'High Upside' — Lottery Reaction (Ep. 112)

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🗓️ 17 May 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The Ringer's Kevin O'Connor and Jonathan Tjarks give their initial reaction to the NBA draft lottery and discuss Boston's big night (5:00), potential Celtics chemistry issues (10:00), Josh Jackson's fit in Philly (17:00), the best players outside of the top three (21:00), the battle for point guards between Dallas and New York (26:00), a wide range of outcomes for Lauri Markkanen (31:00), and the biggest late-lottery sleepers (34:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's high upside. I'm your host Kevin O'Connor and I'm joined by the ringer.com
0:10.6	staff writer Jonathan Charks as I will be every week leading up to the NBA draft on June
0:14.9	22nd. John, what's up, man? Nothing too much. I guess you're pretty peppy. Yeah, man,
0:21.6	I'm feeling good. The NBA draft flow is always fun. I love the nerves. I love the excitement.
0:26.0	I love seeing a mark Tatum just pull. Paul team team logo's out of cards. It's exciting. It's
0:31.3	very awkward, but it's fun. Yeah, it is. It is exciting. It was fun. No doubt about that.
0:36.8	I guess my first question for you is how confident were you the Lakers would not lose their pick?
0:41.7	I was going to have one to 10. About a one, a one. I had a good feeling that the Lakers were going
0:50.0	to hang on to that pick. So let's start with them. Let's start with what do they do in that number
0:54.7	two spot? I know everybody will assume it's Lonzo Ball, but what do you think that they should do
0:59.6	with the position that they're in with the second pick in the draft? They have an opportunity maybe
1:04.2	to flip that pick for a guy like Paul George or that they could wait a year and try to get George
1:09.3	from free agency. Do you wear what side of the fence do you fall in with what direction that they should go?
1:16.4	I don't think that's really on beyond the table as my guess. My guess is Indiana wouldn't do that
1:20.5	trade. Because Indiana looks like we have a franchise player where Indiana where the balls we
1:27.3	have in Indiana. Like that's the other thing too. If you're Indiana, could you really sell Levar Ball
1:32.1	in Indianapolis and could you sell it? You don't have to draft Lonzo. You could draft Jason Tanya
1:37.5	and more Jackson or anybody. That's quite a drop off from Paul George. I wouldn't do. I mean
1:44.7	my guess is I like Indiana Russell and another future pick and other assets. It's just been a
1:52.3	long time ago. The second pick they'll draft Lonzo Ball. It's all set in stone. There's not much
1:58.4	what's his name Tatum and Adam Silver and Magic talking about this weeks ago. They really can't
2:03.6	try to pick any ways of my opinion. Just to run through what actually changed. Pics 9 through 14
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