The Tank Commander Podcast

This week we look at skilled, athletic combo forward Yaxel Lendeborg, senior out of Michigan by way of UAB. He has the measurements and almost every skill a ballplayer needs. We had to get deep into nuance to break down his game, so enjoy the listen! Recommendations: Noah - The great co-op video game "Split Fiction" Jeffrey - ER meets 24 in the hit HBO show "The Pitt" Follow us on...

This week, we analyze one of the surprise risers, climbing all the way to the upper echelon second-tier of the draft in Kingston Flemings. To help us break his game down, we brought in a ringer, OnBallCreator from Center Hub to help us discuss his game, as well as how Kingston stacks up with the top prospects in such a loaded draft class.  00:00 Introduction and Catching Up with Jeremy 12:35 Discu...

We're back and ready to get into the new year with these up and coming prospects! Our player this week is UConn's freshman shooting guard Braylon Mullins. He is a lights out shooter with some good bounce, and just the type of shooting prospect any team can use. What else does he provide? Give us a listen and find out.  00:00 Introduction and Catching Up 03:40 Player Profile 07:48 Defense 1...

Patrick Ngongba II is a sophomore from Duke who does all the right things from a 6'11" big man: he can attack the rim, he can defend inside the perimeter. ...And he can pass from hub positions like a madman with fascinating creativity. And he's got more than flashes of shooting touch, and great fluidity to match.  He's an intriguing big to watch for this draft season, and this clas...

You would think Baylor's Cameron Carr would be just a typical swingman, but other than lights-out three-point shooting, his skills and playstyle are very different than a standard, modern-day guard/wing. We break down his unique game and see how he can fit in to the NBA with his one-of-a-kind style of play.  Recommendations: Noah - The pinnacle of Dubstep, and creator of awesome live mixes, Sp...

Spoilers again: this man is in the second tier of prized picks in 2026 draft, and potentially playing spoiler to the first tier of the Big 3. UNC's freshman forward Caleb Wilson is statistical darling, generating highly efficient scoring and free throw numbers, with freakish dunks, insane stocks, and surprisingly advanced playmaking. He has one obvious weakness in shooting, but we break down o...

Spoilers: this man is in that second-tier of the 2026 draft prospects.  Lead guard prospect from Louisville, Mikel Brown Jr can pretty much do it all. At least in the very early season, along with a stellar summer in the FIBA U19s, he has been looking like a special player that could challenge for that coveted #4 slot. We break down what he brings, and what else he needs to shore up on to even kno...

We are recording LIVE from Noah's house! Thanks to a timely business/fun trip to Jeffrey's old haunts, the two Tank Commanders are recording a live episode together! We discuss some overreactions to what has been some unexpected development from the rookies and sophomores, so tune in for all of our first impressions and hot takes.  Recommendations:  Noah - The electronic album "Holonom...

Karim Lopez has a tremendous range of outcomes, and this eval was really tough! Especially hot on the heels of the Bennett Stirtz episode. We break down a lot of his strengths and weaknesses, and still finish with wanting to see more from his season.  00:00 Introduction and Statistical Breakdown 06:20 Defensive Analysis 17:20 Offensive Analysis 30:49 Player Comparisons 33:58 Recommendations and Wr...

After a month long life-related break, we are officially back! And just like we're coming back, so too is Bennett Stirtz, coming back for his senior year and joining Iowa, after a stellar season from Drake. He's an incredible shooter and great passer. What's holding him back from the top? Is it just his age? Find out here! 00:00 Welcome Back! 01:20 Player Profile 06:43 Offense 25:08 De...

This week we look at Arizona State-turned-Kentucky all-purpose big man Jayden Quaintance, who brings a lot of athleticism, versatility, and skill to the draft's true-big roster of players. He has a lot going for him, with sky high potential as one of the youngest players in next year's draft, even if next year will be his second year of playing college hoops. Don't miss this one! 00:00...

After discussing the top 3 prizes in next year's draft, we realized we needed some extra insight. We called in none other than friend of the show, the one and only Ben Pfeifer, to come out and chop it up with us about AJ Dybantsa, Cam Boozer, and Darryn Peterson. He brought fresh perspectives from us and helped us put the Big 3 into context with each other, and with historical draft hauls.  Th...

