Deuce is so good. I watched him play a lot at WVU. Great defensively, and can put up some points if he gets hot

GTA is the one of the best hustle bench players in the NBA

Love that for y’all, if you’re gonna have a small guard out there, it’s best that they’re on fresh legs not on 40 mins. Be able to win their minutes with energy. All 3 of Deuce, Brunson, and Alvarado can do that.

Feel the same about absurdly tall players (Porzingis, Wemby, Chet) less because of being tired causing more defensive concerns but because of the fatigue from size.

And u can sub in Clarkson for 5 minutes and he’ll give u the sauciest ²⁄₂ buckets that make u check the box score wondering if he’s hot and he’s got 4 points lol

You also have to consider the lack of tom thibodeau

Absolutely. brunson has proven he could backpack an injured team (2024) playing close to 40 mpg but because he is leading such a dominant team right now he hasn’t needed to play more many 4th quarters.

He’d likley be averging 30ppg in this run if the team wasn’t so dominant.

Randle was also hurt so they really needed Brunson out there every minute.

The blowouts don’t hurt either 

Exactly. This is a lot bigger deal than number of minutes played.

Still does a bit in the 4th but thats to be expected with one of the best closers in the game.

Yeah he’s going to be having to do that against OKC or SA. SGA is getting hounded and pounded.

He was a maniac in the last 3 games of the Miami series the year before:

• Game 4: 44:29, 32 pts, 11 asts, 4 rebs

• Game 5: full 48:00, 38 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts

• Game 6: 45:10, 41 pts on ¹⁴⁄₂₂ shooting and so close to forcing Game 7 at MSG

That was his star making moment imo. What Spo said about him after Game 6 has always stuck with me.

last 2 were 39.8 and 37.8. thibs got better and he was dealt a bad hand with injuries 2 years ago but even in the regular season mike brown has rolled back starters minutes and its been night and day

The Mike Brown effect