Can You Solve The Hardest Problem In NBA History?

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[@kumo-4]

Jxmy had me feeling like I was actually going to make a pick at the end.

[@migueldiaz9876]

Ik lol I was getting nervous

[@admihara]

It hit different

[@Am-ws1gy]

Same lol

[@diamondhero3603]

Had me feelin like we playing my gm

[@alia7750]

I was wtf idk

[@Pi_Jey_Tuquer]

Nobody can blame the Rockets for picking Olajuwon on #1 draft pick. He was absolutely a beast and they needed a center, plus they won 2 titles.

[@wansome1440]

didnt they already have ralph sampson tho? or is he a PF

[@anshuman1808]

@@wansome1440 I'd still pick Hakeem "the Dream" Houston made the best fucking choice possible. They didnt need a project with mj, the bulls made the best choice, the 2nd pick was a fumble tho.

[@tcsmooth4385]

@@anshuman1808 In hindsight, yeah pick 2 was a fumble BUT I understand why Portland picked Sam Bowie. He was a top 5 big man in that draft(they needed one) PLUS they already had Clyde Drexler, who played the same position, same style(high flyer), & damn near same height as MJ...

[@zyconnn1675]

says someone on the rockets

[@markuscwatson]

Isn’t he the only person to ever with MVP, DPOY, and a Title in the same season?

[@roddy681]

4:20 i literally picked giannis simply bc i could tell it was him lmao

[@johnv5827]

Yea but you broke the rules of the experiment then lol. You weren't supposed to use hindsight. Overall - Giannis wasn't a bad choice because he was a young kid with professional experience though.

[@kingworldadventures]

Yeah the point is to choose based of stats

[@dogeater3091]

@@kingworldadventures im pretty sure he didnt want to see it but it was so blatantly obvious that he couldnt unsee it

[@TonyPajamaz]

The silhouette was so obvious 😂

[@paulgeorge1316]

same here, I play like giannis. My IQ, Athleticism, defence and finishing.

[@harrison5280]

this video is so funny looking back, he had ben simmons as the best player from the 2016 draft lmao

[@aogly]

Was just about to comment something like this

[@tahja]

I only picked giannis cause I knew the picture he was in

[@ashantinyongo7632]

Frfr lmao

[@sgav6585]

Same lul

[@azc56]

same lol

[@fernando.tomina]

his arms are 5 feet long or so, couldnt be anyone else...

[@formerlyknownaseasrob]

Deadass I didn’t recognize him until after I picked him but I recognized Tatum from the jump

[@cameronnelson7749]

"5 minutes on the clock and your team is on the board, make your pick" That hit different idk why

[@inthepaint2907]

Melo all day

[@elijahmay5670]

Swear I sat there like damn

[@user-by4vq8ev5t]

InThePaint melo lowkey gonna be a bust

[@stewiegriffin2985]

Imurdaoppzz That’s like saying Lebron was gonna be a bust, or anybody else for instance. You don’t know they’re going to be a bust until they become one..

[@nabii5951]

Rebounding is the only stat known to reliably translate to the NBA. Simmons, Towns, Embiid, Giannis, AD, Kawhi, and Paul George were all solid rebounders. Curry was an above-average rebounder for a guard. So was Russ. The list goes on.

[@lovelymayapop]

Old comment but yeah. Points and assists are heavily reliant on the offensive scheme your coach is running, same with blocks and steals on the defense.

[@bloodhoundo9320]

​that makes a lot of sense honestly, rebounding tends to be the most consistent thing you can do in basketball

[@benrobs5553]

looking back on this is funny with simmons

[@philipps7287]

Watching this in 2023 and seeing how two of the players he circled as the best in their draft class turn out to not be the best in their draftclass 3 years later, even though this video was already made well after this draft. Just highlists the difficulty of drafting even more.

[@rocketleaguedude4842]

More like 3

[@Black-ys5fo]

“5 minutes on the clock and ur team is on the board make ur pick” That hits different when it’s night time

[@marcishim19]

Fr fr man, especially knowing the fact that those guys were the ones the Warriors.. MY TEAM could potentially pick. This video was stressful as hell.

[@v3nd_data859]

marcus We stressing like we gonna get to pick a #1 player 🤣, when he hit us with the last line man made me reevaluate life 💀

[@VaanRavi]

Why at night

[@ahnafarik511]

True

[@tylertwinem2316]

@@marcishim19 warriors will pick Wiseman's no question

[@whoeva23]

Player: scores 10 points Jimmy: The charts of the statistical history show that this was the most dominant 10 points in history. I used calculus and created an entire new math concept to determine this.

