Ahead of the Game: Intro to Points Over Expected with Jackson McGuire
Release Date: 10/20/2024
Mock Draft with Ben Pfeifer
Ahead of the Game
Today, FinnDraft (@FinnDraft) is joined by Ben Pfeifer (@bjpf_ on X, YouTube: ) to do a lottery 2025 NBA mock draft (with a lottery simulator).
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Best Draft Fits for the San Antonio Spurs
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Host James Oxford is joined by Evan Townsend (@Evtowns), Pete Valencia (@PeteValencia0) and Finn Vandergriff (@FinnDraft) to talk about players in the 2025 NBA Draft that could work alongside the core of Wembanyama, Fox, and Castle.
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Worth the Risk? Pt. 2
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Host James Oxford is joined by Pete Valencia (@PeteValencia0) and Finn Vandergriff (@FinnDraft) for Part 2 of the conversation to talk about a few guys we think might not be worth the risk given their current consensus draft positioning. Players include: Ace Bailey, Jeremiah Fears, Egor Demin, and Kasparas Jakučionis
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Worth the Risk? Pt. 1
Ahead of the Game
Host James Oxford (@AotGScouting) is joined by Pete Valencia (@PeteValencia0) and Finn Vandergriff (@FinnDraft) to talk about a few guys we think would be worth the risk given their current consensus draft positioning. Players include Collin Murray-Boyles Tomislav Ivisic Jase Richardson Noa Essengue Carter Bryant Tyrese Proctor
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Mock Draft with Pete & Finn
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Peter Valencia (@PeteValencia0) and Finn Vandergriff (@FinnDraft) conduct a mock draft based on a tankathon simulation.
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Post Trade Deadline Reactions
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Host James Oxford (@AotGScouting) is joined by Peter Valencia (@PeteValencia0) and Finn Vandergriff (@FinnDraft) discuss the trades made at the deadline including the Doncic/AD Trade, the Butler to the Warriors 5 team trade, Ingram to the Raptors and the ensuing contract extension and more.
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Tankathon Mock Draft
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Peter Valencia and Finn Vandergriff (@FinnDraft) do a mock draft using https://www.tankathon.com/
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Draft Misses
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Host James Oxford (@AotGScouting) is joined by Pete Valencia (@PeteValencia0) and Finn Vandergriff (@FinnDraft) to discuss some 1st and 2nd year players who we were too low on in the draft process. Players discussed include: Jared McCain, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Dalton Knecht, Bilal Coulibaly, and Stephon Castle
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Early Discussion on Maluach, Harper, Jakučionis, and Demin
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Host James Oxford (@AotGScouting) is joined by Chris Filer (@UCLA_Chris) and Finn Vandergriff (@FinnDraft) to discuss early season play from Khaman Maluach, Dylan Harper, Kasparas Jakucionis, and Egor Demin.
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Ahead of the Game: Rookie Check-In #1
Ahead of the Game
Peter Valencia and Finn Vandergriff (@FinnDraft) discuss some of the top performing rookies a couple weeks into the season. Players discussed include Zach Edey, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George, Alex Sarr, Ryan Dunn, Jaylen Wells, Jamal Shead, Jonathan Mogbo, and Yves Missi
info_outlineHost James Oxford (@AotGScouting) is joined by Jackson McGuire (@JHMBasketball) to discuss his new player metric that takes a player's contract into consideration, Points Over Expected (POE).
Medium Article: https://medium.com/@ahead.of.the.game.2024/analyzing-nba-contracts-e0df077a6fec