Jalen Brunson on his relationship with Karl-Anthony Towns: “Being the teammate that he is and seeing his sacrifices and seeing what he’s done his entire career puts him in position to become a Hall of Famer. I wouldn’t trade that for the world.”
The Knicks have a ton of quality human beings - which is a big departure for them historically. Very easy to root for these guys
The way people talked about Brunson in college and since he made the NBA makes it clear he’s a great leader
The fact that he can still lead a team that has Josh Hart touching his butthole on live TV shows that he’s the goat of locker room leaders
Also a departure from their owner
Fr. James Dolan is a literal scumbag subhuman lizard.
People are sometimes confused how we still hate our owner even though we made the finals lol. Dude can rot in hell.
If only he departed
High quality players, not so much of the owner.
That’s every owner, billionaires aren’t good people
Billionaires and now, because it’s a thing, trillionaires should not exist.
Wild to me that a trillionaire exists on the same planet where billions of people go to sleep every night feeling hungry and have zero free time because they’re just trying to stay alive. If there’s one thing that makes me more at peace with eventually dying, it’s realizing how fucked up this world can be.
Don’t forget this trillionaire challenged the UN to provide him evidence world hunger could be solved for like 6 billion dollars. They provided the evidence that it could and he ghosted them. A single individual has more wealth than 176 out of like 194 countries in the world. To say our world is fucked up would be a depressing understatement.
Theres an absolute 0% chance world hunger could be solved for 6 billion dollars. I’m not arguing with your point or stance but like you can’t be so gullible that you believe that.
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Even if you think the UN report doesn’t pass the smell test, they did what Elon requested and he ghosted them. We are talking about a now trillionaire. Even if 6 billion didn’t solve world hunger it’s a drop in the bucket for him and he still chose to do nothing and your reaction is to criticize the UN instead of the trillionaire that ran away from the situation he created. He pussied out of his own challenge.
I think it’s a judgement of personal integrity and not feasibility of the problem solving.
Like they showed something. I think it dignifies at least a “these are your bad assumptions” response
If you had critical thinking, you’d realize money goes a lot further in developing countries.
The numbers check out, check it Mr. Critical Thinker.
Does it cost the same every where in the world that it costs California to eat and do stuff? We’re not talking about feeding Africa avocado toast and lattes
They were good guys in the 90s. By 90s standards.
Gold Club standards
Mike Brown compared him to Duncan and Curry; that’s very lofty company.
Shame the owner is the complete opposite.
Ya it sucks
I was thinking about this the other day.
Who the least likable guy in the team? Maybe mitch depending on your politics but that’s only if you follow social media pretty closely.
Actually it’s very hard to root for the Knick fans and James Dolan. They are winning but they celebrate like its Lord of the Flies? Imagine if they are losing? Or better yet, they choke a 3-1 lead? The National Guard wouldn’t be enough.
They just gotta dump Mitch and they can become an all vibes team
No way Mitch is a huge part of the vibes, home grown, the only guy who has been there for the down times, and he’s just a big goofy lovable dude who gives his all doing the dirty work for the team
Lovable is crazy lol i guess you can keep that game 3 energy, its not for me personally
I mean I’ve been watching him since he was a kid playing for the Knicks the past almost decade. I can almost guarantee he doesn’t care about politics so I’m not sure what you mean by game 3 energy.
Lmao thunder fan
Yes?
Mitch may be kind of an idiot, but look up his relationship to his high school coach, or that random kid he met in a Bass Pro shop. He’s got good vibes.
Personally im fine with people being dumb, but im not find when the type of dumb they are is actively advocating to ruin the lives of others🤷♂️
Are you referring to the Trump thing that was like a joke? Every single county in Oklahoma votes red. Not a joke
Im a fan of the Thunder not Oklahoma?
and themselves 😭
Like Mitch isn’t king vibe
They do. These two teams are very much alike.
