The Tank Commander Podcast

Continuing our 2025 Prospect Preview series, we take a look at the very intriguing center-forward with guard skills Derik Queen, playing out of Maryland and hailing from Montverde Academy. We were certainly intrigued by his rare combination of skills, and we both had shakeups in our big boards. Tune in to learn more! Next episode, we look at the rising BYU phenom Egor Demin to shake up our big boa...

Almost the exact opposite to Colin Murray-Boyles as a shooter, Liam McNeely is a lethal weapon from deep with lots of plus skills you might not expect to see. Find out what these skills are, and dig in to get more nuance on what his shooting strengths and weaknesses are! Once again, apologies for the volume issues. Follow us on Twitter/X! Jeffrey: @Podlaoan Noah: @BBallTankNoah Old Man Squad Podca...

Here's our early season look at returning South Carolina sophomore Colin Murray-Boyles, a very intriguing wing/big prospect with a Swiss Army knife skillset and one glaring flaw in being a non-shooter. Does he provide enough of everything else to make up for it? Tune in to find out! And apologies for the recording quality of this episode, especially in the speaker volume imbalance. This episod...

Two weeks into the season, we have enough sample size to make our very early predictions for NBA Rookie of the Year, All-Rookie Teams, and Most Improved Players. We took a nuanced look at all the players and made caveats for picking the teams, but we cut ZERO corners when we committed hard to our picks for ROY. Listen in to see our picks, and see if you agree or disagree.  01:21 Rookie of the Year...

The NBA regular season is finally here! We go over the early trends for the young players in dynasty hoops, and dispel any myths on early returns. Most of the rookies had it rough so far, but which performances are true, and which ones are myths that need to be busted?  Stay tuned for next week, where we take a closer look at these players with double the sample size and make our early picks for R...

Continuing on from last week, this time we focus on the West for our NBA Preseason Dynasty preview. 15 teams, tons of good prospects, and of course some courtesy time stamps for everyone. We look to help you find some good value on your dynasty and regular league stocks! Next week, we'll look at some standout players and do a little bit of mythbusting on some early season trends from the very...

This week we start our preseason and dynasty preview, with Part I focusing on the East! We'll give you insight on both breakouts and deep stashes for each team. This is our most fantasy-focused episode yet, so use it for some insights to crush your frenemies in dynasty leagues! 00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview 02:07 Boston Celtics 09:16 Brooklyn Nets 14:28 New York Knicks 18:34 Philadel...

For our last player profile before the start of the 2024-2025 NBA season, we'll be focusing on the Washington Wizards' Carlton "Bub" Carrington out of Pitt. We'll give our breakdown of his strengths and weaknesses and give some comparisons.  Bub came out of nowhere to rise up late in the draft season. You'll get to see the why of how he got to be so overlooked, while also s...

This week we have a very special episode!  We will be taking the 2022, 2023, and 2024 draft classes, combining them all into one pool, then drafting against one another to build our teams! See how things end up between GM Noah and GM Jeff as we build teams from 1-15 to see how the players from the last three draft classes stack up against one another in forming two new expansion teams. This was on...

Welcome to our Dalton Knecht episode! We break down his game to see if there's more than just the jump shooting potential, then we discuss his fit on the Lakers, the ROY race, and the context of his age and success in the NBA. We add a lot more color to his game, so tune in for a really good discussion on a Dalton and how his game fits in the greater NBA and the future of the league. Next week...

We continue our scouting series with Zach Edey! We analyze his game and break him down, and we'll let the cat out of the bag early: we both really like him. What really matters is, will it work in the NBA? And will he get the opportunity to do it? Tune in to find out.  You'll see a deeper look into the state of the low post in the modern NBA thanks to Noah's analysis, and see how Edey...

We finally come back to some 2024 rookies! This time we have a preview of Nikola Topic, who may very well be a 2025 rookie himself depending on how this year goes. Drafted 12th into OKC, we'll break him down to see what he can provide the Thunder and how he stacks up to other point guard prospects in both the 2024 and 2025 draft classes! This episode really puts the point guard conversation in...

At long last, here is our final episode of the 2025 NBA Draft Preseason Preview series! Our final prospect is Nolan Traore, French point guard playing for Saint Quentin next year. We do an early deep dive and break down his strengths and weaknesses, before we see where he fits in to the larger 2025 NBA Draft big board conversation.  Stick around for some deep insights into our valuing of Traore vs...

