Luka Doncic on the Mavs Losing Jalen Brunson for Nothing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- In this clip, Luka Doncic (The Dallas Mavericks) talks about playing with Jalen Brunson (The New York Knicks) and the Mavs losing him for nothing.
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Yesterday's game at MSG was like a big reunion for the Mavs. Luka playing, Brunson on the bench and Dinwiddie watching from the stands.
LMAO
This guy all offense and no defense, he won’t win championships with his selfish play.
@@FailedNBAComissioneryour life won’t win a championship
@@FailedNBAComissioner he had 4 steals and a block in the game dummy... lmao lukas averaging 1.5 steals per game this year
@@-InNorrisWeTrust-Steals generally aren’t really a good indicator of defensive value or effort.
You can tell Luka's mad about giving Brunson away for nothing
Kyrie is not better than Brunson? I believe he is an upgrade.
Aint no way you think kyrie is better than jalen brunson
career wise Kyrie has had a greater career as of right now. Currently though, Jalen Brunson is 100% better than Kyrie. Better availability, higher scoring, and fantastic defense, and a way better leader. @@PainandMotivation
@@Vourne Yes overall Kyrie is better. But this year Brunson is better.
It's not about who's better it's about not getting assets for him
They GAVE away an all star, thats a gut shot to your roster 💯
F in the chat for Mavs fans who sat through both Steve Nash and Jalen Brunson walking.
Nash thrived thru the mike dan system tho, for brunson, you saw sparks that he was a super star during that jazz game w/o luka. To me its like james harden leaving thunder, these players got wayyy better on another team, and "possibly" not on their same team.
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@@omcritzyJalen Brunson is not a superstar bro. All star yes, but let’s stop throwing “superstar” around. Giannis, Jokic, Lebron, Curry, KD, Luka, Embiid are superstars
Nash got no chip, Jkid did
@@Jay_dracoI agree but the way it’s going I can see him reaching that level.
As a Knicks fan I think they handled the Brunson situation amazingly
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Lol he wants to play with Daddy they will never win
@@jimmy-rm3clrelease the hate from your heart brother. Peace and love 🙏🏼🧡💙
@@RealTalk309 lol I don't care he straight up ain't on Lukas level did you like Lukas 60 point 20 rebound impossible comeback game against Brunson knicks 😭hahaha Jalen could never ever never ever never ever get on Luka level
@@jimmy-rm3cl did you like missing the playoffs? Do you like being the 8 seed? Or is one regular season game the most important thing for you?
Brunson never would've reached his peak playing with luka with how luka style is. Great move for jb honestly and terrible by the mavs front office to let him just walk.
I agree
That being said, the same
Thing could be said about other 2nd fiddles that won rings and never got the chance to go be the 1st fiddle.
Some guys that come to mind are McHale, Pippen, Worthy(was the 2nd fiddle when Kareem was in his last couple of years).
Even a guy like T.Parker or Manu probably wouldve had a way higher individual player ceiling if they were the 1A somewhere else but we never saw it but they got multiple rings. Could even say the same thing about Penny but he’s a special case b/c he was robbed by injuries.
Facts
Exacty and now Luka chased out an All-star caliber player in Grant Williams
I swear no one watches the Mavs and tries to say what would and wouldn't work. Brunson steadily got better every season in Dallas and continually got a bigger role. Luka and Brunson were drafted together and were used to playing off of each other. Kyrie is averaging almost the same numbers as a 2nd option that Brunson has as a 1st so we already see a similar version of what they'd look like together
@@zeyork7297😂😂😂
I know Luka be wanting to slap JJ at times 😂
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He's just like us!
Hopefully he decides to get on defense instead of complaining
@@John.Wick999have you watched any this year?!? He is playing really good Defense, it’s just the media “narrative” that hasn’t changed
@@Veritas-Vincit yes I agree he has played great defense but multiple playes he's complaining to the ref instead of getting on defense
Losing brunson for NOTHING was the biggest failure for Mavs since they won championship
They could have signed him to 4 years $53 million too at one point and he is quoted as saying he would have accepted that.
Mavs were crazy. That is like backup guard money and they STILL didn't give him that.
