Hello, friends. It’s time for another episode of the Dime Podcast and with no NBA action for the majority of this week it was a good opportunity to take a look ahead to the NBA Draft with Sam Vecenie of The Athletic and Game Theory Podcast. As always, you can smash those subscribe buttons to get the Dime Podcast as soon as it drops on your favorite podcast listening app (Omny, iTunes, Google), leave us a review and give @Dime_Podcast a follow on Twitter.
This week, we get into Sam’s favorite prospects and where he draws the line between the top tiers of soon-to-be lottery picks, why he loves DeAndre Ayton so much and some of his favorites deeper in the draft. We also talk about guys casual hoops fans should look out for as we all shift attention to college hoops during March Madness.
But first, we have to recap the week that was in Los Angeles for NBA All-Star Weekend, from parties to the games, and discuss our million dollar idea for when the All-Star Game heads to Charlotte in 2019.
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Here’s the full rundown of this week’s discussion:
- Larry Nance Jr.’s mom wanting him to move back home
- The vast difference in cost of living in various NBA cities
- Being a rookie in L.A. or New York being a very different lifestyle than in Indiana
- The Magic City pop-up idea for 2019 All-Star in Charlotte
- Do laws exist in fields?
- Coach K at the Beats Party
- Kevin Love at the Beats Party
- If LeBron leaves a party, nothing really cool is going to happen
- Did the changes to the All-Star game format help?
- MAAC basketball
- What cities the NBA will never host All-Star in for liability reasons
- Cold weather All-Star is bad
- How do we fix the Rising Stars Game
- Integrating the BIG3 into All-Star
- NBA Draft talk! Finally!
- DeAndre Ayton being an alien
- Luka Doncic being awesome
- This draft being very good through most of the lottery
- Sam’s favorite mid-first round picks
- What should the Cavs do if they land a high pick
- Guys to watch for in the NCAA Tournament
And much, much more!
