Jalen Brunson in semi-final win over Orlando: 40 PTS 4 REB 8 AST on 16⁄27 FG 6⁄9 FT 2⁄5 3P
Ethical, non-GMO, free range, “we sing lullabies to the chickens every night” basketball from the Knicks Captain.
Born to play basketball
man, that quote that has to be one of the best moments in my memory watching knicks ball. love to hear it, every damn time.
Breen the GOAT
It’s probably one of Breens most memorable Knicks-related quotes of the last few years. Don’t remember one like that from Linsanity or the Melo years
Not too many free throws, not many 3s, just old school home cooking ass whooping bully ball by Big Body Brunson
Not too many free throws
Ok we gotta start agreeing about how many is too many, because 9 is basically what Reaves, Giannis, Shai average.
But they don’t average 40. 40 points with only 6 coming from the line is a low ratio.
yeah, that’s fair
Monster game from the Captain
Respect gang
It’s impressive what he does at his size. I still remember loving the Dallas series where he pretty much put Mitchell and the jazz to rest in the first round.
He’s very wide which offsets the shortness a lot
Little bowling ball
He also just has insane footwork and balance.
His head is also massive
Doesn’t make it any easier to score on much longer guards
He has very good core strength and athleticism in general basically always shreds a 1v1
Respect
He may not be the tallest, but Jalen is strong.
I’m not even a Knicks fan but Jalen should be in the MVP convo.
But he never will be because he doesn’t fit Adam Silver’s Canadian New World Order SGA propaganda narrative. Big basketball will always crush small point guards like Brunson.
Why is this shit frying me
Consider meditation
Had me in the first half.
Please be bait. Should be Obvious but this subreddit sometimes
When in doubt, consider it bait and be pleasantly surprised otherwise
Hes just so consistently clutch, he becomes ten times better with high stakes it’s crazy
“At his best when his best is needed”
Excellent game
If you need a bucket, Brunson has to be a top 5 pick.
If you need a player, Brunson should be a top 5 pick 🤫
Yup. SGA, Jokic, Luka, Giannis and Brunson are the top five players on offense right now
You get 1 6th man to turn this starting 5 into a dynasty, who you got?
Wemby
Especially during clutch time. A Brunson iso is the closest you can get to a free bucket for someone not named SGA.
he looks really really confident with the ball in his hands during clutch time, but the stats have him as one of the worst guys to take a clutch shot so far this year
if you need points at the end of the game, you want LeBron James, Anthony Edwards, or SGA (in that order)
The Knicks have insanely low clutch minutes this season because almost all their wins (and a lot of their losses too) have been by 10 plus points. For evidence of Brunson being an insane player in the clutch you merely have to check last year when he won clutch player of the year or watch basically any of his games in any of his playoff runs, LOL
everybody better than Brunson ‘till its time to be better than Brunson
Ethical 40 piece completed.
Dude is nearly impossible to guard. You can see our players were afraid to play him close in fear of getting blow by or fouling, so when they give him space he just walks to his spot and can hit the pull up. East version of SGA. Dallas really had this guy and Luka in house and fumbled both.
i know its been repeated but his footwork is really what separates him (and SGA/luka) over others and why their scoring is so potent. They play off that step through and pivot so well, and understannds when to attack a players balane. He looks so incrediby difficult and annoying to guard, can shoot mid and three above average, can finish well, has a post game, truly a 3 level scorer.
Dark arts
Watching him and Ingram play this past week is such a treat for the eyes. Ingram creates so much space with his size, but Brunson creates the same or more space by using his body in such creative and strong ways and then retaining his balance after that. He also makes it look really smooth despite the physicality he plays with, and he does it in ways that don’t threaten injury either. Really unique player at his caliber
I was told the Magic have a good defense..
They do, Brunson was just cookin pretty much all game.
Should have also been told JB carves good defenses up
Magic does have good defense tho, Brunson just too shifty and nifty.
All the Magic guards got buckets put on’em as well.. equal opportunity cooking
Nice!!
Cooking
Knicks are going to the Finals this year
Let Wemby guard him next game lol
Holy mismatch. Brunson would eat lmao.