@@michaelmcfadden396especially after the new CBA that would’ve been insane value
@@michaelmcfadden396 everyone was begging to cuban for a second star at the moment so he gave em kyrie. this is why gms shouldnt listen to fans
They could’ve kept him for less than kyrie and DSJ
Y that was after he was nowhere to be seen vs clippers where they basicly bully him of the court.Dude become ok last season with mavs And become clear n.2 guy in playoffs.he was no where near this level even tho i belived he would become great.At the end of them day its his lose,Irving is to me even better player next to Luka and mavs are contenders now for next 4-5 years easy i cant say that will ever happen with nyk.
2:02 that slight head nod was all I needed to see 😂😂😂
The fact that they didn't give Brunson a rookie contract that made him at least a restricted free agent when it ended is dumb to begin with, glad Mavs got donnie and mark cuban out the front office. Jaden Hardy the second round pick we drafted last year at least his contract does make him a RFA so we can at least match offers or do a sign and trade.
I am impressed that Luka came back for more JJ Redick. It even seems that Luke was having some fun with a few of these questions!
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Man, especially seeing the player Brunson has developed in to today... Crazy to imagine what he could've been like with Luka 👀
Like Uncle Drew but younger
They could've had both bro. Brunson signed somewhere else, he never got traded
Nah he needs the ball to operate same as Luka does they wouldn’t be a good fit just like fox and Hali would be a bad fit
People didn't know the real story jalen's dad is in the knicks back office he desperate get jalen to knicks and offer that max salary but nba didnt investigate that now their francise player is gone jr barrett jalen is their francise now 😅😅😅
Brunson would’ve never developed fully with Luka. Luka needs the ball and is better
JJ *MY GUY* I watched you all the way from your first start at Duke and now casting. Natural at both. Great work!
they both helped each other sharpen their game. one left but they both have gotten better from the time they were together
Shame Mavs managment didnt recognize them as two allstars playing together. Instead the narrative was pushed around how Luka has no help and does it all by himself which drove Brunson away IMO similar to Kyrie leaving Cleveland. Everybody remembers that block by Lebron at the end but completely forgots the 3pointer by Kyrie before that. They were 1-2 punch just like Jordan and Scottie. Mavs managment made a huge mistake of not turning Brunson into an allstar along Luka like Bulls made Scottie. They are much better tandem than Luka and Kyrie and the record shows it.
@@outlander234brother I agree with some 9f what you said but. Jb and luka were a force and when luka couldn't play jalen stepped up. The guy is a superstar and as a mavs fans I l9ved him. And hardaway to lesser extent but we all mourn the loss of jalen he was outstanding
JB plays very similar to Luka same type of inside game and both like the ball in their hands
@@thatguy7187but brunson can play off the ball to
That Luka eyer-roll at 2:02 says it all LOL
As for Luka's play, I've been very impressed with his defense this year. It was already good at times last year, but now it is noticably better again. If I could point out Luka's weaknesses as a player it was:
- Not a very high percentage 3 point shooter
- Inconsistant freethrow shooting
- Lack of defensive engagement at times
- Yapping to the refs more than most players
- Conditioning was a bit shaky at tmes for such a young player
Basically Luka improved on ALL of these points this year, that is hella impressive if you ask me. The conditioning part has been mostly obliterated, as he is playing heavy heavy minutes, with more offensive load and a ton of defense with it. And he is doing all that, while being more productive AND more efficient.
If he wasn't at such a high level already, he could very well classify for MIP the way he has upgraded his game this season. Most of this is effort and a ton of work in the gym, which is what I love about it most.
Luka has been playing like a clear MVP this year, just like he was last year for half of the season. Let's hope he can finally get it!
Are we all forgetting that Brunsons dad worked for the Knicks, and NY got a tampering violation from signing Jalen? Some people keep saying "Well you should have just paid him" but until that Jazz series, Jalen was playing at about 10-12 points a game, and was very clearly a backup point guard. That's not worth 14 million. But then dude goes OFF in those playoffs and makes it his mission to play for his dad in NY.
What exactly was Dallas supposed to do? Sign a backup PG to a deal he was clearly not worth, because we should have just known that dude was a 24ppg scorer? Jalen had made his mind up and at the time of his contract extension in Dallas, he asked for more than he was worth at that time.
