Why Was Luka Doncic NOT The #1 Draft Pick?

We try and find out why multiple teams passed on the young phenom, Luka Doncic, during the 2018 NBA draft.

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Where do you rank Luka amongst current NBA players?

[Not_Sal]

If Luka was American and went do Duke he would by far be the most loved player in the media

[Zaghzackio]

Hard to believe there's people out there that think College Basketball is higher level than Euroleague 🤦

[Le_Smooch]

Luka becoming a Suns franchise owner was just payback for not picking him 1st overall lol

[anthonyf]

Don't forget Jokic and Giannis, both played in Europe. One was a 15th pick while the other is a 2nd round. Together they have 4 MVP titles.

[nichjones]

I played bball in Madrid at the same time as Luka and some coaches have told me that before every game they handed out scouting reports for every player made by the coaches, some reports where 6 pages long but lukas... 0 scouting tips on how to guard him because 40year old coaches didn't know how the hell they where going to guard a 13 year old Luka

[blindpersona]

Won an MVP in euro league at 19 years old is crazy.

[Solokid]

I felt like I won the lottery when I saw that the Kings got Marvin Bagley. The absolute anguish I felt when I was watching the draft and they said the Hawks are involved with a trade with the Mavs cannot be explained in words. I was so hyped on Luka and for them to slip through our hands like that with all those clear highlights in the second best league. It was a no brainier. I was heated and sad. Thankfully Trae developed and has helped bring some success to Atlanta but I still can't help but to think "what could have been".

[lok_m]

I love the fact that Dallas was so confident about Luka falling to them that they didn't bother trading for a higher pick. I also love the fact that Atlanta was privy to this information and decided to fuq with dallas

[mihaelbitola]

I am from Europe and i watched Luka when he was playing in Europe, he was a kid who was playing with grownup people, and he was one of the best at age 17. He was European champion 🏆 and he was the MVP. The majority of the American journalist and ex NBA players were comparing some college kids with Luka. Kids who never played one min of professional basketball, in the end couple of NBA clubs have chosen some of those college kids over Luka, that is insane.

[JaviGonzalez]

I used to be a steward in the Real Madrid Arena back in the days when Luka was in the team, and that's so crazy but at the same time no surprising how far did he got his game. Luka dominated very fast ACB and Euroleague and you could appreciate easily the beast inside of him. It feels great see how arrogant were the American reporters and journalists with him for no more reason that making his way far away from NCAA and became a top class doing his own way, always with smile in his face. I'll never forget his RM years. He made me so happy to go work there. Madrid will always love him 🤍💜

[Marcelofilho]

NBA scouts underestimating a foreigner is actually expected haha

[kabohakevin]

European basketball is criminally underrated. The last basketball world cups are testament to this.

[iitzMav]

If there's anything I've learnt is that athleticism is relative in the NBA. As much as it is needed, skill is much more necessary and in-demand in the NBA

[Dostoyevski]

People outside of Europe that didn't witness his rise and bring up can't really understand how crazy special Luka was. In fact, all of my friends were absolutely confident that he will become top 5 players in NBA, including me. Like, it wasn't even a question, it was just obvious he was him.

[Precision_Peter]

They were worried about Luka's body when he played way more physical basketball in Europe 😂

[Leviathan_.]

Luka might be the only player right now that has a chance to breaks Lebrons scoring record in the future, as long as he stays healthy..

[evanext]

For the record, Memphis didn't have an opportunity to draft him at 4. He was drafted at 3 and swapped with Dallas at 5 for Trey Young.

[_disasterdon]

everyone in Europe knew that Luka is going to be a superstar just no way around it, when Luka popped off in EuroBasket final against Serbia, Valde was watching that game you can't ignore that. It was 100% set up by the owner of Kings.

[agoodspoon]

I think a really interesting video idea is why wasn’t Jokic a first round pick. Where you go over Jokic pre NBA history and see if there was any reason he got picked mid second round. Like if his pre NBA career had any signs pointing to him having MVP level potential.