Who Were the Biggest Winners from the 2025 NBA Draft?

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00:00Coach, I know some things did go right for some of these NBA teams.

00:03Give us some teams that you thought really excelled in the NBA draft.

00:07Well, number one, even though he's acting like a damn idiot, I still like Utah.

00:13I mean, I thought that Ace Bailey, to me, was number three on my draft board.

00:18I think his ability to score is going to be really, really interesting.

00:22I think a lot of what Ace Bailey is going to be predicated on in regards to rookie of the year,

00:27market, guys, is what does Danny Ainge do?

00:31If you really look at this, four guys in Utah you've got to be on the lookout for.

00:35John Collins, Laurie Marketing, Jordan Clarkson, Collin Sexton.

00:38If you continue to tank, you have to be looking to move at least three of them.

00:45Clarkson, Sexton, John Collins all need to be moved.

00:49You've got to play guys like Keontae, George, Taylor Hendricks,

00:52and obviously a player of the caliber of an Ace Bailey.

00:56So, for Utah getting a top three talent, arguably top two talent at pick five,

01:02I think is absolutely fantastic.

01:06Second, I love what Orlando did getting Jace Richardson where they did.

01:12I think that Jace Richardson is such a dynamic scorer at the point of attack.

01:18You know, you look at the NBA and these smaller guards,

01:22a la Jalen Brunson, are starting to exceed in this league because you can hide them on the defensive end of the floor.

01:28Well, number one, you don't have to hide Jace Richardson because he came from Sparty.

01:32And anybody who knows anything about Sparty knows that if you don't play no damn defense,

01:36you're not going to play for Tom Izzo.

01:38But to me, now you have an interesting thing in Orlando.

01:42Number one, Jalen Suggs had a really good year before he got hurt, but Jalen Suggs is injury pro, right?

01:49So, you need a backup point guard.

01:51Now, also, what it does for Jamal Mosley, Donnie, is it allows you to play different ways, right?

01:58Number one, you could go with, you could put Suggs off the ball, right?

02:03And play him in the backcourt, right?

02:05Obviously, Jace Richardson.

02:07And have a good defender, but a guy that can score and shoot the ball at a high clip from three.

02:12You could go with him and Bain, right?

02:15Two high prolific scores.

02:16You can go with your backups.

02:18You can move Anthony Black and go with a two-point guard setup.

02:20So, now Jamal Mosley has ways that he can mix and match his team in the backcourt

02:25and a team that was the worst three-point shooting team in regards to flat-out attempts and makes

02:32and percentage now has a guy that shoots it at a 40% clip from three.

02:38The other team that I like, what they did, is the Miami Heat.

02:42Giving Yaki Jonas at pick 20 a phenomenal value.

02:48Miami Heat team that really has struck out a lot, Donnie, in regards to who they were looking

02:53and trying to pick up, right?

02:55Obviously, when they hit on Duran, you know, they won a little last year.

02:59Now they have a point guard, 15 points a game, almost five assists, four rebounds, six foot five,

03:05long, can play really smart basketball.

03:08And now you have a facilitator that can get the ball to Scary Terry, who can get the ball to Hero,

03:14who can get the ball to Bam Adebayo.

03:16Let me tell you something, folks, and he's going to start.

03:19Unless you believe that Davion Mitchell is going to start, because Davion Mitchell did have a good playoff.

03:24If I'm Spoh, I'm going with KJ at the point.

03:28So now when you look at the situation where he's at, this could be a kid that can give you 12, 13 points

03:33and may give you six or seven assists.

03:35Hello, that is value now, Donnie, that you have in regards to the rookie of the year class right now.

03:42Thank you very much.

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