What Happened To Players Drafted Before Jalen Brunson? 

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History kinda repeating itself. Dallas also lost Steve Nash in a similar fashion. Imagine missing out on 10 years of Nash and Dirk....and then another 10 years of Luka and Jalen. Unbelievable screwups. Thanks, Mark!

Jalen Brunson proved everyone wrong in the NBA

As a Mavs fan, I’ll cheer him on forever as he’s one of the most humble and likeable player

Jalen Brunson proved everyone WRONG in the NBA PERIOD. So glad he’s a Knick and happy to have him now

damn the 2018 draft was honestly pretty loaded and deep. Great draft class ngl

Knicks fan going crazy. I respect that

I like the part when he tell us what happened to the 32 players

Honestly an inspiring story. His team didn't believe him, but he still worked hard to improve his skillset and bidded his time to get his due.

Josh Hart should also get recognition. Since his transfer in Jan, the Knicks have been more clutch down the stretch

Now we get K. Lowry vs Brunson 🔥

Jalen Brunson amazing footwork & strength

8:18 the trae disrespect is crazy

Jalen Brunson showed flashes at Villanova but never really looked like a future star. He dropped to #33 but was still a steal. Dallas wouldn’t pay him right before his prime… And here we are.

Jalen Brunson and Patrick Baldwin Junior had the same draft circumstance. I just hope PBJ develops to prove every one wrong. Jalen Brunson was extremely underrated even while he was on the Mavs. They thought Luka was everything, it didn’t take long before the Brunson loss started to haunt them. Now Jalen Brunson is one of the best point guards in the east, if not the best.

It’s weird to me that teams were able to hit and develop more accurately straight of high school than they can with extra years of tape and development from college.

Fantastic video. Love your content man.

We finnaly movin on🧡💙 great vid btw

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Knicks fan here. BRUNSON IS OUR GUY!!!!

As a mavs fan proud to see jalen going off

2018 - What a productive draft!

Isaiah Hartenstein, Josh Hart, Jalen Brunson. These are the three differences the coach also stopped playing the vets and started playing the young draft picks he had at the end of the bench in December 2022. So there are several differences from last season to this one. Coach has stopped being stubborn and made several adjustments. But yes Jalen Brunson has brought a lot of balance, poise, and confidence to the team. I know the media thinks the only thing the Knicks have done is add Jalen Brunson. But no that isn’t the case.

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finally someone gives him respect! love it. he deserves everything!

Hey AM Hoops.I was asking since Milwaukee got out of first round yesterday could you do a video soon about the future of them and off-season.I would really appreciate thanks

Great job!

Great breakdown! Brunson is killing it this year with the knicks!

Jalen may not be flashy, but make no mistake, he's an absolute magician with the ball. You can count on him to always make the right decision. His basketball IQ is through the roof.

After watching Moneyball last night, I started to wonder if those "experts" are like the scouts in that movie.

from a potential overpay to probably the best bargain contract in the NBA. happy for this man!

I’m a life long Villanova fan, I’ll always root for Jalen no matter where he plays he’s a flat out baller 💪🏾

Dude-we were 37 and 45 last year, not miserable, literally 4 games under .500

This dudes whole channel can be summed up into, hindsight 20/20

Wow the Trae Young hate! He would at worst be 4th on this list.

Either the knicks or heat will be in the conference finals ! Who would’ve thought

Brunson was a star before stars! The Knicks are a great team! I’ve been watching this team for years now we get to see this man succeed!

When u said grayson allen and kevin knox I automatically busted out laughing

That draft is stacked omg

It still blows my mind that Jokic and Brunson were drafted in the 2nd round

I hate the people who say oh Brunson I knew he was going to be so good even befor the contract and the playoffs with Dallas

this is why he should've won most improved! loved the video 🔥

Brunson is a fucken titan man.

Jesus Christ the first and probably last time I've seen Coach Tibs smile was Jalen Brunson dapping him up 😂😂😂

Mavs signed Brunson to that three-year deal as a second-round pick, so then they’d have the option of letting him hit RFA after that third season OR they ride out his small salary for the fourth year (which they did). in hindsight, it was bad letting it ride out. but we’ve seen teams like Denver decline the fourth year option on deals (with Jokic), and then definitively re-sign them as a RFA.

looking back the 2018 draft is actually elite

I believe scouts saw in him another Kemba Walker. Always difficult for those kind of players - like Fred Vanfleet - to get the draft they deserve

I never understood why Jalen Brunson wasn't a lottery pick then and now.

Jalen Brunson is a difference maker for the Knicks!