Also, we got Kyrie Irving out of it, and dude was been playing super well with Luka. I'm more bummed that Jalen wasn't playing like that with us, more than I am in the fact that he left to play for his dad.
I love the part where luka talks about losing brunson for nothing
I like when he said “yeaaahhh..”
Jj with the clickbait
The best part of this click bait
Luka didnt really discuss losing Brunson for nothing. He just talked about how good Brunson was.
If I had to guess, Luka sharing his feelings on losing Brunson would get him in trouble with the org.
Who? Luka can say whatever he wants and if the mavs doesnt want him, guess how many other nba teams will sign him
@@Blekkkkkkkkk Of course the Mavs not going to trade Luka for discuss such thing. But player trading and contract is a organization thing, it's not something for a player to discuss, at least not in public. Also it's a matter of professionalism.
@@i37no4z Yeah Luka seems like that kind of guy who would prize being a professional
yeah the title of this video is click bate
To add context to why "7 Keep" is funny:
"Give" is a set of dribble hand off plays or DHO plays and the callouts are something like Give 7, Give 1-4 wide, etc.
But because Jalen never passes the ball out of the DHO as JJ and Luka mentioned, Tibs (Knicks Coach) renamed it from Give 7 to Keep 7 and because the other team can hear him call it out loud, it should make it easier to defend the play since it takes out a lot of the variations of the play if they know that he is just going to keep the ball after receiving it from the screener but Jalen still got a layup from it which is also quite funny.
As a mav fan I’m still pissed he only wanted 55 for 3 years!!!!
And The Mavs are now paying Kyrie 120M for 3 years. 😂 Cuban ended up paying a whole lot more just to fix that mistake.
Mavs fan. Before his final season in Dallas Brunson averaged 10-3-3 over his three seasons, and was either injured (2020), or unplayable / benched (2021) during the playoffs. Only in the final year of his deal (2022) did he play well - 16-4-4 - and was a playoff contributor (WCF). He's been exceptional in NYC, but never showed his current level of play in Dallas. He is doing outstanding for the Knicks, and the Mavs are also very happy with Luka (34-8-9) & Kyrie (25-5-5).
He did show his current level of play, however it can only be seen in the gameplay. Mavs second unit was much better then.
I want Luka to leave. Mavs are a shitshow strategically speaking.
Only way forward for the Mavs is to trade Luka, ya'll are going nowhere with nutjob Kyrie as your second best player. Almost no good young players to develop or trade and no draft pick capital. If you trade Luka you can retool with all the first round picks you get back and actually build something that has a chance to succeed in the long run.
You’re wrong. Its Lukas play style. It doesnt allow guys like jalen to get off the way they are capable of. Pause
@@RT-qz5ci Really? How is kyrie averaging 26-5-5 then? Those are better numbers than his cleveland and boston days and on par with brooklyn days. Same with porzingis, he averages knicks numbers even with mavs. Brunson evolved into the player he is today, he was not this good or close to this in his year 1, 2 or 3. He was a rookie man😂
And the mavs never got an opportunity to make him an offer once he started playing well, because his dad had already decided for him. It turns out it was the right decision for him, which is great for JB. But people need to stop with this "let him go" nonsense. Mavs would have loved to bring him back and would have paid to do so, but they didn't have the kind of money that the Knicks offered. Or a position on staff for his dad lol.
The photo says it all 🤣
Luka will never be concerned about the Lakers with this man as head coach.
Mavs losing Brunson is as bad as the Durant Westbrook Thunder losing Harden for nothing
Man, that Game 2 against Utah was incredible. He got to every spot he wanted, for the entire game
Why do people assume Brunson would be this good if he had Luka? Brunson's numbers would be far less than what he has now since Luka would have the ball all the time.
Brunson would be around 22/3/5 with Luka
that is 3 pts diff bro :D
And he would have a real chance at a Championship. No team is winning a chip with Jalen Brunson as their best player. As much as I love him, it's just no happening.
