Mark Cuban and Jalen Brunson hashed out what Brunson felt was a “little jab” from Cuban concerning the position of Brunson’s father, Rick Brunson, in Jalen’s negotiations to stick with Dallas in the summertime of 2022. This was throughout Cuban’s look on “Roommates Present,” the podcast hosted by Jalen and his New York Knicks teammate Josh Hart. 

Additionally on the present, Cuban was requested by Hart why the Mavericks drafted Brunson — whom Hart, ever the jabber himself, known as “the little fat-headed child from Villanova” — within the first place. 

That is when Cuban revealed precisely what was happening within the Mavericks’ warfare room through the 2018 draft and the way Brunson’s scouting report learn. 

“We traded as much as get Luka [Doncic] and we get [to] the quantity 31 [pick],” Cuban started, “and all of the scouts had been like, ‘JB [Jalen Brunson], JB, JB, JB. He is a winner, yada yada. Little bit chubby, not fairly as quick, not tremendous athletic, however he is a winner, he is a champion. You possibly can’t put a price on that. That is our man.'”

Somewhat bit chubby! That is hilarious solely as a result of you possibly can inform Brunson is not offended, and Hart is in fact loving the dig at his boy. Each guys began laughing instantly. Their camaraderie is ideal on the courtroom and it is equally excellent on this podcast. 

It is also a good evaluation of Brunson, who’s, let’s assume, a stocky construct and got here into the league at 6-foot-1 and slightly below 200 kilos. It is like calling Luka a bit chubby. It’s what it’s, and the dimensions of each these guys is a serious a part of their leverage. Each guys personal their area and may maneuver angles with out blowing by defenders. 

Maybe there was a query whether or not Luka and Brunson may coexist in the identical backcourt as equally constructed gamers, although Doncic is clearly a lot larger. Frankly, it is most likely the identical qualms that they had concerning the pairing after they would not decide to Brunson for a max contract when he left for the Knicks. 

It was for the very best on either side. Each Brunson and Doncic want the ball and management of the offense. It makes all of the basketball sense, however it nonetheless is hilarious that Cuban straight up instructed Brunson that that they had him labeled as chubby. Simply nice stuff.