Must Drafts, Sleepers and "My Guys" with Sloan Piva of The Sporting News

Who does Sloan Piva not want to leave his draft without? These five players! And he's on today's show to tell you why.
Players covered: Paolo Banchero, Jalen Duren, Tyus Jones, Buddy Hield & Brandin Podziemski
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[@DylanWeyand]

Paolo and Duren were two guys I've been in on the last couple years that I've kind of moved away from. That said scottie barnes was the guy I moved off of last year and really missed out on his leap. So I'm looking closely at them. Think Paolo gets better this year but I'd still rather pass on him and take guys like Zion (im all in on skinny zion), Siakim, Randle, Barrett later on. Duren is tough, because I watched a fair amount of pistons games. He is one of the worst defensive centers I saw last year. A big reason why his defense and minutes were down was because of the bad fouls he committed. If he figures out how to move his feet on defense, he'll be a steal at 50. The offense and shooting stroke look good. I'm more likely to take a chance on duren if the guys i like are gone in the 50s.

[@OldManSquad]

Really good thoughts here!

[@korg2378]

Cant watch it from when he said Paolo. So yeah from the start. 😅 dont bring in this guy again please.

[@OldManSquad]

I think it's important to hear arguments for players we don't like, too. It's all part of the process!

[@bball4lif3r]

I think Sloan came on here to troll Dan. He cant be serious with all those picks. 😂

[@OldManSquad]

Haha nahhhh. Paolo no one is going to convince me of, but there's some mystery to Duren's upside (plus I do love his rebounding)!

[@TheOmar]

Can't wait for your punt points mock draft, Dan

[@OldManSquad]

Probably a Hali team

[@TheOmar]

@@OldManSquad could also do it with Jokic, Davis, and even SGA ?

[@OldManSquad]

@@TheOmar SGA would be a slight less optimal choice on the 30ppg but I get it because of his powerhouse %s. Jokic for sure.

[@TheOmar]

@@OldManSquad Exactly - SGA's %s are so good along with all the other stats he puts up. Would just need to get a great assist guy in round 2 and/or 3

[@OldManSquad]

@@TheOmar Yep! Since he handles so much volume he gives you that great %s start. Just need to make sure you balance assist/bad-FG guards early with some good-%s bigs late that help FG% a lot to cover it up even if they don't score

[@dsmooth9702]

In a full redraft year 12 team h2h with picks in the 2nd , 4th and 5th round as my first three picks, who would you target and build considered. Take into account that some league members have multiple picks in the first two rounds?

[@OldManSquad]

I think I replied in the other thread

[@keo6229]

Dan I need to see some fantasy champion credentials!

[@OldManSquad]

Haha I have ZERO physical items! But most of my electronics were purchased with winnings so that counts a little I think for cred yeah? :)

[@squallville103]

His choices are rather….interesting.

[@OldManSquad]

Consider us thought-provoked! There are a couple I agree with, though!

[@shahud1890]

Do you think Fntasy Basketball will ever reach Fantasy Football type popularity? It feels like right now it's at about 15% of what football is in terms of coverage. So few analysts and even less actual analysis.

[@OldManSquad]

Sadly, it won't

[@michaeld830]

I know Dan had an internal cringe when Sloan’s first guy was Paolo!

[@OldManSquad]

Haha, he's not 1 of my guys, but I really love hearing from smart people and what their logic might be. Definitely a fun part of my job to always be digging/exploring!

[@boneshakeripa]

even with higher FT% near 80% in later part of season, Paulo ranked outside the 100 still. don't agree with the Paolo take

[@OldManSquad]

Yeah I'm likely not getting on that train either but I do think it's always fun to hear from smart people and sometimes they can convince me stuff :)

[@scam661]

Surely he’s running some misdirection campaign. Podz was the only legitimate candidate here. When is Tyus Jones ever going to have the ball in his hands? How can we count on huge growth in all cats from paolo? Duren top 50? Buddy Hield???

[@OldManSquad]

Even if we disagree, it's still nice to hear thoughts on everyone. At least that's my feeling on it

[@ryanwood856]

Adamantium + mithril alloy for Jalen Duren 🤌

[@OldManSquad]

Somehow this got lost in the shuffle - great post!