# @undrafted.sports on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Da8pgOAJe-2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68080572-undraftedsports-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-18T20:29:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Undrafted Sports (@undrafted.sports) — https://gondola.cc/undrafted.sports

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Lionel Messi is an athlete that comes around once in a lifetime. Dominating with FC Barcelona alongside Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Neymar Jr., Luis Suárez, Gerard Piqué, Dani Alves, carrying Argentina to a FIFA World Cup title with teammates like Ángel Di María, Julián Álvarez, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister, Emiliano Martínez, and Rodrigo De Paul, spending time with Paris Saint-Germain next to Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, or now leading Inter Miami CF with Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, and company, Messi has made winning and greatness look routine everywhere he’s played soccer. The vision, passing, dribbling, finishing and free kicks. The Ballon d’Or awards, Champions League trophies, league titles, Copa América, the World Cup, and countless records. Lionel Messi has redefined what greatness looks like in soccer, football, and fútbol.

If you translated Lionel Messi’s game to the NBA, he’d look like New York Knicks superstar Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson doesn’t overwhelm you with freakish athleticism. He overwhelms you with IQ, footwork, patience, leadership, and control of every possession. He helped Villanova win two NCAA National Championships in men’s college basketball before entering the NBA, developing with the Dallas Mavericks alongside Luka Dončić, Dirk Nowitzki, Kristaps Porziņģis, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Dorian Finney-Smith, before becoming the face of the New York Knicks with Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mitchell Robinson, Miles McBride, and Cameron Payne, Brunson has elevated everyone around him.

Like Messi, Brunson sees plays before they happen. He creates easy opportunities for teammates, controls the pace of the game, makes impossible shots seem routine, and delivers when the biggest moments arrive. Neither player relies on being the fastest or strongest. They rely on intelligence, elite skill, confidence, and an unmatched understanding of the game. Different sports and countries, but the same type of competitor who makes athletes around them better while making greatness look effortless.
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