The 2003 NBA Draft Lottery through Jerry West's eyes 🏀

The 2003 NBA Draft Lottery through Jerry West's eyes 🏀 | Outside The Lines

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11 ай бұрын

Former Memphis Grizzles general manager Jerry West tells the story of how a lucky goat named Maynard almost helped him land LeBron James during the 2003 NBA draft lottery.
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@afanofall3131 11 ай бұрын

I could watch a Jerry West narrated story for a whole day about his life as a player and as a gm

@steviechampagne 11 ай бұрын

Hes the best logo in sports. Truly a legend of the NBA, and we should celebrate his greatness and give him his flowers while hes still alive!

@Mercuricmike Ай бұрын

amen

@LaTrey_95 11 ай бұрын

Jerry West was even greater as an executive than a player. Helped orchestrate the Showtime Lakers, Shaq & Kobe Lakers, Memphis had their first 50 win season when he was an executive for them, & helped put together the Golden State powerhouse in the 2010's

@thebasketballhistorian3291 11 ай бұрын

And now working for the Clippers and helped orchestrate them getting Kawhi and PG13.

@hooligan5381 11 ай бұрын

to be fair he was a greater player than executive he went to 9 finals averaged 30 4 times while also leading the league in points and assist. First NBA Finals MVP ever and on losing team the logo was legendary player

@khaitranngoc4176 11 ай бұрын

Pound for pound, maybe the greatest NBA Employees of All Time, though his old Lakers pal Pat Riley runs him close.

@LaTrey_95 11 ай бұрын

@@khaitranngoc4176 The Godfather has kept my team relevant ever since he came to Miami in '95. They have as many finals appearances than losing seasons since Pat got there

@khaitranngoc4176 11 ай бұрын

@@LaTrey_95 tbf, if ol' Pat was better as a player, maybe he would have been equal to Logo.

@wkdlama 11 ай бұрын

the crazy part detroit used the 2nd pick for darko instead of mello, bosh, or wade.

@omargahd 11 ай бұрын

No thanks to chad ford

@matthewli2030 11 ай бұрын

If darko went to memphis and be under Pau... what if

@Zenigundam 11 ай бұрын

The Pistons didn't need a guard as they had Billups and Hamilton in his prime, so why would they have drafted Wade? Carmelo Anthony would have made them worse. It was prescient of the GM to avoid him.

@wkdlama 11 ай бұрын

@@Zenigundam pick the best player available. They had sheed and ben wallace also.

@MrCleanMachine48 11 ай бұрын

@@wkdlama SHEED CAME MIDWAY IN THE 2003-2004 SEASON.

@loyalmanny 11 ай бұрын

We need more stories like these

@dannynhl9441 11 ай бұрын

This is why I miss the TNT NBA Open Court shows they were doing. I think they stopped in 2016 or so? I loved them. Group of players chatting about the game

@laust5868 11 ай бұрын

bron came in the league out of high school with the weight of the world's expectations on his shoulders and delivered.

@syklee26 11 ай бұрын

The most amazing thing about this is that Jerry STILL found a way to turn Memphis around despite the heartbreaker. He is the greatest.

@PACNYY 11 ай бұрын

For all of the young and uneducated NBA fans out there this man Jerry West is one of the 🐐 and also the NBA Logo. 😎.

@Allmenshouldrespectallwomen 11 ай бұрын

Why are you so obsessed seeing men play with a ball?

@Allmenshouldrespectallwomen 11 ай бұрын

@@goodnightmunchie excuse me,??

@christianramirez7979 11 ай бұрын

@@Allmenshouldrespectallwomenbecause its fun to watch sports, people hunt, cook, clean, watch or play anything for fun, its human

@jimboslice303 11 ай бұрын

@@Allmenshouldrespectallwomen because we can all get together and cheer for the same thing like we're family. Great way to bond with ppl

@jimboslice303 11 ай бұрын

@@goodnightmunchie you sound like one of those ignorant individuals who goes to school with 20 other ppl and has only dated 2 of your cousins

@stephenl7756 11 ай бұрын

Crazy story. I remember watching that as a kid and not understanding why Memphis was just gone from the draft after they got 2.

