A realization: Jalen Brunson is an african american Steve Nash
I was watching this video about Nash breaking down how he mastered the pick and roll.
So he was going on about setting the screen up, being able to pass with both hands, using separation before the screen arrives, etc.
Then he and the interviewer started discussing his style of movement. It wasn’t fast, he was more like a dancer. Steve said he had rhythm, he was always balanced, he was coordinated. He was shifty and fluid those were his biggest strength, he kept doing it until it stuck and developed. He said it’s about changing speeds. Then he starts breaking down his swivel moves….
Then bam, I was like that’s freaking Brunson. It is so similar but brunson is african american so he’s more of a scorer lol… though seriously speaking, Jalen is taller and stronger so he leans more into scoring.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Jalen watches tapes of Steve Nash and learning all that rhythm off of the two-time MVP. If he did, it’s incredible how Steve actually won a championship through Jalen.
And to further the similarities they were both let go by the same team — the Mavericks.
Shout out to Steve Nash one of the greats, always underrated but always loved and appreciated by basketball junkies.
Edit: it’s just flying in everyone’s head that i am comparing PLAY STYLES not LEVEL OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS. And if we are gonna do that one got a ring, one got MVPs. I’d argue they are actually equal and I like Nash more.
People here don’t have the capacity to read at all, always just spewing words that don’t even relate to what is being posted.