Reactions to the Knicks signing Brunson
I don’t think anyone saw Brunson becoming a superstar, but it was still a great signing and these media takes were all Knicks 4 clicks BS. We desperately needed a ball handler and playmaker next to Randle and he was a perfect fit.
The entire discourse around building the perfect championship prototype squad every damn signing and trade is so stupid anyways. It’s like the fans don’t deserve a good squad with an exciting player unless it fits the criteria of having a Steph/Bron level impact potential Superstar. Yeah let’s just pass on the available All-Star that fits the team because he isn’t exactly like the generational players that made the finals in the past decade. Even if the Knicks lost this round vs the Cavs, it was 100% worth it. This franchise was in the trenches for so long their fans deserve some good-ass playoff basketball.
Also there isn’t one prototype for a championship team, especially with how the 2nd apron works now. I don’t think many people would have said Hali and Siakim with a lot of depth was championship caliber before the season started last year. And yet they were in a game 7 to win it all. The idea of a “big 3” seems out dated to me. Instead you need to construct a roster that is deep and fits well together (OKC, Knicks, Pacers).
Spurs fit pretty well together, too. They just need a bit more depth.
I think they need some more 3pt shooting personally but they are certainly pretty damn close
No, clearly we should have stuck with Elfrid Payton or the shell of Kemba Walker as our PG! /s
I heard all the talking heads saying it was a huge overpay and he’s not that type of guy. And the reason I never worried about that is because a ton of great NBA players at the time came out to say they were wrong and are vastly underestimating Brunson. The players who faced him knew he was legit
There was literally no better accessible selection to be had. He was the ideal trade for the knicks.
Signing* we tried to trade for him but the mavs didn’t want to.
Not being willing to trade him away, then not being willing to pay him is an all time fumble.
Traded Luka not too long after as well.
I don’t think anyone saw Brunson becoming a superstar
Time to brag then, I guess: Now that we’ve traded Trae, I’m free to admit that Brunson was my second-ranked player in the 2018 draft after Luka, even above Ayton, Bagley, etc. – which would have been such an insane thing to have said out loud at the time that it would have gotten me laughed out of the room – but I legit thought he could have a Steve Nash-like career trajectory, and I was kinda crushed when we weren’t able to get him with one of our later picks. It’s been bittersweet, to say the least, seeing what a good player he’s turned out to be. After the same thing happened again with Haliburton, I basically kinda decided to just stop following the draft so I wouldn’t keep getting my heart broken. Easier said than done, alas. Luckily though this draft seems to legitimately have a bunch of great players I’d be perfectly happy with.
Please balance this with draft prospects you were completely wrong about.
I saw what this dude did in the 2022 playoffs, especially when Luka was out, and was instantly all in. I was honestly shocked that people didn’t see it at the time. Not that my take record is perfect by any stretch, but this guy was an absolute no-brainer for a franchise that has hadn’t had a great PG in decades.
To think the Mavs could have had Brunson and Luka for a generation.
People bitch and bitch and bitch about the Knicks, the attention they get, Stephan A Smith, Spike Lee, how James Dolan just spends money but is an idiot.
The Knicks finally stopped chasing stars, got a former agent to some of the greatest players ever as President, and hired one of the best floor raising coaches. They “overpaid” to get the right players. They built an actual team without just plugging in a top-10 player. They have a roster full of guys without huge personalities, who work hard, and almost all play high level defense. They might not win a championship but the alternative is what the Knicks have been since they traded away Ewing.
Yep, the Knicks have done damn near everything right since Covid. They’ve now virtually guaranteed to have gone further than the Sixers have in over 40 years.
Yeah he was supposed to be the bedrock of an offense and help Randle with the ball handling (because tbh Randle was asked to do too much and he was turnover prone), in time we all Knicks’ faithful realized that Brunson was the spark that needed the team to compete with his intangibles and efficient on court production, he was named captain of the team, the first since 2019.
The rest is history, the team was built in order to maximize his talents and have perimeter defender around him.
I wanna know who in the FO made this call. Someone saw something and we should know who that is
He averaged 16 ppg and 12 ppg the year before as a small guard. And the only evidence he was worth it was his outstanding playoffs.
