Tonight’s NBA Draft: Everything You Need to Know

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🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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It’s being called one of the most loaded NBA draft classes in recent memory. The projected top three picks: Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, and Evan Mobley are all talented to enough to be selected #1 overall. ESPN’s Mike Schmitz is here to run down all the names and scenarios you need to know for tonight’s NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. Are the Pistons a lock to take Cade Cunningham? Is Jalen Suggs the new Jrue Holiday? Who is Bones Hyland, and why should you be obsessed with him? And is Turkish big man Alperen Sengun the next Nikola Jokic? Then, Pablo shares his thoughts on the US women’s 3-on-3 basketball team’s gold medal - and the sport’s inception. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So it is the day before the NBA draft, and I'm here with Cade Cunningham.
0:07.7	And Cade, you only worked out with one NBA team, the Detroit Pistons.
0:12.2	Detroit holds the number one pick.
0:14.3	Why should you be the number one pick?
0:15.8	I think, you know, just over the years, I feel like I've shown, you know, through my play
0:19.8	and who I am off the court that, you know, I can come I've shown, you know, through my play and who I am off the
0:21.2	court that, you know, I can come in and elevate, you know, the people around me and
0:25.8	organizations, things like that.
0:27.0	So, you know, I feel like I can come in and be immediate impact.
0:30.4	And I think that's what you want from the number one pick.
0:36.4	Cade Cunningham is all in on the Pistons, but in a highly anticipated draft like this one,
0:42.3	it's not quite as clear if the Pistons are all in on him.
0:48.3	In fact, as the next wave of NBA prospects washes over Brooklyn's Barclays Center, at least three players feel like
0:56.4	plausible number one overall selections. So today, let us be your executive basketball briefing,
1:04.3	your guide to tonight's draft. And the sports strange, maybe delusional, tomorrow.
1:13.1	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Thursday, July 29th.
1:17.7	This is ESPN Daily, presented by UKG.
1:22.8	Our purpose is people.
1:29.3	Mike Schmitz, I've been watching you travel the world, basically.
1:33.7	That's not even a exaggeration.
1:34.7	You've been all over the planet scouting prospects.
1:37.5	So thank you for coming back to ESPN Daily.
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