Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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The Dallas Mavericks have won 7 out of 8 games, but it hasn't all been Luka Doncic. In this segment from the Thinking Basketball podcast, Ben and Cody discuss the underrated talents of Mavs guard Jalen Brunson, and we watch his dad, Rick Brunson, school Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka in a Fab Five NCAA Tournament game from 1993.

Full episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/95-hot-mavs-matisses-value/id1428290303?i=1000548159516

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Ben Taylor is the author of Thinking Basketball, a Nylon Calculus contributor, creator of the Backpicks Top 40 series & host of the Thinking Basketball podcast.

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