Don’t Win for Doncic, the Jaren Jackson Jr. Debate, and the Lakers' Anti-tank | Draft Class (Ep. 208)

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🗓️ 9 February 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor and Jonathan Tjarks explain the importance of the NBA draft (0:07), identify their current top prospects (3:23), consider the possibility of second-tier prospects jumping up to the no. 1 pick conversation (8:31), and evaluate the potential for Michigan State’s Jaren Jackson Jr. (10:14). Then they discuss the effects of Thursday's NBA trade deadline on the upcoming draft (19:43) and receive grades for their analyses (29:10). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer NBA Show. I'm Kevin O'Connor, staff writer at TheRinger.com.
0:13.5	This is Draft Class, a show previewing the upcoming NBA draft and joining me on the
0:19.0	other line is my good friend and fellow Ringer staff writer Jonathan Charx.
0:23.4	Hey, how's it going, man? You're recording from LA living out there now. How is life
0:27.3	in the on the West Coast? It's been really cool, man. I'm loving it out here. The weather's
0:31.8	beautiful. It's much better than snowy Massachusetts right now. I believe that. Anyhow, on this
0:36.4	show, we're going to school you the listeners on everything regarding the NBA draft and all
0:40.8	the things that interest us about it, from the lottery to the prospects, the selection
0:44.6	night itself. But before we dive in, we got to know that we write words on the Ringer.com.
0:49.0	Yeah, I got to check it out. We got a bunch of great NBA content on the site, including
0:53.0	my piece in the cows busy deadline and Kevin's piece, recapping the whole day. Speaking
0:57.6	of which Kevin, you broke days, they are Thomas trade pretty cool. Thanks, man. Just try
1:02.5	to do my job, I guess. Make sure you listen to all of our podcasts. Make sure you're subscribed
1:07.8	to all the podcasts, especially this one, the Ringer NBA show. We have shows every day
1:11.7	of the week, including a revamped Monday heat check hosted by John Gonzalez. And we'll
1:16.2	be bringing you Draft Class every Friday, leading up to and through the 2018 NBA draft on
1:21.7	June 21st. Yeah, I think we called it draft class in part because we're learning this
1:26.8	too. Like to me, the draft is the biggest intellectual challenge in the NBA. We all know
1:32.2	who's going to championship, but who's going to be the best player, who's going to be the
1:35.8	bust, who's going to be the steel. This is stuff we're all trying to figure out.
1:39.2	Yeah, I mean, like the draft means different things to different fans of different teams,
1:43.6	but in all cases, the perfect pick and change of franchise. How I look at it, drafting
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