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Brooklynettes can still land a star-level prospect if they fall again in this year's

draft lottery.

I'll tell fans who they should be watching and what they should be looking for during

March Madness on today's episode of Lockdown Nets.

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I'm going to be joined by a draft analyst to talk about the top prospects outside the

top four.

Why they have star potential and which the nets are most likely to target if they fall

in mage draft lottery.

Let's go.

All right.

Here with Derek Parker of draft SI running through the NCA tournament preview and now

who are some of the next prospects outside of the top three or top four that the nets

could potentially be targeting and this is as much as net spends not want to hear, not

want to hear it.

A pertinent conversation because right now, netra third in the draft lottery standings,

the lowest it seems like they can fall is four.

So their draft range appears to be one through seven probably, but there's going to be a

very realistic chance that they fall outside of the top three or the top four.

So I want to run through your board of this next tier of guys, Caleb Wilson, a guy that

we're not going to talk about as much because he's not playing in the tournament, but he

is the guy that a lot of people have that four, but that five, six, seven, eight, who's

the first guy that you have on your board outside of that top four?

I've got Kingston Fleming's at five.

I myself as a draft evaluator lean towards defense quite a bit.

So Kingston Fleming's being the best of the defensive minded guards.

He's also good on offense.

I think the shop making, the shop profile isn't phenomenal, but he is, you know, quit

Twitch athleticism.

The athleticism is good from a vertical perspective.

Should be able to score at the rim.

I think the three pointer stands to get better.

So I think when you look holistically at all these guards and all of them are so good

and this tier is so hard to rank it.

It's just unbelievable for the draft evaluators in general to have to do this.

But Kingston Fleming's to me seems like the most well rounded.

I don't know that he has quite the highest ceiling of some of these other guys depending

on their outcomes, but love the defense from him.

I would have him at five currently.

All right.

Let's just quickly just give me your six, seven, eight, and then we'll run through some

of those guys individually.

And I also want to talk about kind of the positional conversation that obviously is

going to pop up with the nets here, but who do you have six, seven, eight?

Six Mikel Brown Jr.

Seven Braden Burries, probably my most controversial take and then eight Keaton

Bogler.

Darius Acuff being nine.

Okay.

All right.

We'll get into all of those guys individually.

But out of all those guys, point guards, guards, the nets obviously drafted.

Some people, like there's been the conversation how they drafted three or four point cards.

It's not necessarily true.

Yagor Dillman doesn't seem like he's going to be a point guard in my opinion.

They drafted Nolan Troy and Ben Sirop, two guys who I would say are traditional point

cards, but Ben Sirop certainly isn't going to preclude you from taking any of these guys

and Nolan Troy probably shouldn't either.

So quickly before we get into the rest of your board and talk more about Kingston Flemmings

at the top, what would you say to nets fans who are really concerned about the prospect

of them selecting another point guard after what they did last year?

Yeah.

I mean, I covered the thunder as well.

I would point to the defending champs.

They employ so many different guards.

They employ so many different guys that can handle, shoot, pass, defend, especially.

So I wouldn't be deterred by having a lot of guards on your team.

I mean, again, the thunder, Shay, Cason Wallace, Alex Caruso, Lou Dord, Isaiah Joe, all

these different guys, AJ Mitchell, guards are running the league right now, I think.

They're the tried and true method of winning games, so wouldn't be deterred in the slightest.

All right, Kingston Flemmings, the top guy you have outside of that top board.

It seems like he's a guy who has been the most consistent pick I've seen at that number

five spot.

And I understand why.

I mean, like you said, a very well rounded prospect and a guy who's his speed just jumps

off the screen when you watch him play.

And I also think that like you look at the way the nets are building some things.

I mean, it's a core tenant, I think of every, you know, NBA team's offensive philosophy,

but, you know, paint touches, the ability to collapse the defense, the ability to, you

know, find sprays out, get the ball in rotation is a big part of what the nets want to do.

And Kingston Flemmings, that first step, that speed is just elite.

And he's been a very high level facilitator, you know, 10.3 assists for 100 possessions,

2.86 assists to turnover ratio, which as a freshman is just, you know, very high level.

