BallCourt The World of Basketball Season 1 Episode 2. June 30, 2019. Coach Drew invites Al York from the Al York Sports Show to discuss the NBA Free Agency deals, trials and tribulations. They discuss Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris, Ben Simmons and their respective teams. Coach Drew also invites ex-semi-pro basketball player Diaz Mackie to the set to analyze the 2019 FIBA World Cup games. They discuss Japan and Rui Hachimura; Giannis Antetokounmpo; and Brazil's Leandro Barbosa.


Euro Cup players discussed: Lamelo Ball, Teron Hilliard, Tarik Black and Shane Hamminik. Also Liz Cambage, Robbie Hummel, and their respective teams. WNBA discussion includes conversation about the LA ACES, Liz Cambage, Natasha Howard/Seattle; NY Liberty / Tina Charles, and the upcoming WNBA All-Star Game.


Coach Drew gives cudos to Joseph Blair - the new assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers and good feelings about the UCONN coach Geno Auriemma in the evaluation of Kiah Stokes' games.


There is a quick review of the Drew League and the National Basketball League. In the review, Coach Drew discusses the new - 10th deam added to the NBL roster - Tasmania. He talks about Jacob Wiley and the 36ers, Melbourne United, Latvia and the Illawarra Hawks.


Game analysis


Two games were analyzed. Slovania vs Hungary - Women's Euro Basketball game; Kia Stokes - Turkey vs Hungary.


Shady or Genius:


Kevin Durant's move to Brooklyn. Coach Drew discusses this in more detail.

Written by Andrew Williams


Produced by Crystal Roney for CWN Sports