00:00But to hone in on Acuff more, why it is so tricky, what Darius Acuff did at Arkansas
00:09was put forward one of the most prolific, live dribble, three-point shooting seasons we've seen.
00:19And it's the type of stuff that bends defenses, where, like, I don't need to get into a set shot
00:27as I'm, it's the, that's why I say Lillard, when I'm bringing it across half, if you're not,
00:33if your eyes aren't ready, I'm gonna dot them. And the thing with Acuff, if he's not a supernova,
00:43he might, like, kind of, might be bad. Because we know the defense is bad. We know it's bad.
00:49And he's not, and he's not the athlete Lillard is. There's not a lot of Darius Acuff dunked in the
00:56half court that you see. But why, that's why I like it for Sacramento, because coach,
01:01they are going to give him every opportunity under the sun to figure this thing out. Like,
01:07there is, and that is exactly what Acuff needs, in my opinion. He needs to be their day one starter.
01:14Russell Westbrook needs to be nowhere near this team. I'm sorry. But, like, unless Russ is cool
01:20being, you know, a mentor or whatever, and off the bench and all that. But, like, this is,
01:26I almost would argue, no team in this draft class will be taught, like, AJ went one. On day one,
01:38it's not AJ's team, potentially. On day one, it needs to be Darius Acuff's team in Sacramento, coach.
01:46And that's why, besides the top two or three guys, he's the guy you need to look at right now
01:50for Rookie of the Year, because he's going to have the ball in his hands so much at a time,
01:55right? Because you look at, we think Washington is, should be better if they're healthy, right?
02:00Utah's going to be, they should be, got to be sniffing the playoffs at some point.
02:04Memphis, they have Ja, as long as Ja's there, it's never going to be Cameron Boozer's team.
02:10Chicago, they, I don't know, they're going to be bad, but they, that could be something,
02:13right? The Clippers, depending on what they do, they could compete. The Nets,
02:18they have to compete because, obviously, with the anti-tank rules. Like, you look at Acuff at seven,
02:23you're like, he's going to have the ball. He needs the ball because, honestly, Kevin,
02:28he's got to be the one who figures it out. Kings and Fleming's may have the worst stats out of
02:32all
02:32of them because of the fact of all the other guys that they have on their team, and the fact
02:36that we
02:36think that Atlanta could be a top five, top six team in the East again. So, to me, you look
02:41at that,
02:42that is the guy, if you're circling, okay, who am I taking to win rookie of the year outside the
02:47top three? That is going to be it because of the usage rate of Darius Acuff Jr.
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