@alitoroganan2442 11 ай бұрын

Who's the number 2 pick in 2003

@JohnnytNatural 11 ай бұрын

Detroit end up with Darko and passed up on Melo, Bosh, Wade

@christianpaul-cp6746 11 ай бұрын

@@JohnnytNatural crazy how both Memphis & Detroit both dropped the ball in this draft.

@JohnnytNatural 11 ай бұрын

@@christianpaul-cp6746 yeah and Jokic went in the 2nd round, had Detroit picked up Jokic, people would forgive them for Darko, now Detroit is still the armpit of the NBA

@JonSnowsGhost 11 ай бұрын

They should do “2003 through Joe Dumars eyes”. He needed Lasik. 😂

@alantaraiza4045 11 ай бұрын

Yes! I've been wanting to hear that for the longest 😅

@finnbalor8021 11 ай бұрын

He won the title the next year. And no Larry Brown wasn’t gonna use Melo right 😂

@JonSnowsGhost 11 ай бұрын

@@finnbalor8021 They did win the next year. But they could’ve won a few more if Melo had been on that team.

@finnbalor8021 11 ай бұрын

@@JonSnowsGhost see I don’t know if Melo as a ball dominant player would fit into that team’s system. And would he buy into the defense. Honestly all we would hear is if he’s a good player or not in the wrong system. He would have helped against Wade and lebron but even then he’d have to buy in on defense and they’d cook him

@JonSnowsGhost 11 ай бұрын

@@finnbalor8021 When Billups went to Denver he helped Melo get to the conference finals. And Chauncey was older. And without Sheed or B Wallace. Those three would’ve taught Melo how to be a winner. On that Pistons team he wouldn’t have been a leader. In Denver he was.

@skillz0122 11 ай бұрын

Always loved Jerry West, but also love hearing the perspective from the side that lost.

@jonathanchan1365 11 ай бұрын

jerry has been on tv more often and I love it never u will have somebody this famous, good and one of the smartest mind in basketball.

@ejpemoney6984 11 ай бұрын

What a story from a GM perspective that’s very unfortunate for the grizzlies

@calamorta 11 ай бұрын

No way Cavs would ever lose that draft lottery, if you know what I mean

@sonik6892 11 ай бұрын

Draft lottery is everything but luck 😉

@matthanneman7511 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely. It would have been better if he didn't get edited.

@tiismuna 11 ай бұрын

@@sonik6892 it is rigged

@lilbru 11 ай бұрын

Jerry west is a top 5 SG irregardless of era..his intensity is still felt thru his interviews. Him and Rick Barry always give unfiltered and unbridled interviews as well as perspectives

@randommodnar103 11 ай бұрын

Drafted 2003 and still one of the best in 2023 without any signs of retiring(yeah I know he said hes considering but thats a cap lol). Unbelievable

@georgepaulthagoat5311 11 ай бұрын

Ran camps for high school prospects who went to college then the league and retired while dude still playing at an extremely high level. Jordan my goat but lebron is a one of a kind specimen for sure.

@damien8438 11 ай бұрын

So the Logo brought a goat 🐐 to the draft of the 🐐 goat. Seems poetic 😂

@NiteshNW_FreshPrince 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video

@1kingzeus 11 ай бұрын

Sad part is the Grizz won 50 games the next year imagine how many titles he and Pau win.

@mikecageshorts5890 11 ай бұрын

I love jerry west the most unappreciated player of all time he s literary the lakers

@therealneal3034 11 ай бұрын

The hilarity of all of that just for Detroit to get Darko

@BMORETODAY 11 ай бұрын

My favorite NBA Legend. He keeps it real 😂

@SCbound25 10 ай бұрын

Really well produced content

@dub88acc 11 ай бұрын

One of the biggest what ifs.... right after if Jordan would've been picked by Portland

@HKim0072 11 ай бұрын

85 and still sharp as a tack.

@jude3180 11 ай бұрын

why wouldn't he be?

@CaesarBlack91 11 ай бұрын

I need more of these ❤

@PhantomOfDarkness 11 ай бұрын

jerry west is looking a little frail, I hope he's okay. living legend. we owe him a lot for what he has done to the game of basketball. also a great human being who has dealt with a lot of tragedy in his life.

@tezDariel 11 ай бұрын

He is 85 years old

@patrick553 11 ай бұрын

He's a corpse

@kinggambino3698 11 ай бұрын

@@patrick553 more sharper than you tho.

