Chris Mannix
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Podcast Appearances
Both drafted by your Minnesota Timberwolves.
Johnny Flynn and my guy, Ricardo Ricky Rubio.
Yeah, Paul.
We like to go back and look at draft profiles on this show because they don't match a lot what happened afterwards.
And the draft profile on Steph Curry is high-end spot-up shooter.
Like the highest end of your spot-up shooter.
And you can't find a lot of people who picked him to be great.
Not to go down another rabbit hole, but this is kind of one of the problems I have with at least the NBA draft process.
I can't speak to the NFL and other sports.
But in the NBA draft process, sometimes we don't believe what our eyes are telling us.
And our eyes told us that Jalen Brunson
was a brilliant player.
On the biggest stages, Jalen Brunson was outstanding.
And yet he goes all the way to the second round because what?
Teams didn't believe he was athletic enough to be a great player?
Teams didn't believe...
He was dynamic enough.
We don't believe what our eyes are telling us sometimes.
That happens a lot in the NBA.
I think the NCAA tournament is a great proving ground for a lot of these players.