sobanoodle-1 | Knicks

701 | 6 hours ago

Averaging 29 ppg in the playoffs as a Knick btw

MediumCookedRibeye

135 | 6 hours ago

30 not 29

HokageEzio | Knicks

223 | 6 hours ago

He’s only averaging a pathetic 29.5 over 50 games, unfortunately.

slyguy183 | Knicks

113 | 6 hours ago

5’11” vs 6’

kochameh2 | 76ers

29 | 5 hours ago

5’11”

hey that’s 6’ -1”

d01100100 | Cavaliers

4 | 5 hours ago

That’s a whopping 200^-20 cm

Gavina4444 | ORL

-2 | 4 hours ago

No, 6’ is 5’12

m0nkeyhero | Knicks

1 | 4 hours ago

6’ head circumference

fps129 | Knicks

7 | 5 hours ago

Fuck. You telling me the haters were right all along?

MediumCookedRibeye

-9 | 6 hours ago

29.5 rounds to 30 not 29. 29 PPG is 28.5 to 29.4. 30 PPG is 29.5 to 30.4.

HokageEzio | Knicks

7 | 6 hours ago

I feel like correcting somebody saying he’s averaging 29 to say he’s averaging 30 when he’s smack dab in the middle is a bit silly.

He came into this postseason averaging 29.93 (literally as close as you can get without averaging 30 and he would be with 1 more point) so I at least would get if that’s when you made that correction. But this conversation is dumb because what matters is he’s pretty good at basketball.

MediumCookedRibeye

7 | 6 hours ago

It’s the rule of math. I didn’t make the rule. Calling 29.5 29 is inaccurate.

HokageEzio | Knicks

6 | 6 hours ago

Technically the number is already rounded from 29.52 to 29.5 because NBA stats are calculated with 1 significant figure ☝️🤓

MediumCookedRibeye

-5 | 6 hours ago

Well yes but the rule I’m referring to is when round to a whole number, not when rounding to a decimal. Try again. 🤡

HokageEzio | Knicks

8 | 5 hours ago

What is he averaging if you take the circumference of his head into account?

herroyung | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

The Cranium Captain

GorgoniteEmissary | Warriors

4 | 5 hours ago

It is a rule of math but in basketball you don’t usually give guys the milestone numbers with a round up. A weird quirk, you can round 26.8 to 27 but you might not be able to get away with rounding 29.8 to 30.

MediumCookedRibeye

4 | 5 hours ago

I see what you’re saying but I think that applies only to statements like “no one other than MJ and Shai has averaged 30 points on over 50% shooting in four or more consecutive seasons.” If you bring up a guy who did so on 29.8, 30.5, 31.2 and 32.4, that won’t count. But it’s entirely accurate and appropriate to just say player X is averaging 30 when he’s averaging 29.8.

2-59project | Pacers

-8 | 6 hours ago

Yes that’s how rounding works but you don’t round up in every circumstance lol. He is averaging 29 points per game.

MediumCookedRibeye

4 | 5 hours ago

You may not do it every circumstance (for example, you won’t let a store take \(30 from your credit card for a \)29.5 expense), but you do it in the context we’re talking about.

He’s averaging 30 points per game.

Soylent_Milk2021 | Nuggets

3 | 5 hours ago

He’s averaging just under 30 a game.

MediumCookedRibeye

3 | 4 hours ago

That’s fine too

2-59project | Pacers

1 | 4 hours ago

The list of players to average 30 ppg in the playoffs with one team does not include Jalen Brunson. Thats how I know 29.5 is not 30 points per game

blueberries | Knicks

2 | 5 hours ago

What are they teaching in Math class in Indiana

2-59project | Pacers

4 | 5 hours ago

Fun fact in 1897 a member of the Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill to define pi to 3.2. So yes rounding isn’t our strong suit.

