The NBA GM Survey Is Interesting…

[@chrisvan5147]

Outside of the bucks GM possibly hyping up his own pick with Giannis, the GM must’ve been Masai Uriji. That man was actively trying to get a first round pick to select Giannis

[@CaptureXI]

was coming here to post this :)

[@tmacattack8302]

I’m pretty sure last years GMs weren’t allowed to vote for their own players/teams. Makes sense cause of course GMs would hype up their own guys. Also why only ONE GM didn’t vote the Celtics to repeat. I would guess this year is the same and you can’t vote your own team

[@_WeDontKnow_]

@@tmacattack8302 "and, surprisingly, every single GM got a single vote for "smartest, best, most handsome GM in the NBA"

[@godofeverything8201]

Just made my food and this popped up

[@silvajr4056]

Same

[@AdamSilverBurner]

I just pooped and this fooded up

[@AVworld.]

I was born today and this popped up

[@HLTeditzOfficial]

I predicted the entire nba season on my channel, if you got a minute to watch it would mean a lot

[@DroppaX4]

Nice man

[@dh.9752]

No donovan Mitchell anywhere on the shooting guard list is the dumbest part possible. Severely underrated

[@RobertJandrue]

Just becuse he’s next behind book and ant doesn’t mean he needs votes, anyone who would vote mitchell would be wrong

[@georgedixon8669]

@@RobertJandrueif some GMs didnt get confused with PGs and SGs he would be on there tho

[@hellraiser420]

Exactly but some GM said fucking Derrick White but not Donavan. Shits ridiculous

[@tefolis]

@@RobertJandruespida gave the celtics 30 a night in the playoffs and he doesn’t deserve a single vote is ridiculous

[@wgnd1614]

@@RobertJandrue he is next behind book PERIOD, yall gotta stop with this shit ant is NOT better than donovan mitchell

[@Strategyboyz]

14:12 it was probably Masai, he tried so hard to get our pick back to draft Giannis

[@grimgamer24]

Definitely. I always remember back to seeing that video of him scrambling to trade up to get Giannis. 😭

[@tmacattack8302]

He literally said in the footage from that draft “I think Giannis will be the best player in this draft in 5 years”

[@TannerGoated]

Ik he keeps himself up at night seeing what Gianni’s have become he’s gone end up being a top 15 player ever high chance

[@adrianmendiola5498]

The survey really reminds me that there are actual people in this comment section that watch more minutes of basketball than some of the GMs in this poll 😂

[@pemp9606]

That’s just what delusional fans say

[@JStack]

Meritocracy is a lie fr lol

[@derpderpin1568]

And then 'all those people that actually watch basketball' will be completely wrong again like every season.

[@ry_an.]

@@derpderpin1568at the end of the day, you have to play it to truly understand.

[@caleblatreille8224]

It was 100% Masai Ujiri who thought Giannis was gonna be great. That Open Gym video of him and Bobby Webster trying to trade up for him is legendary amongst Raptors fans.

[@DJCinthaBoy]

Lukas the best: SG,PG,Forward,Center, Coach, GM, Ball Boy, Announcer,Sweat Wiper MVP: SGA

[@akeembrown7661]

he’s the avatar 😂😂

[@verward]

It's not called the MBP, it's called the MVP. SGA is in a prime postion to win 65 games with no real flaw in his game while getting 30ppg and hella stocks. He's such an obvious MVP candidate.

[@mort996]

They know how the voting works nowadays

[@xavier92991]

Bro has voter fatigue for an award he’s never won 😭. Let my man be great ffs

[@DJCinthaBoy]

@@verward “obvious MVP” yet got smacked by Luka last year. Such a weird biased for SGA. I get the hype for someone like AE, but SGA might be the most overrated player in the league.

[@aqua_serene]

Masai Ujirir had said before he was tryna draft Giannis in 2013 but it didn't work out. So it was probably Masai with Giannis vote.

[@aidanchiott2378]

Interesting how Mazzulla didn’t get a single vote for best coach, but he got the second most for best offense, 4th most for best defense, and 3rd most for best manager/motivator of people

[@Esteban-R2]

Facts‼️ As a complete celtics "hater" Mazulla is definitely one of, if not the best coach in the NBA.