@@TheMissiIethey made the wcf if they retained Brunson and used their assets to get more depth they coulda made the finals
Lol all these assuming is funny , assuming he won’t be good assuming he will be that good , Mavs trained him , and obviously Cuban and co was trying to fix that contract end of the season , if signed with massive contract with Dallas instead of leaving , means he’s guaranteed a better role aka the kyrie Irving role right now , man can still drop 30 per night . The only difference right there was Knick had his father working there and also letting him be the no,1 guy . Averaging 22 or 24 doesn’t matter , the fit with the group is what it matters , 2022 Mavs was still not that big in size , imagine brunson also playing with lively and gafford Washington he can do what he’s doing with randle as well. But of cuz all these assumptions is just nonsense . He did not have any beef with doncic or Mavs , he just chose to be the no.1 guy instead of the number 2 guy .
Not even bro remember he went from 27 ppg round 1 vs Utah down to 18 ppg when Luka came back in the Suns and Warriors series. Brunson would’ve made less money and averaged like 17 as his sidekick
JJ was pulling back on the questions we wanted to hear him ask Luka smh
I really like a lot of our European players. They are humble and hard working. Luka is for real.
Yep faces of the league are all Euro now. Luka, Giannis, Jokic
@@Rowsy91SGA
coming back to see all the casuals say that kyrie and luka wouldn’t work 😂😂
Classy kid straight up. Talented amazing 👏 🎉
Bro, Imagine Brunson staying, their bench team would be stacked as well.
JJ: Let me re-phrase that and say something else.
The OKC TRADED Harden….and on his first game he dropped 37 and 12 assists…this is back when 37 points meant something.
For those saying Brunson would never reached potential. Sure yeah but he Luka woulda had a great running mate. A team that had roles and pieces that actually gave mavs a fighting chance against top western teams. Then maybe you didn’t peddle away additional draft capital and players to get kyrien
Kyrie is there so I don't see what would've been different
Deep down Luka loved being at MSG and thought how nice he would look in blue and orange 😊
no ,lol
brunson would have become the same player he is now even if he resigned with the mavs, it was that utah series that gave him the confidence in his game, he didnt have that level of confidence in his game before that series
That's a lie. Luka is the focal point of the offense and always has the ball so tell us how Brunson would be the same player? Brunson is the 1 option in NY, if he stayed in Dallas he or anyone else who arrives there will always be the 2nd option while Luka is there.
Anyone who says brunson would’ve been the same player is clearly a delusional mavs fan
Less points doesn't mean not the same player
@@Zatora11 brunson always had his current ability, just not the confidence, he gained that in the utah series, he would easily average 20+ points on the mavs
He wouldn't have unfortunately. Brunson and Luka are ball dominant playmakers but besides their style of play, Luka is the guy on that team. Every play is either fed through Luka or he is a decoy for someone else. To say Brunson would be the same player as he is now means Brunson would be the primary decision maker and ball handler just as much if not more than Luka and that simply isn't the case with Dallas and that offense. Brunson always had the ability to be this great by the way Luka talks about him and even in the example Luka gives about that game in the playoffs, it was Brunson doing that by himself that showed Luka how great he is.
It probably was tough but jalen brusuon becoming a first time All Star and Luka doncic keeps on balling out and being in that mvp conversation along with Jalen bruson.🏀
I’m so happy Jalen’s getting his flowers. I’ve been watching him since Villanova, he’s a superstar on and off the court,
Coming from a suns fan JB was amazing in that series with mavs and suns I was so confused that they let him walk for nothing since he was a big reason the suns lost and the mavs were so good.
Went to the game Brunson scored 42 we had a chant of mvp goin was special moment sucks we lost em still rooting for em tho
MVP cause he scored 42 points 😂 Brunson is good but he’s not that good. He takes 20/30 shots a night to get his 25-30 points. The other night he took 31 shots and scored 40 like that’s not a good game. If you’re an nba player taking 30 shots a night you better have 40 points at the end of the night
@Bonelesswatrmelon1 you don't know what you're talking about.
@@Bonelesswatrmelon1ever heard of Kobe Bryant
@Bonelesswatrmelon1 you wasn't there we was down 0-1 with luka hurt was clutch
@Bonelesswatrmelon1 rewatch that playoff game I'm sure towards the end you will hear the crowd cheering mvp. Sucks we lost Brunson but always rooting for em
The Brunson trade is one of many stains on Cubans legacy as a owner.
In the 2000’s I really liked Mark. But he is just a guy now.
