🚨 JERRY WEST INTERVIEW HERE: https://youtu.be/dgoopnPdeN4 🚨
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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NBA GM‘s don‘t trust EU Players…….too bad! Now i love how they are all watching what they all could have….🤯
Visionary!
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. 🏀
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.
to be fair, the history of white european players hasn't been great for the a long time
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
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
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.
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.
Divac is a biggest GM bum after Dumars who drafted that bum Milocic over Mello! God riddance to both😂😂😂
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.
Sengun too was MVP of Turkey as a kid he's going to be special
Jerry basically describing Jokic here.
DW JERRY. YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE 🤣🤣🤣
Kings lmao
Same. When i saw Luka play for the first time I thought he was gonna be the first pick
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
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.
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
Jerry actually has a pretty amazing knowledge of the nfl too