We’ve seen players with this profile look like dumb signings numerous times. Typically you don’t pay someone for playing that good in one playoff.
But players aren’t just statistics. Brunson put in the work.
He was stunted as a Luka teammate. Luka was the point-forward, the organization catered to him: Luka was the main ball handler, distributor, scorer—basically the same style as LeBron.
Brunson in particular had far more capacity than Dallas allowed, and we see that come to fruition. He could never have become the player he is today had he stayed with Luka 👍
He always looked very good in the games he took a lead role without Luka. People acting like the Knicks just took a shot in the dark
100 percent, and you illustrated the detail: games WITHOUT Luka , Brunson could showcase his variety and game. Once Luka was back, Brunson was made to return to his predetermined role.
IMO, the Point-forward exclusive game style (not the point forward in a system, say Triangle Offense) is not a winning, equal opportunity offense.
People, even this “experts” didn’t know what Brunson could do, I guess, (too small sample size or some shit) so they took a mental shortcut
Knicks fans are LOVING this 😎
I do still remember everyone being in awe of him due to his performance in dallas though (edit: a lot of people were legitimately convinced his performance would be sustainable and that he should get a leading role), most notably in the playoffs. even if the sample size was kinda small, it looks like the knicks took the right cues. edit 2: quite a few of those voices in the clips are just irrelevant ragebaiters anyway, not level-headed lovers of basketball. a person should not watch espn period.
We’ve seen Kyrie thrive next to LeBron and Luka. Having a 2nd elite playmaking option next to a guy like that can be huge. There is absolutely a way it could’ve worked out with Dallas making multiple finals with those two as a tandem.
What’s funny about this is these analysts are paid to see beyond this
Ehh they’re paid for how many clicks and eyeballs they can get, which is why they have dogshit takes more often than not
I’ve been downvoted for this take too many times before, haha. Whether it’s hot takes for the masses or analytics for nerds, they make money off our attention, not for being right. If we want accuracy, follow sharps; they actually put their money where their metaphorical mouths are–although most of them stay silent. But smart people don’t like being told that they’re lemmings just like the rest of us.
That doesn’t mean they’re clairvoyant
depends. mark jackson might. anyone looking at sas for anything but trash af entertainment - let alone expecting basketball expertise from him - needs help. not that I could ever imagine myself deliberately choosing trash af entertainment to rot my brain away with.
they aren’t analysts, they are talk show hosts
They’re really not
He had averaged 20⁄7 the season before in games without Luka.
The thing was that it wasn’t that much
#3s were getting $184 million deals that summer.
Brunson got $104.
I know Cuban wanted to give him around \(80 -90 only but giving \)104 for a starting PG for your team that desperately needed a PG…
It seemed obvious. .
Remember, his contract at the time would have been as the 16th highestt PG contract. Him scoring 15ppg with 6-7 assista would have covered that
It’s not like this subreddit’s takes were any better
“Walmart FVV” is the best comment in that thread
Oof. That comp aged like milk.
Is Fred now a Dollar Tree Brunson?
Nah, he was traded from the Raptors, so it’s Dollorama Brunson! lol
u/TransferEng2020 still stand by those takes?
Wow I forgot about that comment lmfaoooo
Oh the comparaison with ayton is funny
Right.. Aytons literally twice the player Brunson is with way more room to grow lol. Brunsons 26 in a month. He ain’t getting much better if it all.
lmao of course these ppl delete their accounts
The types of dudes with the shittiest takes will delete their accounts, create a new one, then act like they knew Brunson would ball out. It’s how discourse keeps getting worse
This is amazing LOL, seems like Knicks knew what they were doing!
People were alleging it was a finesse move for a few different parties:
Brunson’s Agent… Sam Rose = Leon Rose’s son (Knicks President). So he’ll be getting a nice commission. It’s an elaborate ploy to squeeze max money from Dolan. Kinda genius.. but feels illegal… (Also.. Jalen Brunson’s dad.. Rick Brunson, ex-NBA player, is an assistant coach for the Knicks… and his agent back in the day.. Leon Rose.)
Brunson’s Agent… Sam Rose = Leon Rose’s son (Knicks President).
So he’ll be getting a nice commission.
