Rylan Stiles

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596 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2025 last heard 31 Aug

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The Athletic NBA Daily · Thunder Season Preview · 31 Aug 2026 podcast

Like even Chet, the number two overall pick, you know, started his career the same way that Thomas Weber did of being hurt.

Uh Isaiah Hartenstein, awesome player now, uh top center in the league now of those rankings, but was a journeyman to start his career.

Learning those kind of micro skills like screen setting, I think.

Could allow him to be to be a player that helps this team because of the vertical presence he can provide uh rolling to the rim and play finishing and provide inside the arc.

So I do think that Thomas Sober has a little bit of a leg up on a dime more because I just don't believe a dime more will be uh with with the shortness of the of the summer and how he looked at college, how he looked at summer league, he has obvious concerns with.

Strength and conditioning for this season.

Will it be a concern in year two or year three?

I don't think so.

But for year one, I think that they should really be uh you know all in on making sure he's gonna get to that point and not all in on making sure he can play NBA basketball.

I think that you know some G-League stints could be good for Mara.

I think that if he can get his uh body where it needs to be, it impacts every part of his game, it impacts his offensive ability of you.

You you can see him set better screens, you can see him be a better short roll passer, you can see him better be be a better rim finisher.

And then defensively, I never think, even if he gets his body right, that'll be a switchable defender, but he can maximize who he is as a drop coverage big and maximize who he is as a rim presence uh for this team on top of the motor to go get rebounds.

I think that all those things will happen eventually.

I'm less bullish on them all happening this year.

So I'll I'll put him behind the

these guys and uh rank him just ahead of Otego Owe who again I wanted to put it too.

Nice spinning layup in the lane, huh?

Oh.

I don't practice San There, I don't have a crystal ball, but I would have predictions for the Thunder.

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