And I think that the thing that some people might point to as, I don't know if you would

say it concerned, but, you know, he's shooting 39% from three, but it's only 5.83 point

attempts for 100 possessions.

So he's behind in terms of the volume of some of these other guards.

But if you're making the pitch, you know, for why he could be a guy who could be like a

lead usage type guy in an NBA offense, what would that be?

Yeah, I think if you look at the at rim numbers, and if you look at the three point numbers,

and if you can envision a future where those get better, then you're looking at a star guard,

like truly, he can defend, he can pass super, super well.

I think his cognition and his processing are phenomenal.

If you can shore up his at rim numbers and his three point shooting, you have a three level

score again, a guy who to your point, he can teleport by the first line of defense.

That's absolutely massive.

Once he can teleport by that first line of defense, he can either get a good high rising jumper

in the mid range or pass with that high feel.

So wrap all this up with the fact that he can defend and he's a two way player.

I just think there's so many pathways for him to succeed, even if only the at rim finishing

or only the three point shooting comes around, you've got a guy who can impact the floor

on both ends.

He can just do so many different things in a game.

I think he again just kind of brings the best blend of skills in this tier two or tier

three after Caleb Wilson.

Yeah, and the defensive part of it, I think, is also a big part of the conversation because

you're talking about a lot of these guards.

He's, you know, I think a little bit smaller than Michael Brown, Keaton Wogler, obviously

is, you know, bigger, but doesn't have the athleticism, but defensively, do you think that

he's the best defensive prospect out of this kind of tier of guards in this range?

I do.

Like he said, he's a little shorter.

So maybe the ceiling isn't quite as high, but I think instinctually he's like far and

away the best.

It's not necessarily close.

He chose Houston for a reason as an evaluator myself.

I love that.

I think Kelvin's system is just really, really hard to succeed in, especially for a true

freshman.

So him doing that and choosing Houston and going to a defensive minded system alone is

enough for me.

I think he's a stellar defensive prospect.

And who'd you have at six?

Who's your next guy?

Michael Brown.

Okay.

Michael Brown.

Interesting.

A guy who has been battling injury.

I think we just got news this morning that he's going to miss the first two games of

the NCAA tournament, which is frustrating.

But another guy who has been a very high level offensive prospect for a long time.

And the thing that popped to me when you look at him is the three point shooting because

I had to check this number a few times.

He's attempting 14.43s per 100 possessions.

And like he's only around I think 34 or 35%.

So the percentage isn't there.

But we saw this with Yeg or Dioum in last year.

He's a much better shooter at the college.

Well, Yeg or was that like 27 or 28% but Yeg or took a lot of threes, not as much as

this, but you heard from or I've heard from some people like three point volume can

be a good, you know, predictor indicator of future success, the willingness to get them

up the confidence there.

And you look at him like I think that's a big part of the cell.

Obviously the size, you know, six foot five, 190, 190 pounds.

Another guy who can pass the ball, you know, the rim frequency, I think hasn't been as

high, but he's converting at a very good percentage at the rim.

I think like 65%.

So what is your pitch for my Cal Brown?

Why do you have him ahead of guys like Darius, Acuff, Keaton, Wagler because I don't think

that that's, I think he's been kind of ranked below those guys in a lot of, you know, traditional

big boards and mock drafts.

Yeah, I feel like my Cal Brown is going to be the ultimate process over as old sky.

Like this lone season with Louisville has not been probably what he or several others

wanted out of it, but 18 points you touched on just the pure three point volume is absurd.

4.7 assists, even with, you know, three turnovers per game speaks to his level of feel.

The defense hasn't been as bad as even I was anticipating coming into the year.

I didn't even have my Cal Brown this high and even given these injuries, given some of

the inconsistencies, given some of the maybe feel questions.

I would say that he's really, really impressed me.

I just think the process of which he's playing in the dribble past shoot mold has been stellar.

Like this is everything an NBA organization wants if they can kind of iron out the fringes

of his game, which I think is super possible again, dealing with injury.

If this is the injured version of my Cal Brown, I think the healthy version we could see

him get to the rim more, finish even more, actually capitalize on those threes.

