NBA Analysts Reaction of Luka Doncic BEFORE and AFTER the Draft 

Balling and Talking I approve oh yeah yeah

Balling and Talking I’m your 40th sub. Congrats!

Balling and Talking no offense but why would I subscribe, all you did is take ESPN’s content and put it together into a video

Nba’s Finest Will Cain himself talked about this video on Twitter so I don’t think this channel needs you to subscribe anyway lmao

“DoNkIcH” 😂😂

Yep, the least recognized analyst in the video was the only one right.

I would still pick ayton you don't pass up a 7 footer

Everyone the league is trending to the 3 point line but the only one I seen win is golden state shooting 3s

It fuckin hurt hearing him say real Madrid in barcelona ffs

Kareem Blackston Houston has been winning for the last 2 years shooting 3s. They were the number 1 seed last year, I don’t remember where they finished this year but it was surprisingly high considering their injuries and how horrible they started off. The only team that’s really had their number is golden state, the “other” three point team. Also, the bucks shot a ton of threes this year, and they did great up until they ran into Kawhi. I don’t think you have to shoot 3s like the warriors to win, but it does seem to be trending, at least a little bit, in that direction.

And gold medal with Slovenia on Eurobasket.

Austin Farrell Or if he wasnt white

He didn't go number 1 because there was a 7 foot tall 250lb 19 year old manchild coming out of arizona

Dr Meatspank bruh he didn’t go 2 either

@@drmeatspank805 it's obvious Luka had much more potential. In modern nba the classic center like ayrton dies out. It's like back in 1984 with mj and Hakeem or in 2007 with kd and oden. Sun's and kings should have scoutet Luka and he would have gone easily number 1 overall without any doubt.

Luka will at least own the suns as long as he is a player 😂

😂😂😂

😂😂😂

This still stands

Lol 😂 I always come back to this vid

And he’s 23… 23!!!

It is hilarious…but it’s also easy for us to see who’s right in hindsight. It’s another thing to be ahead of the curve

I don't think arizona did wrong by choosing ayton but Luka should of been 1

@@carl14221 I agree, the suns needed a proper big in the middle, but idk wtf the kings were thinking

never forget him saying haskins was more of a runner than a thrower, dude literally makes things up

Steven a smith is not a scout, he is an entertainer, but of course, no one was entertained by him.

On Ayton SAS wasnt that off especially since Ayton was almost unanimous n1 especialy that Ayton was almost no bust potential.

@@JackoVX fuck sas he talks like he is laying undisputable wisdom and facts upon us yet he backtracks EVERY single statement. Dude should be a polititian and leave sports debating to my man skip and shannon!

stephen a is the worst of all

badseed86 exactly ! And it’s not like he played with AND against former nba players too 🤷🏼‍♂️ Had he been American or at least from NA he would have been called the next prodigy.

Lol thank u for this comment

Although un Real Madrid the clutch time was for Llull, he has a lot of people who can take the pressure.

@@youtuytumaddrre Sure, but as Llull was out most of the season, they didn't mind playing through 18 year old. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D_5Cw3Ki5As.html or ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G2iMNJVGnOw.html

@@youtuytumaddrre llul was injury in that season

Now he's he's tied for third highest scoring game in nba history 😭

Yoooooooo me 😂 Not a Mavs fan but I cannot stand Booker and the Suns. Hate their attitude. Only player I like on the Suns is Mikal Bridges. That being said. Glad they got smacked in the mouth. People need to stop comparing Devin Booker to Kobe. That boy too soft

For history ..

Whos here after he missed the play-in?

@@brianbadonde9251 im here after they got fined for tanking the season

that's why we all love him

Prashant K HES entertaining, and that’s all that really matters

him, skip and drake. worst side effects of NBA.

These shows are really there to keep fans talking and engaged. It's usually the same 5/6 topics and usually they say absurd things to get us to click on these videos and posts (something I embarrassingly fell into the trap of doing). The hotter the take the more he views. No sense of actual reporting is being done.

Charlie Marinello exactly

And among the best clutch players in the league

Max is a clown

These so called experts just have their own schtick that keeps them employeed.

To be fair though, he admitted that he hadn't seen much of Luka, and that it was hearsay.

Pied Piped he did say apparently he didn’t say Definetly

He's racist, pro black.

He would of been gargling him if he was black

@@WLM-lf8ho You’re also a racist, Jew hating btch.