He also made a mess with Steve Nash years back but that motivated him to do better. Just think of this Brunson mess as a way to push him to fix his mess and do better for the team.
He did get Kyrie to Dallas as the first step to fixing that mess up. Just hope that this mess up with Brunson will push Mark to get another trophy sooner.
I don't understand why anyone thinks we ever had a choice ... Brunson was walking no matter the pay we would've offered. Too many upsides for him signing to Knicks it was a no brainer for him.
That‘s a cope
I think the Mavs had a shot if they extended him early. Before the Knicks got his dad and were already in his ear.
If mavs just offered him 4yr/55M he wanted at the start of the season, y’all keep him. But thank you for not doing so 🙏🏾
this is just not true, it is well reported that he would accepted 4 years 55 million during the season but the Mavs didn't think he was worth that. Chris Haynes wrote about it. Once that happened he was always going to hit free agency and that's when the Mavs didn't stand a chance, the Mavs had their chance during the season and didn't want to extend him.
All of you guys are correct, and I had absolutely forgotten about that at the beginning, I was dumbfounded as to why we wouldn't offer it to him early. But I just gotta say tho, his body language to me had always seemed like... He knew he is great at the game and would want a dynasty in his own name ...so the way everything played out, I was never surprised. He was destined to have his own team I feel.
Brunson literally ran off with Luka’s techs, style, strats etc. Brunson wasn’t hooping like that until Luka popped up. 😂
Jalen Brunson is literally made for New York anyway and made to be a Knick… levels to this and he prob thanking the holy spirt that he go to the knicks.. maybe Luka coming to the knicks next
I saw what brunson did for the Mavs in the playoffs. They didn't want to pay him and now he is with the knicks. That was a very big mistake.
And now he has kyrie that is afraid to play 4 qtrs. Luka and role players have no fear!!!
Dude, Lukas my guy for sure
facts bro
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If they traded Brunson they don't make the WCF, but frankly at that time the Mavs still thought they'd be able to sign him anyways.
The problem is that his dad didn't want him to, he wanted him to go to NY... and frankly his dad was probably right. He is thriving there, making good money... but the point is the Mavs didn't get a chance to offer Jalen a contract other than the previous summer, and at that time he hadn't done enough to warrant signing him so early. It made sense for both sides to wait and see, Mavs just didn't realize at the time that they'd not get another chance at him.
I've also heard some people suggest Mavs should have matched the Knicks offer, but they 1) never got a chance and 2) didn't have the cap space to do so anyways.
Mavs would have loved to keep JB. They didn't give him away for nothing, it was just unfortunate how the situation played out, and was largely controlled by his father.
Brunson shortchanged himself by rushing into that New York contract… and there are no state taxes in Texas, he lost !!! New York City is expensive as hell!! He lost by going to New York , he could’ve been an all star in texas
@@him37404 as much as I'd love to have him here, I have to disagree that he lost. Mavs were never going to be able to offer him as much money as NYK could, so the taxes and living costs are probably irrelevant.
More important, though are all of the intangibles. He was not going to get the ball near as much in Dallas next to Luka, and one could argue that he would not have seen as much success as a result. He also is from the area and his dad got to be an assistant coach for the Knicks as a result (which is a huge part of why I think the Mavs never actually had a shot at him).
There's really no doubt in my mind that JB is better off as a Knick. The only thing you could possibly argue really in the future is if the Mavs get a championship before he does in NY, but he may actually have a better shot there for that too (certainly seems that way this year).
@@him37404 Nobody was going to sign him for a huge lucrative contract. People said the Knicks overpaid with that signing. He'll make his money when he gets his next contract. He definitely didn't lose.
I’m a bit lost. They don’t have the cap space for Brunson but can offer Kyrie a 120m 3-year contract? Kyrie costs a heluva more.
Y'all need to get better with your cuts or your titles. The title of this video is about LDs feelings about Brunson leaving. You don't even mention Brunson until 1/3 of the qay into the video.
The way Brunson moves to get looks in the paint is very reminiscent of Luka. Wonder how much of that he picked up from him vs. just being a part of his game.