[@charlie_541]

@@Esteban-R2 as a Celtics fan he’s weird but we love him

[@CurseMonstr]

The NBA GMs gotta be trolling. 3 GMs voted Ja to breakout? He already broke out 🤣

[@MeinzeBrouwer]

Still very realistic he's gonna break out of prison

[@BalorDevitt]

worse, he already reached his ceiling lmao

[@Awwwsnapshazzam]

Bro they had a vote for Draymond as the best power forward in the league lmao

[@spinalwolf0981]

@@BalorDevittno he did not

[@ynk-ike]

@@BalorDevitt ja after his suspension was literally averaging 30 before he got injured 😭

[@animaroku]

Closing the longest debate around the NBA, the GMs prefer Curry to take the shot for the faith of the universe than Iguodala (40% vs 0%)

[@dominick742]

GM aren’t very smart I want iggy 10/10

[@ecab992]

@@dominick742I want iguoDALA

[@JaelenGames]

The man who guess Giannis was Masai Ugiri

[@TannerGoated]

U don’t know buddy

[@za5528]

Translating these percentages back to number of GMs because I think it's more interesting to think of it that way in these and the NBA puts it as percentages to obscure that a little, there's 30 GMs so each GM is 3.33% and they round it: 3% - 1 GM said Mavs will win the title 7% - 2 GMs 10% - 3 GMs said Brunson is the best PG in the NBA 13% - 4 GMs voted JDub (3 votes each for Mobley Ja Wemby, 2 votes each for Cade Paolo BM, 1 vote each for the rest) 17% - 5 GMs said Luka is the best SF in the league 30% - 9 GMs think Steph forces the most adjustments 33% - 10 GMs think Luka forces the most adjustments 40% - 12 GMs think Shai will win MVP 77% - 23 GMs would start a franchise with Wemby 83% - 25 GMs say Celtics will repeat (When anything below 7% says "also receiving votes", that means only 1 GM)

[@Zepdos]

That makes the east predictions really funny, because you can’t vote for your own team. Which means EVERY team voted for the Celtics to repeat except for Brad, who was the sole person who voted for the cavs.

[@Zerosniper379]

U the goat fr

[@camden534]

The fact that Kel’el Ware didn’t get a single vote for draft steal is crazy

[@Alx1116]

Let them sleep, Miami bout to go crazy

[@Linesweeper]

@@Alx1116 Miami about to miss play in

[@spaceman30055]

I thought they were tripping when they gave ja most improved when he was the 2nd over all pick and had a really good rookie season. This is another example of people thinking he’s taking some massive leap when he’s just following his natural trajectory which is do not understand

[@jojoprocess2820]

Tbf ja statistically had a pretty stagnant 2nd year, and then all of a sudden his scoring and efficiency blow up 3rd year.

[@3rnestito993]

3:28 Imagine the huddle the hawks had before the game on their defensive plan v Luka then he goes and drops 73 😂

[@tefolis]

No Donovan Mitchell for shooting guard is ridiculous

[@flynyy]

man some of these GMs got me thinking they don’t know ball

[@jasonkorf7700]

So much disrespect for the Minnesota Timberwolves in this survey. No one is giving them a shot to win the West. Plus, Ant is considered a honorable mention for Breakout when he's already broken out and there's no mention of Naz or Jaden. They have Boston as the top defense by a wide margin, but the wolves were the best defense last year. Rob Dillingham is no where in the conversation for best Rookie this year or down the road. Look, I'm not saying the wolves or players had to be number one in some of thesr categories but some of these are kinda disrespectful for a team that is coming off a trip to the Western Conference Finals.

[@stephyfra1243]

Yea GMs don't like him

[@tylergrissom6499]

5:54 Oh Kenny have u forgotten the old change a player’s position to SF and their ovr goes up😂

[@wesnerdelmas1873]

Richaser, Richasa, Richa-say 😂😂😂😂😂 Ohh man! I'm dead.

[@somebody9785]

3:36 KaWheelchair Leonard ♿️ gonna have a breakout season! Those kneecaps gonna be breaking out them sockets 💀

[@benaube5946]

Kenny we gotta get you saying Risacher correctly before the season starts, it's "Ree-Sah-Shay"

[@blazer7731]

Nah it would be more like Ree Sah Share or Ree Sah Sheh.