It’s an elaborate ploy to squeeze max money from Dolan.
Kinda genius.. but feels illegal…
(Also.. Jalen Brunson’s dad.. Rick Brunson, ex-NBA player, is an assistant coach for the Knicks… and his agent back in the day.. Leon Rose.)
I was so happy for him when that happened, I watched most of Mavs 2022 season and their run to the western finals, it was clear that Brunson was a huge part of all of it.
Bro exactly this and the reason why this post has so few upvotes lmao
The clowns in here LOVE LOVE LOVE the Nick Wrongs and Steven Asses and they just can’t stop swallowing their analyst nut every morning.
“Right.. Aytons literally twice the player Brunson is with way more room to grow lol. Brunsons 26 in a month. He ain’t getting much better if it all.” Good lord how three years have aged this
The obsession for young players on r/nba and my team’s subreddit is really weird. They think that because a player is 19 or 20, then their ceiling is always 1st-Team All NBA, and if they’re 25 and older, that they are basically 50.
This sub has always been diet ESPN
Shoutout to the Mavs fan saying it makes the Knicks an overpaid lottery team.
“They don’t see the vision bro
They thinking y’all gonna be a play in team but with hard work and enough time I think getting swept in the first round is achievable”
I‘m a Mavs Fan and was completely devastated when he left. It was a given that he would average an efficient 20+ in 35 Min a game.
I didn‘t see him ascending into Luka-territory, though.
Yeah, I went to school in Dallas when Dirk and Nash came around, so the Mavs and Suns became like my playoff teams after the Maloof ballon popped, lol. And I’ve followed the Mavs closely ever since.
Brunson was showing out during his minutes the last half of that season, and he was popping some eyes wide open, including mine.
But I’d much rather give Brunson his flowers for becoming that dude than crapping on people for not predicting an epic superstar ascension.
Urinalists deserve nothing but scorn and animosity though, so I’ll keep doing that
Exactly…dude carried us when Luka was down in the 1st Round of th Playoff his last year. Super efficient…then we let him walk…reminded me of not keeping Nash.
Hindsight warriors are annoying
The criticisms were always overblown though. The Knicks needed a point guard because the Kemba thing blew up in their face. Brunson was the best point guard on the market. The Knicks were aggressive in paying him because the Mavericks could offer him more money and the chance to continue playing with Luka.
Obviously anybody who says they imagined this is a liar besides maybe his father. But people over-aggressively clowned the move just because it said New York on the front of the jersey.
I think the pretty massive discount he took on his last extension is paying off in a big way right now
Brunson is the 46th highest paid player in the league right now but he’s very clearly a top 7-10 player in the league. That sort of value is really hard to find and it also gives them spending flexibility that basically nobody else in the league has (outside of maybe SGA/OKC?) because he should be making 50m+ pretty easily but instead he’s making ~15m less annually.
Brunson has always seen the bigger picture. Rings are forever
Also the guy wanted to stay in Dallas and waited on them to stay at a discount at the time. In any case, we can see where the criticism is coming from, nobody will ever say SAS and Broussard are the beacons of ball knowledge.
Pretty sure his dad said he didn’t envision Jalen reaching this MVP type level
How is this getting upvoted? No one expected a superstar but MANY Knicks fans were pleased with this signing. Im 26 and before Brunson, an “average” point guard was very rare for the Knicks. I watched him in the playoffs that season and it was extremely obvious that “average” was his floor.
People forget that we were running point Alec Burks that season because the Kemba signing went as bad as possible.
We started Elfrid Payton in a playoff series 🤣
Well, you had 300 year old Jason Kidd, old ass Billups who was amnestied anyway, promising 36 old rookie Pablo Prigioni and uh Raymond Felton.
He averaged 28 against the Jazz in the playoffs when Luka when down. How could anybody see that and think he can’t be a star with the ball in his hands more.
That was just a few months before the Knicks signed him. Thats not hindsight.
Wasn’t that like 5 games?
Ok he averaged 22 ppg in 18 games in the 2022 playoffs, with most of the shots going to Luka. Would it be that much if a stretch to imagine him scoring more as the star in NY?
