Luka Doncic on the Mavs Losing Jalen Brunson for Nothing 

You can tell Luka's mad about giving Brunson away for nothing

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.

As a Knicks fan I think they handled the Brunson situation amazingly

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 know Luka be wanting to slap JJ at times 😂

F in the chat for Mavs fans who sat through both Steve Nash and Jalen Brunson walking.

Losing brunson for NOTHING was the biggest failure for Mavs since they won championship

2:02 that slight head nod was all I needed to see 😂😂😂

Man, especially seeing the player Brunson has developed in to today... Crazy to imagine what he could've been like with Luka 👀

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! 😊

they both helped each other sharpen their game. one left but they both have gotten better from the time they were together

Mavs losing Brunson is as bad as the Durant Westbrook Thunder losing Harden for nothing

I love the part where luka talks about losing brunson for nothing

JJ *MY GUY* I watched you all the way from your first start at Duke and now casting. Natural at both. Great work!

That Luka eyer-roll at 2:02 says it all LOL

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.

The photo says it all 🤣

As a mav fan I’m still pissed he only wanted 55 for 3 years!!!!

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.

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.

Man, that Game 2 against Utah was incredible. He got to every spot he wanted, for the entire game

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!

Bro, Imagine Brunson staying, their bench team would be stacked as well.

Classy kid straight up. Talented amazing 👏 🎉

JJ was pulling back on the questions we wanted to hear him ask Luka smh

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).

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Can you add the talked about stats at the end of the podcast?

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

JJ: Let me re-phrase that and say something else.

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.🏀

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 really like a lot of our European players. They are humble and hard working. Luka is for real.

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.

Deep down Luka loved being at MSG and thought how nice he would look in blue and orange 😊

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

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

Dude, Lukas my guy for sure

now that thumbnail right there is iffy 😂 why'd you do that to luka mang?

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!

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,

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

The OKC TRADED Harden….and on his first game he dropped 37 and 12 assists…this is back when 37 points meant something.

Luka is nuts. What a baller 🔥

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The eye roll when he mentions Brunson leaving for nothing 😂

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 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👌🏽🏀

don't be giving up the knicks plays and JBs tendencies like that to the masses! 😜

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.

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.

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

Jalen brunson is an MVP candidate if he gets a top 3 seed

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

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.

Please for the love of god, please level the table out.

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”

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.

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

We had the guy, why let him go?...

They let a MVP walk out the door

He’s got Kyrie now 😮‍💨🤷🏼‍♂️

I like Luka, he seems pretty chill.

Come to NYC Luka !!

I mean they have Kyrie now so… 🤷🏻‍♂️

I remember people making fun of jalen brunson trade value when he was traded they said they over paid for a mid player.

Can anyone explain what the 7 keep is?

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.

Coulda had Luka at the 3 and the Brunson burner running point 🤦🏾‍♂️

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.

This stuff is awesome, it is like ... on top of everything basketball players do physically to prepare for a game/series ... what is the mental angle to it all

the eyeroll at 2:02 is amazing haha

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

the thumbnail looked like luka was shell shocked

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

that eyeroll from Luka when JJ mentions they lost Jalen for nothing 😂

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.

People always talking about Kyrie with the Brunson trade but they don’t take account a person being traded , the people involved and also how Luka and Brunson where on the same year they traded

Brunson literally ran off with Luka’s techs, style, strats etc. Brunson wasn’t hooping like that until Luka popped up. 😂

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

Bro ngl I was so mad when they didn’t extend Brunson. Now there is this glaring twitch I’ve that if something goes off in Dallas & luka asks out. NY Knicks definitely will be his landing destination lol

JJ channeling that Lex friedman vibe

Imagine that we could’ve try to bring him home to Chi but no we waiting on lonzo to get back 😂😂😂

They were both drafted same year and Brunson was one of the first players who to play and train with 18 years old Luka.

Thank you Dallas 😘

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.

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!

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

Portland matching Matisse Thybulle offer sheet was a big deal.

should have tried a sign and trade or a trade at the deadline beforehand, their willing to trade role players for kyrie but didnt trade a player like brunson for role players 🤷‍♂️

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.

Well especially after the chemistry they developed. They were drafted together

how did Luka Brunson and Porzingis not work? I mean I know why but damn, coulda been nasty

great thumbnail

I’m still mad that we lost Jalen! 🤦🏾‍♀️