Why? He said essentially he didn't trust phoinex to make sure luka is great

"Apparently doesn't handle well pressure on the ball". He might say as well "apparently the sky's red". LMAO. I mean, where did that even came from? LoL talk about embarrassing oneself.... I can understand prejudices about European athleticism, as wrong as they are sometimes. But that? GET A REAL SOURCE xDD

Hahahaha its the exact opposite

Spat out my drank when i heard this

His take is awful, but the use of "apparently" is even worse than his take. It shows that he hasn't analyzed the player on his own and is just parroting what some other ignorant analyst said. If you haven't watched tape to know anything about him as a player, then maybe you should just shut the fuck up about him.

Mr. Whit I lost respect when they mispronounced his name

Not an nba legend yet but if he continues sure. He needs to do this for 5 seasons first.

Harold, He's already a legend. He's the greatest basketball player under 20 ever.

@@Rationalreason777 legend is sustainable. He is great sure but not a legend. Let him get 5 years in.

@@Bermir01 d rose had an historic season but his career is not legendary

His second year? He's a rookie still

Single handed lol ok

Just lost to GSW too

@@joeblowe4300 everybody loses to gsw thaTS a full complete team. The mavs are still trying to complete their team around luka

Luka won mvp as an 18 year old

I think he just misspoke, I think he was trying to say Spain

@@sugargay7168 i straight up think he doesnt know

Does he know Barcelona and Madrid are two different cities? Never mind that they’re bitter rivals

Was about to comment and laughed hard.

pretty sure he said Real Madrid and Barca, not "in."

I agree with you, but he did say "Real Madrid in Barcelona..."

A broken clock is right twice a day, will Cain makes his mistakes just like the rest of them

MCFoultier I think he was just lost in what he was trying to say... just a slip up

I hate that Stephen A is the face of ESPN yet his takes are unbelievably naïve and traditional

MCFoultier maybe he was talking about a game where luca was in barcelona

To be fair it’s not only Stephen A. Smith. It’s also people like Colin Cowherd and Max Kellerman. It’s funny how people like Will Cain actually respect European players but they don’t have the same level as fame as Stephens, Colins, and Maxs of the world. Btw don’t forget to subscribe :p

Stephen A. Smith is a bona fide black supremacist.

Stephen A did say he was good. The only reason why he said Ayton should go number 1 was because the suns had the pick. He specifically said if any other team had the pick they can do further thinking into picking either one. The suns have to many guards and no good big men. Stephen wasn’t hating he was actually being correct

Lmao all the snowflakes mad bc Stephen A said Luka should be the #2 pick instead of #1 and he gave valid reasons as to why that was specific to the team that has the #1 pick vs any other team.... woooooooow The things y’all have to reach for just so y’all can scream “racism” 😱 lmao pathetic.

Luka is the best rookie since Lebron, sorry Blake. I don’t think we will see that change even with Zion, Ja and Bol Bol (don’t sleep on Bol Bol) coming into the league.

Quite the opposite, actually. His job is to say stupid shit to get people riled up.

Alexander Hayward 🤣🤣🤣

Max: “Donkitch” 🤔

They dont talk about college ball

@@drehitemup9904 Doncic played pro basketball in Spain^^ He already played at a higher level than most NCAA players did

if he was black it would be a different conversation amongst most

He's the kinda guy that only wants to congrat black guys.

Stop 🧢

@@mjl11 exactly ,thats why he chose black panther as the best marvel movie ,instead of avengers endgame

@@dderrick180 I wouldve said Infinity war tbh, but both endgame and infinity are far superior to Panther lmao.

@@mjl11 no

Wyatt Webb he’s good but his emotions portrayed on tv doesn’t look good

But he's not very good on geography Real MADRID is in MADRID not Barcelona 😂😂😂

Devante Ceasar Lol what compared to Steven A Smith??😂🤣 Lmao gtfo

His TV personality which his emotions are very much part of it fits TV and the first take tv show well there’s a reason why he’s the highest paid person on espn tv right now, rating goes down whenever he goes on vacation from the show facts!!

I see what y’all are saying but honestly what someone’s emotions look like when they’re fired up about something is totally subjective. Just sayin’.

I wonder how life would be if Americans actually took time to know the rest of the world

Haha he alredy said the name of the city he still got it wrong😂😂😂

@@timothysichone4109 it s a bit like : " This player played for Boston Celtics in Los Angeles" American people have lots of problem in Geography :D I will always remember one night I was with a British friend in NYC and one guy asked him : "your accent is very special where you are from ?" he answered I am from London ! The guy was surprised and said " London ? Which State is it ? in the south ?"