What’s the other team you are referring to?
Seriously
No, it was a shot at the spurs being less likable than the knicks players. I’m also a wolves fan so I’m biased here
Who?
I bet you thought this was so clever!
Wemby has gone on my bad side, but I do like both Castle and Harper
Yeah I can support both teams rosters from top to bottom, a bunch of hoopers and good guys
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Those are the performative fringe supporters that want to make social media clips go viral unfortunately
You just have to see the flags they’re waving to know those aint no damn Knicks fans
less than 1% of fans…
Assuming even just half the NYC population considers themselves Knicks fans (the number is probably a lot bigger given our homegrown fans include the metro area), if its 1000 people who are truly bad apples engaging in violence (which it likely isn’t even close to that number), then you’re talking about .0002%.
The chances of being harassed are probably still low
I have lived in New York for the past few years and I think the fans you’re seeing online who are acting out to get social media clout are not at all representative of the average Knicks fan right now. Knicksmania has completely swept over the city and plenty of people I know who don’t generally follow sports at all have been excited about this run and following the games. There’s really a sense that it’s just bringing together New York as a community and with most people, there’s just a sense of genuine joy and passion and love for their city. That is what I feel like the average Knicks fan is like. Even as a fan of another team, the excitement is just so contagious. I want the Knicks to win in large part because of their fans and because of just how much it would mean to so many people.
God it’s so awful to see, but so much of it has little to do with sports. Besides the guy getting his Spurs jersey ripped off, a lot of these videos have absolutely no indication that the people being attacked are Spurs fans. It seems like speculation after the fact.
Believe me, nobody is more disgusted by this than Knicks fans and New Yorkers. It makes me sick to my stomach to see people in my city behaving like this, and while mob mentality and social media brainrot can happen anywhere, it’s happening here pretty visibly right now.
At the same time, blaming these horrific incidents on all Knicks fans puts us in an impossible position: accept collective responsibility, and affirm the narrative; or deny collective responsibility, and come off like callous assholes.
All I ask is that you let us clean up our own house.
I don’t really get this, every big sports moment comes with rowdiness. Two Knicks fans got stabbed last year. A Knicks fan got his chain stolen by a Spurs fan and then was detained by the police after Game 2.
I’m not condoning any of this behavior, but Knicks fans aren’t uniquely bad, there’s just 8 million people and we live in the most famous city in the world.
Idk why they are downvoting you. It’s the truth lmao strait trash. But don’t talk bad about them like anyone cares what they think
one of your dogshit fans put a kid in a coma. fuck you, and your garbage city
Hopefully the KAT slander will stop after this run. I’m gonna cry watching him win it I already know. I’m so proud at how he’s overcome everything that’s been thrown at him, on and off the court, from randos and from players. KAT is a strong tough guy fuck what you thought
Bro I’m already crying just reading your comment. I want it so bad for him.
After all that, if he wins it’d be great
This is the third warriors fan I’ve seen in a comment thread subtly correcting someone when they act like it’s a foregone conlusion the knicks will win haha
They know very well what happens when you get smug up 3-1
as an older knicks fan, I can tell you its far from over and I will be sweating bullets until I see a trophy raised.
As a Celtics fan that picked knicks in 6, I’m rocking with it still but you are correct. It’s not over till it’s over
As a Dominican man who lost his mother when I was a teenager, this means something to me.
I saw this video and instantly saw my mother in her:
https://youtu.be/YvYbM7dpuiQ?is=GF3A_t8FsAll_tQq
I wouldn’t have traded him for the world either JB. (Cries in Timberwolves fandom)
KAT is about to go on a legendary rant
JIMMY BUTLER OVER ME???
“Who do you need? YOU NEED MEE, YOU NEEEEED MEEEEE!”
Kat: I don’t think about you at all
Gobert over KAT is crazy
Sorta yeah, but we had just traded a huge haul for Gobert and Gobert was BAD in his first season in MN. Towns had value and Gobert didn’t have any at the time.