[@TheUltimateRage]

Until he says something COMPLETELY wrong and then LOW gotta come spank that ass lololol

[@sankhya_0461]

You know Newton legit invented calculus just to prove it to his friends that the orbits are elliptical in shape. I got reminded of this by " creating a new math concept"

[@deekay1306]

Divye Dixit imagine being as petty as Issac Newton lol

[@DrDomich]

@@TheUltimateRage what was wrong that he said and who's LOW?

[@superheated]

DrDomich legend of winning I think

[@TheGbelcher]

This was incredibly well researched. Nice video. When evaluating draft picks, you should only look at the first 4 years because that’s the amount of time a team has rights to the player. When looking at the first 4 years, D-Rose was the best player in the 2008 draft.

[@zsomborszigeti6797]

idk who was in the 1982 draft, but if it wasnt MJ than idk in what world is Kareem not the best player in the draft. Same with Hakeem

[@steve-ovii6538]

@@zsomborszigeti6797 1982 was james worthy at 1 (best was dominique) and the hakeem draft had mj in it

[@ommy7672]

2:10 I feel like you could definitely still get the first overall pick right even if you didn't draft the best player in the draft. The last four years of that seven years stretch still yielded Derrick Rose, Blake Griffin, John Wall, and Kyrie Irving. None of those picks were misses by any stretch of the imagination.

[@absolutetomfoolery9144]

Same with Hakeem Olajuwon. Everyone thought you needed a big man to win back then, and they got a top 3 centre and won 2 titles with him. Plus he went to uni in Houston

[@dreadrollin]

who exactly was better than those players though. someone that list seem to be the best. d rose? kyrie?

[@samweldon8104]

@@dreadrollin Kawhi was the Kyrie year, and Westbrook was the D Rose year, at least thats who Jxmy is refering too, I'm not saying ones better than the other

[@georgeelmurr4211]

Steph is by far better than Blake yet he was 7th in the draft

[@ommy7672]

@@georgeelmurr4211 sir you have missed the point

[@jaishdhjsjsjsjdj915]

Why does jimmy make me feel like I’m watching physics when its really just pretending your a gm

[@ryanh1013]

Because you don’t know what physics is

[@GameChanger-xi4iy]

Physics bruh did you even go to school

[@beetlebeegee445]

ugod234 he’s not being literal

[@DaDualityofMan]

@@GameChanger-xi4iy Ironically I never took a Physics class in my life and I'm in college now

[@GameChanger-xi4iy]

@@DaDualityofMan As are a lot of people, it's not ironic. I didn't mean you have to take physics to be smart I was saying the OP used physics in the wrong context.

[@sawyerstone9632]

i totally couldn’t tell who that hulk 6’9 international prospect was

[@alexandernegron3128]

Exactly 😭

[@DylanASD]

whiite mAmba You stupid af

[@JohnnytNatural]

Yeah but Giannis is actually 6'11", that's why it confused me. He had the incorrect height, also Giannis wingspan is 7'3" and that was not included in the stats

[@destroyer-js2tq]

Nuby29 he grew ever since he got drafted

[@bigsoulja73]

Nuby29 He was not 6”11.

[@castillojohnalexisv.5953]

I got chills when jimmy say "you got 5 minutes in the clock, make your pick". It just got the vibes of like the future of you franchise for the years to come.

[@CLStudios_]

It’s been 3 years, crazy to see only lamelo and ant have panned out out of the 4

[@greenc0met934]

Maxey

[@williamrees-woods6840]

Ant

[@troystoystv1797]

haliburton

[@qwertyutopia4667]

Who was the person on the left at the 6:00 mark

[@greenc0met934]

@@qwertyutopia4667 idk

[@_MrMoney]

Anything in basketball: exists Jxmy: *I can chart you*

[@buffalobraxton6762]

LMS for a TBH

[@seanlitmize9832]

Tyrique Cross you can’t even spell basketball

[@nickhummer07]

Sean lit Mize r/swoosh

[@natedurinho]

I got chills when he said '5 minutes on the board, make your pick'

[@chibum12]

Same bruh

[@dougie_big_bo]

Literally

[@AndreasZervas]

Ok boomer

[@giovannyrodriguez5683]

Same

[@natedurinho]

@@AndreasZervas im 13

[@chasecorbett7564]

Seeing Ben and Zion as the best has me rolling now

[@travisoleszczuk7008]

