'High Upside' — Top Forward Prospects (Ep. 107)

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🗓️ 8 May 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The Ringer's Kevin O'Connor and Jonathan Tjarks discuss the changing landscape of big men in the NBA (4:00), Jonathan Isaac's ability to play center (8:00), Jayson Tatum's NBA comparison (14:00), Josh Jackson's jump shot (18:00), OG Anunoby’s high ceiling (25:00), and potential fits for each top forward in the 2017 NBA draft (32:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to High Upside, the Ringer's new NBA Draft Podcast.
0:15.0	We'll be talking about the ins and outs of the 2017 NBA Draft.
0:19.1	My name is Kevin O'Connor and I'll be your host this draft season and I'll be joined
0:22.7	weekly by my friend and fellow Ringer staff writer Jonathan Sharks.
0:26.6	And today we're going to be discussing the changing, evolving NBA which is getting quicker
0:30.6	and smaller with more shooting and spacing.
0:32.9	Today we're also going to debate how the modern league impacts top forwards like Jonathan
0:37.1	Isaac and Jason Tatum.
0:38.8	But before we do that, our intro music is courtesy of the band Oso Oso.
0:43.3	The title track is called The Plant Mouth and Oso Oso's Elm is called the Unohan Mix
0:48.2	Tape which is out now through seal mountain records.
0:51.1	You can find Oso Oso on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp anywhere you listen to music.
0:56.1	Thank you to Oso Oso for their music and for being listeners of the Ringer NBA show.
1:00.3	Anyway, onto the first edition of High Upside.
1:02.6	Let's do this.
1:03.6	Jonathan, what's going on man?
1:22.8	Nothing much man, I'm excited for this podcast.
1:25.0	I'm going to be like Joe Johnson, I'm going to hold the ball, get a lot of takes, and
1:29.5	make some fun of us.
1:31.3	Hey man, take all those takes, these have been some good ones.
1:34.6	Speaking about the playoffs, before we discuss the forward prospects of this draft, I think
1:39.0	we really need to provide some context of what's happening in the league right now and we're
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