This Week's Show
- Can the Draft Lottery compete with the Treadmill of Mediocrity?
- Ben Simmons falling draft stock
Hosts
- Andres Alvarez (@nerdnumbers)
- Patrick Minton (@nbageek)
- Produced by Brian Foster (@boxscorebrian)
Sources
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Video Show
Show Notes
We spend most of this show talking about our post on the absurdity of the "Treadmill of Mediocrity." As a Timberwolves fan, Patrick has a lot of insight on this issue.
Speaking of rebuilding and top prospects, we discuss Ben Simmons' "falling" draft stock.
Shout Outs
Thanks to Andrew Sutton for commenting in the twitch.tv/nerdnumbers chat room.
Patrick shouts out John Amaechi on the bballbreakdown podcast.
Patrick shouts out the "Deep Learning Training Set." A fantastic set of data images for distinguishing dogs from everyday objects.
Brian shouts out AlphaGo's crushing victory over Lee Se-dol.
Brian shouts out the Arizona State "Curtain of Distraction."
Brian shouts out Kentucky's Jamal Murray celebration.
I shout out the movie "Zootopia." It's fantastic, check it out.