Before they signed Brunson 5 games was a lot for Knicks fans
Nobody expected him to blow up like he did in NY, but it was obvious that what he did in the previous playoffs wasn’t a fluke at all and that Cuban fumbled it.
I don’t mind it. If you’re gonna have a super strong opinion and be wrong then it’s okay for people to point that out imo. There’s also nothing wrong with a more wait and see opinion.. but that doesn’t generate clicks or views
Hindsight Warriors (fans) have a compilation of Nick Wright going after the Wiggins signing. The problem for people who give an opinion on everything everyday is that they will be wrong a lot.
nick wright is annoying
Nah you we’re just dumb and Knicks fans took a lot of shit for liking the deal a lot. There was a lot of dumb commentary on how much money it was when it was very clearly going to be a valuable contract for a good player at minimum with how it was set up.
It isn’t hindsight there are tons of receipts.
You can’t just talk your shit so matter of factly, turn out to be completely wrong, then cry about hindsight warriors. Get outta here lmao
He’s the honey badger of the NBA. Small but a badass. He don’t care.
Brunson was better than the Mavs thought he was, but lets also not pretend like he was seen as a franchise player that would lead a team to the finals.
In fact, what makes Brunsons arc so special is exactly that he did all this when nobody really thought he could.
You are actually doing him a diservice by now using hindsight to claim he was always seen as that dude.
Its like someone now saying ‘Why did the Clippers trade SGA, didnt they know he would be a 2x MVP winner?’. No, nobody thought that. Not even Presti..
That’s why I give the Knicks FO credit, they saw something. 4years $104mil meant they saw something.
FWIW OP didn’t claim anything. I watched a video about a guy who is now seen as that dude was previously not seen as that dude.
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how can he not pass the eye test when his footwork is one of the best in the league
That commenter can’t pass an irl eye test
i don’t get how he doesn’t either when he has such a deep scoring bag
Man made a jumper with his legs crossed.
he is good at finding the perfect angle to bounce the ball off the glass for contested layups. thats his biggest skill in my opinion, he just never seems to miss on acrobatic layups. or even like contested shots 5 feet away going full speed he knows just how perfectly to get it off the glass
he basically doesnt miss from 10 feet and in.
Brunson is not slow at all
Yeah sometimes I think we’re dreaming and someone is gonna figure him out. It’s weird having someone like him on the knicks. It’s not normal. It’s unreal.
Great fundamentals, footwork and touch. Despite taking a lot of shots, he’s a pretty good team player. His decision making is also underrated, he was getting the SGA treatment in game 2 and threw dimes all over the court.
He has incredible agility, so though he may be slow running end to end, he has an insane first step and change of direction. His low center of gravity also facilitates this - he’s like light cavalry, he’s really not an archetype you see much.
He’s also very sturdy and can finish through contact
he’s like light cavalry, he’s really not an archetype you see much
wut
I think he’s pretty fast
Letting everyone know you don’t know ball like that is crazy. How does brunson average 30 in the playoffs and not pass your eye test when you watch him.
Shameless plug: Some of us (i.e. me) liked the signing at the time.
I don’t think it’s outrageous to say no one thought this was going to be big time. I think a majority of us thought it was going to be a run of the mill gigantic contract for a role player, as the Knicks used to do all the time.
I thought he’d be a 22-24ppg scorer, he has exceeded my expectations. His numbers with the Mavs that last year were screaming out that he was a 20ppg scorer if he were given more touches, and his playoff performance against the Jazz should have said so as well. I think people in the media like the guys in this video generally don’t watch games, and they wait for someone else to confirm it before they start agreeing.
You completely nailed it in this comment.👍🏽
Yeah I think that was the measured take at the time. The fear was definitely that he would be another Allan Houston type contract.
Digression but I think the Houston contract would have been fine without the injuries
He exceeded everyone’s expectations but he didn’t need to be as good as he’s been to make the $27M per year worth it. The year before, he had averaged 20⁄7 without Luka. If he just kept that going and didn’t develop any further, he would have been worth his contract.
What’s so crazy is that back then I was just excited to have a point guard that was actually: 1. A point guard. 2. Not washed(young) 3. Performed well in playoff games.
We had a miserable drought in that PG spot. We got everyone after their prime was up or they just sucked. I was so excited to just have a “decent” point guard. I didn’t care if Dolan paid this motherfucker 200 mil.
