Hiring Luka’s coach and then not drafting Luka is such a Phoenix Suns thing to do

This was a good draft class. 2nd rd guys like Jarred Vanderbilt and Mitchell Robinson, Bruce Brown, Gary Trent are all solid starter caliber/6th man guys. Not to mention undrafted like Gabe Vincent and Duncan Robinson

Ayton's grade is perfect because there's plenty of room to swing in either direction. Such a volatile player.

Mavs fan here. I was sitting there on draft night trying to convince myself that Mo Bamba would work out nicely. I watched Luka win in Europe and absolutely loved his game and attitude. I still can't believe he's in Dallas.

2018 Redraft (Lottery only!) #1- Luka Doncic #2- Shai Gilgeous Alexander #3- Trae Young #4- Jalen Brunson #5- Jaren Jackson Jr #6- Mikal Bridges #7- Anfernee Simons #8- Michael Porter Jr #9- Mitchell Robinson #10- Robert Williams lll #11- DeAndre Ayton #12- Collin Sexton #13- Miles Bridges #14- Bruce Bowen Honorable Mentions: Wendell Carter Jr, Donte DiVincenzo, Jared Vanderbilt

I think mo is at least a D or C- he’s been nice the last 2-3 seasons as a back up, he’s still a good rim protector and 3pt shooter, he shot 38 percent from 3 the last 2 seasons

Luka running that phoenix offense with Booker and Bridges had a good chance of beating the Bucks in the finals.

After the draft, I instantly knew that in order for the Suns to not look stupid, Ayton would have to be the Olajuwon to Luka’s Jordan (obviously Ayton and Luka is nowhere near Dream and MJ, but shoutout to anyone who understood the reference).

Something forgotten about the Suns picking Ayton: Sarver is a *huge* booster of Arizona. I bet my bottom dollar that if Ayton went to any other school they would not have picked him

Love your videos. Excellent work!🎉

This was a solid-gold, top-shelf draft. You didn't even mention other dependable NBA players like Jarred Vanderbilt, Gary Trent Jr., Mitchell Robinson, Bruce Brown, or Devonte Graham. This draft was deep!

If Trae Young is an A+, Doncic has to be A++ because they had to trade a pick

Trading down, passing on Luka and drafting Trae Young at number 5 because ownership wasn't sure about Doncic is a D grade at best, definetely not A+. The Hawks got an additional first out of it, which they used to draft Cam Reddish. Bad stuff by Atlanta. Trae is an All-Star calibre player but it's still pretty egregious to trade away Doncic.

Love my guys Luka and Shai!

6:15 not only was Kevin Knox a miss, they passed up on SGA and Mikal Bridges. Later they traded him to the blazers for Cam Reddish and a 1st round pick. Then 2 drafts later they drafted Obi Toppin 8th, passing up on Tyrese Haliburton, Devin Vassell, and Desmond Bane. This offseason they gave him up for 2 second rounders. Obviously they're not fortune tellers but the people in the Knicks front office are idiots

MPJ is an A++ for nuggets for taking a flier at pick 14, giving him rest and now he’s a contributing to a championship team as a starter and one of the best shooters in the league and improving defensively year after year. Shot blocking and rebounding is impressive from him.

The Sexton rating should be higher, if you're re-grading the draft. The Cavs got a couple of very good seasons from him then used him to get Donovan Mitchell. So, from the point of view of him as draft pick, he worked out very well. The lack of production is Utah is relevant to the trade, not the draft.

Real talk, I had no idea SGA would turn out as good as he did, dude is a monster

Hawks really gambled on Cam Reddish filling a second slot in the roster in that trade, but He was just a disappointment.

Ayton reminds me a lot of Andrew Wiggins. Just a really good starter (maybe sneaks into the All-Star team if his team is good enough), he's not good enough to say it was the right pick, but he's not bad enough to say he's a bust.

