sixers stay at 3 but don't draft either Bailey or Edgecombe, who could that surprise pick be (44:40)? Email hot takes: [email protected] Become a member of our Reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/RingersPhillySpecial/ The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please check out rg-help.com to find out more, or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Host: Sheil Kapadia Guest: J. Kyle Mann Producer: Cliff Augustin Music Composed By: Teddy Grossman and Jackson Greenberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Folks, it's Jay Kyle Mann from The Ringer, and as always, basketball is so freaking, freaking good.
0:07.5	It's so good, in fact, that the Ringer's NBA draft show is finally back just in time for a ramp up to June.
0:13.4	We've got you covered every week as we take an in-depth look at who's got next for the NBA's future.
0:19.0	We'll talk the rising and falling stocks of the best and the brightest prospects in the 2025 NBA draft class.
0:25.7	From Cooper Flag to Dylan Harper, the VJ Edgecom and more.
0:29.8	Tap in with me on the Ringer NBA Draft Show every Wednesday and make sure that you follow, subscribe, and hit us with those five-star ratings. Welcome to it's truly a it's truly a feeling a year.
1:09.0	Welcome to the Ringers Philly special.
1:11.7	Shield Capadia here, and we are digging in to the Sixers draft options with a guest who has actually watched and studied and put together a draft guide and formed smart opinions.
1:24.5	Not me?
1:25.1	Just looking at it.
1:25.9	This is a 15-minute little scouting
1:27.7	report, YouTube thing. I can get an opinion on VJ Edgecom. No, he is the expert, co-author of the
1:33.9	draft guide on the ringer.com, him and Danny Chow. His name is Jay Kyle, man. Kyle,
1:39.6	thank you for joining us, first-time guests to the Ringers Philly special. I'm very happy to be here. In a perfect world, I guess the simplest summation of a draft
1:50.1	expert is what you said, you know, header, Kyle Mann, subheader has actually watched.
1:56.5	You know, that's what I'm here for. For the people who don't have time to do it, I'm happy to
2:00.8	help however I can't. It's funny when you started in like when you started sports a That's what I'm here for. For the people who don't have time to do it, I'm happy to help
2:00.9	however I can't.
2:02.2	It's funny when you start in like, when you start in sports media, you're like, I can
2:05.9	really get ahead just by watching a lot, you know, whether it's the games, the film,
2:11.4	draft prospects.
2:12.8	Yeah.
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