Bill Simmons initially mocked Jalen Brunson’s 2022 free agency, reportedly cackling that he was the worst big free agent prize ever. At the time, pundits widely believed Brunson would play second fiddle to Julius Randle or that the Knicks made a mistake giving him a lucrative contract.
They’re never happy
If they beat the thunder 4-1 or 4-2, they’ll complain why it wasn’t a easy sweep
Edging to this as we speak
These people weren’t paying attention to the Mavs. I’m a Mavs fan. I’ve known he was a solid player who wasn’t the greatest fit playing along side Luka. When he dominated that playoffs while Luka was hurt for a few games, I told my coworker don’t be surprised if JB turns into a superstar, prob with another team tho(I just couldn’t trust Cuban).
It’s all in how he uses his body in doing whatever the hell he wanted on court and that’s what I saw. He’s like a mini Luka but with a much better mid to interior game. Yep. I said it.
I thought at the price it was fine. He was like 16⁄5 that season? So if you thought he could be like 22⁄7, at $27 million a year, that was probably gonna be good deal.
Didn’t think he’d be this though. If you thought Brunson was genuinely “lead a team to the finals” good in 2022, fair play to you.
These reactions and then it’s how could the mavericks be so foolish to let Brunson go
we offered around same money in the end but he already felt disrespected. understandable
also, he wont get same respect if he stays because Luka still here. maybe that’s one of reason too?
too many “luka carried shit 2022 mavs team to WCF” or “spam phoenix game 7”
brunson CARRIED us in 1st round while avg 23ppg in suns series
props to him, he bet on himself, he doesnt want to live in someone’s shadown, and he won. i love him for that
JB go get that hardware homie.
If Brunson brings the Knicks an NBA championship he’s guaranteed to be ranked as a top 3 Knick all-time alongside Walt Frazier and Willis Reed
He turned out much better than expected but still I don’t know how you could watch him completely take over games in Dallas when Luka wasn’t on the floor and think he wouldn’t be good.
Jalen is going to get a lot of GM fired. Some gonna sign a small 16pts a game guard to a big deal and he’s not gonna be Jalen Brunson. He’s not the norm.
If these “analysts” made accurate predictions they’d be the ones on the teams choosing who to sign.
If I was a Mavs fan I’d never forgive them for letting him walk for nothing
Just like how everyone knew shai was gonna be a 2x mvp right? Stop with these idiotic hindsight videos…
Someone post this subs reaction
I upvote this every time I see it. It’s beautiful.
This music goes so hard.
Its wild that there’s a conversation to be had now about Brunson being better than Luka, especially considering injuries and availability. Even wilder that DAL had BOTH and got almost nothing back.
brunson elevates the culture of his team way more than luka does. as an individual player, luka is way better than brunson, unless it’s crunch time and the game is on the line.
Reasonable take, people that think Brunson > Luka as an individual player alone are smoking crack, but they have equal “it” factor - Brunson may even have more, which is crazy to say compared to Luka magic
This edit is so lame 😂
And we still listen to these clowns every day like they have any idea what they’re talking about
If the Knicks go on to win the chip this year, the edit from this to “All of the Lights” with their highlights would go so hard
It’s amazing just how colossally wrong every single pundit and “sports personality” was about the Brunson signing.
And none of them have admitted it or rank him in the top 5 players of the league even still
We’ll see what they have to say in a few weeks
That’s why you don’t listen to these Bums
Proves those guys don’t know shit.
Without Luka, Brunson was killing it. Most people never watched those games and just looked at the PPG. Ironically he killed Donovan Mitchell’s Jazz team in the playoffs. He’s always been a winning player
In other words - these folks don’t know shit
If you listen to any of these fools and know their history, you’d have know JB would be great
the fact that everyone was saying it actually kind of justifies their positions a bit.
Now it’s a hell of a bargain but at the time he wasn’t anywhere near what he is, kinda like Steve Nash leaving the mavs and turning to mvp no one saw it coming
He was a 28 ppg scorer against the Jazz in the playoffs a few months before the signing
I think some people saw it coming
Leon Rose def did.
