Ben Taylor

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Thinking Basketball · #382: Draft evolution with J. Kyle Mann · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

So how much of that I mean

It's it's chicken and egg maybe is not the right metaphor, but like how how much of that is the player versus the person versus the inner is it a constant perfect interaction cycle between those?

They're drafting players that they can successfully identify at that space or at that level, but then they also provide the internal development for said players?

What do you think is happening there?

You have pointed me toward over the years a number of players that you say, Ben, you will love

This player.

And it's true, there's just there's a certain panaz or uh a style to the way they play.

I believe I'm not saying others haven't been fine, but I believe the only one of those players who's ever turned into a star is Denny Avdia.

So my question for you, maybe like a fun little experiment, is forget your draft board for a second.

You had Cam Boozer first, Darren Peters sec Darren uh Peterson second, AJ Demanza third, and Caleb Wilson fourth.

Just forget the board for a second.

If you just close your eyes and you just go to the deep Kyle Man recesses of basketball nirvana.

Who are the players that really there's something about them

that kind of tickles your fancy.

There's something about them that, uh, they

Forget trying to balance the strengths and the weaknesses, the measurements and the stats and all that.

You just watch them play and you're like, he he either pops or he has great feel or he just is a great basketball player.

Who are those names for I I know Cam Boozer's one of them, um, from the way you've talked about him, but who are the other guys in this draft that that kind of fit that bill?

Is that just a Kentucky thing?

Is that it?

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