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Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama host The Draft Council, an NBA Draft podcast presented by The Rights to Ricky Sanchez. Ahmed (Swish Theory), and Dan (Rights To Ricky Sanchez), bring their expertise from high school hoops to the pros. Dive into the risers, fallers, and sleepers of the draft, track rookie performances, and get a complete picture of players' careers. Tune in every Tuesday for a fun, insightful journey through the NBA Draft cycle.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
The Draft Council turns NBA Draft talk into practical player projection for fans tracking prospects, rookies, and young cores.
The Draft Council comes at Sports through a tight basketball lane: NBA Draft evaluation, college hoops, and the first stretch of young players' pro careers. The conversations have room to breathe.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A draft chat that turns one small-guard case into a broader board argument.
Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama bring enough personality to set up the draft conversation, leaning on the Hawks chatter and Dan's Sixers joke before narrowing in on a sharper question: which small guards can survive if the shot slips.
Opening night gives the draft board enough real basketball to start moving.
Opening night reads like a draft-season inventory, with Ahmed and the host moving through a marathon slate that included Baylor-Gonzaga at 11:30 p.m. ET, well over 300 games, and all 30 NBA teams on the same day.
Holiday banter and Falcons grief give way to a focused guard discussion built around reads, rim pressure, and passing decisions.
Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama begin with holiday banter and Falcons grief, then settle into a detailed look at guard play. The discussion is strongest when it turns to passing reads, rim pressure, hard hedges, and pick-and-pop answers, with real attention paid to whether a prospect…
Early-season draft takes, Jay Huff buzz, and a measured look at Memphis' frontcourt.
The discussion starts by treating the early part of the season as a clean slate for fresh opinions, then shifts to a solemn tribute to South Florida head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, who died on October 24 at 43 after complications during a procedure for an undisclosed illness.
A draft conversation that turns Mewtwo, Cam Boozer, Alexar, and lineup math into playful but still grounded scouting talk.
This episode starts with a straight-faced joke about Mewtwo at point guard, then settles into real scouting language around off-the-dribble shooting, telepathy, burst, wingspan, and the question of whether size would make him more of an old-school big guard.
Informed draft talk that keeps circling back to real NBA translation questions.
This episode stays anchored in draft evaluation without drifting into theory for its own sake. Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama move through the usual prospect checkpoints: body type, defensive tools, shooting baseline, and whether a player can do enough off the catch to stick.
A scouting-minded young-core ranking that keeps the Pistons at the center.
Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama spend the episode on NBA young cores, and the best part is how fast the talk moves from rankings into actual basketball judgment.
A Duke commitment and a rookie of the year take, handled as a real draft conversation.
The episode circles Cam Boozer's Duke commitment and the case for him as a possible number one pick in the 2026 draft, then swerves into a surprisingly workable argument for Zach Edey as rookie of the year.
Wizards rebuild talk with daily receipts.
Daily Pacers analysis with real consequences.
Two NBA experts discuss biggest surprises in the 2024-25 basketball season.
The Draft Council episode on “New Year’s Resolutions for the 2025 NBA Draft Class” focuses on Dylan Harper, Cooper Flagg, Jeremiah Fears, Ace Bailey, Trey Johnson, and Asa Newell as the hosts look for one concrete improvement in each player’s game.
Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama sort through the NBA's best young cores, and the real split is between talent that feels bankable and talent that still needs a leap.
Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama welcome Lucas Kaplan, who covers the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Liberty for Nets Daily and co-hosts Batcourt with Sarah Kustok.
Daniel Olinger and Ahmed Jama open by talking about how much basketball they've been watching and how good it feels to have real games to react to again.
Dan opens with a timing note: they recorded before two of the day’s biggest rookie-extension announcements landed, so those deals barely come up.
The show opens on the return of college basketball.
Daniel Olinger opens the show with Ahmed Jama and some football banter before the conversation shifts to a list of the young NBA players they find most intriguing heading into the next season.
Daniel Olinger and Ahmed Jama start with a quick check-in before moving into the biggest NBA draft-related news of the week: Cam Boozer and Caden Boozer committing to Duke.
Daniel Olinger and Ahmed Jama open by treating the first week of real basketball as a place to make claims.
Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama start with a Mewtwo point-guard joke, then turn to the 2025 high school hoops cycle and the top three prospects: Cam Boozer, AJ Dybantsa, and Darren Peterson.
The Draft Council centers this episode on the Oklahoma City Thunder, with Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama joined by Derek Parker of Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation and Draft Digest.
Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama open The Draft Council with a detailed look at A.J.
Dan Olinger and Ahmed Jama open with Thanksgiving, college basketball, and the pull of feast-week hoops.