Chet’s Best Fit, Jabari’s Ceiling, and More NBA Draft Talk With Sam Vecenie. Plus, the Rise of International Talent With NBA Associate VP Chris Ebersole.

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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4.8 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Ryen is joined by 'The Athletic'’s Sam Vecenie for an extensive breakdown of all the major prospects in next week’s NBA draft, including where Chet Holmgren should want to land, if we’re underrating Jabari Smith Jr.’s ceiling, and more (0:32)! Then, he’s joined by the NBA’s associate VP of international basketball operations, Chris Ebersole, to talk about the influx of international talent in the league, why it's only going to keep growing, and a look at some of the best international prospects in this draft (56:12). Finally, he closes it out with some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (1:16:09). Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Sam Vecenie and Chris Ebersole Producers: Kyle Crichton and Steve Ceruti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's podcast is a lot of drafts we're not going to have an open for it because we went
0:14.0	way too long in life.
0:15.0	But by any way, we get Sam Busini about an hour on the lottery, the little sneaky second
0:19.5	round late first round stuff, and also Chris Ebersol, who works with the NBA's international
0:25.3	program, unbelievable stuff coming from overseas and all directions to the NBA.
0:30.6	So let's do it.
0:32.1	We are one week from the drafts.
0:33.1	We'll spend a lot of time, as you know, with today's lineup in Sam Busini of the Athletic.
0:38.2	Also the Game Theory podcast with Matt Penny.
0:40.3	I think you guys are doing that two days a week now.
0:42.2	I was looking through it two times a week.
0:44.2	Yeah.
0:45.2	All right.
0:46.2	Well, let's do it.
0:47.2	Let's dig in.
0:48.2	You do a great job on all this stuff.
0:49.2	So I love talking with guys like you who do it year round.
0:51.8	Let's start at the top then.
0:53.1	Where are you at the top?
0:54.3	Well, it sounds like you have a top four, but of the options for Orlando.
0:59.5	Let's at least keep it where everybody else seems to be with Chet, Paolo and Jabari.
1:04.6	Where are you?
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