Jerry West Was SHOCKED That Phoenix Suns & Sacramento Kings Didn't Draft Luka Doncic In 2018
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Jerry West says don't credit him for finding Kobe Bryant, credit the other teams in the NBA who somehow did NOT pick Kobe. He also says that this happens still today, e.g. Luka Doncic.
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West is legit a basketball genius.
You every where doug
@@NoKapprio yo bro I'm a big basketball fan. When I'm on my break I like watching basketball videos
Obviously he knows sports inside out - wow -a great student is a great teacher - it shows in this interview - very zen
He is the logo.
You don’t come across a west interview often lol
think deep... Lakers Nations
Yeah, I instantly clicked.
That’s why ppl gonna shut up and listen
But when you find one, it's a blessing 🙌
jerry west is 83 years old, and is as sharp as nails. and has the wisdom of 25 lifetimes. 💯
Exactly. It’s really beautiful to see
I pray I’m as sharp and as aware as Jerry West is at his age
God's wiling
You won’t brother, hell I won’t either haha this dude is fkn one of one 😅
im half his age and he has already got me beat
Hearing Jerry West talking about Jalen Ramsey is so dope.
Man! That’s an endorsement from the Logo.
Right.
This guy really knows what it takes to be a superstar. He wasn't nothing much physically as a player but his mind and skills... thats what he seeks into kids when looking for the next superstar. I have to thank him he saw something special on Pau Gasol back in the day too, and decided to give him the chance to be a dog in memphis. And then convinced the Lakers to go for him when they needed someone to help Kobe.
Pau and West truly struck gold with each other.
Again, Jerry would say it himself, with a talent lke that it's just a no-brainer pick.
I have to check you on that. Jerry West for a 60s player was very athletic. I can't remember where but I've heard not only himself but others talk about West as a very good athlete, not just a skillful player. If you're interested you can probably still find some of those articles/interviews.
Jerry West never drafted Pau Gasol. Gasol was drafted in 2001 and Jerry West became a GM in 2002.
@@fangman21 West is very strong and has freakish eye hand coordination.
Jerry West is the GOAT architect. If anyone can spot a generational talent, it's him
That's that INTJ foresight.
And Red he was a Clairvoyant when it comes to selecting players
@@user-sz6kp1tn6cWould you say Luka is infj?
One of the greatest gm’s/players ever the logo
Every time I think of Hawk, I think of Captain Benjamin Sisko, and visa-versa. 😎
When the logo talks you listen.
Commented the exact same thing without seeing your comment, it's just facts!!!
You get his precious wisdom while you still can...
Phoenix not taking Luka, after hiring his own coach, will be viewed as one of the dumbest moves in sports history.
And now they don’t even want to pay Ayton lmao
Booker and Luka would’ve beaten the Bucks?
@@LowkeySdot probably not, but you have had generational talent for at least 7 years.
@@LowkeySdot Yea, I think so. Luka hasn't had a true number 2, Booker is the real deal. They would've lighted up the league
Definitely disagree
he is so sharp and quick witted for his age. It's insane
Know Jerry personally from working for him on golf courses for years. Freakishly competitive and he loves football. He could draft a better football team than anybody in the NFL. I've heard him talk about college football players taken in second and third rounds and they are stars. I saw him get pissed and shoot a 29 on the back nine. THE COURSE RECORD IS SIXTY. He was an old man. Bunch of guys were talking Qbs one time West looked at them like they were marshmallows. He told them Russell Wilson would be the best in the draft and just mocked them, when they disagreed. Watched him literally explain why Robert Griffin wouldn't last with his body type. Not his style of play mind you, his body type. He said certain guys could run and throw and survive. He's a frigging genius. The real deal. Hope he stays healthy forever. 🙏. By the way West thought Vlade was a truly gifted big. He also thought he was lazy as hell. Peace out.
Vlade thing true as hell.
As a Sacramento Kings fan, I am still salty we didn't choose Doncic. At the time, I actually bonded with my job interviewer (also a kings fan) over the stupidity of picking Bagley in the draft lol
I like Stauskis.
He’s got a narrator voice and cadence 🤣
Jerry West is so fresh 🔥
Never not good to hear him say darn near anything. Timeless.
I was so surprised that Luka didn’t get drafted #1. All it took was some highlights of him playing for Real Madrid at 17 and that was enough.
"but he was slow and probably soft..." and now he´s bullying the entire league including elite defenders like Paul George
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Jerry West is so so right. Sporting IQ beats Raw athleticism.
Thats what Floyd Mayweather so great…. Timing beats speed…. If you know where his head is going to be as you throw the punch then you are destined to win 😂
Jerry West aka the logo is the greatest judge of talent in sports.