I GUARANTEE no one as a GM would've picked Giannis in the 2013 Draft with the 1st pick, let alone the top 5 picks. My Milwaukee Bucks luckily got him and he's the greatest steal in NBA Draft history at Pick #15! I remember it pretty clearly, he was considered pretty unpolished with shooting and dribbling as weaknesses. We drafted him based on 1, maybe 2 things: A) His potential was unlimited as he was only 18 still growing with the wingspan of a fuckin Pterodactyl (we've seen that now) and (B) he had a great work ethic. I remember being happy with the pick because #15 overall picks are usually expected to be role players at best, and I saw his ceiling as like a fringe All-star But I DOUBT anyone thought he could be as amazing as he is today. He was also tough to evaluate because he was basically self-made, never really had elite coaching/training and his competition level was in the Greek League's 3rd Division in 2011 and only the 2nd Division in 2012 where his stock was then rising fast but the Greek 2nd Division is NOWHERE close to the NBA- probably around a top 20-50 D1 college program (?) where he averaged like 10 PPG and decent rebounding. He improved by A LOT every year though (like +5 PPG every season!!) and the time I remember really noticing how good he could be (like MVP level, which NO ONE expected when he was drafted) was when we took the #1 seeded Celtics to 7 games as an 8 seed basically thanks to him alone (Khris Middleton was another surprise that took several years to develop) and we are a small-market team so thank god he's super loyal. He was already like All-star level at that point and CLEARLY willing to put in the work to be the best so it's been a dream come true b/c we weren't a contender since like 2000 w/ Ray Allen and Glenn Robinson.

[@uzairellahi9596]

Idk man, Jokic at #41 was a pretty damn good steal as well.

[@bluetwig1562]

yeah @uzairellahi9596 I agree with you, jokic is one if not the best player currently and he was drafted during a taco bell commercial

[@somone1437]

@@bluetwig1562 they are all once in a decade steals, but not of all time

[@therealcellycarello5031]

Why does jxmy not have his own show?!?!? This man would kill everyone with his charts and facts.

[@pedrompecanha]

because he needs time to do his research. with the channel, he can regulate himself and the frequency/quality of the product

[@del46_60]

You're watching it.

[@PKSubban]

Because the video provided no solutions? Just saying things that were already well know...

[@melvilmarlon]

To be fair, Kyrie and Blake were the best in their class AT THAT TIME so picking them at #1 isn’t too bad

[@shamsnoor7043]

So was Iverson, Rose, Wall and Ewing. You can't really fault anyone for taking Hakeem or Worthy at number one either.

[@isaacwest3301]

Shams Noor or evening Greg oden massive KD fan btw

[@brodyniven2575]

No because Leonard was in Irving’s draft

[@tiismuna]

@@shamsnoor7043 hakeem is even the Best talent at that time. He really raised his non all star teammates to the Finals.

[@dhanushkondabathini3164]

Brody Niven, Meltroboomin is talking abt during the draft...no one saw Leonard as being the best of 2011 back then

[@elitonvilela4787]

2:16 Honestly, until his injuries Derrick Rose was definitely the best pick in 2008.

[@HoopsWithGT]

key word “ was “

[@NandolfBlockbuster]

@@HoopsWithGT As said in the video, hindsight is 20-20.

[@keli4775]

No, Russell Westbrook is the best in 2008.

[@lel9422]

@@HoopsWithGT how can you predict injuries though?

[@Chaos_Nova]

@@lel9422 exactly

[@jchen8902]

1:52 Kyrie, Allen Iverson, Hakeem, and Derrick Rose may not have been the best players in their draft class (can't argue with the likes of Kobe or Michael Jordan, after all) but they were still amazing MVP-caliber players - D. Rose, A.I., and Hakeem were actual MVPs - that will go down in the list of all-time greats. They exceeded all the expectations of a #1 draft pick and the teams that drafted them definitely made the right choice.

[@bezllama3325]

DId d rose really exceed expectations? for one season he did

[@wandifajarjou505]

Derrick Rose before his injury was the best player in his draft

[@kiliankeil1985]

By far, hands down !

[@nikijskurpenieks4936]

westbrook is way better

[@i_am_bottled8452]

Nikijs Kurpenieks Healthy D Rose was better

[@zacharypeterson4178]

@@nikijskurpenieks4936 Only after the injury D Rose is still actually doing better than Russel if you look at the entire picture

[@vinceleonardo7630]

@@nikijskurpenieks4936 im a big westbrook fan but drose before his injuries was the best

[@TheFlightMike]

I've never felt more empathy towards a general manager during the NBA Draft. Incredible video Jxmy

[@lalehkazemi1001]

Sup Mike👋

[@ilyasomar5445]

YOOOOOOOOO I WATCH YOUR VIDSS!!!