@ABxx2011 11 ай бұрын

I think he looks quite good for his age. Unfortunately, no one lives forever.

@cottonmather8146 11 ай бұрын

@@kinggambino3698 Wrong

@dariussparks1409 11 ай бұрын

He’s looking, moving, and sounding GREAT!

@ABxx2011 11 ай бұрын

I'd be interested to know who West would've taken had he kept the #2 pick. His remark about Wade seems to imply that would've been the choice, but I'd love to hear his analysis of Wade vs. Melo vs. Bosh as draft prospects. I think we can safely assume he would not have picked Darko.

@austin78993 11 ай бұрын

I think you're right. West is a guard he's always going to be biased towards guards and see potential in guards because he was one. HE also has claimed Jordan is the best player he's ever seen. And you only have to watch a few minutes of Wade footage to see that he played exactly like 80s Jordan. Just all over the court.

@TjayK2 11 ай бұрын

Nobody would’ve taken Wade over Melo. Melo just came off a natty.

@martyc909 8 ай бұрын

@@TjayK2 i think West would have taken Wade though, but you are right, everyone thought Melo was going second except for a select few who claimed Darko was better. We need to refind the old Darko is better articles.

@razkable Ай бұрын

They had gasol battier wright and williams maybe posey..I think they take wade...not bosh..melo maybe...but they needed a sg

@MattKrath 27 күн бұрын

“And now the real winners” as he pulls out the last 3 names. Meanwhile the other teams not realizing how good D-Wade was gonna be.

@TheEnemy215 11 ай бұрын

Shout out Jerry West 💕

@Jimmerg 11 ай бұрын

He’s mad chill

@dariel2821 11 ай бұрын

The greatest GM in nba history. No doubt about it.

@fanpolposition8375 11 ай бұрын

awesome video

@Wyndamn 11 ай бұрын

Gotta Love The Logo 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

@MyConfession__ 11 ай бұрын

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

@TONEakaSHOW 11 ай бұрын

Just imagine if Memphis got the pick, with Gasol that team would have been special

@yuki.alonzo 11 ай бұрын

Imagine taking over the GM spot right after the previous one messed it up big time. Really unfortunate for Memphis and also, I feel like LeBron would've won a title with Memphis sooner than with Cleveland because the Cavs back then had no idea how to build around LeBron

@flock61 11 ай бұрын

To watch those bron clips in hs n see he’s a billionaire while still an active player that’s amazing idc what nobody say

@jyuan84 11 ай бұрын

From Podcast P to this video, he looks much more different. Love his humor :)

@jean-francoisrigollet3235 11 ай бұрын

I really love the hot air balloon moment. Vegas Balloon Rides is really a good pick here. Pretty cool company, their owner is a french guy like Wembanyama. Crazy how it all loop back to this draft man.

@Bernman100 11 ай бұрын

Great story

@trvsgrc909 11 ай бұрын

Jerry’s amazing

@johnnygutierrez9855 11 ай бұрын

Thanks to you Jerry my childhood is full of championships and parades 😮

@jude3180 11 ай бұрын

Thanks to him mine wasn't. So just stop

@splashnskillz37 11 ай бұрын

@@jude3180 No, you didn't deserve it

@user-cy5jd4wr1k 11 ай бұрын

The goat story remind me of the Chicago Cubs 😂😂😂😂

@ibzanarroyo704 11 ай бұрын

I just was watching this, this week.

@MartynCollins 11 ай бұрын

I love the Logo

@mikeyRoxx981 11 ай бұрын

4:54 He looked disappointed but little did Caron know, being #5 was going to turn the franchise around completely.

@ucanhitme 11 ай бұрын

Imagine LeBron being drafted by a competent team builder like a Jerry West. Talk about changing the course of history.

@tecversegames3428 11 ай бұрын

At that time they have gasol and jason williams i think. He could have won more championship if he went to grizz.

@argc 11 ай бұрын

No way they thought NBA wouldn't fix the draft so that LeBron goes to his hometown team 😂😂 I guess that's what desperation does to people.

@Jetsua02 11 ай бұрын

This was my thought while watching it, Memphis got the first pick, but they have to swap it for Cleveland.