“He might not be top 14”
It ain’t just Stephen A. That doesn’t know what the fuck he’s talking about.
As a knicks fan since the 90s, i think these fumbled takes in hindsight are just that, fumbles. But also not blaming anyone for misreading than not out of disrespect on brunson but more on the organization’s track record aint that trustworthy. The knicks have always had historical fumbles in building the team. Brunson is just turning out to be the exception. Much respect for the work he has put in.
That one fox guy was partially right they needed additional and got the big bodega and let’s not act like any one expected Brunson to be that damn elite and to take a payout on an extension
Man I wish he would have been re-signed with the Mavs. Think about him and Luka….. Damn.
Bruuu
Lol these analysts are trash
Yea it’s time to admit Nicos biggest blunder was letting Brunson walk. Should have built around him instead of that consistently out of shape and injury prone guy they sent to LA.
Get fucked
As a mavs fan I knew right away what my guy JB was going to do in New York
B op
Bloviating bros blow big Brunson buy.
badly.
Man I love this type of compilation. Reminds me of the Jimmy Butler to Miami one
all they can analyze is the past
My only NBA hot take to ever really come true, I told so many people during his time at the mavericks, he would be a super star anywhere else with his own team. I wear that one like a badge of honor since it seems literally every other nba take I have gets almost immediately proven wrong lol
And that is exactly why with the exception of Matt Barnes those other guys making these comments are sitting where they are. The other day SA was trying to justify why he felt the way he did about Brunson. These dudes are clowns, this needs to be played on First Take….on repeat!
Why do people watch these talking heads? What information are you hoping to extract from watching? They are there to influence people who want to gamble but don’t know what side to pick
Haters gonna hate.
At the end of the day these people aren’t paid to be right. They just have to say things that get people to watch/listen.
I can’t stand the hate he got when NY signed him, but he made Luka and Mavs a legit playoff team in the west. He is a tweener but everyone has seen NBA rosters that flourished with shorter players who can score. It just baffles me everybody talks about Nico Collins making horrible decisions. Not resigning JB was his worst by far next to trading Luka for AD lol!
I think you mean Nico Harrison. Nico Collins is wide receiver with Houston Texans.
is SAS talking to an ai child in the first split second of the video?
Nick Wright is such a smarmy prick
Idk why any of y’all listen to any of these people. Been watching the league for 20 years now without paying any mind to any analyst. They’re unimportant and don’t deserve posts about them.
None. I mean none of these thundercunts know a thing about basketball let alone sports. They are parasites that feed off rumours and gossip. It’s entertaining however in a cheap highway stripclub kind of way.
Maybe there needs to be new analysts
This would be a good video if that terrible music wasnt playing in the background
I expected him to be like 21-6 type of guy next to Randle didn’t expect him to be All NBA
I’m a Nets fan and I hate the Knicks but this was obviously a home run move from them and it’s wild seeing these reactions at the time. Goes to show how little the talking heads actually know.
The east isn’t the west.
The takes didn’t age well but that’s Brunson improving.
As a knicks fan I do annual victory laps and watch 3 or 4 of these vids every postseason. Then the next yr starts and Donovan gets ranked ahead of him again and same discourse about him being too small starts all over again. Heck stephen a was still on the knicks for not making that trade a yr later. There was one game in 2023 when kyrie cooked them and a lot of the knicks don’t have a star talk ramped up again led by Becky hammon and Kenny smith
This was pretty much the consensus view, even among fans. People were clowning on the mavs for letting him go. I don’t think anyone was expecting him to ascend as much as he did
Also, a lot of these takes aren’t as bad as you’re framing. These takes are pretty much, “Brunson isn’t enough to win, they have to do more,” and then the knicks went on to make massive upgrades to every position on the roster and added multiple franchise cornerstone type guys.
Let’s not pretend everyone here thought that Brunson’s signing was going to get the team to the finals. But even if I (we) was wrong, gotta love how they turned that team around and made them a true contender. Major props to them!
That is why these talking heads are called BSPN because nothing but crap comes out… their narratives are such BS that it’s so hard to take these “analysis” takes as anything but crap… Take it from a loooong time Spurs fan that has ‘been here before’ and while the narrative was “Spurs are boring and old “… y’all missed out on a GOAT named Tim Duncan… Now these same fools are gonna glaze the heck outta JB ….smh.