But in everything else he was right

@@someguy4046 Yeah, that’s a little far-fetched

Faux news is NOT real news. Even they'll tell you they're entertainment

He's just a fox News shill now

blackappleslo I cringed so hard

I mean I get it there so many cities and clubs in this world. Plus I know the Americans don’t care much about Europe. But c’mon everyone should know Real Madrid is not in Barcelona 😂. That’s like saying New York Lakers 😂

@@blackappleslo No, that's taking it one step further like saying New York Knicks from Los Angeles 😂

True true 😂

cringe

DIS BOI GOOD

Foreal bro i want them to make a new updated video cause Luka only is getting better

Yessir 😂

#AnkleGame

Bruh same 💯😂

“BANG! BANG!!” When I was watching Luka play for Real Madrid I legit hoped he would become a great nba player. Today I realize he’s gonna become even better than even my wildest dreams.

But he doesnt react well to preasure? 😂

Facts

Ris3Up85 Zion over doncic imagine wtf doncic over Zion any day as well as other people on your list cough embiid etc but to each his own

Literally

Me. 😂

@@BallingandTalking watching your own vids lol big ups

Me,,,😀

Me

I think Me but i' m not sure

I think he was just mixed up

@@BallingandTalking I think he just didn't break down the team name in his head to see that there is city name in it. I don't think he doesn't know Madrid is not Barcelona 😂

@@BallingandTalking no he genuinely just doesnt know the cities. Madrid and Barcelona are 2 different cities

Young City Bandit what's even worse is that he should know coz they are eternal rivals on the biggest stage there is in football. More of like saying Magic was a PG from the Los Angeles Lakers in Boston 😂😂😂

@@levichelelo2546 exactly lol

Supermariohoops24 I watch basketball casually and never heard of him lol

Hunter14 Hockey He wasn’t even bad. Averaged 16 PPG 10 RPG while hardly getting the ball. Don’t understand why the media didn’t give him any love in the slightest.

Supermariohoops24 he plays for the sun. This is why everyone wants to go to big market team.

Supermariohoops24 media is only concerned about big market teams

hello man Mavericks ain’t a big market team Luka put himself on the map with the game tying shots 11-0 run and passing. AYTON couldn’t do that

IKR, what a lucky guy!

Like a weatherman

Mike Aaron I mean his reasoning was solid. Suns have been idiots at drafting and running an organization, it wasn’t the time to “gamble” but to draft a sure fire safe pick in Ayton.

Noone would watch a guy who was boringly correct all the time, there is zero entertainment and ratings in that

He dont know shit he just on tv blabbering what we all know

he even won MVP in Euroleague as a teenager.....he can't handle the pressure that everything he said now about luka was wrong 😂😂😂

He meant pressure on the ball, like people tryna steal the ball etc. He was still wrong lmfaoo

Well 10 months later and he lost to the Clippers in 7 but was completely unstoppable and had a 46 point game 7

Can't handle pressure? Embarrassed the Suns in elimination game tying his score with the entire Suns team at halftime.

just dropped 50

Now imagine if they had Luka and booker for the next 10 years.

That's bull shit to me im riding or dying with a luka and booker back court

Na man, always pick talent over needs. Do I need to remind you about Portland passing on Jordan, or Detroit passing on Melo, Bosh, Wade?

Now he's out of there playing for the blazers

Analysts don’t look at any of that. They just see that he’s European and played internationally do they decide he’s no good. It’s actually a shame what mainstream media has become. Btw don’t forget to subscribe!

@@BallingandTalking its because the notion of the euro league. Obviously they dont come anywhere near the NBA and that's why that didn't validate him being #1. If the euros gave us a doncic every year they wouldn't be viewed so badly, remember Porz?

JusAWanderer in my opinion, it’s partly because the NBA sits apart from the rest of world basketball. Sits atop it is probably the best way of putting it.

Dancic is magical

Those analyst are the worst. Luka played against real men,not kids,real men. Men with years of professional basketball. They think European basketball is shit and thats where they're wrong. Nba>>Europe>>>>>NCAA and thats a fact

alex batlle but all the best European players (like the gasol brothers) play in the nba...

I completely agree with u lmao how dumb are u? They face the USA in the finals all the time meaning that Europe has good basketball players and luke was playing against them at 16. LOL learn how to read kid.

alex batlle ya but luka wasn’t playing against the best Europeans cuz they r in the nba

@@icompletelyagreewithu9989 There's a lot of europeans playing the Euroleague every year that are way better than a lot of americans playing in the NBA. You make it sound like Doncic was playing against "average europeans who are not good enough the play in the NBA".