Rounding out our 2025 NBA Draft preseason scouting preview series is upcoming Rutgers point swingman Dylan Harper. Heralded by his own merits even before Ace Bailey joined the Rutgers roster, he comes in as a smooth playmaking offensive engine. Here we highlight his unique strengths and skillset, and highlight areas he can improve on for the coming season.  Stick around for the player comps and fa...

Continuing our 2025 NBA Draft preseason scouting preview series, we take a look at one of the top contenders for the #2 pick, and potentially challenging for #1, in Airious "Ace" Bailey. Known for his scoring prowess on the wing, Ace brings a lot to the table. We break down his strengths and areas of improvement, and determine just how much he can challenge for that top pick crown.  Rather...

We are back and joined by a very special guest: standout hooper in his heyday and father to our very own Noah Sharp, Mr. Chris Sharp. He brings his sharp insight and deep basketball knowledge to help us kick off our new 2025 Draft Preview series, where we focus on the projected top picks of next year's draft class to gauge their starting point before they enter their final evaluation year.  We...

In Part II of the Summer League review series, we take a look at the sophomore standouts from the Draft Class of '23. This was a bit more challenging to scout, as more of the sophomores were either unavailable, too good to play in summer league, so good they were on national teams for the Olympics, or were just near non-factors.  Tune in for the sophomore analysis, but stick around for much mo...

After a very exciting summer series in California, Utah, and Las Vegas watching if our draft analysis on this class would hold up in real basketball, we now have a two-part series on the Summer League! In this Part I, we go over the rookie standouts, with Noah highlighting the Western Conference standouts, and Jeffrey showcasing the Eastern standouts. Stay tuned as well for the Alex Sarr Panic Met...

We're back from our break!  In the first episode back, we go back to our roots and go over the University of Connecticut championship pick and roll duo of Stephon Castle and Donovan Clingan, drafted fourth to the Spurs and seventh to Trailblazers, respectively in the NBA draft. We go over their strengths and weaknesses, as well as forecast some player comparisons and top end outcomes. What mak...

WE GOT NEW INTRO MUSIC!! In our draft follow up episode, we go over one of the most unpredictable drafts in recent memory and give our takes and analysis on the picks in the first round, highlights from the second round, and then some homer analysis on the draft haul of the Boston Celtics and the Golden State Warriors.  Prepare for a draft analysis show that goes in on our favorite and least favor...

Finally, our first and final mock draft episode of this draft season. This episode is the full recording of our podcast, where, in one take with no breaks and no snacks, we go over our picks for all 30 teams in order in the 2024 NBA Draft. Jeff starts off with the first overall pick and drafted for all the odd teams, and Noah drafted for all of the even teams, including drafting for his beloved Ce...

This episode is our last scouting episode before the NBA draft, and we'll be focusing on the French prospects that are competing for the number one overall pick on draft night: French multi-skilled big Alex Sarr out of the Perth Wildcats in the NBL, and French 3-and-D Plus/modern wing Zaccharie Risacher out of JL Bourg in the LNB Pro A League.  Tune in to see what specific talents these versat...

In our second episode, Noah and Jeffrey shift gears away from guards and move over to the G League Ignite wings in Matas Buzelis and Ron Holland. Like it was for other draft analysts, their draft stocks fluctuated with us throughout the year, but we ended up with a lot clearer insight on both players, along with their roles and potential comparisons, and, of course fantasy implications. Spoilers:...

In the very first full episode of the Tank Commander podcast, Jeffrey and Noah cover the dynamic but undersized Kentucky guards in Rob Dillingham and Reed Sheppard. We're rookies ourselves to podcasting, but we both have an eye for basketball and we came away with some very exciting takeaways on the upsides, limitations, and potential roles for these two guards. 

Welcome to the Tank Commander Podcast. This is our intro pod! Just like the players we'll be covering, this is an up-and-coming NBA and Dynasty Fantasy podcast focusing on the newest players in the NBA, ranging from prospects about to enter the league in the incoming drafts, to the young rookies and sophomores who are making their way and ascending into stardom or at least a long career in the...