I take umbrage with Jalen Brunson. Not because he's not a terrific player but because he's clearly 47 years old and cannot have been in this draft class.

I did not see it with JJJ. But as I look back, it was the way Izzo used him (incorrectly used him) at Michigan St. I was extremely high on SGA. Loved his size and the pace he played with in college. Never seemed to get sped up. Didn't know if he'd be this good though.

All in all, this was a good draft.. a lot of players that you didn’t expect to develop are now some of the best in the league😮 i.e SGA & Brunson

As a Suns fan, it hurts that Phoenix didn't draft Luka. However, what undeniably hurts more is that JJJ is what Ayton was supposed to be.

Collin Sexton is a B bare minimum

Atlanta trading back to 5 and not taking Luka makes their trae young selection a D+

So this is why he dropped 50 on them on Christmas Day😂😂

Looking back this draft class is one of the best👀

The Suns picking Ayton #1 was the best most logical choice at the time , best basketball choice, best marketing choice, best financial choice. Phoenix needed a center , Ayton is an Arizona kid and immediately sell tickets and he was the most dominant big in college.

Was waiting for you to roast the sixers for that Zhaire Smith debacle

Best modern draft we seen since 2003 its crazy deep

Great video! With how bad scouting usually is, I find it hard to not give an A+ to anyone getting a really good starter outside of the top 20.

Jaylen Brown your next video Sporting Logically 😅😂😅😂😅😂

That draft was freakin looaded.. Was like a genuine 2k draft that you would create into the game.

0:58 LOL!! KNEE KOLA GIVING UP DAT AZZ ;) XD

One of the top draft classes of all time. Loaded with all stars.

Please do reaserch, Igor Kokoskov(ex Suns coach) wanted Luka, but everybody wanted Ayton. He said he would draft Luka and try to bring in Capela.

The mo bomba song is A+

No one ever said Philly was the city of motherly love.

Which 3rd slection was the craziest? Luka, Tatum, or Jordan

I would say this is “Regrading the Picks” and not the “Draft” bc I think that would include trading picks and The Hawks wouldn’t get an A+ in that situation

Not sure if Trae is an A+, I just don't think he just has it in him to lead a team to contention, and his skillset just doesn't work as even a complimentary piece, or even as a 1B option.

4:16 Blasphemy! That song's a banger!

I wonder what the trade offers were like for the Suns for that #1 pick.

Sexton should be a B- imo. He’s had a couple real good seasons and is still a solid piece. Considering some who went before and directly after, it’s a solid pick. Only Mikal & SGA were def better guys above him picked later.

I'm a Duke fan, and I never understood Bagley at #2. So many of the things that have held him back in the NBA were obvious at Duke. His defense was probably the worst I've ever seen from a Duke freshman. It was so bad that Duke permanently went to zone to hide his bad instincts and terrible effort. He was a great offensive player, but he's a tweener. He can't play center defensively, and he can ONLY play center offensively (due to his lack of a jumpshot). He also has zero passing ability. I expected him to do better in the NBA than this, but what was his best case? Poor man's A'mare Stoudemire? In this era, that's not a tenable player. And it's certainly not one you draft #2.

😂😂😂 Colin sexton love making them faces boy

No bruce brown mention?

this draft is stacked

Any Phoenix suns fan would tell you we knew Mikal’s potential like 3 years ago. We knew what he’d become after Phoenix. He’ll always be a Suns legend in my eyes personally, he was my favorite player on the team

Denver was positioned to take Porter because they had drafted so well previously and developed players that allowed them to sit Porter for the entire year. This allowed MPJ to get healthy and develop without pressure.

As a kings fan watching them draft Bagley made me feel like we might be missing out.