Still, I maintain that averaging 29.5 is not averaging 30

blueberries | Knicks

1 | 4 hours ago

Upvoted you despite your lack of basic math skills because that is an amazing fact

WeLLrightyOH | 23

0 | 6 hours ago

Why can’t we just go 1 decimal instead of rounding?

MediumCookedRibeye

7 | 6 hours ago

You can use a decimal but the guy didn’t.

dbzmah | Mavericks

8 | 5 hours ago

26.3 according to Basketball reference. Am I missing something?

edit, I’m dumb and forgot to click the playoff tab.

Skylightt

8 | 5 hours ago

You’re looking at regular season.

Whoareyoutho9

296 | 6 hours ago

It seems extremely unnecessary to put the ‘with 1 team’ qualifier on a stat like this.

DecentDiver458

182 | 6 hours ago

Anti lebron or shaq or wilt stat lol, maybe kareem too

nowhathappenedwas | NBA

106 | 6 hours ago

It’s mostly a pro-Brunson stat because it ignores his time with Dallas.

Most points in first 50 playoff games:

Rk	Player	PTS
1	Michael Jordan	1814
2	Elgin Baylor	1675
3	Wilt Chamberlain	1647
4	Luka Dončić	1546
5	Allen Iverson	1527
6	Jerry West	1506
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	1464
8	Kevin Durant	1437
9	LeBron James	1395
10	Donovan Mitchell	1383
11	Devin Booker	1376
12	Karl Malone	1370
13	Oscar Robertson	1343
14	Hakeem Olajuwon	1326
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	1321
16	Dominique Wilkins	1316
17	George Mikan	1313
18	Nikola Jokić	1309
19	Anthony Davis	1303
20	Shaquille O’Neal	1296
21	Stephen Curry	1294
22	Bob Pettit	1277
23	Dwyane Wade	1272
24	Jamal Murray	1261
25	Dirk Nowitzki	1245
26	Damian Lillard	1238
27	Anthony Edwards	1234
28	Alex English	1232
29	Reggie Miller	1230
30	Vince Carter	1221
31	David Robinson	1221
32	Carmelo Anthony	1219
33	Amar’e Stoudemire	1212
34	Elvin Hayes	1208
35	Jalen Brunson	1205
36	Giannis Antetokounmpo	1200
37	Joel Embiid	1197
38	Paul Arizin	1186
39	Tim Duncan	1185
40	Isiah Thomas	1178

Provided by Stathead: Found with Stathead. See Full Results. Generated 5/7/2026.

nowhathappenedwas | NBA

67 | 6 hours ago

Brunson moves up to 19th if you look at first 75 playoff games (which is Brunson’s career):

Rk	Player	PTS
1	Michael Jordan	2618
2	Elgin Baylor	2385
3	Jerry West	2297
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	2263
5	Wilt Chamberlain	2235
6	LeBron James	2186
7	Kevin Durant	2153
8	Allen Iverson	2111
9	Nikola Jokić	2058
10	Shaquille O’Neal	2045
11	Karl Malone	2043
12	Hakeem Olajuwon	2043
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo	2010
14	Bob Pettit	2000
15	Donovan Mitchell	1968
16	Stephen Curry	1965
17	Dwyane Wade	1964
18	Dirk Nowitzki	1923
19	Jalen Brunson	1920
20	Russell Westbrook	1825
21	Tim Duncan	1810
22	Carmelo Anthony	1797
23	Jamal Murray	1793
24	Larry Bird	1790
25	Charles Barkley	1782
26	Oscar Robertson	1758
27	Kyrie Irving	1755
28	Elvin Hayes	1745
29	Reggie Miller	1743
30	Patrick Ewing	1740

Whoareyoutho9

22 | 5 hours ago

Thanks for context. U da real mvp

Ok-Side-1758 | Knicks

-29 | 6 hours ago

How is it anti those guys? The stat is literally just first 50 playoff games with one franchise. All these players changed teams in their prime and still none of their first 50 with any single franchise tops what Brunson just did with the Knicks.