[@jasondavis5714]

Love your vids 🐐

[@nikworkman46]

What’s up

[@valentinyi3987]

Yooo ur that one guy flight ate alive

[@urielchami4556]

This video is the most interesting, well crafted, interactive piece of work that I've enjoyed from your pool of content. LOVING this channel. Cheers

[@justinsandstrom8686]

This was actually so fucking entertaining i liked the interactive part that was so dope instead of just a cool insight on information we didn’t know that shit was dope and i got hella into it

[@josephdav01g]

I can't believe he's producing these videos by himself. These are produced almost if not better than some ESPN docu series. The other great thing about Jxmy vids are they are about topics that others aren't talking about or probably thinking about. Great info.

[@umswut2705]

The content that b baller fans needed but didn't deserve?

[@JustAnAverageJoe12]

3:50 pause look at tatums shorts 😭😭😭😭😭😫😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@militpatel4803]

@@umswut2705 you beat me too it

[@bartekmostek4850]

If only soccer had a dude like him

[@Amaling]

Damn he has no editor?

[@2quickbasketball604]

Why does Jimmy literally upload a banger so often with some of the most in-depth analysis on the NBA with entertaining music and a very interesting perspective?

[@jeronimogrinovero1342]

because he's the goat

[@hamzakdesh400]

You can tell he has a passion for the game

[@chiefqueef9053]

Great editing is key.

[@itayben-yoseph7957]

Best nba KZbinr (I don't consider the podcasts and barbershop talks to truly be KZbin)

[@bamboo1410]

In 2023 Obi Topin and James Wiseman looks crazy at becoming first overall. 🤣😆

[@marcwilliams3692]

This gotta be your best video thus far big ups on the growth

[@Black-ys5fo]

“Basketball is a team sport” Lebron James on the Cavaliers: I AM THE TEAM

[@HectorSalamnca]

“There’s an I in WIN”

[@frankiefred2089]

Bardock Obama There’s no I in team LeBron: But there’s a me in it

[@kostastube2010]

If the rest of the so called "Team" is Kyrie -flat earth- Irving, Kevin -washed and overrated- Love, JR Smith, than yep Lebron is all the team has.

[@juniorgreen1271]

@@kostastube2010 JR was doing pretty good until 2018

[@StrasnusDude]

frankiefred182 kobe said that

[@gamechanger114]

They NBA should let Giannis commentate the draft. Giannis: "That's a good pick"😄

[@Leo-gm5lu]

mmm, das solid

[@babablacksphee]

That's a good comment

[@quinnsmith2542]

LeBron: sets a screen Giannis: that’s a good pick

[@validnt5787]

Someone random: picks his/her nose Giannis: that's a good pick

[@StudioMitesh]

He took my guy, my African brother

[@arashkordi7771]

This episode was for real one of the most dope youtube videos of all time! Seriously, I didn't check my phone once, I didn't divert attention, I was taking in all the info. Great great format and thinking! Great Great job J.H.

[@g413n]

That ending always gives me chills, I've lost count of how many times I've watched this one

[@jojododo123451]

Who else was playing 'whose that Pokemon' whenever the silhouettes showed up

[@cameronbernardo]

Yeah ruined the game haha knew who they were from the pics

[@DomV123]

Lol I got Giannis and Lamelo

[@TimDaGoof]

Lmao

[@cal3819]

No one : Jxmy : So I made a chart to describe the situation

[@scagjude1969]

How the heck this get 381 likes

[@ilicktrains8304]

This is a great video, I think jxmy should remake it at some point, would be cool to see him take a look back at his predictions

[@standoughope]

Without a time machine it's *INCREDIBLY* difficult to have tons of confidence in any draft pick. Every angle is a catch 22 usually.

[@fairsyy__2454]

2k needs to make me feel like this when im drafting jeez

[@edraghifarri]

faxx, top 10 picks always be a 90 at some point in their careers

[@TheYouthEnergy]

@@edraghifarri Those are user created draft classes.. so can't blame 2k for those, however the player progression IS broken, there's no way Willy freakin' Hernangomez will ever reach 89+ overall

[@danny_playz736]

@@TheYouthEnergy and John Issac hits 94 and averages 4 points

[@bignigincoming8774]

bro I know a damn giannis silhouette when I see one

[@thedimemanbasketball8078]

lmaoooo

[@monteybrandon1966]

Right that was too easy

[@seanbacher4864]

these types of videos are always fun to revisit 2 years later

[@sebastianestrada8010]

This video was so well done and I mean soooo well done I reacted almost every sentence u made, u made me think, interact etc. Also u had me in the end understand what Gm’s and scouts have to go through overall well done with an amazing video!