Kevin Knox just signing one of year deal blazers I think it’s going to turn his career around

I think I agree across the board my guy

kevin knox 100% an F minus bro. All the mock drafts had us taking mikal bridges. like the knicks got lucky one time with the porzingis pick and kept going lower at the drafts and picking project players and Kevin knox is the one that hurts the most for me. The Knicks really need spacing and a good sf rn and oh my fucking god, bridges would've been perfect. such a godawful pick

Am I the only one who thinks Jackson Jr should be a higher grade than Trae? Idk I disagree with Trae being an A+. I think it's pretty wild to call someone the worst defensive player in the league and then give them an A+ and say it isn't close.

Phoenix not picking Doncic is one thing, but Sacramento? WTF! That is one of the worst draft decisions in decades. We have to go back to Hasheem Thabeet and Darko Milcic to find someone in the same category.

Didn't you already do this?

I thought that you’ll grade Grayson Allen at the 21st pick..

As much as I want Ayton off my team now, I will admit that he was very impactful in that finals run but I believe Luka and Book would have brought us a championship in between all this time.

Hawks trading that #3 pick is an absolutely f

Masai Ujiri was really high on SGA

I m a basketball player myself. Not that great actually but fair enough. Is it stupid to model game like Lukas? But without the complaining, the ballhog and the "decent" defender?

Yup smh u said before the draft suns should get Luka after they didn’t I said they would regret now here we are smh

As a Hawks fan I love Trae Young but It’s like getting a corvette when you could have had a Ferrari

It's weird saying for example:"You could've had Shay instead of Mo Bamba", because there is no guarantee that an organization will shape up a player they had drafted in a good manner. Organization is as important as a player's talent and work ethic. Look at the NFL-Trevor Lawrence looked like a bust in his rookie year because his head coach was Urban Meyer, but as soon as Pederson came he bounced back.

So of all the drafts I've scouted this one was by far the one I was most accurate in predicting. There were still some errors I made obviously....I didn't expect Luka to be who he is today, I expected SGA to be an average serviceable player but nothing like he's become..but what I did best was suggesting the Suns should take Karen Jackson over Ayton because I thought Jackson had a lot more upside, after him I thought Mikal Bridges was the next best pick in the draft although I understand not taking him in the top 5 because he was a couple years older than most other guys and he didn't have as much developing and growing to do he was pretty NBA ready come draft night, lastly I couldn't believe the run on this draft's batch of point guards didn't come sooner...in the second round guys like Jalen Brunson, Devante Graham, Jevon Carter, etc. were still available. Also not for nothing I think this was also the draft where Mitchell Robinson didn't go until the second round just because he sat out a year which is crazy to me. But I remember thinking after the draft ended that I could make a pretty good team with a starting five of Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges, Michael Porter, Miles Bridges, and Jaren Jackson with some backups like Jevon Carter, Anfernee Simons, Divencinzo, Robert Williams, and Mitchell Robinson. Obviously looking back at it today I'd make some changes but my god this draft was loaded..and how good was that Villanova team that helped make this draft so good? I didn't even mention Omari Spellman and they also had Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Divencinzo...how did they ever lose? Lol

Phoenix pulled a Portland, who passed on Jordan.

Mpj A+

Saying miles bridges wasn't playing at an all-star level before the off court stuff is ludicrous he was averaging 20+ a game and was top 10 in all star voting for his position that year also was in most improved player talks and he looks good this year as well he's definitely all star caliber

Orlando simply never gave mo bamba an actual chance to succeed

Gotta grade it off how they do on the team not who comes after them. Trae and booker sounds like a lot of offense and no defense or big man so the pick for fir was there

Kings taking Bagley over Luka is the worst decision ever made

Please don’t do this to us… I can’t stand seeing 2018 draft in writing 😭😭

Gotta give thay Sexton pick more love, comapring him to Knox the next pick it's not even close. Sexton is a legit starter, Knox is a G leaguer

Wendell carter a B and Deandre Ayton a C-????? I get Ayton was drafted ahead of Luka, but that's just criminal.... He literally was a key piece of a finals run in his 3rd year in the league. Meanwhile Wendell has never played in a single playoff game and had to be attached to two firsts just to get Nikola Vucevic lol

Suns spent a #1 pick on a starting role player lol.

