Hour 3: Evan Already Hates NBA Draft Coverage Before It Has Began

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Should reporters on twitter spoil picks before they are shown on television?

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0:00.0	The Mets stink, the Yankees stink.
0:02.2	And tonight, the NBA draft.
0:05.4	And I have like a request that will never happen again, so I may have to do it myself.
0:11.5	So tonight is the NBA draft.
0:13.0	The Knicks do not pick in the first round.
0:15.4	They could conceivably trade into the first round, though that's a very unlikely scenario.
0:20.2	The Nets have five first round picks. I believe, and this has happened with the NFL greatly, so for the first round, though that's a very unlikely scenario, that has to have five first round picks.
0:22.3	I believe, and this has happened with the NFL greatly,
0:24.8	so for those that don't care about basketball,
0:26.3	you will understand what I'm about to say.
0:28.5	Twitter and social media has ruined the draft.
0:31.8	It's ruined it.
0:32.8	It's ruined it for two reasons.
0:34.2	Number one, they will tell you the draft pick before you see the commissioner,
0:40.3	make the draft pick. Right. The problem, though, with saying, okay, Evan, don't look at Twitter.
0:45.5	That's easy. Don't look at it. Well, but don't you want to hear about the trades? Because
0:50.7	sometimes you may not hear about the trades. This was a big deal with the NFL for a while.
0:55.6	Oh, yeah, because Adam Schefter would spoil the drop-packs.
0:59.6	But I think it's gotten curtailed a little bit.
1:01.8	Has it?
1:02.2	So what's happened with the NFL is Schaefter and Rapaport, I don't think are allowed to do it because of the TV partners broadcasting.
1:09.3	All the local beat guys will get that pick 30 seconds before, and they'll throw it up.
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