Brunson with the Knicks: 1,476 points, 29.5 PPG

Shaq didn’t play 50 playoff games in Orlando (911 points, 25.3 PPG). He also didn’t play 50 with Miami (751 points, 18.8 PPG).

In Shaq’s first 50 with the Lakers he had 1,446 points, 28.9 PPG.

LeBron Cavs (first stint) first 50: 1,395 points, 27.9 PPG

LeBron Heat first 50: 1,335 points, 26.7 PPG

LeBron Cavs (second stint) first 50: 1,466 points, 29.3 PPG

LeBron Lakers first 50: 1,291 points, 25.8 PPG

Kareem Bucks first 50: 1,464 points, 29.3 PPG

Kareem Lakers first 50: 1,472 points, 29.4 PPG

It’s not anti anyone, the stat is just a franchise focused stat instead of a career focused stat.

WeLLrightyOH | 23

16 | 6 hours ago

It especially makes sense to use the stat with Brunson and the Knicks. Brunson going from a budding good player to elite scoring guard while the Knicks went from bad team to consistent solid playoff team. Just been a fun ride.

Critback | Trail Blazers

4 | 5 hours ago

It’s a pro Brunson stat because he was already at the start of his prime when he got to the Knicks. For most of the others it includes their early pro sessons.

Zestyclose-One9041

11 | 5 hours ago

Not really tho? Like lebron first 50 games with Miami were during his prime. Same with KD and the warriors

RealRaifort | Warriors

6 | 4 hours ago

Yeah people are trying really fucking hard to hate lol

DigBickMan68 | Knicks

2 | an hour ago

Especially dumb because everybody loves to compare primes anyway, nobody’s gonna compare when players are either just starting their careers or nearing the end to them… unless that player is LeBron or Kareem

HokageEzio | Knicks

56 | 6 hours ago

Brunson wasn’t a starter yet in his first playoffs in Dallas, so it tanks his averages since he only went twice. It’s easier to just look at his Knicks run because even if it cuts out his great final year in Dallas it also cuts the outlier.

Whoareyoutho9

9 | 5 hours ago

O I totally get why it needs cherry picked like it was. His average wasnt ‘tanked’ tho. Thats just what his averages actually were. He’s top 20 in the real stat when it extends out to 75 games.

dbzmah | Mavericks

2 | 5 hours ago

he had 444 as a Mav, but only 11.9 ppg

Rob3125 | Knicks

1 | 5 hours ago

I knew something was wrong when I didn’t see LeBron lol

sublliminali | Warriors

-4 | 5 hours ago

It’s extremely necessary in order for Brunson to be in the top 6 of this stat

MediumCookedRibeye

-9 | 6 hours ago

It is. Makes the whole post bogus. All that matters is how many point you scored in the relevant number of games.

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

148 | 6 hours ago

Coming up clutch in the win last night against Philly, Jalen Brunson continues to distinguish himself as one of the best playoff scorers to ever grace the hardwood. After last night, Brunson has moved up to 76th on the NBA’s all-time playoff scoring list, having more career playoff points than active future Hall of Famers like Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, and Luka Doncic.

Good lord, Redditors don’t even try to hide their use of LLM prompts lol

FriendWinner

16 | 6 hours ago

What gives this away as an LLM prompt?

bcou2012

81 | 6 hours ago

Overly formal language

BitchinBobSaget

63 | 6 hours ago

The whole thing is too buttoned up but biggest indicator to me is “active future hall of famers”, nobody says that lol

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

52 | 6 hours ago

“ever grace the hardwood” was what did it for me

Daroo425 | Rockets

1 | 31 minutes ago

definitely, it’s writing that you would see by a journalist but you would not see in casual conversation or typical message board speak.