One thing lots of former All Stars and greats don’t realize is, Jerry West puts a lot of effort into his scouting and management as he did when he played. Most can’t say the same abt MJ.
Never in my life heard Jerry West talk football. It was kinda odd for some reason. 😂 I think of him as the logo, Mr Basketball.
Image be at Jerry West’s house, making a rare interview with the Logo himself, wearing a hat inside…
Or sunglasses 🤷
No respect frfr
Fr. No respect at all. And interruptions. Let the Logo talk goddamn
My question why the Clippers didn't take Michael Porter Jr. when they had 2 picks before he was chosen.
That's a good question. He was likely to be a better asset than Jerome Robinson
2 back injury?
coz Clippers' medical doctors diagnosed MPJ of having a possible back career-ending injury; making MPJ fall further the draft
But they got SGA(for 1 season tho) and he is proving to evryone that he is on Trae and Luka's level
@@alak2416 he is good but pump the brakes my man luka is on another level sga needs to really improve to get there.
I thought Jerry West would be on No Chill! Well done T.O. and Hatch!!
Thank you Phoenix and Sacramento for not drafting Luka Doncic.
Sincerely,
Every Mavs fan ever
You should have thanked the Hawks though
Yupe
@@MichaelKing015 Also, thank you, Atlanta.
Sincerely,
Every Mavs fan ever
@@MichaelKing015 both organization agreed and decide the player they want to draft that night..
@@carlacruz9173 you should have thanked Atlanta for agreeing then LMAO
As a Kings fan trying real hard to forget this doesn't help
Bruh I feel for Kings fans, was a big Kings fan during their motion offense glory days and I don't know who cursed them but damn even the Suns turned it around faster than them Kings.
RIP legend.
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I LOVE JERRY WEST.
Could you imagine being the suns GM and you have the number 1 pick and all you can think about is we are going to draft Ayton and I wonder if Luka ever crossed his mind. I wonder if they ever watched tape on him. I know some analyst thought he would be a bust but I have been watching this guy play across seas for a long time and said he is going to go number 1 no doubt. When I saw suns pick Ayton I screamed at tv and said your all idiots and laughed and I still am. I just watch him score 60 pts and he shoots so smooth. Good job Dallas and Mark Cuban paying attention to talent
I watched this video after hearing the passing of Jerry West. There's reason why he's the best GM in NBA history. The problem with the Sacramento Kings is always going to be its meddling owner. RIP Jerry West.
Who’s here today ? 😂
Jerry actually has a pretty amazing knowledge of the nfl too
Im anticipating gems
I wanna know his Goat list and music preferences
Haha! NICE
RIP, Legend.
Rip logo😢
Nobody in Europe can believe Luka was not a 1st pick. You got an MVP of EuroLeague in the draft and you pass on him ?? It was so unbelievable to me.
Love the way this was shot….i know its just a TH-cam video. But very well shot.
DW JERRY. YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE 🤣🤣🤣
Same. When i saw Luka play for the first time I thought he was gonna be the first pick
Me too
Luka🏀😎💯🏆
Daaang! How’d y’all get the logo interview ?!?
Damn this is gonna be great
Sengun too was MVP of Turkey as a kid he's going to be special
RIP Jerry West
WEST CAN BE A SPORTS ENCYCLOPEDIA 🤣
Why did the video cut as soon as it got to what the title of the video was about?
and I'M shocked that the clippers didnt draft Michael Porter JR with back to back picks
I totally wish they had. But his back injury needed a tricky surgery. He's lucky it worked out so well.
But it's not like anyone made them take Jerome Robinson... They could have saved themselves some assets and drafted Shamet
Porter Jr was a risk with his injury and he's also not on Doncic level, so not really a comparison.
When the logo speaks, you listen!!!!!!!!!
Jerry basically describing Jokic here.
Jerry West deserves to be the Logo
You know it´s bad manners when you wear shades inside a room even when the logo is present.
The logo what a Laker legend right there
Jerry west the best drafter
Ok Jerry, Jerry knows his football too...👍🏾
How TO get OG before a hoop podcast like All the Smoke or Knuckleheads
My follow up question would be what did you see in Thabeet over Steph Curry, James Harden, Demar Derozan, Jrue Holiday or Tyreke Evans?
That's true no one can predict a draft pick will become superstar exception to 1 or 2 players like Lebron. On the other hand no one predicted Tom Brady...
Probably a defensive anchor that none of the others looked like in college
Visionary!
To be fair, we saw ricky rubio play against grown met at that age but he didnt pan out. Only difference tho is luka was euroleague mvp and that shoulda been the hint that luka was no ricky
Takes a champion to draft a champion
Luka Dončić was actually the third pick in 2018 NBA draft, rather than the fifth, as Jerry West misstates here. Dončić was selected by the Atlanta Hawks who had already traded the third pick to the Dallas Mavericks for the fifth pick and a 2019 first round pick.
