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PODCAST

The Tank Commander Podcast

Jeffrey Pidlaoan & Noah Sharp

Welcome to the Tank Commander Podcast, hosted by Jeffrey Pidlaoan and Noah Sharp! 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 league. We are two dynasty tank commanders with the youngest teams in our league

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Ep 34: 2025 NBA Draft Scouting Pt 12 - Khaman Maluach

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2025/02/17

We finally analyze a non-guard! We took a look at Duke's big man Khaman Maluach. His numbers don't pop out on the box score, but there is a lot more that he has to offer, and it merits a deeper look into the tape and the advanced stats. He's a very, very intriguing prospect so tune in to see why he is so high on a lot of major draft boards.00:00 Introduction and Player Overview01:22 Statistical Breakdown02:15 Advanced Metrics06:31 Defensive Skills20:02 Offensive Skills30:13 Player

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Ep 33: Trade Deadline Talk & Prospect Mythbusting w/...

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2025/02/10

We have a special guest this week! Hoops analyst Ben Pfeifer joins us to help us analyze two of the toughest evals at the top of our boards: Ace Bailey and Derik Queen. He also happened to join us following the most insane trade deadline of all time, so of course we had to collectively wrap our heads around every transaction that went down. On a sidenote, two things occurred after recording that we did not acknowledge: we don't talk about the crazy reversal on the Mark Williams/Dalton Knecht

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Ep 32: 2025 NBA Draft Scouting Pt 11 - Kasparas...

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2025/02/03

We're back to scouting players for the 2025 draft, and Jeff is back to his desktop podcast setup! We celebrate the occasion by scouting the Illinois lead guard prospect in Kasparas Jakucionis. We dig into his offensive and defensive games, and even dig into advanced stats just to understand him better. And yes, this pod was recorded just minutes before the Luka trade, so expect zero references to him to be in that context. 00:00 Introduction and Statistical Breakdown01:39 Advanced Stats

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Ep 31: Mid-Season Big Board Update

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2025/01/27

After a long time away with Tank Commander Jeff packing up his family's life and driving a moving truck across the country, your favorite brothers in arms are back! This time, we take the time to review the 10 prospects we've done deep dives on so far, and finally rank them relative to one another. This won't be an exhaustive overall Top 10, and instead an ordering of only the 10 prospects we've analyzed so far for the 2025 draft season. A lot has changed since we first analyzed

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Ep 30: Old Man Squad Mid-Season REAL Dynasty Draft...

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2025/01/13

Riiiight in the middle of the regular NBA season, Old Man Squad Podcast Network Contributors and some keen outside experts got together to start a dynasty league! We started a slow draft in Week 8, and dynasty values proved to be VERY different from dynasty drafts last season and REMARKABLY different from drafts that started in the beginning of the 2024-2025 season. Tune in to Tank Commanders Jeff and Noah's commentary on this draft to see just how far dynasty values have come. Who are the top

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Ep 29: Old Man Squad Mid-Season REAL Dynasty Draft...

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2025/01/07

Riiiight in the middle of the regular NBA season, Old Man Squad Podcast Network Contributors and some keen outside experts got together to start a dynasty league! We started a slow draft in Week 8, and dynasty values proved to be VERY different from dynasty drafts last season and REMARKABLY different from drafts that started in the beginning of the 2024-2025 season.Tune in to Tank Commanders Jeff and Noah's commentary on this draft to see just how far dynasty values have come. Who are the top

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Ep 28: 2025 Draft Scouting Pt. 10 - Jeremiah Fears

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2024/12/30

While he wasn't part of our original boards and scouting plans at first, we just could not help but take a look at the rising Jeremiah Fears out of Oklahoma. He's been red hot as a point guard in leading his currently-undefeated OU team, and we take a deeper dive and break down his strengths and weaknesses, and stack him up against the other point guards in this stacked lead guard class. Next week, we go over the results of the recent Old Man Squad dynasty league mid-season draft, and look

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Ep 27 First Quarter Sophomore Standouts + Struggle...

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2024/12/23

This week we look at the Sophomores! We give our 5 non-Wemby standouts and talk about some mythbusting for some sophomores who might be struggling this season. It's a fun episode, and even gets serious with the sophomores and whether some of their struggles are warranted or not, and whether they can climb out of their current pits. Next week, we go back to regular scouting and take a look at the hottest player in NBA draft boards: Jeremiah Fears. 00:00 Welcome and Overview of the Sophomore

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Ep 26: First Quarter Rookie Ladder

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2024/12/09

We're at the quarter of the season mark, and we review the rookies so far. Here, we talk about our individual Top 5s, before we dig down and look at the 4 December Kia NBA Rookie honors. Last, we'll talk about the guys who didn't make either cut and talk about how they're doing, why they're not getting minutes, and any hope we have for them. It's a really good one, and gives you guys an easy catch-up to the rookies this season so far.Next time around, we focus on doing the

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Ep 25 Scouting Egor Demin + Big Board Shakeup!

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2024/12/02

This week we look at BYU and Real Madrid's Egor Demin, a 6'9" point guard forward. Not to spoil too much of the episode, but he did drive both of us to rework our big boards. For our big board updates, we both had massive shakeups, but definitely tune in for seismic shakeups that took place on Noah's board.Next week, we take a break from the 2025 class and review the 2024 rookies in terms of standouts, risers, and fallers.00:00 Introduction and Stats06:25 Offense26:03 Defense31:01

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Ep 24 2025 Draft Preview - Derik Queen

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2024/11/26

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 boards even more.00:00 Intro and Discord Shoutouts02:45 Player Profile and Stats08:06 Athleticism and

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Ep 23: 2025 Draft Preview - Liam McNeely

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2024/11/18

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: @PodlaoanNoah: @BBallTankNoahOld Man Squad Podcast Network: @OldManSquad**Join us in Discord! https://discord.gg/8Ss9PCYRuR The link above is fixed and

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Ep 22: 2025 Draft Preview - Colin Murray-Boyles

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2024/11/13

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 episode was filmed during personal travel and experienced a multitude of technical issues. There is a lot of

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Ep 21: ROY, All Rookie Team Picks, and MIP Picks

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2024/11/04

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 Contenders05:15 First Team All-Rookie30:15 Second Team All-Rookie38:00 Most Improved Player

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Ep 20 - Week 1 Dynasty Mythbusters

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2024/10/28

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 RotY, All-Rookie Teams, and Most Improved Player. 00:57 General Trends and Dynasty Myth Busters01:53 Tre

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Ep 19: NBA Fantasy Dynasty Preview Pt II - The West

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2024/10/21

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 first week of OFFICIAL NBA regular season play! 00:00 Intro and Episode Overview02:14 Denver Nuggets07:47

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Ep 18: NBA Fantasy Dynasty Preview Pt I - The East

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2024/10/14

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 Overview02:07 Boston Celtics09:16 Brooklyn Nets14:28 New York Knicks18:34 Philadelphia 76ers24:12 Toronto Raptors30:23 Chicago Bulls38:35 Cleveland Cavaliers42:17 Detroit Pistons48:37 Indiana

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Ep 17: Rookie Preview - Carlton "Bub" Carrington

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2024/10/07

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 seeing what justifies such a meteoric rise, especially after Summer League. Next week, we start our

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Ep 16: 2022-24 Draft Class Expansion Draft

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2024/09/30

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 one of our most fun episodes to record, so definitely tune in! Next week will be our final scouting episode

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Ep 15: Rookie Preview - Dalton Knecht

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2024/09/23

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 will do a special Young Guys draft: We take the players in the 2024, 2023, and 2022 draft classes,

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