[@robobop3721]

Bobby Knight to the Blazers: “Draft Jordan and play him at center”

[@kevinlowman2808]

@Cyber Bully lmao

[@devontaelafleur3841]

Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA bro shut up you’re everywhere and you’re still wrong. One this dude went against the Milwaukee bucks who were damn near the best defensive team in the league the Celtics are self explanatory. You can’t beat these teams by themselves the same way lebron couldn’t beat the warriors by themselves

[@HeenaPatel253]

Play him as sf

[@IAmSlayer_YT]

Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA the way you type literally pisses me off. I have absolutely no clue what you said but you just piss me off with the way you type.

[@andrewfish9521]

@Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA hey I can tell by your comment you're a bron fan, just a reminder that he said "activate playoff mode" in mid Feb last year one loss out of the playoffs and he went on to lose to Memphis NOP Atlanta Phoenix NYK etc.

[@benjaminsmith812]

can we just appreciate how smooth that ending was?

[@zyconnn1675]

yeah rly smooth

[@JustAnAverageJoe12]

3:50 pause look at tatums shorts 😭😭😭😭😭😫😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JustAnAverageJoe12]

@Quentin Gantt go to 3:50 pause and look at batums shorts 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😍💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😶😶😶😶😶😶

[@jasoncaesar2196]

love the nexpo theme music in the end 🔥

[@Mojoojo95]

4:01 I know Giannis when I see him lol

[@sumguy4050]

At the end when u said “make your pick” that hit differently from when u said it at the beginning

[@refusetolose05]

I've always been a fan of Jxmy for this fact. A lot of guys can put up a video, but Jxmy is top notch.

[@Unknown-nc4jq]

at first, i picked Tatum right but when Jimmy asked in the end i said ''nuh i give up''

[@firstnametuttilastnametutt3448]

Jxmy should do voiceovers for documentaries, short films, etc.

[@eyebelieve3]

erm..... you should check out his channel, he basically does that for his own little basketball docs and short films.

[@LeeeWai]

Awesome video, gave me completely new prospective on draft process!

[@patrik32]

Another great video! This year I would pick for a need, it's highly possible this year that a late first will become the best player again, with no Scouting periods

[@fordo_cw]

Anyone else looking at the pictures to determine who to choose?

[@slim8553]

That's how ik who to choose through this unfortunately😂 but I understand the whole video. I've been slacking this year and havent been keeping up with the players for next draft.. but if I were the GM.. I'm going James Wiseman. If anything, you know hes going to give it his all, and really that's all you ask in the end. James Wiseman also has the most NBA ready body, ever since he left college ball. I guess hes kind of like Deandre Ayton right, just with more determination

[@ghostdragonzero]

pokémon style

[@simple45679]

@@slim8553 I would go with 6'7 PG Lamelo. Great oversized point-players (ball handler/facilitator) are very good today. Oversized players relative to their position are great in general, but a chance to get a KD, Bron, Giannis, Harden, Doncic, or Simmons type of player is a must-cop. Lamelo will have to toughen his body up to bang with NBA players tho. As long as injuries don't plague Lamelo, he will be the best player in that draft class easily.

[@thegreengalaxy]

yess i guessed the one guy was giannis and took him 😂

[@sigallegend7141]

Ik it’s been gone for over a year, but damn do I miss that trap sax beat 😔

[@_JaRon_]

You really did a great job putting this into perspective.

[@dystonmadsen5035]

Heartbreaker seeing Greg Oden on the “bust” list, poor guy was hammered with knee injuries. He had so much potential!

[@Villian_Vonn]

Petition to bring back the old trap sax music 👇👇👇

[@jackcollins7649]

Yessir

[@kyleclements2663]

i wish but same with daniel cheng en kee

[@mattrogers516]

It’s copyrighted but I wish he could keep it.

[@Villian_Vonn]

I love that music to much, I really want it back

[@Coach_Vedo]

Yessir!

