Chris Mannix
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Guys like Jalen Brunson should never be passed on, at least to the extent he was passed on again.
Yeah, Dylan.
I mean, you see it with the NFL Combine, too.
It's like, this is all arbitrary.
Like, that's great.
You ran a fast 40.
It's like, how often does that directly translate to what you end up doing on the field?
Almost never.
I mean, like, it just doesn't really matter.
It's just kind of more of a spectacle of like, oh, look at that.
I mean, there's just so many draft misses over the years.
And you can't bat 1,000.
Even the great GMs don't bat 1,000.
Sam Presti's had some misses over the years.
All the other greats have missed.
But missing on Jalen Brunson, who was a phenomenal college player
National Player of the Year.
Those Villanova days, the National College Basketball Player of the Year.
And you're going to let him get to the second round?
He was the runner, was he?