There were times where, you know, he would shoot seven for 10 in the game and it would

raise his percentages by like 2% in one game.

So I just think there's a lot more than meets the eye with my Cal Brown.

And I think you'll be able to eventually get an NBA system where they prioritize him

and make him the focal point and he can work on those things.

Yeah.

Something that I've also seen offensively with him is the mid range game isn't quite at

the same level as some of these other guys like a guy like a Fleming's or an a cuff.

I should have pointed that out with Fleming's, but he has been pretty good from the mid range.

I think he's shooting shooting like 30 or no, let me go.

I have the numbers here.

He's shooting 42.6% on like six attempts per 36 minutes in the mid range.

For my Cal Brown, that number has been lower.

It's been at like 24.4%.

On 2.4 attempts, so lower.

So if you're talking about, you know, a guy who can be a lead guard in terms of having

that three level scoring potential, is that something that doesn't worry you?

It doesn't worry me.

I think honestly, it can be a positive.

Certainly you want the mid range and I think that's something he can add to his game.

It doesn't worry me in the sense that when he's driving the ball, he's able to get to

the rim.

And when he's not he's shooting threes, I don't necessarily hate that shot profile just

in general.

Like again, I covered the thunder.

So the mid range is is beloved in Oklahoma City, but it's not necessarily the most efficient

basketball shot anywhere else.

So I don't hate the fact that we're not taking a lot of mid ranges, despite me liking Kingston

Fleming's obviously.

Yeah.

And I think for the nets that wouldn't necessarily be a negative because they are not a big

proponent of the mid range shot.

They want guys who can get to the rim.

They want guys who can pass.

They want guys who can shoot from three obviously and Michael Brown checks a lot of those

boxes.

So I want to get a little bit more into my Cal Brown before getting into the rest of your

board and some of those prospects.

We'll get into all that.

We continue locked on nets after a quick break.

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Coming back from the break on today's lock down that's episode talking with Derek Parker

continuing our NCA tournament preview.

I just want to finish the conversation about my kill Brown.

I think that a big part of the sell for a guy like Kingston Fleming's that we spoke

about before was the athleticism, the playmaking, the defensive capabilities.

When you talk about Brown, obviously has been battling the back injuries.

When you look at the athletic profile, the ability to be a good defender but also offensively

a self-creator, a guy who can be like a blow by guy, kind of improvised or a guy who can

be a pick and roll ballhandler and facilitator, how do you think that he stacks up in regard

to some of these other guard prospects that we're talking about?

Yeah.

We touched on it earlier but I think his size is probably the biggest back pocket option

for him.

He is the biggest of these true lead guards at six foot five, bigger than Kingston Fleming's

bigger than Darius Acuff.

I think that's probably, again, his best back pocket option, athletically from a horizontal

perspective, he's not as fast but I think he's crafty enough.

He doesn't have as much lift as the other guys but again, I think he's to a workable point.

I think he really likes his game, like he likes getting into the three pointers, he gets

downhill when he can but he doesn't force it.

I enjoy that but that doesn't mean he is necessarily as athletically or especially defensively

as good as those others which I can understand, like you said, there's reasons that he's

not quite to this point for a lot of people, I can understand those but I like his process,

I think it stands to get better and I think again, an NBA organization that prioritizes

him will be able to kind of build around him and cover up some of those deficiencies.

All right, who's next on your board?

I have Braden Burries at an Arizona.

Braden Burries, this is the outlier or the surprise pick for a lot of people but a guy

in the games that I've watched, you know, Arizona play has definitely stuck out so what

have you seen from him that has you higher than consensus on him as a prospect?

Yeah, he pops every single time I watch him.

I think Arizona is an unbelievable basketball team.

I think the fact that they're primed to have a potentially deep tournament run with

two of their best players as true freshman one being Burries is pretty phenomenal.

His case to me is more of an off guard.

I think he's much has a lot less star power than everybody else we've mentioned so far.

So maybe in the from a net's perspective, like it might not be the flashiest pick, but

he's another guy who can handle the ball, he can shoot the ball, probably the best defender

we've we've named so far outside of the high end guys.