[@josuerodriguez3869]

Wow Giannis was 6'9' when drafted and now is 6'11' That's some growth

[@veendex2529]

@the1 nah, training-exercising does that. Your body grows till you're 25

[@zinotjondrodiwongso5096]

Veeon at the highest level drug usage happens especially with the amount of abuse their bodies receive and how much they need to recover. players like giannis and lebron are freak athletes but to keep using that athleticism at such an incredible pace game after game they need those drugs to be able to keep training and playing, its not so much the need for more “power” its just that they need to be able to “heal” faster.

[@michaelbrughelli2479]

@the1 Only if growth plates are still open. Male plates close by 15-17. So no, GH didn't help him grow and I doubt he ever took it.

[@loganjahnke5340]

Hes 7ft now

[@adityasr2448]

No he became 11''8' after Flight called him Akumpo

[@stevehalvorson5357]

I think the two things that are overlooked and hard to predict are 1) Player long term work ethic and motivation 2) Player intuition and instincts for the game If you could predict those two and how those two factors would develop over a 10-15 year career, the accuracy of picks would change dramatically

[@PanheadWarrior]

Picking Ben Simmons as the best player in his draft class did not age well. I would easily take Jaylen Brown, Domantas Sabonis, Dejounte Murray, Pascal Siakam, or Brandon Ingram over him. But, like you said, hindsight is 20/20.

[@darknightmike10yearsago]

“The best player in the draft is going to be a guard, reGUARDless.” LOL

[@BlurryyVision]

Ur name had me

[@egage43]

please never again

[@legend7289]

Hilarious...

[@darknightmike10yearsago]

Alan Kerwin Was there someone with the same comment as me? I didn’t check.

[@thorodinson7467]

your name bruh

[@elyshotit]

I’d take james wiseman, Warriors don’t need all these guards

[@brawlmann9770]

Thank you.

[@sn4rr]

we dont even know if the warriors have the 1st pick tho...

[@splashnskillz37]

Obi Toppin fits better tho

[@hoanghale2671]

I like Obi better. But again he's also heavily contested and we don't actually know who the scouts favor more or would the Warriors get a high enough pick to get their hands on one of the 2 guys

[@lefraudjames4460]

No take the best available and it’ll work out much better. You can always make trades and moves to change your team to fit different players but you can never redraft someone. Knowing this, the best player in the draft is ________...

[@chooy670]

Damn how do I like a video more than once? This is a mastahpeece. 👌

[@jager9862]

youre my one of my favourite youtube the fact that your statistic is very great, You're a no doubt Big Brain . Nicee ilove every vids that u have

[@ericgurganus5193]

1:17 I just wanted to point out that Bogut on the Bucks was coming out as a legitimate offensive threat before his horrific arm injury. He's a solid defensive player now, and it's hardly his fault his career didn't go the way many people wanted it to

[@Donnie-sg2cj]

That’s still a bust. Injuries constitute a bust

[@phoenix486]

@@Donnie-sg2cj nah if they were good but got injured and became much worse, I'd call it disappointing or didn't live up to full potential.

[@chesssse6607]

Aside from the player, the environment they are drafted into is also really important too

[@stevenwongrealestate]

True.. I feel like Kwame Brown had no chance coming in a highschooler to play with Kobe.. All respect to Kobe, I loved him, but he seemed like he could be too tough on his teammates

[@johnplum9377]

@@stevenwongrealestate you mean MJ??? He was drafted by the Wizards??? And never got the chance to truly go through development due to MJ being the focal point of the offense on that team and trying to win out the gate with very raw, inexperienced, and young talent. Many of Kwame's teammate's while he was a Wizard speak highly of his game........his confidence got destroyed before he could develop into the guy he was expected to be. Confidence plays a huge role in success or Failure in the big league.

[@Stunt877]

Exactly I feel like westbrook would have been better if he was drafted to another team. You could say the same for iverson and blake griffin.

[@jackrider8090]

Great video and nice ending Jxmy 🤙

[@ethanj2160]

This was a very well put together video… very organized and great watch time

[@God-mg9mz]

“Who would you pick” Me: me

[@fvkz]

same

[@bernardolescroc491]

Of course

[@dragonfli1023]

nice username

[@ripperdude23mega]

Paul pierce:

[@nzg9751]

Nope not me

[@drakevevo7152]

Well Derrick rose was the best he just got injured 😞

[@cobaltium4943]

Gotta agree with that but being injured is also part of the game, if you are a player who plays a season and injured at least one time then u r probably not that good because u are not consistent. Sad truth

[@dr.christopherdiaz4473]

@@cobaltium4943 Rose came from Chicago, where that hard hop stop to the hole is taken to another level. It is effective, but puts tons of pressure on the knees. Look it up, LOTS of Chicago raised players end up with that same exact injury.

