An all time playoff riser at this point

One of the very few in the league. Some players just have it for whatever reason and play better in the playoffs.

This is an all time level playoff stats line as the best player on the team with solid sample size. Extremely impressive.

There are many actual MVP players that couldn’t have done this well in the playoffs. Harden, Westbrook, Embiid, to name a few.

Which is why it was hilarious when talking heads on sports shows said “durrr short guard can’t win in playoffs”. Like we’ll see if the Knicks pull it off, but you can’t say that about Brunson with the numbers he puts up and the way he gets his shots. His playoff performances have been ridiculous.

Every day I say to myself “I can’t believe Mavs had 2 absolute studs” who could have been a legendary duo in Dallas. Both of whom are elite players and who get better in the playoffs (as you said) but who are also just two lovely dudes

And then I laugh because they lost both

Mr. Bright Lights merchant.

Career TS% in the regular season: 58.9%

Career TS% in the playoffs: 56.9%

That’s actually pretty standard (playoffs is harder) but his “playoff riser” stats seem more volume based than anything else.

Big head brunson

Was so funny when you guys were chanting fuck JB and he’s just there smiling waving back all innocent. Hard guy to hate for sure. 

He’s got emotional intelligence. Marker of a true leader.

I mean your point is very good. But something, I don’t know if I would call it an intangible but not sure how to categorize it, that is on the court is his ability to adapt. It gets talked about pretty often but just how good he is at being whatever the Knicks need in the moment. Obviously the crunch time insanity of it all but also like in the games his shooting just wasn’t on he doesn’t disappear like some superstars do, he becomes an assist monster, just always doing whatever he can to help get the W.

He really is knocking on the door of that Tim duncan, bill russell tier of team captain to me. It’s extraordinarily difficult to do the same in the social media era, you just get picked apart. Mamdani should name him as his heir.

Dont have to push any narratives, just have to expunge all of the absolutely bullshit ones ab this team and these players

Better than AI at a minimum.

Walt, Willis, Ewing and Brunson

At first I was like nah no way can he be top 4 in Knicks history, but after the top 3 there’s a pretty big dropoff, so yeah I think he slides in there.

With an extra oversized head

MSG doesn’t do player statues but he has damn sure solidified his jersey will be in the rafters when his career is done

This is how I found out Charlie Ward died?

Edit: Charlie Ward is alive and well

Honestly that was my biggest takeaway as well. That’s already more than double Carmelo.

Hell that’s more playoff games than Carmelo had as a Nugget.