I mean, he is truly stellar defender, especially in the Arizona system.

When I watch him shoot dribble past the fend and he does it in such a complimentary way,

he's not detracting from anyone else.

I think there's certainly times where as much as I like Kingston Flimmings, as much as

I like Michael Brown, their offense on bad nights is detracting from everything else.

Like there's nights where they can shoot their team out of it or back into the game.

I think with Braden Burries, he is so steady, almost in a Derek White way where he's just

like he's doing everything, he's impacting the game positively.

And I think in a draft full of star upside and bets and developmental projects, Braden

Burries is a guy who's going to hit the ground running.

He's not going to necessarily need that layer of protection over him and he's just going

to play him back full basketball.

So that's why I haven't met seven.

Do you think that there's potential for him?

Like you said, it's more of an off ball guy, but do you think he's a guy who could kind

of scale up and maybe have more of that?

You know, lead, you know, offensive guy type potential that might, you know, lend

itself a little bit more to the upside or being more than like a complimentary piece.

100%.

We saw that in Arizona's win over Houston in the big 12 title where, you know, the Arizona

Wildcats offense got bogged down and he just went up and straight up created like he was

the offense.

He hit tough jumpers.

He hit open three.

So I don't think it's going to be to the level of these other guys like Kingston Flimmings

is going to command the Rockmore, Michael Brown, Darren Peterson even could command the

Rockmore.

Raiden Burries, I think in a very, you know, complimentary way again is going to be able

to scale up and do that sometimes, but also play off the ball and also defend and do some

of the trench work, which I think is really important.

Okay.

Keaton Wogler, the next guy on your board, which what number we had now, it was a seven

or eight.

I mean, eight.

Eight.

Okay.

We got Keaton Wogler at eight, six foot six guard out of Illinois has really just forced

himself up the board, like was not a guy who was in this conversation entering the

season was not as highly touted of a prospect as some of these other guys, but a guy who

I've really enjoyed watching who plays with a chip on his shoulder is just an insane

shot maker and really has also been a pretty high field player.

I thought despite a lot of the knocks on him, which are the athletic limitations, you know,

not being as much of a blow by guy and above the rim player.

I think he's over one on dunk attempts this season.

So net fans might have a little concerns about drafting another guy who struggles as a

self-creator, who, you know, isn't like a very dynamic athlete, doesn't always play

with another a ton of force after what we saw in last year's draft with Yegore Diyomin

and some others.

But I think Keaton Wogler has been undeniable.

What have you seen from him that puts him firmly in this like top eight range?

Yeah.

It's remarkable that this class was already so good.

And then here comes this four star who no one's ever heard of.

And he just, like he said, forces people's hands in making him a top five, top ten prospect.

He's been great.

I think the shooting is stellar 40% on nearly six attempts.

That's basically a locked in skill.

The offensive processing for assist to two turnovers.

Like he said, he's not able to break down that first line of defense without a ball screen.

But so often we can see that being kind of an overblown thing.

Net fans, again, maybe, maybe not thinking that right now, give him some time.

He's not going to get there.

But Wogler, the profile stellar.

I think he certainly has more in the handling bag than a Geo Man.

The at-room finishing is good.

The mid-range stuff is good.

Another system where Illinois is not an easy place to play.

And it's especially not an easy place to star as a true freshman.

And his ability to go out and score 18 points per game and just again, force his own head

coaches in and playing him is stellar.

So he's absolutely earned a top ten grade.

I think, again, like a Joe Man, he maybe shades more towards a wing than a true guard,

just given his handling.

But that's not necessarily a bad thing, as we've seen with the nets this year.

Yeah, and I think that it's been his statistical profile has been interesting to me because

he's obviously like the biggest knock is not an explosive athlete, not an above the rim guy,

not exactly a guy who might be a gift self-creator off the dribble.

But you look at it, he's still shooting like 60% at the rim.

His volume isn't terrible, only I think 14% of his rim attempts have been assisted also.

So he's been getting downhill and he's been finishing despite all of those knocks.

And then the shot making some of the games, some of the shots that you see him make is

just kind of otherworldly like he's shooting 40% on 10.3 attempts per 100 possessions.