We round out our 2026 Top 3 previews with the last, but not least, of Darryn Peterson. He is a gear shifting lead guard with incredibly mature offense and lot of defensive upside, who is currently in the lead this season and being mocked at #1 in a lot of draft sites. Let's dig into his game and see where he is worth this hype, and where he can still grow.  00:00 Introduction and Overview of D...

In our second prospect preview of this 2026 cycle, we take a look at the top-3 and almost-always #2-ranked prospect Cam Boozer, a power forward heading to Duke. We talk about his very skilled offensive game, and then get into more nuanced discussion about his defense and his fit. This was a pretty deep dive for this time of the year, and ends up being a very thorough look at Cam and his future dev...

Welcome to Season Two! We kick the season off with the player with possibly the highest potential in the Top 3 conversation for the 2026 NBA Draft: BYU commit AJ Dybantsa.  He has a lot of talent and tools, with a refined skillset only made more impressive by his age and size. He has a few warts too on both sides of the ball, so we give our best early takes on AJ and his prospects to go #1 in next...

We get everyone's favorite guest back with us to wrap up the final episode of our first season: THE Chris Sharp is back to provide us his hot takes on the incoming rookies and returners for this year's NBA Summer League. Chris brings a clear-eyed NBA-centric look into players we may have grown too fond of, and brings forth guys he's higher on than we are.  It's a very interesting d...

This week we go over seven standouts from all Summer Leagues and evaluate their games. Most were way too good, but others stood out and still had some things to work on. Not all reviews are glowing, but these players stood out for what they showed in their games and how they'll be able to shine on NBA rotations in the coming season.  01:13 Noah's Draft Combine Results 05:07 Cooper Flagg 08...

The thrilling sequel to our pod with Erik Ong AKA Rotomancer. We go through the rest of the first round and finalize the last picks of both drafts, going in-depth on each player's real-life and fantasy potentials. Don't miss it! Recommendations: Erik - "Somebody Feed Phil" globetrotting culinary tourism show on Netflix Noah - The mostly free and very helpful nutrition tracking app...

This conversation was so good we had to break it in two. In these next two episodes, we discuss rookie values using TWO REAL dynasty rookie drafts! You'll get a lot of insight on fantasy and dynasty from Erik, and get the Tank Commanders' takes on rookie values. You'll get a whole lot more in-depth than what we advertise, so tune in! Recommendations next episode! Follow Erik! @Rotomanc...

We review the 2025 draft! We break down each pick across both rounds, per team. We love certain rookies (see our big board episodes), and draft fit was a HUGE factor in our reviews, along with our ideation of draft value.  The conversation gets interesting when we start talking about New Orleans, Brooklyn, and Toronto... 01:27:50 Recommendations Recommendations:  Noah - The electronic/club/house-r...

Special note: We have made it to ONE YEAR of podcasting!! Thank you to everyone who supports us!!  We have finally made it to the last episode before the REAL NBA draft! This time, we do our first and final FULL first round mock draft, featuring some of our favorite guests straight out of the Center Hub: 3-time guest Jeremy AKA On Ball Creator, and the guest of our most popular episode Corban Ford...

At long last, Noah and I do our FINAL **public** big board of the 2025 draft class! We got through the first round, in batches of five and talk about the prospects that we like/don't like, where we're higher/lower than consensus, and where we differed from each other. If you only listen to one catch-up episode on these prospects, this is the one to listen to! 00:00 Introduction and Overvie...

With Cooper Flagg followed by Dylan Harper being universally mocked as the consensus top-two picks, we wanted to see how good this 2025 pairing was in context with the best 1-2 pairings since 2015. As a pair, are they better than Wemby/Brandon Miller? Better than KAT and D-lo? Find out as we rack and stack the classes! Recommendations: Noah - The addicting and infinitely-replayable Baldur's Ga...

These may very well be our last prospects of this draft cycle! These gentlemen take us to 31 prospects total this season, with all but one of them, Labaron Philon, sticking around in the draft. This time around, we take it back to the United States and look at the late-rising NCAA prospects: Arizona's Carter Bryant, Washington State's Cedric Coward, Florida's Walter Clayton Jr, and Ark...

We made it to episode 50!! This week we try and do a little bit of a speed-run catch-up scouting session for everyone. This time, we round out our scouting with four rising French prospects: Maxime Raynaud, a skilled forward/big out of Stanford; Noa Essengue, a rangy athletic wing; Noah Penda, a crafty passing wing; and Joan Beringer, an uber athletic defensive big.  We provide the essential break...