The Crystal Basketball Podcast: Recent Episodes
Crystal Basketball Podcast
Rashad Landers II and Ethan Fuller bring deep insight and high-level analysis of some of basketball's brightest young stars at the high school, college and pro levels.
Rashad and Ethan break down four bigs entering the 2021 NBA Draft. They break down each player's strengths and weaknesses, NBA translation, and potential team fits.
3:17 - Kai Jones
16:22 - Day'Ron Sharpe
25:17 - Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
34:40 - Santi Aldama
Rashad and Ethan get you ready for the 2021 NBA Draft with a rapid-fire episode touching on a number of players. They break down their individual top fives, early sleepers of interest, and March Madness stars. The duo also mentions four prospects worth betting on despite underwhelming 2020-21 seasons.
1:40 -- Ranking Cade Cunningham, Jalen Suggs, Evan Mobley, Jalen Green and Jonathan Kuminga
11:34 -- March Madness stars -- Davion Mitchell, Quentin Grimes, Joel Ayayi, Johnny Juzang
24:21 -- Early sleepers to look into -- Daishen Nix, Josh Giddey, Tre Mann
34:18 -- "Benefit of the Doubt" guys -- B.J. Boston, Ziaire Williams, Isaiah Todd, Allen Flanigan
48:18 -- Forgot about another sleeper! Bennedict Mathurin
50:53 -- Transfer market thoughts
Rashad and Ethan continue to dissect the best high school players in the 2021 class, and take on some prospects with unique player types. They also talk some 2020 NBA Draft as the big day approaches.
1:11 - Harrison Ingram
8:43 - Trevor Keels
18:20 - Aminu Mohammed
28:58 - Hunter Sallis
42:45 - Tyrese Haliburton and the Draft
Rashad and Ethan quickly summarize some of the recent high school commitment announcements, including decisions from Jordan Nesbitt, John Camde, Nate Bittle, Harrison Ingram and more.
Rashad and Ethan continue breaking down the 2021 high school class. They examine high-flyer JD Davison, with Rashad finding a trend in his game, and compare two athletic wings in Kendall Brown and Peyton Watson. Ethan also explains why AJ Griffin is one of his favorite prospects in the class.
Rashad and Ethan take on four more prospects in the high school class of 2021. They expand on why one is Rashad's favorite player in the class and why another is already an NBA lock. The duo also breaks down each player's strengths, weaknesses, and potential futures.
Rashad and Ethan start their journey through the 2021 high school recruiting class by breaking down four of the consensus top prospects. They analyze each player's strengths and weaknesses, college futures and potential for growth. They conclude the episode with their own re-ranking of the four recruits.
Rashad and Ethan analyze four of their favorite underrated prospects in this year's NBA Draft class: Zeke Nnaji, Robert Woodard II, Reggie Perry and Immanuel Quickley. They break down each player's strengths, weaknesses and team fits while providing more general thoughts on the upcoming draft.