I've heard some analysts even mutter like the Steph Curry comparison, which I don't

know where you fall on that.

But when you just look at the shot making the overall offensive profile of a guy like him,

how do you think that it translates to the NBA level?

Because I do think that, like that's the concern, like it was with Yeg or Dylan is you

take a step up, a big step up in terms of the athletes, the length, the windows, how all

that closes.

And you think maybe, you know, that lens itself to some struggles.

Why do you think that?

Maybe it wouldn't be as glaring for him as it is for a guy like Yeg or Dylan during

his, you know, the beginning of his NBA career.

Yeah, I do think it does lend itself to some struggles as referenced by me having him at

eight opposed to, you know, a five or around there, but I will say I think it's contextual

in the same way that Jim and is where right now he is essentially like ousted Kyle and

Boswell for the lead guard position at Illinois.

So he is the focal point of the offense.

If I'm thinking of him in terms of a wing in the NBA and he's playing next to other NBA

stars with NBA gravity, I think that opens the door to a lot more downhill finishing.

I think that opens the doors more of the funky mid range.

So while it can be concerning to think about that in terms of like, yeah, he can't break

down the first line of defense and maybe he doesn't have true point guard tendencies.

I think all of the things that do make him a good wing right now are set to make him

an even better wing at the NBA level.

So not super concerned, I don't think he set to be, you know, a one A on an NBA basketball

team.

I don't think that's a bad thing.

I think he could be a phenomenal second scoring option or even third scoring option.

Yeah, and I think that, you know, the positional versatility is also something that I think

will be attracted to NBA teams as it was with a Yeg or a German with the nets.

But the last guy that we got in this tier is Daria Sakef, a guy who has made waves as

of late for his big 12 tournament performance.

So we got to get into him.

We got to get into the fit who we think fits best with the nets with what they're building.

And also what nets should be watching for with each of these guys during the NCAA tournaments.

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Coming back from the break.

Now today's Lockdown Nets episode on our NCAA tournament preview with Derek Parker and

we're talking about the next year prospects outside of the top four, a lot of which are

these guard prospects.

And the last one at number nine on Derek's board is Darius Acuff, six foot three guard out

of Arkansas, who just led the razor backs to the SEC tournament title.

He became the first out of their first player or first freshman to lead the tournament in points

and assists since Pete Maravitch, which is anytime you're in the same company as Pistol

Pete in the college basketball scene, pretty impressive.

But yeah, Acuff a guy I think will be somewhat polarizing or I think there will be some questions

about because he's just like this elite offensive player who can score, who can assist, very

good shooter, can get to the rim, but a smaller guard at six foot three who struggles a decent

amount on the defensive end and that archetype is kind of being faded by a lot of NBA organizations

at this point.

I assume that's the reason that he's at number eight or number nine on your board, but

give me your outline of him.

Why, you know, the strengths, the weaknesses, why you have them where you have them.

Yeah, I mean, basically everything you said, I think the offense is just completely

undeniable.

Like this guy, the poise with which he plays as a true freshman, I think the passing

is stellar a three to one assist to turnover ratio in the SEC while leading your team to

the SEC title is like unheard of every opposing head coach is like, this guy should be

the number one pick, which obviously the NBA is a completely different game.

He's not going to be the number one pick, but when all of these college basketball head coaches

are saying, Hey, there is a cups of guy.

I tend to listen.

So again, having him at nine in this draft, I don't think is necessarily a hit.

I think he's so stellar.

I think he is a little more heliocentric than the others, which is why I would have him

take that hit.

I think everybody else listed that we've talked about so far has the ability to play off

the ball and really, really thrive off the ball.

And basically, the only way Darius a cuff can do that is just simply shooting threes.

The defense is not quite to that level.

The three point shooting has been really, really good, but these were questions coming into

the year of, is he a good three point shooter?

And I think you look at the course of the season, you say yes, but there's still something

lurking in the back of some evaluators minds of, you know, is 45% legitimately where

he's going to level out.

I don't know.

A cuff phenomenal player.