Brunson himself said that he learned a lot from Luka's game, but he was always a very crafty guard
The Mavs tried lots of co star that didn’t gel well with Luka. You can tell that Luka is happier with Kyrie as a co-Star. Maybe he needed someone older and more mature. I mean Porzingis didn’t work because allegedly both are immature. Kyrie just needed a front office that shields him from media backlash for the random things he sprouts (thankfully Cuban is an expert when it come to the media business). It worked out well for all. Brunson is in a place where he can shine. Luka gets a co star and a veteran. Kyrie can do and say Kyrie things without the media hounding him.
In the 2021 playoffs, Brunson was unplayable against the Clippers. He and Porzingis couldn’t do anything in the non-Luka minutes. The Mavs were hesitant to extend Brunson going into the next season. Halfway through that season the Mavs offered him an extension but he was no longer interested.
The Knicks hired his Dad who got in the middle of every negotiation the Mavs had, tampered, and gave Brunson the opportunity to be the number one option. The Mavs can’t give him that
JJ just as easily titled the video Luka doncic on the mavs losing jalen brunson, but throwing in that for nothing makes it so much more enjoyable
In my opinion Dallas would be the legit 2 seed under Denver if they kept Brunson and the rest of that group from 2021-22 playoff run and would be at least getting to the WCF this season (again my opinion)
But I do hope Luka wins the mvp this year if Dallas can finish as the top 5-6 seed. He’s so great and fun to watch👌🏽🏀
They are doing well now. No big loss for the fans but a helluva more expensive for Cuban. Look at the bright side, Kyrie is a proven clutch player.
The eye roll when he mentions Brunson leaving for nothing 😂
don't be giving up the knicks plays and JBs tendencies like that to the masses! 😜
Imagine that we could’ve try to bring him home to Chi but no we waiting on lonzo to get back 😂😂😂
Just so everyone knows, when Brunson needed that extension he wasn’t showing ANY signs of being this good, stop rewriting history. He was at best a 6th man and got bullied in the Clippers series. Nico Harrison, first time GM, was given a tough choice to have to overpay to extend him, or let it ride out. Then everything happened the way it did.
Brunson never gave the Mavs a chance. It’s cool. Good for him, but Dallas didn’t just “let him walk”
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Eastern Conference teams are weak shits every good player can look like an allstar there.
So when Lukas was out in the playoffs and JB carried that team, that wasn’t a sign?
Stop the cap. Are you trying to tell me that dodo deserved an extension but brunson didn't? Btw, I've been watching the mavs now for 6 years very closely.
You can’t be mad the Mavs got nothing for Jalen Brunson….he was a second round pick!!! How many teams get valuable assets for someone drafted in the second round??? Also, Mavs had the opportunity to sign him and they didn’t.
Jokic is a second round pick.
Jokic was never traded…so there isn’t a comparison.
@@JayZJay7 if JOKIC was traded he'd go for 5 first round picks MINIMUM...
@@saiwaqa2573 now yes back in 2018 probably not. That wasn’t the precedent set back then and y’all missing the point as a second round pick you probably have 2 guaranteed years on a contract and the rest or team options if that. With Jalen the Mavs knew they had to pay Luka and Jalen’s value is only this high because of the results he is obtaining with the Knicks. Which far surpasses what he was doing with the Mavs and probably what the Mavs thought he could provide. Ultimately the Mavs felt like he wasn’t worth $100Ms and most people felt he should have taken the 4yr $50M deal….dude bet on himself. We have seen this before in pro sports! What y’all fail to recognize is that if Jalen is still in the Mavs no coach is drawing up game winning plays for him over Luka. Kyrie would and will get game winning plays drawn up because Kyrie is a championship player who hits big shots.
Him being a 2nd Rd Pick is irrelevant once you saw what he was able to do in the Playoffs without Luca for a few games.
He’s got Kyrie now 😮💨🤷🏼♂️
Kyrie is a HOFer & was the better player.. but right now, every GM would be taking Brunson over Kyrie at this point in their careers. Brunson has shown that he can lead a team as a superstar, only cares about winning/getting better & you can rely on him to be on the court. Kyrie is basically the complete opposite. He’s either injured or too worried about being an activist, rather than a Basketball Player. He’s too sensitive to lead a team. The media & fanbase upset him within 2-3 weeks. Guy thought him & KD didn’t need a Head Coach 😂😂 As a diehard Knicks Fan, I was upset when KD & Kyrie went to the Nets in 2019.. Looking back at it now, it was such a blessing in disguise for us Knicks Fans!
ah hn what the hell is this take\
Probably will work better for Luka. He can be the alpha and leader and Kyrie can go be sensitive and provide emotional support. Tim hardaway and exum talked about how Kyrie encourages and provide counsel.