The #11 was involved in one of the worst trades in NBA history

I know you just told me but wtf is Jerome Robinson and couldn’t the clippers take sga mpj 🤦🏾

nah Kevin Knox is an F-, the following 3 picks directly after him all turned into 20 PPG scorers and 1 of them is an MVP candidate, so the 9th pick having less impact logic doesn't hold up in this particular draft class.

C- for charmin?

JJJ is definitely an A+

Isn’t the #2 pick Marvin III? If he were Marving Bagley, there would be a comma after Bagley.

Ayton was a D- for 1st overall.

Team 1 Pg. Damian Lillard Sg. Devin Booker Sf. Jimmy Butler Pf. Jaren Jackson Jr C. Jarrett Allen Team 2 Pg. Jamal Murray Sg. Bradley Beal Sf. Jayson Tatum Pf. Domantas Sabonis C. Joel Embiid Team 3 Pg. De'Aaron Fox Sg. Anthony Edwards Sf. Andrew Wiggins Pf. Pascal Siakam C. Rudy Gobert Team 4 Pg. Luka Dončić Sg. Paul George Sf. DeMar DeRozan Pf. Anthony Davis C. Bam Adebayo Team 5 Pg. Trae Young Sg. Donovan Mitchell Sg. Mikal Bridges Pf. Kristaps Porziņģis C. Nikola Jokić Team 6 Pg. Ja Morant Sg. Jaylen Brown Sf. Kawhi Leonard Pf. Draymond Green C. Deandre Ayton Team 7 Pg. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Sg. Klay Thompson Sf. Lebron James Pf. Lauri Markkanen C. Myles Turner Team 8 Pg. Kyrie Irving Sg. Dejounte Murray Sf. Kevin Durant Pf. John Collins C. Clint Capela Team 9 Pg. Stephen Curry Sg. Zach LaVine Sf. Michael Porter Jr Pf. Giannis Antetokounmpo C. Brook Lopez Team 10 Pg. Tyrese Haliburton Sg. Tyrese Maxey Sf. Brandon Ingram PF. Zion Williamson C. Jonas Valančiūnas

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I have been saying that Ayton sucks and nobody believed me. Ayton cannot create his own shots.

I'm actually surprised that Trae young isnt that bad. Dallas still won the trade but I thought it was highway robbery at the time.... Now it's just petty theft

realistically there was no way phoenix wouldn’t pick ayton. a team that was on the cusp of improvement with i believe alex len as the starting center getting a player falling into their lap projected to go first overall FROM UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA like no amount of convincing from the coach on luka would change his mind

Starvin' Marvin Trashley = F-.. I said it in the comment section of your vid titled "A Marvin Bagley Trade might be coming to the Sacramento Kings" in great detail a little over 2 years ago.. He's nothing special in this league, and never will be.. Absolutely Abominable pick at 2nd overall, especially in that particular Draft.

Thank god the sacramento did not pick Luca

DeAndre Ayton deserves GRADE B 😂😅😅😂😅😂

Mikal is not A+. its an A at best, its not an all-star, really good to be the third guy in an contender. Trae is not an A+ just because they trade Luka, its an A. To me just 3 guys here are A+, Luka, Shai and Brunson.

0:34 take hand off from Igor Kokoškov, its was decision a GM and owner, everybody knew that Lucka should be top 1 pick

I feel like Mikal bridges doesn’t deserve the A+, partly because they missed on Shai by drafting him.

Luka should be S class

Ayton Draft is a good pick. He is one of the reasons why Suns so good. It should be at least a B+. Bagley was actually really good before nba. Injuries did him dirty

I disagree. C- is not harsh, it sounds about right.

It makes sense why they didn’t pick luka 1. I’m not sure how well d book and luka would work and they already had Chris Paul but yeah it aged poorly

I still don’t understand anyone’s Trae love…