Target Center gonna chant “KAT gotta ring!” at Jimmy if he shows up next year.
Thanks for trading man (cries in Handle the Randle sigh of relief 🥲 )
I couldn’t believe your fans saying Randle is better. I just rolled my eyes, I knew it was bad for us
Wish they would have traded KAT to the lakers. Hard to find a good center these days.
He wasn’t this good of a player on wolves and its doubtful he ever would have grown to become this good if he stayed
We’ll never know, but I also somewhat disagree. He was huge during the first WCF run, and Ant was only just coming into his own. I unfortunately believe the trade at this point was a huge mistake, and wonder what the ceiling would’ve been if we’d stuck with him for the remainder of the contract. Even if that meant losing Naz and NAW, and we still lost NAW regardless.
Fuck off, yes he was
This is why we don’t deserve nice things
As a Pacers fan and hater of the Knicks since the 90s I think the thing that pisses me off the most about this Knicks run is seeing how likable the players are.
Ditto from a Clevelander
Honestly, I felt similarly about the Pacers last year. Losing was devastating, and I really wanted to feel the same hatred I did in the 90s, but I couldn’t force it with these guys. Even Halliburton’s choke gesture, while rage inducing, it still couldn’t make me hate him like I did with Reggie. Once the dust settled, I just had to respect it. The league needs faces and heels, and I much prefer it when the heels are actually decent guys who are leaning into a persona rather than being an actual dickhead.
I still hate Indiana and the Pacers, of course, but the way those guys played and almost beat the odds last year was pretty hard to hate.
Completely agree, Hali demolished us last year but I really like his game and he seems like a great person off the court. I was heartbroken seeing the injury in g7 but I’m rooting for him to come back in great form next year.
Yeah Haliburton is a super likeable guy, that choke shit still had me fuming though
Nah fuck Hali. He’s a front runner. Can’t even respect the choke gesture because he fucked it up running around like an excited toddler.
Rest of the team is super likable though
I fucking love KAT, man
I love him more
I wish DiVincenzo was still on the Knicks.
Still unbelievable that 3 dudes who won in college together are a main part of a team that can win in the NBA together.
Where would they rank in best college teams ever?
JB averaging 2 steals a game is an underrated stat. He’s been competing hard on the defensive end
but i thought he was a useless traffic cone?
The hate for him on defense was always too much. He tries hard on defense but he just isn’t great at it. It’s not like Harden or Luka level
Shhhh. One more win. That’s all we need. That’s when they’ll figure out that both JB and KAT are playing the best defense of their entire NBA careers.
KAT especially. The entire second half of the season. Any time I hear an analyst take about KAT being a poor defender, I know to ignore them. They have not been watching.
I don’t even think he’s that bad. There’s a reason he’s able to get so many charges. He’s just small.
Harden actually ain’t that bad. Terrible off-ball defense but statistically one of the best guards to guard a post up
He statistically was the second worst perimeter defender in the league during the season and he’s still a major liability in one on one coverage. I say this as a Knicks fan, I love the guy, but he’s an awful defender
he’s also #1 in the league in taking charges. there’s ways he contributes beyond the perimeter
Yes, that’s nice. The two things are not mutually exclusive
I can’t remember the stat exactly, but I think it was game 2 opponents were 2-14 when he was the primary defender. He is not a good defender by any means but he is doing enough to contribute to winning on that end of the floor.
Am I misinterpreting it or did it seem like he was getting choked up? It must feel good for KAT to hear these things. Learning about how friendships on teams develop on teams is interesting to me
They’re not blind to the shit their teammates get from fans. KAT has been shit on for a lot of his career for his play and his personality.
If he wins this finals he’s a HOF
He’s the best shooting big of all time. He’s probably already a HOF but I agree
Dirk better but KAT has a case for second
KAT is statistically better. It’s really a stats vs eye-test type of opinion.