[@pellepucs605]

12:15 fun fact, Joel was actually drafted two years before Ben Simmons:)

[@MariaTyler-gj1ll]

Your editing are on point, appreciated it!

[@srikarfc8390]

The Luka and Mavs hate is insane he should have 2 mvps

[@justkidding3033]

13:57 I bet is was the raptors gm don't know how to spell his name they were trying to trade up to draft him but ok didn't want to because they wanted Steven Adams

[@chronixxgaming8227]

Masai Ujiri

[@lilJaundice]

'small ball' is such a good rebrand KB

[@Cbrunning849]

I guarantee the vote for giannis was Masai. Footage came out on draft night and he was really trying to trade up to get him and has known and followed him since he was young. That's why there was all those Toronto rumours before he signed an extension a few years back

[@ahggravation2320]

Donnie Nelson from the Mavs for sure 14:22

[@AdamHammond-]

Can you say this. Nelly desperately wanted Giannis and Cuban said "no"

[@ghostpepper4439]

What up Kenny! Keep it up man🤟🏾

[@kyleanderson4860]

Kenny,I love your videos and wish I had your dedication but I need to to make a full video about every throwback GM survey because some of these picks are so bad but some are so good! Please deep dive into all these surveys!!!!

[@JumpyFR]

Ik it’s hard for Kenny to wear that White Sox hat

[@abbytje7769]

HE BACK

[@dillyboyq]

No AD ANYWHERE for most versatile defender is insane lol. I needa be a GM wit some the things I be seein.

[@clay8973]

One of the GMs that saw Giannis as a steal during that draft was Masai (Toronto GM)

[@clay8973]

There is videos of masai in trying to get giannis in the draft kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJrGlaZmrN1rmLs

[@chesterfieldjones1055]

Masai was the GM who said Giannis would be the best player in 5 years. It was noted on the night of that draft that Masai was desperately trying to move up to get him.

[@blakegibson2525]

Honestly a little surprised Ant didn’t get a single vote for the start a franchise with question. Don’t disagree with the names on the list though

[@ivanluptak6043]

glazer

[@blakegibson2525]

@@ivanluptak6043 Haha if you say so, my answer would be Wemby too I’m just saying I’m surprised.

[@rabeechowdhury]

Ant is a little too small. If he was 3 or 4 inches bigger with a much larger wingspan, they'd have given him the Luka combined with Kawhi's defense comparison.

[@holyoof9637]

@@ivanluptak6043Praise for a player or an opinion you don’t like isn’t anybody “glazing” or anything negative. Grow up, bro

[@ivanluptak6043]

@@holyoof9637 Sounds like something a glazer would say - how crusty is your ant jersey?

[@Wagwan38]

Can someone explain to me how Rudy Gobert clamped KD and DBook in the first round then got whooped by luka nem?

[@Adrian-us1ui]

Luka’s deceleration most likely. One of his best skills tbh.

[@winter9242]

They aren't great passers plus their offense is shit.

[@timtimtimbb]

gobert only had to worry about the 1v1 in the suns series and in the mavs he had to decide if hes gonna guard luka or stop the lob because jaden mcdaniels was getting fucked by the screen every time

[@Chigz10]

Do you not know how basketball works? Rudy wasn’t primarily guarding any of those players

[@sushicat21]

Gotta love it when the stars align and right as I go to find new content Kenny has another video for me

[@kalanharris12]

9:45 Caleb Martin signing most surprising as well 😂😂

[@daverowe1081]

That was 10/10 Masai that was drooling over rookie Giannis 😂😂

[@jeffreysmith4427]

Always love ur videos but this got me super hyped for the season and roasting some of the Gm picks was hilarious

[@doronrosstuvia3489]

I think there are GMs that have a vision for what position a player is, maybe specially on their scouting report for their team-fit. Like Doncic isn’t a forward, but maybe on a team that already has a point guard or shooting guard, he would be a forward. The Jaylen Brown for MVP thing seems like a GM trying to stir the pot and start something between Tatum and Brown, which has been a theme this past year.