@@XFreQ69 I don't know about NBA, but they are at least better than college basketball kids

I know you said commentators, which is not directed at people like me, so I understand you are not insulting all of us, I can only hope that you don't think all of us are like this. Seriously I was more upset than you, as an american, with the way they were treating donic. He *won the mvp* as a boy playing against grown ass men, whoever thought he wouldn't walk into the league and be excellent clearly just doesn't know enough basketball or holds too heavy of a bias against international players

And what amazes me is that those commentators are incapable of learning their lesson. Porzingis, Yao, Ginobli, Doncic and a dozen more this century.... don’t they even consider that MAYBE they should look into basketball out of US more seriously? That MAYBE they’re being dumbs and blind to the fact that young players overseas are playing professional basketball for real money with tough adults.... no, they’ll do the same bs with the next non ncaa big prospect

Not in the way you're implying. Showing them up would be playing this well and they hadn't even discussed him in the top "ten" of the draft or something. Almost everyone had him in the top two or three. Most of the attention in America is going to be on American hoopers. Understandable. It'd be hard for most talking heads in America to guess at a number one pick being an overseas player that they really haven't been watching like Max admitted to with Doncic also.

Ahem will cain literally said take him at 1

The scary part is Luka is still growing!!!!!!!!!!

Ryan hollins said the same thing about luka pre draft but hes gone from tv

He doesn’t have to be Luka to be great. Hakeem and MJ were two completely different players. Both were dominant in the roles they played.

I mean PHX isn’t taking back their pick. Both teams won and hyped the franchises back up

Well he is american

@@maximee.7877 didn't pay attention in geography

@@onyv2642 Isn't it a pleonasm?

@@maximee.7877 you could say so

@@maximee.7877 LMAO u right

he's a clown, just yells and became famous because he was the loudest idiot in the room

and he finally got it this time 😂😂

welp

This comment didn't age well...😂

@@1313tennisman yup but in this case Stephen A isn't even right twice a day but once every four years 😂

aged like sour milk tonight

Matthany Fiedtano Lmao right? Max out here calling him Donkitch acting like he knows anything about basketball. Stick to boxing, Max.

Lil Chromosome doncič

Narwhal Live V2 yeah, I know how to spell his name. I was saying Max can’t even say his name correctly.

Lil Chromosome i know

Why on earth did he even said that? LOL You can debate about other things but man, 3 years taking over Spanish and Euro Leagues...

Yea

He said he was special before the draft. No harm in drafting a skilled 7 footer before him, its not like ayton is a scrub.

It is very different kind of 'wrong' however. Porzingis' talent was mostly scouted in pre-draft workouts, he was probably close to top 100 players in Euroleague. Good, not great, with potential. Doncic's Eurloleague career was like a nuke vs KP's hand grenade. Totally different magnitudes. Doncic entered NBA as a grown man, KP entered NBA like a big question mark.

Cause they white

Steve Nash?

He's wrong about every white players and European players.

He didn't know where real madrid is..

@@revalazuardi3350 Real Madrid in Barcelona 🤦‍♂️

No lol

Real madrid's fans and Barcelona's fans hate each other so much. So saying real madrid in barcelona is effin wrong af. Hahahaha

He literally said toronto trading for kawhi was stupid. L

Hahahahaha me too.

Yep, an extremely stacked draft class. By the way dont forget to subscribe 😉

Wait till Bamba comes back from injury

Wait till mpj gets going

Wait till Ben Simmons gets going

I ain't a believer in ayton but everyone else yeah

Honestly, Booker wouldve wanted out. He wants to be the #1 option and I don't think that with Luka there, he wouldve been able to swallow his pride.

@@levirain6011 kawhi wasnt a good rookie, wym?

Sooo everyone is just gonna ignore the defensive holes

The Hip-hop Underworld don’t oversell Ayton’s defensive ability. Of course he put up decent numbers, there isn’t anybody else on his team to grab boards lol. Same can be said about Luka, but don’t always believe what the stats say. I live in AZ and most of basketball fans here aren’t sold on him. We aren’t even sold that Booker is staying in 3 years.

rishi raut you clearly dont kno english to not understand.

Luka was CLEARLY MUCH BETTER, 18 years old and EuroLeague MVP

Luka was definetely better but it would’ve been a huge surprise if Ayton didn’t go one. It was a situation in which Ayton had been projected 1 for a while. I’m not saying Luka isn’t better because Luka is better, but hindsight is 20/20 and Phoenix has seen better from Ayton now that he has some guys around him and are trying

Luka is a better player, but Ayton is 22 starting for a legitimate contender, playing absolutely fantastic in these playoffs. Suns wouldn't be as good as they are if you swap Luka and Ayton. They need Aytons defense more than Lukas offense.