Brunson and KAT will be HoF locks, we gotta get OG in there next
This is healthy leadership
Dudes been otherworldly in the finals. If it weren’t for the early fouls, I don’t think these games are even close. Man is playing out of his mind when he’s on the court
Laughs in referee
Wemby: “Why is Brunson not making every answer about himself. Is he stupid?”
“One hell of a basketball player but a better teammate”
Chefs kiss
God, man, I love EVERY PLAYER on this team!
Jimmy Buckets is seething somewhere
A ring might put KAT in my top 100 ever
Sucks that some of the Knicks fan acting a fool, it’s just impossible to hate on this team.
I feel like real Knicks fans don’t claim those trash human beings as fans. Real ones celebrate with friends, family, and other Knicks fans. They don’t go out looking for trouble or hurting people or trying to go viral online.
😭😭. It’s so beautiful
They don’t call him Hot Karl for nothing
Why this mf always look pissed off in interviews?
KATs the best!
Honestly team chemistry man
Well, we traded him for Randle…
Such a likeable team. It’s a pity their fanbase are residents of the Central Park Zoo.
Jimmy in shambles
I mean not trading it for the world is ridiculous, no? Selfish little fucker! 8 billion soulsin the world, buddy. This is just basketball
As much as I despise a lot of the Knicks fanbase, it’s hard not to love their roster and coach. Coming from a Spurs-fan.
As a neutral, I came into the finals supporting the Knicks because their whole roster is just so likeable. That support has really been tested the past few days given how some of the fans have been absolute scum, but I’m doing my best to separate the team from the felons.
I like the Spurs guys too, but I’ve seen this Knicks team for longer trying hard, being there for each other, getting knocked down and keep on going. They are just a great story. ^((plus if they win maybe there will be less rioting?))
Kat a hall of famer? Lmao
There are 0 players in NBA history with 8+ All Stars/3+ All NBA teams who are not in the HOF.
There is 1 player with 7+ All Stars/3+ All NBA teams who is not in the HOF (Lamarcus Aldridge, who may very well make it in the next few years)
KAT has 6 All Star selections and 3 All NBAs. He will likely score more than 20k point in his career, likely make 1+ more All Star teams in his career, and may very well win a championship this year as an integral part of the team.
He should have a very very good chance of making the HOF, especially if they win this series!
LOL 6x All-Star, 3x All-NBA, RoY, and a potential championship. Guys have gotten in for less, he’ll be in that conversation.
Girl shut the hell up
What the actual fuck is wrong with you?
I’m just spreading the word, it isn’t talked about much
Yeah, it’s tragic.
Did you know Todd Fraizer Derek Jeter Toms River Little League?
Yea let’s put everyone in the NBA in the hall of fame
Number 1 pick, ROY, 6x All-Star so far, 3x All-NBA, possibly about to become NBA champion, career 52/40/84 shooter, averaging 23/11/3/2 stocks. There are worse guys in the HOF.
There are worse guys in the HOF.
Fair, it’s personal opinion on where the bar should be. I’ve always felt it should be a higher bar. As a Miami fan I didn’t think Bosh deserved it tbh..
Unfortunately we’re not the ones making the rules
Even if we were he has hof numbers
6x All Star, 3x All-NBA, Rookie of the Year, approaching top 100 scoring list, 82nd on all time rebounds (and climbing).
Absolutely on pace for the Hall of Fame. Been somewhere around the 3rd-5th best center in the game most of his career.
he is a first pick all star who might become a champion, what are you talking about?
He has a pretty good resume if he becomes an NBA champion and somehow manages to win Finals MVP
The hall of fame has players that barely even played in tbe NBA. It’s not the NBA Hall of Fame after all. They take all accolades, college, euro and NBA into account.
KAT isn’t and has never been a bum
There is no NBA hall of fame