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J. Kyle Mann

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4805 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

It's almost every night.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Um, and obviously the, the other thing that makes the NBA unique and uniquely susceptible to this is that one player makes so much of a difference compared to other sports.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

My last thing is my favorite fun proposal I've gotten from someone in the league is the NBA's version of the papal conclave.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

And I'm just going to, I'm just going to read it out because I think it's so good.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Yeah.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Step one, all 30 teams submit their first, their full first round draft order, their proposal for how the teams should be ordered for the draft.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Step two,

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Then there is a calculation of the average order of those teams.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Put all the proposals together, average it.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

And so you get a draft order that is one to 30, the average of all the 30 proposals.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Step three, there's a debate period.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

By the way, everyone, all the GMs and owners are trapped in a castle for this.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Step three, there is a debate period where teams can try to argue for or against a proposed slate.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Step four, a vote is taken to approve the slate.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Step five, if the slate gets greater than 50% of the votes, the chimney releases orange smoke and the GM and the owner of the number one pick emerge in a white robe.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Step five B, if the slate does not get approved, black smoke comes out of the chimney and we go back to step one.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

I'm more concerned of like, where would we do this?

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Cameron Indoor Stadium?

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

Oh, I like that.

The Zach Lowe Show
Are the Thunder in Trouble? Plus, a Look Back at the Brandon Miller-Scoot Henderson Debate.

What has a chimney?