We spoke with Jake about being born in NYC, coming up in the DMV, covering all star games and high school basketball, and the NBA Draft.Guest appearance from both of his parents to discuss his growth as a media member and draft guy
00:00:40 Growing up in NYC
00:03:29 Covering the McDonald's All American Game
00:08:00 Balancing his classwork and hoops
00:09:00 AAU and youth basketball memories
00:14:10 What makes the DMV different
00:17:21 Commitment announcements
00:19:41 Switching from high school hoops to draft coverage
00:23:30 Staying out of the scoop business
00:26:27 Papa Rosen roasts the Bills and Jake's bracket predictions
00:32:00 Janine Rosen speaks on MCDAAG and his development as a media member
00:38:23 Jake wants all the smoke with NBADraft.net
00:39:36 Jake's Kira Lewis moment, we knew it was coming
00:41:40 Jake responds to some of my favorite NBA prospects
00:44:06 Jake sells Deni Avdija and Aleksej Pokusevski
00:49:50 Prospect hits and misses
00:53:15 Jake on nonphysical traits that make players successful
00:55:17 Jake on the importance of not comparing
00:58:35 Predicting new trends in the NBA
00:59:30 Drafting a 10-man roster with players drafted outside of the top 15 in the past 3 drafts
01:02:00 Landing spots for Mac McClung
01:03:30 Jahmius Ramsey takes
01:08:00 Jake's most underrated player in the DMV