@bennisford1712 11 ай бұрын

NBA did rigged it...😒

@GreaterSociety 11 ай бұрын

The NBA doesn't fix drafts or rig games. Only small brain people think that

@johndee537 11 ай бұрын

@@Jetsua02how come the memphis got the 1st pick? Lol

@bennisford1712 11 ай бұрын

@@GreaterSociety yeah... ok

@frankiemoss2718 11 ай бұрын

Legend

@antoniorossiz 11 ай бұрын

The amount of Finals he lost is incredible. Idk how the tf he dealt with it. There is no modern parallel.

@Julsdoy 11 ай бұрын

God Bless the logo, masterclass all the way

@poly_g6068 11 ай бұрын

LeBron, Pau Gasol, Mike Miller, Shane Battier, and Jason Williams. That was the team. Jesus christ, they can win it all.

@ThaFixture 11 ай бұрын

Lebron probably has a better start to his career if he is in Memphis. Memphis was a better team and had better pieces to start.

@jcartertv6686 11 ай бұрын

100% agree also I think if they draft Kyrie in 2009 Lebron might of never left Cleveland. Guy was there for 9 years and they never got him 1 good free agent

@atribecalledlen3567 11 ай бұрын

Memphis even won 50 games the next year

@judyseager4450 11 ай бұрын

Great man great job 👏🏼 👍🏾 my ke safe ☘️🌿💙💙

@judyseager4450 11 ай бұрын

Great story 🇺🇸🌄🆗️💙💙

@stevemeters3090 11 ай бұрын

can't tell me this wasn't rigged.

@shanewhelan6193 11 ай бұрын

There he is!

@bolancinemagassouba7864 11 ай бұрын

I’m speechless 😂😂😂😂

@pol44r 11 ай бұрын

nah the end was HILARIOUS 😂

@Richard-yy8wu 11 ай бұрын

GOAT GM

@blucheer8743 11 ай бұрын

Zeke from cabin creek! Still got it!

@jameskim1505 11 ай бұрын

6:36 that's greatness right there

@HooodClassicsTV 11 ай бұрын

Cavs - Lebron Magic - Shaq Knicks - Ewing NO - AD Spurs - Vic Those #1 picks were going to those teams no matter what. Those were the times you can say that the NBA knew what they were doing.

@DEEtv365 11 ай бұрын

I would say Zion to NO

@kevinconroy6606 11 ай бұрын

@@davidmontgomery1442 they just lost cp3 and needed a major attraction for the new buyer. David Stern was adamant about not moving the team out of NOLA despite years of struggles and low attendance, George Shinn was losing money and wanted to get out but prospective buyers all wanted to move the team and the league wasn’t going to sign off on that

@kevinconroy6606 11 ай бұрын

@@davidmontgomery1442 It’s what David Stern wanted, this is well documented. The league took over ownership and coordinated finding a new ownership group. What are you not understanding?

@stevenjm12 10 ай бұрын

Dwight as well

@adamchristie7626 11 ай бұрын

For such an amazing man, he’s looking rough!

@ljunyreona9882 11 ай бұрын

He earn his logo,he have to be the logo dead or alive forever.The game owe him that much.

@Alr1ghtyThen 11 ай бұрын

He's openly said he doesn't want to be the logo anymore. Ave suggested Kobe. If the logo nominates another logo then it's only right to honor that

@mikeohagan2206 11 ай бұрын

the wnba is demanding the logo to be a woman. with giant fake eyelashes.

@kinidiosodlosios6892 11 ай бұрын

@@Alr1ghtyThen its not his say...

@LoSoNBanks22 11 ай бұрын

Wow brutal trade

@Undrafted4 11 ай бұрын

IF Lebron was drafted by Memphis with Jerry West, that would have been huge for Lebron's career, I bet that he will be in that franchise forever with the track record of Jerry being what he is, I'm sure he and the Memphis would have done a better job at recruiting and surrounding Lebron with pieces around him that would have made him a champion.

@rogerperalta2888 9 ай бұрын

Yes indeed

@Spidahman4283 11 ай бұрын

I would love to ask Jerry West that if the 1 and 2 had gotten reversed, knowing how much LeBron would have meant to Gund and Cleveland, if he would have traded it to them for the #2 and say Drew Gooden or Boozer. The world will never know, but man this was crazy.