Moreover having Kidd as a coach is like having no coach 😂🤣😂
Jalen brunson is an MVP candidate if he gets a top 3 seed
Hardest cap I've read this year. xD
you don't know ball@@cryptidian3530
Brunson is not an MVP when his total stats are 9-10 in the NBA. You can’t just skip over 9 other players just because he’s in NY. His stats are not as high as Donovan Mitchell but he gets all the hype like he’s in the top 3.
JJ acting like Cuban didn’t make them tank last year. BS.
Man, it would've been so sick if the Mavericks had 3 star point guards and no one good at the 2, 3, 4, or 5 positions. That would've just been the ideal team configuration. No resources going to waste.
Of course, if everyone knew Jalen Brunson was going to be a MIP candidate two years in a row, they wouldn't have been offering him $55 million for 4 years -- they would've been offering him $200+ million for 4 years.
Please for the love of god, please level the table out.
I don’t agree. The way Brunson plays, he can play with any superstar. He doesn’t take anything from players he plays with. He’s a complimentary piece anywhere.
Come to NYC Luka !!
Why don’t you like Brunson?
I think what lukas getting at without sayjng it is that its hard to preform like he does with 30 point triple doubles every next night while he also has to guard each teams best player.
We had the guy, why let him go?...
Bad judgement it happens 🤷🏾♂️
They tried to underpay him massively
Well, the Hawks and Suns had Luka and let him go too.
He was a free agent. You cannot force him to sign. I hate this 'let him go' nonsense.
Because he's not a chip winning piece despite how good he is. His length is a problem in playoff time when talking about the elite 3 to 4 teams left come championship rounds.
Jalen has turned out to be much better than I would have expected. It' the modern day NBA with all the stops in play due to whistles. He plays every moment it seems. He plays threw it. It may not last forever, but, he's earning every penny. I think he's learned some of his tricks from Doncic, yet has his own. He's been great living up to very high expectations. He's done great no doubt.
They let a MVP walk out the door
Dude can’t even make an all star team Cmon now
@@Johnbones23 he was an all star this year….
@@JDZ131 Yesh he snuck in as a reserve .. not quite MVP
@@Johnbones23 him and Halliburton basically have the same numbers, if it wasn’t for the game being played in indy jalen would have been the start over him
@@JDZ131 Yeah I could see that but then again Haliburton hit 10 3s and coulda been game MVP if Dame didn’t have 40 .. regardless JBs a stud for sure I just don’t think he’s an MVP atleast for now
I mean, noone was really looking at jalen brunson like that before he got traded, its like okc james harden, they blossomed being the star of their own team
I mean they have Kyrie now so… 🤷🏻♂️
Mean nothing until he’s reliable.
The point is that they lost brunson for nothing.
@@i-bar552 not to mention they had to give up picks for Kyrie and pay Kyrie more
Cryie was only good when he was next to Lebron. He was terrible in NY and in Boston he’s not a leader or a winner.
I do agree Luka is making more effort and arguing with refs less. He’s my guy and should be valued more for his good he makes the guys around him!
Dude should have stayed with Luka, they missed a great chance to be a dynamic duo and they could have grown together to be champions.
No he shouldn’t have .. I don’t think he would’ve been the player he is today if he stayed. Also he’s doing it in New York which makes it that much bigger because they haven’t had a great team/player in over a decade
Naw he needed to leave Luka dose not know how to get his teammates going in the game
@@About36Greekssis a wild takes providing Mavs was ready to offer him big contract as well means bigger role and also means he will be the no.2 and we wouldn’t have traded for Irving but instead go straight for players like gafford/pj etc . The reason he left was because of his father and also becoming no.1 guy in that team . He will be still a great player alongside luka just not the no,1 guy.
Luka is a ball hog..it won’t work.
