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‘The Mismatch’: The NBA’s Orlando Health Guidelines, the 2009 Memphis Draft, and More Mailbag

Chris and Kevin discuss the health guidelines for when the league returns in Orlando, the Grizzlies’ choice to take Hasheem Thabeet second overall in 2009, and more

By Chris Vernon and Kevin O'Connor
2009 NBA Draft Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images


We run through some of the details of the NBA’s 100-page booklet of health guidelines for when the league returns in Orlando (2:00), before revisiting the Memphis Grizzlies’ choice to take Hasheem Thabeet second overall in 2009 (22:36). Then we answer your questions about which rookies are in the best and worst situations, which teams have the brightest decades ahead of them, and which two teams from NBA history we’d want to watch face off (35:40).

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