I mean he does embellished contact a bit, but any all-star player do the same thing they just hating on Brunson because Knicks got him on a great deal.

Been saying it for years. He might exaggerate contact, but he’s not hunting it and acting like he’s been shot from the grassy knoll. He’s trying to get to his spot and score first and foremost.

And most of the contact that is there is because he has guys beat or off balance, and they’re legitimately playing sloppy to try to interrupt his shot or get him off balance.

Flopping exists in multiple levels

There’s people who don’t flop. There’s people who are ehhh…. (that’s where Brunson is)

Then there is “Chet running headfirst into the stanchion grabbing the wrong side of his head”

I mean I do hope it comes to this, but I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves here.

That said, we were 2-1 against San Antonio this year, including the Cup game. Wembanyama is an absolute freak of nature and never someone I would bet against, but I do think the way KAT pulls centers out from around the basket is going to give the Knicks an advantage other teams don’t have.

Chet can do it too, of course, but OKC plays inside out; Knicks do the opposite, which I have personally witnessed giving Wembanyama a (relatively) harder time.

Everybody better than Brunson until it’s time to be better than Brunson.

Lakers fans saying Austin Reaves was better at the start of the year had me going crazy

He shows up in the big moments way more than anyone else on that list. I think regular season rankings other guards got close but no one did this

Prime Steph would eat Brunson for breakfast lol. Can’t really think of a single aspect of the game Brunson is better than him at. Gotta remember that Steph got this record (the 2000 point record) while being in a lower scoring era, at higher efficiency, in his 5th finals, after 3 chips lol.

He was literally the fastest pg in history to reach 2000 career playoff points lmao

You’re in a post with a stat showing the opposite lol

That makes no sense.

Saying better than him until its time to be better than him is clearly about his performance, not how other people view him. Otherwise why would the “time” even matter?

They’re completely different players. Those “others” wouldn’t have gotten those looks if it wasn’t for Haliburton setting them up, he is the offensive engine of the team hence the assist disparity. Better just depends on what you value more, nobody is arguing Hali is a better scorer, Brunson is incredible.

If you think scoring is the end all be all that’s your opinion, but it’s similar to what Wemby said about defense. There’s more to the game than scoring, and playmaking and putting your team in position to win is more valuable than scoring a bucket.

The games more than pra. Defense and Turnovers don’t matter? Brunson getting hunted doesn’t matter?

11 assists to 6 is an ocean’s difference

Understand watching your team win a championship challenge:

He said literally no one so you are wrong, clearly

Unless..

Wondering what a good player might be like?

more like about a good basketball player challenge

I think the problem is the defense yes

Does that guy happen to believe that defense wins championships?

Okay thanks, didn’t read but i’m sure you did great!

403 Steph
501 Brunson

well said

I don’t think people realize how few of Brunson’s points come at the line, he gets very few calls considering he is in the paint so much more than most PG’s. Prime Harden, Embidd, Shai…etc… those guys average 10-11 FTA’s per game in their prime. This is Brunson’s peak and he was at 5.7 this season. Jaylen Brown complains non stop about not getting calls and he averaged 7.5 FTA’s this season. What Brunson does, in spite of being so undersized and not getting many calls is truly absurd. He works harder for his points than just about anyone, because he actually has to put the ball in the basket and isn’t some athletic freak that gets easy buckets.

hes statistically the worst defender in the league man

Harden is a huge negative defensively, there are so many guys that stand out because they get torched on D and played off the court. Brunson’ isn’t that. is he a negative defensively? probably, but saying a HUGE negative is really hyperbole.

Forgiven. Where is the next offender?

Being consistent is one of the most valuable attributes in this league. Right up there with availability. Many stars struggle with one of those two

Watching the hawks series he was great offball after game 3, same goes for the Sixers series.

Because he’s always finding a way to score. All the “Brunson stoppers” have failed.

It’s the same as saying “take away curry’s threes and how good is he really?”

It’s dumb.

In the rare instances where the shot isn’t on Brunson will find his way to the line or to the rim. He gets paint points at the same rate as elite bigs in the game bc he’s so crafty and he’s built like a fire hydrant.

Rich coming from the team that had to pull out a miracle collapse from the Magic in game 6 when their best player was injured. Though I guess we saw your ceiling in action.

Nope, but if you’ve watched any of the Knicks games this postseason, you could see that everyone was rusty from the 9 day break and communication was mediocre compared to the rest of the postseason.

Historically, teams are 113-88 with 5 or more days of rest between series. Rust is a real thing.

Did it twice against the Celtics and sent them home in 6 last year. Won’t need a miracle the rest of the series the boys were just rusty.