[@SpardaDante]

Same look at my comment

[@ramenmusix1198]

@@cobaltium4943 that literally makes no sense how does getting injured have anything to do with how "good" you are as a player? injuries are an unknown factor that can happen to anyone. sad truth is injuries happen and ruin careers it has nothing to do with consistency as 99% of people will agree with idk where your logic comes from.

[@cobaltium4943]

@@ramenmusix1198 Just imagine u r a coach would u pick a player that is always injured or the other one that is not as good but doesn't always injured to train

[@danicoversongs]

this is a great insight into the draft...good video

[@The_favorite_Uncle]

4:11 I already see giannis stop playin 😂

[@YaBoiLiiii]

The quality is just mad!! Had me feeling like I was watching a documentary

[@Connor-mg7wc]

Jimmy is far and away one of the best youtubers I’ve had the pleasure of watching, the dude always brings top quality content to the table, idk if he edits it himself or if he hired someone but they do an incredible job

[@edouardb6457]

why tf did I get more than 100 likes ? Dont know yall tell me ;)

[@harrischoudhary]

NBA INSIDER has a better one

[@ikon1403]

Not in the nba community but sykkuno?

[@LaMarcGasoldridge]

@@ikon1403 no.

[@butchmagnus6927]

Ong bro

[@jekkt]

jxmy is more relevant than every espn "analyst"

[@jonahhirn7246]

Can't believe it took me all this time to find your channel 🤦🏼‍♂️ better late than never though!

[@calebm3465]

2:12 might wanna change 2016 now lol

[@johno3799]

2019 as well. With hindsight picking ja morant would def have been better than picking zion

[@nss749]

You can’t say Andrew bogut was a bust, man was in all star contention then injuries happened. Then came back to be very influential for the warriors 🤷‍♂️

[@BlakeCodGuy1]

exactly. even though he’s not a superstar. he had a spot in the leauge and filled it

[@yinre]

NoFriendship but was he good enough for number 1?

[@knz3eee]

He was fine. Sure Deron Williams, cp3 and even Danny Granger might have been better picks but theres bo way you can lump Bogut in with these other players like Bennet.

[@jamesglenfield2698]

FACTS

[@Numbers21589302]

I think near the end he didn’t label him a bust. But I think it’s questioning his worth as a number 1 pick. Bogut was really solid, but not a guy you’d want to spend the number 1 overall pick in the draft on.

[@urielavraham7279]

2:43 3:58 5:21 Everyone: Looking at stats Me: Trying to figure out the player by the shape.

[@jamesbillingsley7]

Nah we were all tryna look at who it was lmao

[@hadhamalnam]

Giannis and Fultz were the only players I could guess

[@HectorSalamnca]

Who’s that Pokémon?!

[@kenm4390]

Then there’s me, trying to figure out the player by the stats

[@jimmyawesome2338]

me: trying to work out who would look the coolest doing a dunk purely by there shape

[@cameron9132]

Killian Hayes was ranked above Tyrese Haliburton before the draft.

[@adriannguyen5885]

That ending was sooooo good, there was alot of suspense

[@ballercentral7746]

Dope video Jxmy. We got our money on James Wiseman. Even though everybody is on Ball. You just gave us a great video idea. Thanks bro. We should collaborate soon.

[@yashvardhansharma4508]

Heavily depends on the lottery results tho.

[@ballercentral7746]

@@yashvardhansharma4508 Very true

[@futurehofer1564]

Onyeka >>>>>>

[@youngking1276]

If I’m the warriors I’d go wiseman but if I’m the knicks I’m going with Lamelo

[@ballercentral7746]

@@youngking1276 Was thinking the same exact thing. Knicks NEED Ball.

[@fishbone3333]

It remains to be seen whether Zion Williamson is the best player of the 2019 draft. Ja Morant may have something to say about that.

[@smoothwater11]

I mean ja is consistent and good. Zion will be something else he still almost had a chance even tho he played a lot less games

[@koma8412]

#JaOnTop

[@briant1745]

@@koma8412 #PAUSE

[@koma8412]

@@briant1745 #ROYJA

[@shadow_realm47]

Tyler Herro is getting up there too.

[@jeromeexum4979]

The Draft is Based on pre NBA experience so it is a gamble. Also factor the coaches decisions on player's playing time, injuries and if teammates can pass the ball to him.