@alvinco4829 11 ай бұрын

the GOAT Jerry West and Maynard the lucky goat. 😂

@khaitranngoc4176 11 ай бұрын

Maybe the greatest NBA employees of all time (players/coaches/execs)

@miocid31 11 ай бұрын

The Logo!

@Dangic23 11 ай бұрын

The Logo of the League is still alive

@Anon-yy6wm 11 ай бұрын

Not sure how true this is but I remember reading a story years ago where it was stated that the representatives of each team know the results before it is presented on TV. They all sit in a room with the assistant comissioner so they know the legitimacy of the results. Once the results are in, they all prep for the networks to show the world the results but the representattives are not allowed to tell anyone the results. So for about an hour or so there are less than 20 people worldwide who know the results of the lottery. That's why you hardly see any reaction from the representatives and the few that react is because they are all told to act like they are just finding out.

@AlanSmith88888 11 ай бұрын

Such a fascinating look into the mind of a basketball genius

@jmcgee39 11 ай бұрын

I still can't believe that Joe Dumars watched the National Semi-Finals (Final Four) and the National Championship game and said I'm going to take Darko over Carmelo Anthony.

@zureai 11 ай бұрын

Melo wouldve had a ring lol

@vladimirmihajlovic2485 11 ай бұрын

Because Darko at the time would put up 40 plus in some games against very experienced Serbian pros. He was am extremely promising player but not straight in the head

@jmcgee39 11 ай бұрын

@@vladimirmihajlovic2485 🤣🤣🤣

@PickEmUpMessEmUp 11 ай бұрын

Just so happen Lebron was from Ohio, if he was from any other state maybe Memphis would have got it but ain’t no way David stern was not letting Cleveland get the #1 pick the story was too good, as a Detroiter we fumbled the pick anyway 🤦🏿‍♂️

@kennethc.2921 11 ай бұрын

Without Jerry West, we would have lost the Splash Brothers, Warriors were so close to trading Klay for Kevin Love.

@colemcknight6068 11 ай бұрын

David Stern wasn’t going to pass up on the opportunity for Lebron to be drafted by anyone else. It was just too good of a storyline…

@TheKapei22 9 ай бұрын

The Grizzlies had another draft pick. The 13rd pick not shown in this video belonged to them and it was Rockets' pick traded back in 1999, which was the Steve Francis trade. That pick became Marcus Banks. The Grizzlies traded Banks and Perkins for Troy Bell and Dahntay Jones. Bell played only 6 games, Dahntay Jones earned a bad reputation by injuring Kobe. They could have drafted David West or Boris Diaw. But without LeBron, Grizzlies made playoffs 3 times and didn't win a single game. They needed another reboot to win their first playoff game and series, in 2011.

@ralph.aguinaldomd 11 ай бұрын

Imagine Lebron mentored by Jerry West. Would've won even more chips.

@poly_g6068 11 ай бұрын

Jerry would have had him in MVP form by 2005. Both ends of the floor. The story would literally shift overnight from Shaq and Kobe, to LeBron and Pau.

@Dangic23 11 ай бұрын

Jerry knew the League had already set CLE to get Bron.

@jbeast7473 10 ай бұрын

Well that’s the goat of 2003

@NZV13 11 ай бұрын

LeBron James & Pau Gasol in his prime...

@ucdaking6352 11 ай бұрын

Sit down children class is in session. Mr. West proceed.

@MightyMouse11 11 ай бұрын

Anyone that doesn’t think the nba is corrupt is foolish. It’s just like wrestling.

@corbind8193 11 ай бұрын

What's crazy was Detroit messed up too

@juusan8078 11 ай бұрын

Imagine if Memphis actually got Lebron. Lebron+Pau in the 2000s and 2010+ could have actually won some chips.

@CalebShimomura 11 ай бұрын

Would the GOAT conversation be settled if LeBron had an actual competent front office in his developing years? They'd have been serious championship contenders from 2004-2005 just on the strength of Pau and LeBron at 24 and 20 years old. It's insane to think about. The whole NBA landscape would be so different. We know from Pau's time with Kobe that he wanted to win and could take a backseat in service of winning. I can't imagine this duo would have been broken up easily. What a crazy alternate timeline.