NBA Finals Preview + OKC Thunder Season Obituary + How We Would Draft the First Round

We did a 3.5 hour deep dive on the 2026 NBA draft. Thank you to Maxwell and Chuck for joining us as always. Enjoy. Follow Maxwell on Substack: https://substack.com/@maxwellbaumbach Follow Chuck's podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnl-ysML55badWuvXeB_WnQ Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall    Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/  All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowball Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We did it again folks. Thank you Nic, Parm and Will for joining us. Enjoy. For the visual version of this episode with the mock draft board please watch here: https://youtu.be/qIetaZVnr24 Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall    Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/  All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowball Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The draft model I mentioned on this episode https://harlan-nba-prospect-predictor.streamlit.app/ Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall    Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/  All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowball Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Topics in title. Enjoy. Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall    Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/  All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowball Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We put Daryl Morey's Sixers tenure on Slop Trial one last time. Enjoy.  Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall  Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/ All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowballFollow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We talked the Sixers season ending in a sweep vs. the Knicks, where they go from here, Morey's job status and some targets with the 22nd pick in the draft. Then we dove into the NBA Draft Lottery / combine results and finished with the government mandated Giannis trade talk section. Enjoy. Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall    Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/  All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowball Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We talked the first games of the second round, our thoughts on the matchup's, the last teams eliminated in the first round of the playoffs and Masai returning to the NBA with the Mavericks. (The Sixers Celebration and Celtics Season Obituary pod can be found on the YKB Patreon btw) Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowball Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall    Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/  All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowball Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode was recorded before last night's games. Patreon episode reacting to those games and more coming later this week. We talked Sixers upsetting the Celtics in Boston (again), the first round having more surprises than ever, the Pistons and Nuggets chances of coming back down 3-1 in their series due to some injuries and every competitive first round series. Then we discussed the season's of the first two teams who were eliminated in the playoffs (Suns and Blazers) and talked about where they go from here. Plus new ideas from Adam Silver that everyone hates! Enjoy. Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall    Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/  All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowball Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Our new merch just dropped! Buy it here: https://youknowball.dashery.com/ Please read: the home page features all the new merch but you can also scroll down to the bottom of the page on each item if you want to get something other than what it is featured. For example if you want a YKB logo t-shirt click on the hoodie and scroll to the bottom of the page. From there you can find ANY ITEM with that logo on it. Let us know if you have any issues! Big shoutout to Trayton from the YKB Discord and Alan Duda for helping us with these new designs. Thank you! Also apologies for my tech errors on this one but we did the best we could to fix them on the spot and with editing. Enjoy. Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall    Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/  All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowball Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

THE POSTSEASON IS FINALLY HERE. TALK SOON. Join us on the YKB YouTube this Tuesday and Wednesday for the play-in games: https://www.youtube.com/@youknowball Get weekly bonus content, discord access and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall  Buy our merch here! https://youknowball.dashery.com/ All other YKB content can be found here: https://linktr.ee/youknowballFollow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.