[@quebeccuber2470]

has luka ever played small forward? next to lebron and kd is absolutely foolish

[@za5528]

15:14 I kinda know what you mean, I think one of the best examples was the 2019/20 Philly team I think people's consensus was that Ben Simmons was the best defender on the team but Embiid was by far the most impactful player for their defense. I don't know if that means people should've just called Embiid the better defender but I think it's that perimeter defense itself is just less impactful than rim protection but it also seems much harder, even more so in today's perimeter oriented NBA with superstar guards and no dominant center on 28/30 teams, so someone being able to lock up superstar guards like Simmons or OG Anunoby is more *impressive* Also that perimeter defenders are only responsible for their guy but rim protectors cover everyone. When Simmons locked up his guy but Seth Curry or Tobias Harris got beat off the dribble or on backdoor cuts and got to the rim, Embiid not being there made it a layup line, so their defense was still bad. A great perimeter defender in a team with no other defensive weaknesses or with a great defensive center can raise a team's defensive ceiling, rim protectors can turn a great perimeter defense into a godly one (like Gobert last year) or keep a team of bad perimeter defenders afloat (like Gobert in Utah or Embiid past years)

[@frankjrobin19]

The interesting part every year about the survey is getting a glimpse of who is constructing these rosters. Clearly some of them aren’t watching the sport 😂

[@nicholasleemarks]

16:36 I very much trust LAL to finish with the under. Good luck to them though.

[@TheSuperSoka1]

Braindead take. Same roster but they got rid of the worst coach in the league. Not to mention they won 47 last year.

[@user-cz9jf1ec8s]

The GM that said Deandre Ayton would be the biggest steal had to be Vlade Divac.

[@MeinzeBrouwer]

They betting that Ja's going to break out of jail.

[@shazmanu786]

This survey needs to just allocate players to one position and then you vote for them in that role.

[@trgrgtgrtgr7724]

No wonder some teams have been bad for so long, some GMs are truly clueless

[@StylezYung]

This where I get my National Treasures pickup ideas 😅

[@Turmael]

That Giannis Vote actually was unanimous since gms can’t vote for their own players

[@DcLN-]

the dude who said Giannis was Masai 1000000%

[@LetsTalkAbout1125]

Kenny this is the results of “positionless” basketball, you’re gonna have to deal with people not being constant on players positions

[@thomasalbers3871]

for KOT4Q you should do a 0-82 randomizer and try to build a team to get closest to that number.

[@undiscoveredstars1002]

People starting with a 26 year old playoff dropper shai instead of a 26 year old playoff riser Tatum is why there’s so many failed franchises

[@khalilsmalling975]

My only critique is sometimes you went into the 2nd or 3rd ranks, and basically chose to ignore the Knicks in the survey with the except of the KAT move.

[@Delaretro_]

The question did say “underrated” acquisition! So Caleb is a great pick there.

[@LeePhelan-j7h]

This stuff is so weird to me I’m from Europe and this sort of thing in Football (soccer) would be absolutely ludicrous to me

[@dasanix]

Why

[@mathewomolo]

You have to give it to Americans. they're masters of hyping their leagues. it's just a different way of doing sports over there.

[@gabescott2132]

The GM that said Giannis was the biggest steal of the draft was probably the Hawks GM at the time considering they wanted to draft him at 16 and the bucks sniped him from them

[@markoilic2940]

I think when the GMs read shooting guard, they may have thought best guard at shooting because theres no way anyone saying Curry a 2.

[@kennethxu1789]

14:25 gotta be the bucks gm calling a shot

[@kwelts]

Almost guarantee it was masai ujiri from the raptors

[@elicmatthews6106]

@@kwelts 99% sure. he was dead set on trading up for him if giannis fell to the pick in the deal he had

[@76Datsik]

Guy who said giannis and pascal was probably raptors GM. That man so badly wanted giannis on the team. Even tried to trade up for him but couldnt get high enough

[@Kidthebilly]

The vote about best center to Wemby was clearly Denver’s vote and obvious didn’t want to vote for embiid lol

[@Niiiiiiiic]

Idk if Ja can up his stats even more and be in serious mvp contention then "breakout" makes sense to me.

[@ryanprince2557]

Donnie Nelson, former GM of the Mavs, has to be the one that votes Giannis. There are stories that he was willing to stake his job on picking Giannis because he believed he’d be the best player from that draft. Cuban vetoed him to draft Shane Larkin

[@pacdaman15557]

@04:00 Ja Morant is going to miss this season after 3 weeks of play due to his ankle issues

[@PT-gf7dm]

Stop spreading false info he said he fine

[@pacdaman15557]

@@PT-gf7dm this is what's called a prediction. its when someone makes an educated guess about future events based on evidence. since this is about future events, it cannot be in any way false information as it isn't information. thank you.