thereakingofcroutons | Bulls

60 | 6 hours ago

“to ever grace the hardwood” screams chatgpt

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

16 | 6 hours ago

Not even die hard Knicks fans would say that haha

RoundedYellow | Knicks

1 | 3 hours ago

…do we need to sound like Eds to sound human now? Nothing wrong with any of that paragraph

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

1 | an hour ago

lol

oochiewallyWallyserb | Knicks

1 | 6 hours ago

Embiid being a future hall of famer

PlantainOk3970

3 | 2 hours ago

His MVP and olympic gold medal alone is enough to get him in. Add in 7 all star appearances, 5 all nba teams, and 2 scoring titles, and he’s a lock, probably first ballot honestly

His resume is basically T-Mac’s but with an Olympic medal and an MVP. There are far less accomplished players in the basketball HOF

oochiewallyWallyserb | Knicks

2 | 2 hours ago

Sounds like AI again

Happy_Peak_7818

51 | 6 hours ago

This post gonna give JB a big ass head

fps129 | Knicks

8 | 4 hours ago

His big head is well documented.

No-Big-9170 | Spurs

0 | 41 minutes ago

/r/yourjokebutworse

NotJoe1232 | Knicks

3 | 4 hours ago

Give?

for_fun_88 | Knicks

2 | 3 hours ago

Nice to see Josh Hart is on the thread here

ObiOneKenobae | Knicks

29 | 6 hours ago

He’s flying up these lists in just a handful of years. We’re blessed to watch him.

RestEasyBro

28 | 6 hours ago

Everyone still underrating Brunson in this thread. They’ll be forced to pay attention once he wins a chip

Soylent_Milk2021 | Nuggets

16 | 5 hours ago

Honestly, winning a chip doesn’t elevate a player like you think for this sub. Seems like they need multiples to quiet this crowd.

RestEasyBro

20 | 5 hours ago

Good point. You sound like you’re speaking from experience lol

Top-Structure-1116 | Knicks

6 | 4 hours ago

I’m a big Jokic guy but nobody is calling Brunson the best offensive player of all time.

If he wins one he is minted for life.

fps129 | Knicks

4 | 4 hours ago

Does it get hard to block out that noise over the years? I mean, the chip was a couple years ago now but I doubt he has anything left to prove. Wild he’s still getting some shade.

And seriously, does everyone have to have Jordan’s legacy, now? Why can’t we enjoy players as they are?

Soylent_Milk2021 | Nuggets

2 | 3 hours ago

I don’t listen to any sports talk, and don’t pay much attention to hot takes from fans. And there is no GOAT. There’s great players from different eras and they all bring something fun to watch.

I’m enjoying Joker’s time with the team and not comparing him or ranking him. It’s a great time for the Nuggets.

No-Big-9170 | Spurs

1 | 38 minutes ago

I feel like you are referring to recent Jokic slander but that’s not really fair when the slander is just a correction to the existing narrative that Jokic is a top 5ish player of all time which wouldn’t be the case if he hadn’t won a chip in the first place

porkchop487 | Bulls

1 | 3 hours ago

They’ll be forced to pay attention once he wins a chip

Well that ain’t happening soo…

RestEasyBro

1 | 3 hours ago

Knicks are the second favored to team to win right now. Not a long shot

porkchop487 | Bulls

0 | 3 hours ago

Knicks are the second favored to team to win right now.

No they aren’t? Vegas has OKC 61% chance, Spurs 18% chance. Knicks 10% chance.

Not a long shot

3rd favorite isn’t quite the same in a year when 1 team has 61% win equity. I would definitely say 1 in 10 is a long shot

RestEasyBro

2 | 2 hours ago

Dude it’s def second favored given that one of OKC or Spurs will be eliminated to each other. Those percentages are current odds, they will decrease down once one of spurs or OKC gets eliminated

AintNoBuffet

-11 | 5 hours ago

People won’t remember players who flopped their way to the top.

