Today’s episode features two special guests!
First, Pierre is joined by NBA Draft consultant and NBA Big Board host Rafael Barlowe to discuss how the game has evolved, his journey in player evaluation, and a first look at the 2025 draft class.

Then, projected first-round pick Nique Clifford out of Colorado State joins the show to share his basketball journey and how his game translates to the next level.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

Rafael Barlowe Joins the Show

1:40 NIL Impact on Draft Process

5:55 - Small guards and double big lineups

8:00 - Draft age

9:20 - Favorite types of prospect

15:54 - Overtraining players

20:45 - Youth Basketball Overseas

23:41 - Draft misses, finding a role in the league

27:30 - ’97 Arizona and Salim Stoudamire

31:37 - Michael Beasley

35:00 - Chris Douglass Roberts connection

45:14 - GM aspirations, European basketball

50:00 - All time favorite players

53:20 - Jeremiah Fears

RAPID FIRE 2025 NBA DRAFT PROSPECTS

55:03 - Rasheer Fleming

55:30 - Kon Knueppel

55:45 - Carter Bryant

56:02 - Derik Queen

56:21 - Khaman Maluach

56:43 - Ace Bailey

57:20 - Egor Demin

57:46 - Kasparas Jakucionus

58:16 - Tre Johnson

58:45 - Asa Newell

59:16 - Cedric Coward

59:48 - Thomas Sorber

1:00:07 - Maxime Raynaud

1:00:55 - Collin Murray-Boyles

1:01:38 - Labaron Philon

1:01:59 - Danny Wolf

1:02:27 - Jase Richardson

1:03:13 - Ryan Kalkbrenner

1:03:55 - Kam Jones

1:04:26 - Walter Clayton

1:04:55 - Nolan Traore

1:05:31 - Ben Saraf

1:05:59 - Noa Penda

1:06:44 - Noa Essengue

1:07:52 - Joan Beringer

1:08:24 - Hugo Gonzalez

1:09:23 - Nique Clifford

1:11:41 - Rafael Outro

1:14:08 NIQUE CLIFFORD Joins the Show!

1:15:35 - Basketball Origins

1:18:38 - College recruitment and transfer processes

1:26:21 - Potential NBA fits

1:29:29 - NIL

1:33:20 - Playing on ball more

1:34:13 - Watching basketball

1:35:35 - 7 seconds or less

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Road teams are a shocking 6-1 to start the Conference Semifinals 😱. Pierre breaks down the four playoff matchups and highlights the keys to success for each team. Let us know in the comments who you think is winning each series! ⬇️

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

4:28 Timberwolves vs Warriors

21:20 Cavs vs Pacers

37:39 Celtics vs Knicks

51:30 Thunder Nuggets

1:01:28 Outro

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Coming out of the first round of the playoffs, I'm giving my playoff POWER RANKINGS. That's right, every team gets ranked. Where did your team land? Any surprises? Drop a comment below!

00:00-11:24 A quick moment for Dame 🙏

11:25-21:31 RANKING: Pacers & Bucks

21:36-25:25 RANKING: Thunder & Grizzlies

25:28-28:33 RANKING: Cavs...and don't even ask me about the Heat...

28:34-34:11 RANKING: Celtics & Magic

34:12-41:21 RANKING: My Knicks & the Pistons

41:24-49:40 RANKING: Lakers & THE Timberwolves

49:45-54:21 Acknowledging the twitter debate: “@freewave3: Having the best player or players in a series has never mattered less in the NBA”

54:25-1:02:41 RANKING: Warriors & Rockets

1:02:43-1:06:58 Lastly...RANKING: Clippers & Nuggets

1:07:01 YOUR Qs with P! 😌

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