@@jackchan6624 Dallas didn't wanna pay him. He wouldn't have gotten a bigger role. All he would've been is Luka's sidekick averaging maye 18pts. Him being from NYC and his Dad being an Assistant Coach for the Knicks surely also helped, but the main reason he walked is that the Mavs didn't wanna pay him.
This did not go into any details about JB’s departure from the Mavs. I know Luka wouldn’t say much but would have been good for JJ to at least ask.
Luka sure is having fun now..
I still cant understand how the knicks now have one of the best rosters in the nba and kept all there first round picks not to mention theres a good chance they get donovan mitchell for free if he does not resign with the cavs
Brunson is special man, Luka is disappointed the Mavs front office gave him away for a bag of chips in return.
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Yeah, especially with how great he was last season, I believe that had they kept him, the Mavs and Nuggets would for sure be the best two teams in basketball, and both would’ve made the WCF
It’s crazy because a few seasons ago before the Kyrie trade they were top 5 defensive rating. Now currently they are 13th. Granted they traded away a lot of their defensive pieces. But I think with the trades they just did, they should be able to step back into top 10 defensive rating.
Tyrese Halliburton, Jalen Brunson, James Harden all became a All Star, Main Star Player.
Defense is tough, and I cannot fathom how difficult it is to carry the load Luka has to on offense while still trying to be competitive defensively.
Coulda had Luka at the 3 and the Brunson burner running point 🤦🏾♂️
Luka is nuts. What a baller 🔥
I remember people making fun of jalen brunson trade value when he was traded they said they over paid for a mid player.
i love the idea that Brunson always keeps it because in the moment he needs it most, he can dish it out to someone and fool everyone expecting him to keep.
They were both drafted same year and Brunson was one of the first players who to play and train with 18 years old Luka.
I like Luka, he seems pretty chill.
Here we our Mavs Luka Kyrie in the finals and Brunson and Knicks in Cancun
how did Luka Brunson and Porzingis not work? I mean I know why but damn, coulda been nasty
They were so young and just gave it up to quick, mark Cuban was just thinking about surrounding luka when he had the guys already
Not really. Porzingis and Luka was said to have butted heads aplenty because both wanted to be the top player of the franchise. So the Mavs have to get rid of one to keep the other happy. They clearly chose Luka. Porzingis did say that they were both immature then.
As for Brunson … who knows if it’s a Mac front office mess up or Knicks tampering…
Luka please if y’all don’t win please for the life of me and the city of San Antonio please come to San Antonio and team up with wemby y’all would win I promise you
Brunson's dad is working in the Knick's backoffice, Mavs were never in good position to retain him.
NBA is full of casuals they never even heard of Brunson until he sign for the Knicks and put up good numbers LOL
Thing is Brunson leveled up because he got away from Luka.
I wanted to keep JB too,but yeah I knew he had to go to get a opportunity to be the guy,the floor general the PG.With Dallas it's puzzling that Luka isn't playing SF or even PF like Dirk.But obviously no one is better than Luka with the ball,it just shows how much basketball has changed since Dirk played.If you really want to be honest, it's really lazy on the coaching these days compared to coaches that were calling plays every time up and down the floor back in the day.
It’s Luka’s franchise. If he genuinely thought Jalen would amount to this player he should have had input with the front office about retaining him. Clearly that didn’t happen.
I think Luka knows that Mavs FO disrespected Brunson, but Luka cannot tell that publically
As a Clipper fan I was happy the Mavs fumbled KP, Seth, and Brunson. The Mavs had a chance to create a monster team.
I honestly thought Brunson was better than he was being used in the Mavs. But I saw him as like a Vinnie Johnson or Lou Williams come off the bench and drop 20. I just didn't think if you made him THE GUY on the Knicks and put the best perimeter defender I thought he would've cooled off. I just didn't think he was tall enough to get his shot off. Saw basically every game he played in college and saw upside. He used angels, leverage, fakes and could get his shot off against taller players, but I just didn't know if he could get around guys like Lu Dort, Og Anunoby and I was wrong. He's that dude!
Fan - Hey Luka are you Tired? Get on a Treadmill!
Luka Doncic kicks out the Fan.
Its crazy to me how only certain players are serious about their craft. Reddick saying thats the first thing he noticed about about Brunson lol
Brunson is a better player because of the trade more responsibility showcasing every game his talent as the number one option on his Hoop team