Who’s complaining about Ayton now?

Ayton was the safest pick in the draft, he was at the bare minimum gonna be a quality starting center on the both ends of the ball, Luka and Trae were riskier but with higher ceilings

DUNKic!

Edwin Sanchez they have to boost ratings one way or the other. They say dumb stuff to get even more viewers. Btw don’t forget to subscribe!

Deandre ayton is nothing to sneeze I’ll just say that.

Honestly, Ayton might be better than Luka and that 1st pick is well deserved for him. It's just that they played with a bunch of ball hogs and a subpar coach so Ayton hasn't shown his full potential. This year is a better opportunity for him since they have Monty Williams for head coach now.

@@ianbellen6212 you have a point. We'll have to find out and see

They're biased because he's not American or black

OfficialJc 25 that’s really big

Bigness overload 😂😂

Sounds gay

Mar Win explains why you’re here

Damn that's pretty big

Dirk was a blessing to the Mavs.

Daddi

also have porzingis right?

@@smartylad7991 yea. And he is surely all-star level too. That Latvian and Slovenia guys are just a great duo!

Ice basketboy 9029 also, really good friends, like go out to dinner before they are teammates friends

He does know boxing. Damn well knows it.

Max can’t form an opinion unless he sees a stat first.

hes better than sas and gives waaaaay more props to guys like porzingus, luka, kawhi, siakam, giannis etc unlike sas who loves to suck up to bron, KD, curry cause they are more popular

JJ and Wendell Carter? lmao.

@@Luigiman_95 No he doesn't.

Max is the GOAT

Like you

@@frederickching5488 lol right on 👍

He's Kwame Brown among analysts

He’s knowledgeable, he was just wrong on this topic.

He does seem like a bit of a dumb ass sometimes

Nate Jakola Fax

Exactly I really think he gone be a problem but it's something about Phoenix that just ain't right. They need some help too much talent keeps coming to suck that bad.

im a mavs fan and i believe ayton is pretty good. the suns is just so weird i dont k ow why a booker-ayton team doesn't even contend

He did but not as good

@@joashmacaraan2236 They have to start to defend. All of the best teams committ to defense. The Warriors were an unreal offensive team but they were also a Top 5 defense, a couple times No. 1. Young players need time to develop their weaknesses Book's weakness is the defensive end. Same with Ayton. Consistency on both ends is what they need to take the next step.

Right, he was talking about best fit for Suns moreso than the best overall pick.

Yeah Phoenix really had to get him guy was the best player at Arizona in the home state lmao

I still think the Suns made the right decision. Ayton had a good rookie season and I think he still has the higher ceiling

The Suns had/have no defense so Ayton was still the right pick. Not sure if Fox & Doncic would coalesce with the Kings either. Doncic is perfect for Smith-less DAL.

Doncic was pretty much a guarantee though. You could roll the tape, see what he did against professional competition from a very young age. Folks been talking and hyping Luka* up for years, he wasn't unknown. I think he was much more of a surefire pick than anyone, but there is a European bias. And Ayton still has time he isn't a bust, the Ayton pick was not really a mistake, the Hawks trading Luka* was the mistake, I'd take 1 Luka* over 2 Trae Young's...sorry not sorry.

Dude killin' the favorite team to win a title 🔥

@Fact Check I like The Don more

That Luka Donakick Dude

GrEaTeSt CoUnTrY iN tHe WoRlD🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Most Americans don't know that Communism and Fascism are opposite philosophies. Most Americans can't find Belize on a map (same damn continent). Most Americans think the U.S. won the war of 1812 (actually, most Americans don't even know about it). Americans not knowing that Madrid isn't in Catalunya isn't surprising -- most Americans don't even know what "Catalonia" is. Most Americans are unaware that the U.S. doesn't have an "official" language (they think it's English, "cuz thas tha langwich wee talk"). If you explained Transactional Psychology to an American, most likely s/he would think it was witchcraft. Half of Americans think Jesus was a real guy (and that this ancient Jew had blue eyes and blond hair somehow) and that the bible was literal, even though less than 1% of them actually read the book. Of that 1%, I wonder how many actually understood the words that have more than four letters. The United States is at a point where the smart people who haven't fled are fleeing. How many countries would elect a president less qualified and less competent than a literal children's party clown?

Robert Bloom 👏🏿

Robert Bloom yet America has 8 of the top 10 universities in the world and has the greatest publicly available education in the world to go along with it?

@@noahfandrich1640 People attending top-10 universities tend to be statistical outliers. the vast majority of Americans don't attend these schools. You're a sneeze away from a logical fallacy.