[@Yuan-lo3zz]

2:14 Unless you’re impacting the game in more ways than primarily scoring.

[@atheergahwi8840]

Masai definitely said both Pascal and Giannis

[@justdale8128]

11:24 bro at least one GM 5 years ago were more confident in Jarrett Culver than I was and im a delusional t-wolves fan

[@BIGAMBERFAN]

17:36 who voted josh giddey???

[@viperstrike0]

u should link the articles and stuff you are viewing

[@hayolol8721]

the one GM who voted sabonis as a PF was the Bulls GM

[@politepupper111]

great video, Kenny ty

[@Wagwan38]

Either Jamal Murray is getting an All Star or JOKER for MVP. I think they gon turn up to make up for their depth loss

[@lingyboy1797]

the fact that zaccharie risacher didn’t get a single vote is insane

[@ChaseRiver2]

the playoff format having 4 votes on the last question is scary, top seeds picking opponents is just a stupid idea but 1-16 seeding could potentially ruin the league more than any prior adam silver rule change has, and boy is that saying something, the east/west dynamic is INTEGRAL to the very fabric of the league. The answer is objectively that the second apron needs to go, so at least its comforting that most of them got it right

[@gp3571]

Joe Mazulla was the vote for most underrated pick up being Caleb Martin. That or the Philadelphia gm cuz he as traumatized as their fans 🍀 🍀🍀

[@duplexarco]

Joe have zero f**ks given that day

[@milesroyer172]

They meant Ja was breaking out of jail to win the award

[@Soul_of_]

Great video thx 🔥🖖🏽

[@opiniononion]

I want the GM that predicted Giannis to be the best player in 5 years when he was a rookie to run my team

[@AuthenticHD]

Maybe they thought the question said break out of prison

[@brockjensen2473]

Jayson Tatum not getting most versatile player to me is kinda surprising to me. He can play 1-5, he can defend 1-5, better shooter & passer than Giannis while not being to far behind Giannis with boards

[@chasewheeler5430]

“Breakout” szn means another great szn/take another step. Not sure why everyone’s so caught up on the wording

[@Spectrahx]

Glad to hear the pod is coming back, I listened for the first few episodes of the previous one and I really enjoyed your takes on basketball but I felt like the personal life stuff took up too much of the airtime. I also feel this way about your group pod but considering your incredible success I think I am in the minority in this opinion. Looking forward to hear your new pod!

[@DrankdaKlorox]

I’d like to point out that at 14:54 Giannis didn’t even get a single vote for best international player Edit: Don’t get what I said twisted, I never said that he should be the best international player cause that’s Jokic. But not a single vote is crazy

[@Aj-sy9cm]

Kenny do your fantasy basketball takes for this year

[@steve-o9795]

Love the podcast bro

[@blueredlover1060]

It wouldn't surprise me if the Lakers ended up as like the 4 seed. It also wouldn't surprise me if everything went sideways and they missed the play in entirely.

[@shawnmccarty1886]

Breaking out of jail I believe is what they're referring to

[@RitaJeff]

Finally, a new one from you!

[@zach7322]

you pronouncing zaccharie risacher differently every video gets me every time☠️

[@ccboi1311]

I don't agree with it, but I think they mean Ja is gonna breakout with the fact that he is gonna show who he really is. He has sort of been forgotten in the NBA PG's list by a decent amonut of people because he hasn't consistently been on the court in forever.

[@channonlucas-desmond]

Whats the word y'all?

[@TetrisKing]

Clevelands GM said we winning. XD

[@YFDB669]

7:55 everybody say hello R.C. Buford

[@YFDB669]

Sorry, he’s not the GM anymore. Everybody say hello Brian Wright. My bad

[@mekacrab]

Luka is the best center ngl. I can't believe they got this wrong. Maybe they meant that "if you played Luka at SF, he would be the best SF" or something lol Or it's just the Dallas GM saying Luka to every question lol

[@johozi13]

No more vids on every team?😢

[@NasirHilton]

I was looking for this comment

[@johozi13]

@@NasirHilton bro just did like 10 teams and called it a day😭