NBA Draft Live Reaction to the Lottery Picks
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🗓️ 26 June 2025
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Andrew Schlecht and Es Baraheni are joined by Christian Clarke, Josh Robbins, Eric Koreen, Brian Geisinger, and Derek Parker to give live reactions to the first 15 picks on the NBA Draft.
Host: Andrew Schlecht and Es Baraheni
Guest: Christian Clarke, Eric Koreen, Brian Geisinger, and Derek Parker
Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the athletic NBA Daily's NBA Draft Live stream. |
| 0:16.5 | The NBA draft is about to happen, everybody, and it's going to be amazing. |
| 0:21.3 | We're so glad that you're with us, with me. |
| 0:24.4 | Esper Henny is going to be my co-host along for this ride to kind of help guide us through. |
| 0:29.9 | Who are these guys? |
| 0:31.6 | I don't know how many of you guys are draft sickos like we are, but this is, it's going to be incredible night. |
| 0:39.3 | I really like this draft class. |
| 0:41.4 | I think there's, and I cannot wait to see what everybody's going to do. |
| 0:45.0 | We have the Mavs on the clock as we speak. |
| 0:49.0 | And I think we all know what they're going to do. |
| 0:52.0 | Yeah, I wonder. |
| 0:52.8 | You know, they have so many options. So many choices. They could pick anyone. They could pick anyone. They have the option. The world is their oyster. You know, I was actually thinking about this like 30 minutes ago because they were doing the whole Cooper flag feature and they were at his hometown. I don't know if you saw any of that, but like ESPN was at his hometown. They were doing. Yeah. And I was just, I'm still kind of in awe that the Mavericks have the number one pick. I know. Yeah. 1.8% chance that they had the pick. Unbelievable. They did the whole Lucidantia trade that still, you know, I'll just be sitting by myself and still |
| 1:27.9 | shocked that that happened. It all just feels so coincidental and I've been taught not to believe |
| 1:33.7 | in coincidence. I know. But man, yeah, it's crazy. Look, by the way, to your point of the |
| 1:40.8 | whole, like, loving this draft, I've been forced to love this draft you know the |
| 1:47.4 | toronto raptors have forced me to fall in love with this draft because i am locked in |
| 1:53.9 | i've had to watch like 20 to 30 guys yep because the range is so wide for the number nine pick. And even before they, we knew they were going to get the number nine pick. It was just like, okay, maybe they'll get the fourth pick or the fifth pick and six pick. And you're kind of looking at those guys too. So yeah, I've been forced to love this draft. But you're right. There is a lot of talent here, for sure. Yeah. |
| 2:17.9 | Yeah. |
| 2:18.1 | I mean, the draft is nothing but selling hope. |
| 2:21.5 | Yes. |
| 2:22.3 | Yes. |
| 2:23.0 | So you've got to buy into it. |
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