Breaking Down the 2025 Draft’s Best Lead Ball Handlers

[@justinboyce1285]

Shout out to you both putting out this content!

[@D-Rock_in_BKLYN]

26:21 - HUGE Nets' fan here. I like how you defined your terms earlier in the video. We have several combo-Guards, or at best, secondary ball-handlers. None of them fit the role of primary ball-handler. Give me the one that'll project to cast doubt in the minds of defenders. Between the offense that Jordi Fernandez runs and the addition of other talent, the Nets figure out the best fit

[@therockneverstops8261]

If I’m the Nets I want Dylan Harper.

[@D-Rock_in_BKLYN]

​@@therockneverstops8261Oh, for sure. There's no doubt about that. BUT... what if we get the #1 Pick? I want Cooper Flagg overall

[@therockneverstops8261]

@@D-Rock_in_BKLYN I think you’ll be disappointed in Flagg when you realize he isn’t a #1 or #2 option offensive player but he’lol be really good for a long time.

[@WillHarp-q3v]

Hey, did you see that double spin move against Penn State and Harper passed the ball under the basket to Ace Bailey that’s a ESPN play possibly the player of the year I ain’t seen nothing else better from any college player than that play right there and if it is, please talk to me

[@therockneverstops8261]

Can you guys start tracking at the beginning of each new season players whom you believe has put themselves in a “good position” program/ system/ coaching to have an opportunity to look good??? Maybe even create a criterion for this?!! It feels like so many top recruits end up at high notoriety (Duke, Kentucky, Kansas) programs only to get buried on benches if they don’t look great from the beginning. These high profile programs also get such great recruiting classes each year that these recruits that struggle early have very little investment in their continued growth because the school can go out and get someone better the very next year. I also think in this era of NIL and the transfer portal that young athletes need more information and guidance into what it means to select a great opportunity for YOU, not just something that looks great. The Harper/ Bailey combination at Rutgers is a great example of going to a great situation.

[@norrinradd542]

John Mobley, Jr. is right there as a prospect with the prospects mentioned... Good episode too btw.

[@Skygooose]

It's Kasparas and Harper. I love Demin, but I'm not convinced he's a lead handler at the NBA level.

[@dillamadukes21]

Jump shot consistency with Demin will be the swing skill at the next level. If he can consistently hit from NBA three, he's a top 5 talent. His passing and court vision are already exceptional. The ball handling concerns IMO are a reflection of his need to get stronger in the weight room rather than a skill issue.

[@mikejones9906]

I know a lot of people argue in favor of going to a smaller school so you can get the ball more but if you’re a true point guard, I think that’s a terrible idea. If Demin goes to a blue blood, he would be way better than what he’s showing. You can be a great passer but when guys can’t make shots or finish, it means nothing.

[@LockedOnNBABigBoard]

Or they may play him out of position because the school has a 6’1 PG that can only play PG. For example Baylor with VJ Edgecombe and Keyonte George.

[@therockneverstops8261]

@@LockedOnNBABigBoard Thank you! I was just going to say this… VJ should have gone to a school that would have played him alongside a “table setting” PG and allowed him to operate as a playmaker and shot creator in high leverage situations working through the mistakes much like Cooper Flagg is getting to at Duke. Shout out Maluach who also should have gone somewhere that was going to allow him to play his full game and work through the growing pains along the way.

[@mikejones9906]

@@therockneverstops8261 Rob Wright just broke the assists record for Baylor, with VJ its all about consistency.

[@therockneverstops8261]

@@mikejones9906 You are making my point. Rob has the ball in his hands so much that he is able to break those records. A table setter is someone who is going to put the ball in someone else’s hands to make those plays.

[@mikejones9906]

@@therockneverstops8261 Nice contradiction

[@Skygooose]

I have a question for Raf: Has any European translated as quickly at age 18 to college basketball than Kasparas? Does that mean anything to you given it seems a lot of Europeans have struggled to adjust to the college game?

[@LockedOnNBABigBoard]

@@Skygooose no. Very few European one and done prospects. Markkanen and Sochan were the rare Euro one and dones.

[@RoyWood-w7s]

Still slept on wag I see . Do yall just watch stats or the game ????

[@LockedOnNBABigBoard]

DJ Wagner?

[@KwameFadhiliWilliams]

Fears is the best

[@d.jarbouin2478]

I don't think lonzo is the lakers guard that kasparas compares to Im thinking dlo