I think a team that really pours into him is going to have a really, really good offensive

player on their hands for for a team in the net's case where, you know, maybe they don't

want to play heliocentric ball and they want to have this talent spread across and they

want a system that shares it and everybody can do everything.

I don't know that that's Darius a cuff because he's really, really good at what he's

good at, but he's not good at a positional versatility, all the other type things.

Yeah, so it kind of sounds like he's a guy who you kind of have to build the offense

around.

And you know, that's kind of been like a question.

Like we've seen it in the NBA nowadays, like, can you build around these smaller guards

who struggle defensively and kind of pour a lot of your energy into them offensively

and then kind of cover up some of the other things on the other end and ache up.

I will say like the numbers, like if you're a casual who just like hasn't really watched

him, you just look at the numbers, like they really do jump off the screen.

Like as you said, 45% on 9, 3 point attempts for 100 possessions, 10.3 assists for 100

possessions over a three assist to turnover ratio, shooting 59% at the rim, shooting close

to 42% from the mid range.

Like, if you look at all that stuff, you're like, oh, this guy's the number one pick.

He's great.

But like the archetype, I feel like is the question.

And I think that with some of the things that we've seen from the nets with the way that

they drafted last year, like Sean Marx has spoken to me and others about positional

size, positional versatility.

Like they took egg or dillman who six foot eight, you'll bench her off six foot six, even

Nolan Troy six foot four, like that was a big focus of theirs.

And as good as a cup has been, I think some of the things that you said might not lend

itself to him being the best fit or like the net's type of guy.

That leads into the rest.

And we're talking about this group overall.

Is there any guy in the tier that stands out above the others as like, this is a guy

who really I think could fit into what the nets want to do?

I have an answer, but I want to get yours first.

I feel like my answer will be different.

And I've kind of talked to myself into Keaton Woggler over the course of this video, honestly.

But I keep going back to Michael.

I keep going back to Michael Brown.

I don't know why I just think his size at six foot five.

He's a big guard.

The dribble pass shoot aspect.

Brooklyn obviously, as you know, they have some runway.

Right here, like barring a star trade or a star free agent signing.

They've got some room to develop these prospects to keep doing that over the next several years.

And I think if you're looking at a guy, you can turn into a superstar.

Michael Brown is it like, I don't know that Keaton Woggler is going to ever, you know,

develop the athleticism needed to blow by the defense.

Like Michael Brown could get there.

He is a legitimate handler.

He has actual craft.

His athleticism is not far behind those like Kingston Fleming.

So I keep coming back to him.

I've mocked him a few times to Brooklyn and it probably won't be the last.

And why do you have him?

My answer is going to be Kingston Fleming's.

And you know, the reason for that is I think he can play defense.

I think he has good enough size.

I think that he can collapse the defense with the ball in his hands and the three point shooting.

If you think that you can kind of, you know, keep that percentage where it is while scaling up the volume.

That obviously is, you know, very attractive with the playmaking flashes that he has.

Like he is a high field player.

He gets the ball moving.

I think when you put him alongside a guy like Yegor Jailman and he can collapse the defense.

You have Yegor as like that three point shooting option with some of the other three point shooters.

I'm sure the nets will try to surround him with that would be my answer.

I also heard from Corey Tullaby had him on the show from no ceilings.

And he said that he's heard some smoke about the nets having a lot of interest in him.

Some Houston people have said that.

I mean, they have interesting a lot of these guys.

I'm sure they're scouting all of them.

But why do you say Michael Brown over a guy like Kingston Fleming's in regard to the net's fit?

I think the three point shooting really is the deciding factor.

I think even accounting for Kingston Fleming's developing and getting better at three point shooting.

He'll, there's almost no way he'll ever get to the tier that Michael Brown is.

Like again, we talk about the pure volume.

I think the number stand to come around.

So when you're looking at this net's team that is already developing some pretty interesting three point shooters.

You talk about Jailman's development over the course of a season.

That is kind of the deciding factor in having everybody do everything.

I think Fleming's could get to that point.

I think there's certainly an NBA pathway where he's hitting threes.

But I think if you're looking for a guy who can get to the highest point of doing absolutely all the things we mentioned dribble past shoot defend.

