Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Changing Approaches in August?

JJ Zachariason (0:01)

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Sponsored by DK. Now back to the show. Welcome in to another episode of Becoming a Best Ball Bro. I'm JJ Zachariason, joined as always by Rich Ryan. Rich, what's going on, buddy?

Rich Ryan (2:57)

JJ, I'm doing great. I can confirm to all the listeners out there and the people watching us on YouTube at LateRoundFF that yes, JJ Zachariason is a real human being. And yes, as everybody says, JJ is way taller than you would expect.

JJ Zachariason (3:17)

I thought you were way taller than what were to be expected. I didn't know that I was the taller one. So for those of you who don't know, Rich and I have been doing this show now for well over a year, obviously, and we finally got to meet IRL last week. We had a nice little brunch downtown area in my town, and walked around a little bit and hung out. And I thought the same thing about you with the height thing.

I think you're taller than me. I'm like 6'1. You've got to be like 6'2, right?

Rich Ryan (3:45)

Yeah, 6'2, right on the dot. Come from a family of just trees in the Ryan lineage. But yeah, it's something about the tiny box that we're looking at. Everything's so compressed that I think naturally we think everybody is shorter than reality.

JJ Zachariason (4:01)

Yeah. I mean, look, I can confirm that you have legs. I did confirm that by maining you IRL. But yeah, man, it was a good time. It was good to hang out for a little bit. And we didn't really talk best ball throughout that.

Rich Ryan (4:14)

No. I don't think we talked like in a second of best ball, which was great, actually.

JJ Zachariason (4:19)

Yeah. Yeah. I know that I joked about Jacory Croskey-Merritt, but I do got to say, I remember earlier in the offseason, it was like maybe early July. This is definitely a humble braggy, but I think it's really funny. Because my prospect model did not like Jacory Croskey-Merritt. We don't even know what's going to happen here. I mean, we're talking about a 24-year-old rookie who didn't have great production. I think that what we're seeing is an explosive player, who in context and in comparison to what Washington has, definitely looks a lot better because Brian Robinson, I think is more of a plotting type, he's fine.