{"id":7635,"date":"2017-06-21T19:36:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T23:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2017-06-21T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T23:36:14","slug":"coast-2-coast-episode-30-nba-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2017\/06\/21\/coast-2-coast-episode-30-nba-mock-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast 2 Coast Podcast Episode #30: Top 10 NBA Mock Draft, NBA Rumor Mill Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a long hiatus from the Coast 2 Coast podcast, Austin Cracraft and Dante Guarneri talk the NBA Draft with Thomas Tittley\u00a0ahead of the June 22 event. Thomas gives the\u00a0pair\u00a0his\u00a0top 10 mock\u00a0draft and they discuss how each pick would affect\u00a0each team, including a particularly\u00a0interesting pick of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/zach-collins-1.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Collins<\/a><\/strong> at No. 10 to the Sacramento Kings. In the middle of the podcast, the group is interrupted by the breaking news that\u00a0the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2017\/06\/20\/brook-lopez-traded-los-angeles-lakers-dangelo-russell-timofey-mozgov\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agreed to a\u00a0trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Check out all of LWOPB&#8217;s 2017 NBA Draft profiles <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/category\/nba\/nba-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following Thomas&#8217;s departure, the duo dissects the intriguing NBA rumor mill with a game called &#8220;Should I stay or should I go now?&#8221; Names such as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/butleji01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Butler<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/haywago01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordon Hayward<\/a><\/strong> are discussed as possibilities to leave the teams that drafted them. Austin and Dante also react to the news of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gasolpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pau Gasol<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s decision to opt out and <strong>Milos Teodosic<\/strong> possibly coming to play for the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Coast 2 Coast Podcast Episode #30: Top 10 NBA Mock Draft, NBA Rumor Mill Roundup<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/an8wm-6c292d?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Austin Cracraft and Dante Guarneri discuss everything from the wide world of the NBA, whether it be the latest update from a Banana Boat or a legend being thrown out of the Garden.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Follow the show on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Coast2CoastPod\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Coast2CoastPod<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Austin is a Staff Writer and Podcast Host\/Producer at\u00a0Last Word On Sports. He is currently attending the\u00a0University of Oregon\u00a0and enjoys watching, talking about, and playing sports. He is a shameless Colorado Buffaloes\u00a0and\u00a0Oregon Ducks\u00a0fan.<\/p>\n<p>Dante studies Financial Economics at\u00a0Columbia University. For every statistic and analytic undertaking, he hopes to shed humorous light on the everyday parity of the sports world. 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