It could be Michael Brown.

Yeah, and I understand the cell there with Michael Brown, especially in regard to the three point shooting the size.

And him versus Fleming's, it's kind of interesting because like Fleming doesn't have as much of the three point shooting.

But he can collapse the defense and he has that at least first step.

Brown, it's like kind of the opposite.

So you know, based on you can make the argument like that's have some of that stuff.

The three point shooting with Jailman, do they kind of zag and go the other direction to balance that out?

Or do they kind of go all in on some of those aspects?

And that's not to say that Michael Brown, like, you know, isn't a good athlete or can't do some of those things.

But we'll see how that comes along.

Last thing I want to close this out on is I want to run through each of these guys and just the main thing.

If you're a net's fan, what you should be watching for each of these guys during the NCAA tournament in terms of like an improvement area or something that could,

you know, bring their stock up.

So let's just do this rapid fire and let's start with Kingston Fleming's.

What would you say is the main thing to watch with him?

Yeah, he hasn't had a great month.

Honestly, of shooting the ball of scoring in general.

So look for consistency for him to win a couple games with Houston and lead them in scoring because he just he hasn't been

scoring the ball at a great rate and he needs a little bit of a bounce back.

OK, Michael Brown isn't playing.

But if he does get back on the floor, what would you say for him?

Same exact thing.

He's just got to fill it up. Louisville is going to be severely limited without him being a superstar has been the case all season and will continue to be the case.

So hopefully he can get back in and make a difference in that starting lineup.

OK, Burry is what would you say about him?

Burry's is going to have to be the guy.

We saw it in the big 12 tournament.

You're not going to win the NCAA tournament without some legitimate scoring star power as we touched on.

He's good at the complimentary stuff, but if he can actually handle the ball, do some point guard stuff score on the ball.

That's going to raise the stock even more people might get to the point I'm at.

So that's what to look for with Burry's.

OK, Wogler.

Wogler Illinois is good.

He's the focal point.

Just keep doing what he's doing at this point.

I think they stand to win some games.

If he can play at a level point, if he can have some big games, we saw, I mean, again, a 46 point outing is pretty absurd.

So just keep doing what you're doing, Keaton.

Yeah, and I didn't mention it before, but I think we can get I think the sweet 16, a Kingston Fleming's Keaton Wogler matchup there, which for net spans, that would be very exciting and thing something to watch for them.

And then last guy, Darryus Acuff.

Darryus Acuff, I don't think anyone is more prime to have a huge tournament than Darryus Acuff.

We just saw it in the SEC tournament.

March is made for guards.

I'm not looking at this tournament and seeing a lot of veteran guards.

He plays like a six year senior anyway, Darryus Acuff could have a monster attorney.

Okay, and one more thing.

I get some questions from net spans about like second round sleepers, like guys in that prospects, because the guys in that range, because the nets do have two early second round pick.

So is there any guy playing in the tournament, who's kind of in like that late first round early second round range that you really like that net spend should have an eye on?

Joshua Jefferson would fall in a way, be in my pick.

He's one of my favorite prospects in the class.

Going to be a national player, the year finalist, if he's not already so much feel at six foot nine, he can pass the ball at a phenomenal rate, genuine point forward.

He can defend across multiple positions.

He can score on the inside, he's sturdy, he can post up, he can cut either side of a pick and roll.

The only thing to watch out for is the three point shooting.

There's not a lot of believers in it.

If you do though, Joshua Jefferson is going to be a player in the NBA.

Okay, Derek, appreciate you taking the time as always, always great to chop it up about some draft stuff.

If you guys do not already, you guys got to go follow Derek Parker's YouTube channel.

It's great, you know, individual prospect breakdowns, Derek, what's the plug all that stuff where they can find all your work because it really is just really top to your stuff.

Yeah, on YouTube, like you said, Derek Dash Parker, I also started a Patreon called NBA draft space where it's basically that process of making those scouting reports,

but it's like hours worth of film, so go check that out as well.

All right, Derek, we'll definitely circle back and try to have you on again before the draft.

There's going to be nonstop talk about this stuff, but keep doing your thing and appreciate taking the time as always, man.

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