ONE_SEVENTY_FOUR

13 | 5 hours ago

So when you look back on this era of the NBA will there just be a massive amnesiac void

AintNoBuffet

-8 | 4 hours ago

They’ll remember the players who don’t live at the free throw line.

No one wants to watch grown men flop like a fish every time they shoot the ball or when they are playing defense drawing charges

NotJoe1232 | Knicks

5 | 4 hours ago

Spoken like a salty Pistons fan who’s still mad Brunson fried the fuck out of Thompson 😂

AintNoBuffet

-3 | 3 hours ago

Bro is one of those people who think foul baiting is an art. Big yikes

herroyung | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

Dude, iirc he did one foul baity move that whole game which was the “abruptly slow down so the defender chasing behind collides with you as you toss up a shot”

And that doesn’t even rank in the top 3 of bad foul baity moves that players do these days. Did you see him get layup after layup on mismatches with Drummond and other guys because his footwork and balance was too good?

Skylightt

1 | 2 hours ago

I think his bobblehead hurts his perception. When he snaps that dome back you can’t help but notice lol

sexypeon | CLE

14 | 5 hours ago

Brunson is a dog. Would love for him to grab one chip so he could shut up haters about being too small to win.

physicsdeity1

9 | 5 hours ago

That’s my captain 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

LeroyCadillac

7 | 6 hours ago

Can you imagine him with a running mate like Luka? Bet that team would go to the Finals!

Round_Net_225

7 | 4 hours ago

He might end up being remembered as one of the best playoff guards of this era if he keeps this pace up. It’s such a shame that Dallas lost him.

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

3 | 4 hours ago

His existing playoff success plus playing for the Knicks means he’s definitely going to be remembered. Question is if he’s remembered as more of a Reggie Miller guy who had some deep playoff runs as a good 1st option but was never a champion or true tier 1 superstar or if he’ll end up getting a championship to put himself in just an absolutely legendary tier.

Fit-Bicycle6206 | Knicks

1 | 15 minutes ago

Imagine if the Knicks make it to the Finals. OG re-aggravates his hamstring and we see him surprise walk out of the tunnel in Game 7 only for Brunson to drop 36/19/7.

AccomplishedBake8351

5 | 5 hours ago

Carmelo has like 75% of LeBron’s regular season points and like 30% of his playoff points

BaldingStripMallBro

3 | 5 hours ago

He was a league average efficiency shooter on high volume. His jumper looked aesthetically pleasing though.

fps129 | Knicks

2 | 4 hours ago

Melo should’ve had multiple prime eras, mogged Father Time, and be as durable as a 1999 Nokia brick phone.

Why can LeBron do it and Melo can’t? Is he stupid?

/s

Floppymangoes | Knicks

1 | 3 hours ago

65% and 23% based on bbref (²⁸²⁸⁹⁄₄₃₄₄₀ and ¹⁹¹⁴⁄₈₄₅₅)

AccomplishedBake8351

2 | 3 hours ago

Oh I thought memo got to 30k. Interesting. Thanks for doing the math!

NoTransportation888 | 76ers

3 | 4 hours ago

All these years later, the Sixers refusal to draft (and keep) anyone from a Villanova team in their backyard, which won 2 national championships during their window of drafting to build a championship contending team still haunts us.

DHK007 | Raptors

2 | an hour ago

mixers drafted mikal bridges though..

NoTransportation888 | 76ers

1 | an hour ago

(and keep)

I am aware

Thats_an_RDD

2 | 4 hours ago

How does he have 1,920 up there and 1,476 down there?

InSearchOfGoodPun | Heat

3 | 4 hours ago

First number is total while the second is just the first 50 playoff games with a specific team (so it doesn’t include his games with the Mavs). Yeah, the second one is a bit of a cherry-picked stat.

Thats_an_RDD

1 | 4 hours ago

O I forgot about the mavs. Yea that seems extremely pointless lol

FireX81

1 | 3 hours ago

He passed the big O? Wow, Clyde still has nightmares about him.

tripleyothreat

1 | 3 hours ago

pretty wild…

uhm, and passed melo and Dwight. crazy. Dwight went to the finals.