Thus, had the Hawks kept their #3 pick, they could have had Luka. Instead, they got Trey Young, one of the more prominent errors by a GM in the last decade. 🏀
NBA GM‘s don‘t trust EU Players…….too bad! Now i love how they are all watching what they all could have….🤯
Only a handful of people in the NBA know how to evaluate a player. West is one of the best in that. Rest are doing the job thanks to nepotism or they married well. Any scout worth his salt would pick Luka. It's not a body beauty contest.
They did not respect Europe basketball that's why they did not choose Luka. And now, they are regretting. Dude was MVP at young age.
Jerry looks great!
I was shocked he's in his mid 80's
I can’t believe it as well
Damn Luka got mad props from the Logo
He said Ja Morant is special. Yup damn right.
He was 3rd pick not 5th but I get his point!
Is this on the podcast app or a YT exclusive ?
full episode drops next week!!!
He was drafted 3rd not 5th 😬
Kings never pick right. Boogie was a good one but they fkd that.
They didn't draft him bc they wanted a big man and they had buddy and fox, kinda makes sense
@@Treeko55 and now they're still drafting guards.
@@Treeko55 It doesn’t make sense if your team sucks you take the best player available not who fits the best
Why would they have him on here instead of Gils show
Kings "can we redraft 2018?"
Luka: go kick divac in the balls
You and I both Jerry lol
Team needs and future
Terrell Owens? Interview in 2010? Oh well, we know what Mr West means. Substitute, say, Davonte Adams.
Tell the whole story jerry. Agents run the league. Those other gm's were told by kobe's agent that they didnt want to go there. Some agents got that much power.
That’s not true in the draft. Everybody wants to be the no. 1 pick no matter what team it is.
It's easy to call everyone foolish... It's hard to pick them yourself and be right... If Jerry wanted to be a great GM then he had every opportunity
ummmm.. he was the GM of a Lakers organization (1982-2000) that went to 8 WCFs and won 4 titles... I think he did ok for himself..
That decision not to draft Luka based on clear bias and europhobia/low key racism, is another lesson to American society about how you always eventually lose when you behave this way. Another lesson that will undoubtedly not be learned.
So 80% of the video was about Kobe and the last 10 seconds was about Luka. The bait.
Hahaha
2:15
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The man in the center should switch sit to the one who wears white sweater.
This man did however pass on MPJ twice....
That's a fair one though. Those back injuries man. Look what happened to Bird with his back. He was 1/5th the player after his injuries
Win for them tbh. They drafted SGA and used him to get Paul George.
Both teams have been punching the air since that day
I do want to see TO run for a 70 yd touchdown
Perfectly fine with having a walking double double
it's easier to find a rebounding Big who can also score in double figures than somebody who runs and organizes your whole offense ... as long as you have CP3 it will be ok I guess, but CP3 is 36
Not fine at all since dumbfck Sarver aint even gonna pay him.
Divac is a biggest GM bum after Dumars who drafted that bum Milocic over Mello! God riddance to both😂😂😂
Ben Simmons in the right situation has the tools exactly what Jerry West describes here. Philadelphia 76ers selected him at the right spot unlike Suns (or 4 other teams) not selecting Luka. Philadelphia having another star clouded the thinking process and selected a different path going forward. The other players injury history had lot to do with this as he is also further along the growth phase. Trying to keep Simmons as a side kick during this phase is about to make Philadelphia loose their priced possession for almost nothing.
I wouldn't even bring up Philly in this situation. Only draft they blew in recent years was taking Fultz (should've grabbed Tatum).
Suns need it a big men at that time I'll still pick DA over Luka
Luka was 3rd pick...in 2018 draft...
And was traded for the 5th pick...
@@NerdChannelBrasil that doesn't make him a 5th pick...
Still shoulda been the 1st
HOUSE SUNKINGS!
Wish he was my grandpa lol
Player Perception, bias and expectation is different for all the teams. Accordingly, they VALUE some things more than others. e.g. ANTI-EUROPEAN ( soft ) bias. Kobe and Doncic both played overseas.
Terrell Owens 😂this guy still in 2005
to be fair, the history of white european players hasn't been great for the a long time
Kings lmao
Jerry West talks abd we all listened
The Logo do you think that they should switch it to Kobe Bean Bryant 😭🙏🏽
Old man should worry about the clippers rather than the Suns and Kings.
He is doing a good job with the clippers. What should he worry about?
@@buddyfats4768 Getting the right pieces to get them over the hump
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Future LAKERS... oh yea