[@saxert]

if i’m a GM, id pick one with the consistency, work ethic, and loads of confidence. stats is also important but u also have to put the system and condition into factor aswell.

[@rajonrondo8866]

Kyrie doesn’t want lebron to get his chip☠️

[@Yusufsanad]

Its far from being a wrap for lebron to win it all anyways

[@hesomelo5910]

I love how Lebron fans assume that he’s winning it this year when he’s not

[@LaMarcGasoldridge]

@@hesomelo5910 they aren't assuming, Lakers been legit

[@ikon1403]

💀💀💀 didn’t even think of it like that

[@dizzy.m2]

Heso Melo they are or should be the favourite

[@FingeringThings]

The biggest problem is how Stanley Johnson is still in the league

[@sailorbarrington6548]

Underrated

[@yoitsjonathan6744]

Underrated

[@stoopimayne515]

Underrated

[@burger_king9888]

Underrated

[@ikon1403]

Underrated

[@Lafrm1600]

I got so lost in this 10 min documentary. Great work

[@musicbycaleb]

Great Video! I feel like the best player is a toss up between Lamelo, Toppin and Okongwu

[@UnwashedWashi]

Jimmy: Which one would you choose? Me: Obviously the 6`4 Gaurd he got most ppg and assists Jimmy: I hope you made the right decision: Reveals the people Me seeing its Markelle Fults: 🤦

[@aarontan2197]

Well fultz was exceptional before getting drafted. Its really sad seeing him drop off because of his shoulder

[@CautiousKieran]

Fults was the right choice at the time. You can only make decisions based on what is known, there's always a margin of error.

[@kboss1094]

To be fair, if we were actual NBA scouts or GMs we would have done COUNTLESS hours of film study, and not just picked a player based off a stat sheet

[@timothymann5013]

Blake, d rose, John wall, and kyrie are pretty good picks tho

[@blakethesnake868]

And they weren’t consensus number one picks

[@matthewbacon4354]

Blake was the best player in that draft class for many years

[@richardkennethantolin7016]

Lol Rose was the best player in that draft. Injuries just plagued him

[@gautamgautamsuresh1218]

I think rose and kyrie are the best in their draft

[@timothymann5013]

I agree. Just bc they may not be better than their fellow draftees today does not make them unworthy of being selected 1st overall. For all of them, they were the best player in the class for a certain period of time.

[@nickramirez6279]

Rewatching this now gives me chills at how right he is

[@gratscott5632]

Don't do bogut like that, he did really well until he was hurt

[@hectorandem2944]

Facts. No Bogut screens = no 73-9 GSW.

[@brendaholic6719]

Hector Andem fax, it’s sounds silly. But he had hof brick wall

[@paradise8023]

There was really only Deron Williams and Chris Paul who would have been better picks but PG draft picks fail far more often than centres. Bogut was a perfectly acceptable number one pick in that draft.

[@dweller6065]

Bogut should NOT be categorized as a dud number 1 pick with Brown, Olukangi and Bennett at 1 min 23 sec into the vid. Hard worker off the ball; terrific defender and passer. There is a bias in this video towards high scoring iso players.

[@lynherrera1400]

Ben Jackson true

[@deceit1974]

4:37 nah bro Giannis silhouette is way to unique

[@lilplayboy717]

Too

[@kilroywashere9678]

Robert Swift is from my hometown. Him transferring schools to win caused a bunch of rule changes that now forces athletes to sit one calendar year if they do an inter district transfer.

[@andrewd2176]

Andrew Bogut was very solid while on the Milwaukee Bucks, but because he was on Milwaukee, nobody watched him, so he isn’t as bad of a 1st pick, but when he was on the warriors, he wasn’t the same player because of his arm injury

[@fartymcfartson75]

Jxmy: has music play for 30 seconds for ads Me: you naughty naughty, you are teasing me

[@hunterreeves6525]

honestly it fit though, i didnt even think about it till you mentioned it

[@guyjones332]

Sus

[@sammompoint123]

This might be my favorite video you’ve done, between the facts, the visuals, the research, the background music and the story telling. Perfect bro. Bless up.

[@Karib9]

going back in time and watching this and knowing what actually happened 2 years later, most of them turned out alright

[@tacticalvelocity4488]

Ikr

[@taki4689]

6:38, i was vibing to the yoasobi music it made the shot so unexpected and funny

[@NobelB24]

Am I the only one who smiled seeing 2008 with the MVP label🌹8:28