Gimme fuel, gimme fire, that which I desire - Jalen Brunson
I didn’t think much of the signing. It felt lateral at the time for me. I’m so glad he’s more than that.
Man, he’s been one of the biggest game changers in franchise history since Ewing.
And yet if you showed all these experts these clips, they’d all deny ever saying these things lol especially Stephen A!
Been doubted since draft day
Shocker, the people who love the most to run their mouths on television and social media don’t know fuck about shit.
I’m indeed very surprised by it.
The Knicks plan was to get Brunson and Donovan Mitchell. Danny Ainge blew up that last deal.
Yeah JB “Oh captain, my captain” Inspirational
Cant believe Mavs just let him walk, then after half a season moved assets to get Kyrie. Now Brunson probably won’t be the superstar he is today behind Luka’s shadow but he would have been similar role to Kyrie on that finals run and kept DFS and all the draft picks they sent out to the Nets. They also could’ve flipped Brunson, just bad asset management by Nico Harrison and Cuban.
Something is biting them in there asses a rattle snake
Think it worked out pretty well
Everyone is eating 🥣 there words
We out here. Fuck the haters. Knicks in 4
This is absolute proof that no one should watching taking heads talk about sports because NO ONE KNOWS what will happen.
It’s a waste of time and your only hearing another person’s opinion! What good does that do for you? Does it pay your bills to hear Stephen A scream? Does it help you lose weight to hear Skip give you his wrong opinion? Stop supporting these crackheads who talk about sports like they know something
I know I will ger down voted into oblivion for this, but: that summer, the narrative around NBA circles was that the Knicks were going to go all in for KD and possibly Kyrie. Both of them were definitely the premier FAs that off-season. Brunson was coming off one good playoff run with the Mavs.
When KD and Kyrie went to the Nets, and convinced Harden to join them, Dolan was humiliated, and he did what he always does: He overpaid for whomever was left over after all the superstar free agents had ditched the Knicks. He literally overpaid for one good post season out of Brunson. He lucked into one of the clutchest players in the NBA, but it doesn’t mean that he didn’t do exactly what he always does.
You could do this with anything. They were talking about who he was then, not who he is now. Hindsight is everything. This isn’t a flex.
The poster should send SAS‘s comments to SAS so that SAS can start another beef.
It’s amazing that people still fall for the debate show format that is now even permeated the news. These shows aren’t about anything more than keeping you watching. It’s like the algorithm before the algorithm.
All these buns still have their jobs.
What are these clowns saying now? He made all they ass eat shit , lol
Imagine your job is wearing a suit and talking all seriously to give shit sport takes
And yet these people still make millions because they convinced the networks that have some special insight into basketball.
They don’t. They are all literally just random dudes who watch basketball. They might as well be Reddit commenters.
Brunson at that point is kinda like if Jared McCain became the best player on a contender.
Did josh hart make this?
Quit complaining and let people have their opinion. This is what makes the great underdog stories. If everyone got it right the legend would be boring. This type of doubt is what makes the great ones
Bro, in this sub and others a month ago Brunson was the worst player on earth after they lost ONE game
Straight up as a die-hard Knick fan, I was mid on the signing.
I don’t think anyone saw him hitting this level of play. Yes, I watched him in the 2022 Dallas playoffs and he looked great, but I thought it was because of the attention Luka was getting. We’ve seen guys have great contract-year playoff series and then plateau.
At the time we were running out something like Brunson/Fournier/Barrett/Randle/Mitch coming off missing the playoffs and a Randle playoff meltdown.
I thought he’d be like a FVV/Teague level player, maybe make a single all-star team at 20⁄6. But not good enough with the roster we had to be much more than 1st/2nd round fodder.
I wanted to tank/rebuild, and that Brunson contract was too much space because then we couldn’t sign a max player the next year. I def have a post on reddit about how I would be okay with it if we also were able to sign a max guy like Donovan Mitchell and maybe we could blow people away offensively.
Dead wrong and I’ll own it. And outside of the people who have to have a hot take on everything, I think 99% of people didn’t expect him being this good.