Lottery Luck vs. Internal Progression: Who Should Tank? with Sam Sheehan of YKB

About this episode

The episode discusses whether certain NBA teams should pursue lottery luck or focus on internal progression, featuring guest Sam Sheehan.

The Celtics, Kings, Heat, Grizzlies, and Pacers aren’t title contenders, but they’re not tanking either. Stuck in no man’s land, should these teams chase lottery luck or bet on internal growth? Sam Sheehan of YKB joins the show for a mix of real analysis and some well earned Kings bashing. A fun one with one of the best in the game. Like, rate, subscribe, and share! Check out The Drop Step here: https://x.com/TheDropStepNBA Check out YKB on YT here: https://www.youtube.com/@youknowball Check out Sam here: https://x.com/NBABabySecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: The Drop Step

Guest: Sam Sheehan

Topics covered

• NBA
• team strategy
• lottery
• internal growth
• basketball analysis

Keywords

• NBA
• lottery
• Celtics
• Kings
• internal growth
• basketball
• team strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YKB, Celtics, Kings, Heat, Grizzlies, Pacers

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