Drafting the Player Development That will DEFINE the NBA Season

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🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

NBA's Next Big Leaps: Which Players Will Transform the League? Rylan Stiles and Gavin Schall conduct a thrilling "player development draft," spotlighting NBA stars poised for breakout seasons. From Franz Wagner's potential to elevate the Orlando Magic to Eastern Conference contenders, to Amen Thompson's impact on the Houston Rockets without Fred VanVleet, the hosts dissect game-changing improvements. They analyze Victor Wembanyama's post play for the San Antonio Spurs, Chet Holmgren's three-point shooting with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Cam Johnson's chemistry with Nikola Jokic on the Denver Nuggets. Discover which skills could catapult these rising stars to All-Star status and reshape the NBA landscape. Will your team's young talent make the leap?

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0:00.0	On today's Locked-on NBA Game Night podcast, we're diving into the player developments that can shape the NBA season.
0:08.4	When that final buzzer rings, you know it's time for Locked-on NBA game night.
0:13.7	All the post-game reactions to every game across the league, every single night.
0:18.6	With insights only the hosts that Lock on can provide it's the true NBA
0:23.4	fans one stop for all the actions every game every night it's locked on NBA game night
0:31.0	tipping off now let's get it going on the lockdown NBA game night podcast.
0:38.4	I'm Rowland Styles.
0:39.1	That's Kevin Shaw.
0:42.3	We are a Saturday night duo covering all things NBA. This is our last week without covering actual games on NBA game night as preseason
0:48.1	will be in full swing by the time Saturday rolls around Monday.
0:51.7	The entire league will be at Media Day and Training Camp.
0:54.5	There's already some teams like your Knicks who have already done their media day
0:58.2	and have gotten their training camp underway.
1:00.4	But Gavin, how are you feeling that we've kind of made it out of the offseason?
1:03.2	We're officially past the offseason point.
1:06.1	Yeah, maybe it's just because to your point, the outlook for my Knicks are as good as they've been in the last 25 years.
1:12.4	But I can't remember being so hungry to have NBA basketball back in my life.
1:16.9	It feels like the longest summer ever.
1:18.7	I'm just so ready to have games back.
1:20.4	I think the league is exciting, as interesting as it has ever been.
1:24.1	It's so interesting to see how this season will take shape. And it's interesting to also
1:29.6	think about the ways we looked at the league a year ago to this day of like what we expected
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