Kings Draft Targets at No. 7! 2026 NBA Draft Deep Dive with Ben Pfeifer

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Who is the guest and what is his background in NBA draft analysis?

Shannon Maldonado 0:00
Perustin pyöräilyvaatteita valmistavan ornotin vuonna 2013.

Why does Ben say he’s obsessed with the NBA draft?

Shannon Maldonado 0:04
Mielestäni parasta Shopifessa on se, että voimme harjoittaa liiketoimintaa ilman teknistä osaamista. Voimme hallinnoida yrityksen taustajärjestelmiä ja front endiä sekä myydä verkossa. Vaivatta. Jos Shopify olisi pyöräilyvaruste, se olisi mielestäni itse polkupyörä.

How much talent does the Kings have at the No. 7 pick in the 2026 draft?

Shannon Maldonado 0:20
Sillä asiat hoidetaan ja meidän liiketoimintamme hoituu Shopifessa. Alloita ilmainen kokeilu shopify.com-sivustolla.
Professor Devi Sridhar 0:30
Olen Shannon Maldonado.

Which player does Ben think fits the Kings best at No. 7?

Professor Devi Sridhar 0:32
Käsin tehtyjä artisaanituotteita myyvän Jauwi-lahjakaupan perustaja. Valitsin Shopify, koska alustoja testatessani totesin sen ehdottomasti yhdeksi helppokäyttöisimmistä alustoista. Minulla oli tärkeää pohtia kehittymistämme tulevaisuudessa. Kaikki myyntiin tarvittavat työkalut, kuten varaston suunnittelu, ovat kätevästi Dashboardissa.

Do combine measurements matter when evaluating prospects?

Professor Devi Sridhar 0:55
Aloita ilmainen kokeilu shopify.com-sivustolla.
Deuce (Deuce Mason) 1:00
Morgan, the draft is less than a month away. We are getting ready and we're trying to talk to people who know a lot about the draft and who are obsessed with the draft.

What are Darius Acuff’s biggest strengths and weaknesses?

Deuce (Deuce Mason) 1:08
Our next guest is someone we've never actually talked to before, except in the 30 seconds prior to recording. He's someone I saw on social media with his observations, you know, throughout college season. And then I saw the film breakdown he did with Kingston Flemings. I'm like, this guy with
Mo 1:24
Kingston Flemings.
Deuce (Deuce Mason) 1:25
With him. Breaking down clips with it was fascinating. It was awesome. Um, his name is Ben Pfeiffer.

How does Ben assess Michael Brown Jr.’s upside for Sacramento?

Deuce (Deuce Mason) 1:32
You could check out his top 100 big board at Essentially Sports.com. We're going to link it in the description. We'll link his YouTube page as well. But Ben, we appreciate you joining us.
Ben Pfeifer 1:43
Thanks for having me all. Very very kind professional intro there. I'm I'm already liking it. But yeah. Um, like you said, just do a lot of scouting, film, stats, analysis, everything draft and hopefully gonna be able to have more of those type of videos like
Deuce (Deuce Mason) 2:00
the Kingston Fleming one in the future. But dude, that's amazing.

Why does Ben rank Cam Boozer as the #1 player in the class?

Deuce (Deuce Mason) 2:03
Um when did you become obsessed with the draft? I guess is my first question.
Ben Pfeifer 2:07
Unfortunately for y'all, one of my like kind of draft awakenings was the twenty eighteen draft where Luca kept falling. Um, and I remember being a dumb kid, and even I was like, damn, why is this guy who won the Euro League MVP at eighteen not going number one? And then I realized there's a whole, you know, faction of of brilliant people on the internet who are doing really cool work. So I just kind of, you know, worked my worked my way up, have been grinding, film, writing, all that stuff alongside, you know, the the rest of my life and and doing school and now being out of school. But yeah, I've always loved the draft. Um this is about my li yes, what what this is like my seventh, seventh or eighth cycle seriously covering it.
Ben Pfeifer 2:46
Really? Okay so Okay,
Mo 2:47
so so crazy you do it all. I mean, all like even talking to players, breaking down their games with them. So what is your pros or what is your process when you are looking at a draft prospect?
Ben Pfeifer 3:02
Yeah, it's such a tough question and it really depends. Like for a lot of these players, I've been aware of them for like a lot longer than, you know, they just kind of are in their draft cycle. Like most of these guys I at least had some exposure to in like when they were in AAU or like early on in their college career. But I think the kind of first and and most important thing I like to do is like try to figure out, you know, what makes a prospect special, you know, what makes them different, what makes them unique and and what kind of you know primary things they bring to the table. I watch a lot of film, take, you know, pretty detailed notes on games and this year I've been doing more like, you know, intense like hand tracking and charting stuff, which is fun but psychotic.
Ben Pfeifer 3:43
But what are you
Deuce (Deuce Mason) 3:44
tracking? I I need to know like what are the things you're tracking when you're watching these guys? Yeah, so
Ben Pfeifer 3:48
basically I I have a sheet where I track pretty much all of like the quote unquote like impact plays a player makes. And you know, there's so many things that prospects do that aren't captured by box score or even like more advanced stats, you know, like rotations and advantage creation and you know help defense and extra passes and you know shot creation that doesn't result in shots.

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