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S3 Ep 20: Big Board 3.0 with a NEW No. 1 Pick! Jan 07, 2022

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Chad debuted his third Big Board of the year on Thursday. He takes on several key topics from the Big Board in this week’s podcast.

How does the draft class of 2022 stack up against the potentially historic 2021 class led by Evan Mobley, Scottie Barnes, Cade Cunningham and Franz Wagner?

Gongzaga's Chet Holmgren held the No. 1 position on his first two Big Boards but has been surpassed by Auburn's Jabari Smith Jr., who NBA scouts feel may be the only player with real Tier 1 superstar potential in the NBA Draft.

Chad also talks Paolo Banchero, Jaden Ivey versus Johnny Davis, AJ Griffin, Kendall Brown, Jaden Hardy, Ben Mathurin, Jalen Duren, Keegan Murray, Jeremy Sochan, Blake Wesley, Patrick Baldwin Jr., TyTy Washington, Caleb Houstan, Yannick Nzosa and Ousmane Dieng and his sleeper Josh Minott.

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S3 Ep 19: We Blew It on Steph Curry + Jabari Smith No. 1? + It's a Wonderful Life with Seth Davis Dec 17, 2021

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Chad is joined by the Athletic's Seth Davis. They talk about their perceptions of Steph Curry as a draft prospect in the 2009 NBA Draft. How both Virginia Tech and Duke passed on him in college, how six teams passed on him in the NBA Draft, and how both the Suns and Knicks almost ended up with Curry.

They then pivot to the 2022 NBA Draft where Seth comes out in favor of Jabari Smith as the No. 1 pick over Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero. they also talk Bennedict Mathurin, Jaden Ivey, Johnny Davis and Ochai Agbaji.

Finally, they get into a deep discussion about Seth's favorite film, It's a Wonderful Life and what it means to both Chad and Seth in the wake of so much divisiveness in the United States today.

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S3 Ep 18: Top 5 Draft Prospects in the World Dec 10, 2021

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Chad is joined by NBADraftJunkies.com's Rafael Barlowe. Barlowe recently moved to Barcelona and is diving deep into the international draft class. How do international players like Victor Wembanyama and Yannick Nzosa compare with Scoot Henderson, Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren and Jabari Smith?

They also talk Baylor's Kendall Brown, Alabama's JD Davison, Milwaukee's Patrick Baldwin Jr., Duke's Wendell Moore Jr, Serbia's Nikola Jovic and France's Ousmane Dieng, Hugo Besson and Ismaël Kamagate.

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S3 Ep 17: Is Scoot Henderson best NBA Draft prospect in the world? Dec 03, 2021

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Chad is joined by Sports Illustrated's Howard Beck to talk about the G League Ignite's 17-year-old phenom Scoot Henderson. Beck spent several weeks with Henderson and his family in Georgia and in California chronicling his journey from high school to the G League.

After three straight dominant performances, NBA scouts and executives are declaring him a generational prospect and comparing him to former MVP's Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook. Beck? He thinks he's sees a young Kobe Bryant.

Chad and Howard go deep on his NBA prospects, his journey and what it means for other top prospects in the draft.

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S3 Ep 16: Using Analytics to Project the Draft Nov 19, 2021

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Chad is joined by The Athletic's Seth Partnow, former Director of Basketball Research for the Milwaukee Bucks, to discuss his new book, The Midrange Theory: Basketball's Evolution in the Age of Analytics.

They discuss how NBA scouts and front offices are using analytics to improve their drafting, key statistics that translate to NBA success, hits and misses that Seth has had in his years scouting the draft, how Giannis Antetokounmpo turned analytics models on their head to become a star and Seth's thoughts about several of the top rookies, including Cade Cunningham, Evan Mobley and Jalen Green.

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S3 Ep 15: First Impressions of NCAA Draft Prospects Nov 12, 2021

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Most of the teams in the NCAA have played their first game of the season.

How did the top prospects in our Big Board 1.0 look? Chad talks Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren, Duke’s Paolo Banchero, Memphis’ Jalen Duren & Emoni Bates, Auburn’s Jabari Smith Jr., Michigan’s Caleb Houstan, Purdue’s Jaden Ivey, Milwaukee’s Patrick Baldwin Jr., Duke’s Adrian Griffin Jr., Alabama’s JD Davison, UCLA’s Peyton Watson, Kentucky’s TyTy Washington, Florida State’s Matthew Cleveland, Arizona’s Bennedict Maturin, Tennesse’s Kennedy Chandler and Brandon Huntly-Hatfield, Iowa’s Keegan Murray, Duke’s Trevor Keels and Stanford’s Harrison Ingram.

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S3 Ep 14: Big Board 1.0 Nov 05, 2021

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With the college basketball season getting underway Nov 9th, Chad unveils his first Big Board 1.0 of the 2022 NBA Draft. He discusses his Top 10 prospects in the draft led by two freshmen: Gonzaga's Chet Holmgren, Duke's Paolo Banchero and the G League Ignite's Jaden Hardy. And then he gets into several other intriguing prospects that cracked the Top 30.

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S3 Ep 13: Thorpe & Ford Rank the Rookies Oct 29, 2021

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Chad is joined by True Hoop's David Thorpe to look at the performances of this year's rookie class during the first week of the season.

Chad and David talk Scottie Barnes, Evan Mobley, Chris Duarte, Franz Wagner, Davion Mitchell, Alperen Sengun, Jalen Green, Jalen Suggs, Ziaire Williams, James Bouknight, Corey Kispert, Trey Murphy III, Herb Jones and Bones Hyland.

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S3 Ep 12: Hollinger & Ford on Top NBA Rookies, Sophomores & Trades for Ben Simmons Oct 20, 2021

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Chad and the Athletic's John Hollinger talk NBA rookie performances in the pre-season including Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green, Evan Mobley, Scottie Barnes, Jalen Suggs, Josh Giddey, Franz Wagner, Davion Mitchell, Alperen Sengun, Jared Butler, Trey Murphy, Bones Hyland, Josh Christopher, Sharife Cooper, Jalen Johnson..

Then they pivot to NBA sophomore performances in the pre-season including LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards, Patrick Williams, Killian Hayes, Tyrese Haliburton, Devin Vassell, Precious Achiuwa, Desmond Bane, Xavier Tillman and, of course, Paul Reed.

Finally they discuss NBA trade talk with the Hornets and Ben Simmons.

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S3 Ep 11: Who's No. 1 in 2022? Oct 13, 2021

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Chad is joined by Sports Illustrated's Jeremy Woo to talk 2022 NBA Draft. Who will be the No. 1 pick -- Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren, Jaden Hardy, Yannick Nzosa or Jalen Duren? They also talk other top lottery prospects like Caleb Houstan, Jabari Smith, Patrick Baldwin Jr., Adrian Griffin Jr., Peyton Watson and Jaden Ivey. They also talk about several top point guard prospects include JD Davidson and TyTy Washington and talk a little 2023 NBA Draft including Emoni Bates and Victor Wembanyama.

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