Probly like 15 players on the league that could go off like this with the right fit ....ya the best of the best will shine on any team sometimes guys just need a chance to shine

The equation is simple. At every level, people think bigger is better. Most centers in the NBA can't even make a free throw. True sign they they are there just because of size. No basketball knowledge and very loosely based on skill. Just BIG.

Do a Playoff apology vid for Heat and Knicks

That 2018 draft was deep Luka, SGA, Mikal, Ayton, JJJ, Trae, Jalen, MPJ, Simons, Williams, Miles

Still remember your last video on the Knicks you said we will lose to the Cavs how true was that lol

8:19 trae at 6 is kinda wild

I’ll never forget that you’re the one who said the Knicks should’ve bet the farm on DMitchell and sarcastically said, “Good luck with all your draft pick, Knicks!”

Jalen would've been a first round pick had he inherited his father's height of 6'3 but teams regretting passing up on him now.

Jalen is a superstar but he is also a freaking dawg, IT factor and just so likable

Jalen Brunson is extremely athletic he’s just not tall. He’s bulked considerably and now he’s really strong however which means he can bang in the paint. Ofc he’s very skilled and has great bball iq as well

I really thought Casey would enumerate all players that were drafted before Brunson and what happened to them 😆

That’s how u do business Leon Rose 🌹

Hes crafty af and it works for em

Its wild to think that if a team wanted to, they could have drafted all four of Mikel, Brunson, Donte, and Hart, easily in the draft

I love it Knicks believed in Jalen Brunson 🧡 💙

Malcolm Brogdon your next video A.M. Hoops 🙏🙏🙏

I doubted Brunson but he's a baller

Are you gonna credit non-stop sports?

do vids on the playoffs

2018 is Hella of a draft

Some very good players came out of that draft ....not bad at all.

As a Knicks fan, I thank you, Mark Cuban, for JB!

Not sure you were joking when you referred pat bev as "another small guy"😅

As a Mavs fan I love to see JB succeeding in NY. But I hate how everyone blames the Mavs for him leaving. He was going to leave anyways. The Knicks GM was his ex agent, his dad was signed as an assistant coach, he’s talked about growing up in NY and wanting to be a knick and he has a chance to be the Knicks #1 option and not play behind Luka? His mind was set before the season ended.

Hearing you speak so positively of a Knick is music to my ears.

Thanks for the video but you had to remind us how badly we messed up the 2018 draft with knox? 😅 lol jk jk... coulda had sga tho smh

I was fr clowned for having the knicks win against the cavs😂

Even 2k had weird stats for him in his second year. His only badge was a gold for “floor general”. That’s it.

damn 2018 draft was pretty Elite lol

Oh man. How the tables have turned. So many people were clowning the Knicks for signing him for that money. That contract wasn't even that crazy at that time. 15 highest paid PG in the league.

this draft is very good

ima need that brunson apology video. you said the cavs would sweep them 💀

Nice video but it’s 7:20 seconds of Brunson recap then what happened to the other players.

He's not big, athletic or super quick and they devalued him coming out of college. He just gets the job done. He keeps proving the doubters wrong. It's crazy that it has taken this long due to him always showing that he could play. The Mavs and Cuban messed up. Glad Leon Rose saw what others didn't. Go Knicks!!!

The shade at dallas is funny but deserved

Andrew Wiggins new name is the Maple Mamba

Start talking about the title rigth around the end of the vid lol

Nah “I don’t wanna mess it up” to MJ is WILD

Brunson over trae 🤔

bridges 3rd lmao he's been elite for like 20 games how tf is he 3rd you let recency bias make your choices

mava did themselves no favour. jalen will fit so nice along luca. look at that season where they play together regularly. keeping him they could have enough budget still to build somemore core players around them

As a mavs fan I wanna cry first Steve Nash and now Burnson

Some guys are in the draft averaging less than 8ppg 😳

5:47 Jazz were the 5th seed that year

Bro Stevenson ain’t a little school I go there 😭

Nice.

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Mavs messed up but it felt like he was going to the Knicks even before the trade deadline. Mavs should of signed him before the season even started. If you thought what the knicks paid him was a great deal well imagine him playing on a 15 to 20 mil on a contract

Tbf I liked Grayson Allen on the Jazz lol he’s a Dillon Brooks type guy but way sneakier with it or at least tries to be 😂

Most scouts and NBA teams now looking for under 20 players and players with long wingspan. 🤦‍♂️ Most under20 players are raw and projects for 4 to 5 years. NBA teams should start again drafting NBA ready players just like the 90s and early years.

Yo, if the Knicks go deep or even to the finals...J's gonna definitely have be worked into the first round top 5 for the 2018 redraft. Ngl, I love that the Mavs got their comeuppance this year. 😂