StrongSide 37: Optimistic Operations with Saad Yousuf

Guest: Saad Yousuf of The AthleticKyrie Irving. Cooper Flagg. Zaccharie Risacher. The Mavs now have three No. 1 overall picks on their roster, after Dallas acquired Risacher from Atlanta for Ryan Nemhard and a top-55 protected second-round pick, which is like kevlar vest levels of pick protection. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say he probably won’t wind up like the first two guys, so what’s the realistic hope here?ACC media days were last week, and the preseason team comes out this week, which means we should talk some SMU football. USA Today had the Mustangs ranked second in the conference after Miami, the national championship runner-up. Are you buying that?Jason Robertson is a Dallas Star for at least one more year, after he and the team agreed to a one-year, $12 million deal to avoid arbitration. While this isn’t the outcome the Stars probably wanted, it also didn’t get ugly. What has to happen next to make you feel good about this team for opening night? We’re in the doldrums of summer, so with Cowboys training camp , let’s do another player spotlight series. This one will be straightforward: the people who have the most to prove on the roster. Pie, you can start us off. Give me a name you most need to see something from in Oxnard?00:00-48:11 Intro and news of the day48:11-1:42:00 Saad Yousuf of The Athletic—-------------------Like and subscribe to our channel if you enjoy StrongSide.If you'd like to read even more great journalism about Dallas sports then please consider subscribing to D Magazine at dmagazine.comSubscribe to the StrongSide newsletter for weekly updates on the sports happenings in Dallas https://www.dmagazine.com/site/newsletters/Studio: Haymaker Studio in FriscoProducer: Averie Luna,Matt Czizek and Julian DeanHosts: Mike Piellucci and Mike Marshall