The fact that Brunson has played 50 with the knicks is pretty wild ngl

rinsro

0 | 5 hours ago

Brunson and Luka was once on the same team is crazyyyyy

whiteyspidey | Trail Blazers

0 | 3 hours ago

AI ahhhh post

DangerZone69 | PHI

-26 | 5 hours ago

Holy fellation lmfao he shot like 30% last night against a team missing their best rim protector. Fuckin Knicks fans

Top-Structure-1116 | Knicks

17 | 5 hours ago

He actually shot 43%, which is 5% higher than Maxey against a team missing their best rim protector.
Fuckin Sixers fans

DangerZone69 | PHI

-18 | 5 hours ago

Missing Embiid is the same as missing Mrobb u right. Forgot the multiple scoring titles and the MVP Mrobb won

Top-Structure-1116 | Knicks

12 | 5 hours ago

True Embiid has proven to be an elite Brunson stopper in the playoffs my bad

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/jalen-brunson-vs-76ers-playoffs

DangerZone69 | PHI

-10 | 5 hours ago

Idk why it still surprises me that Knicks fans don’t know ball but yall say the dumbest shit so proudly lmao

Top-Structure-1116 | Knicks

11 | 5 hours ago

So you make up a fake stat, get called out on it, and somehow it’s everyone else that is dumb and doesn’t know ball??

DangerZone69 | PHI

-5 | 5 hours ago

What? Just bc JB scored points in other games doesn’t mean Embiid being out there is an upgrade over Drummond and Bona lmao

NotJoe1232 | Knicks

2 | 4 hours ago

No no no let’s go back dummy. You said Brunson shot 30% last night, which was an egregious lie to slander him. You’re being willfully stupid, although the majority of adults in Philly are illiterate, so I won’t dunk on you for it.

DangerZone69 | PHI

0 | 3 hours ago

Unlike you my life is bigger than Reddit and a basketball team lmao go with god have a good day

NotJoe1232 | Knicks

2 | 3 hours ago

Idk why it still surprises me that Knicks fans don’t know ball

Gets called out on incorrect basketball knowledge

my life is bigger than Reddit and a basketball team

You’re an unserious human 😂

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

6 | 4 hours ago

Embiid winning scoring titles means he’s a better defender than Mitchell Robinson?

Otmeeyans

4 | 5 hours ago

You’re lucky Embiid was out, Brunson would have another easy 30 bomb with that drop coverage

wkp2101 | Knicks

11 | 5 hours ago

43%

Top-Structure-1116 | Knicks

11 | 5 hours ago

Philly education system shining through

DangerZone69 | PHI

-9 | 5 hours ago

We bragging about 43% now?

wkp2101 | Knicks

10 | 5 hours ago

Just stating the truth to contrast your wild fabrication. Not a brag.

Methamine | Knicks

5 | 5 hours ago

Embiid not being in made Philly’s defense so much better

There was no one to exploit

sorendiz | HOU

1 | 3 hours ago

For Brunson specifically maybe lmfao

KAT ate Adem Bona’s breakfast lunch dinner and dessert, Embiid would have done significantly better in that matchup

Methamine | Knicks

1 | 3 hours ago

KAT would also take Embiid off the dribble in space. He’s too slow.

[deleted]

-33 | 6 hours ago

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nem561

6 | 6 hours ago

He mad ^

BitchinBobSaget

4 | 6 hours ago

Lol

Artimusjones88 | Raptors

-34 | 6 hours ago

Meaningless if you don’t win

SCATpackMcgee

16 | 6 hours ago

He’s already won more than Melo

After dropping 26 points in a win against the Sixers, Jalen Brunson (1,920) has passed Carmelo Anthony (1,914), Oscar Robertson (1,910) and Dwight Howard (1,909) in career playoff points