[Highlight] Jalen Brunson is the 2026 NBA Finals MVP
mavs need to be relegated
Fuck Nico
Fuck Donnie Nelson while we’re at it. He’s the one who didn’t make Brunson an RFA at the end of his rookie contract
And fuck Mark Cuban for the Brunson situation too
I remember before trading Luka everyone hung the Brunson mess on Cuban not Nico.
I’d upvote a thousand times. Fuck nico.
Edit: I forgot, fuck the Adelson’s too
Nico had Brunson and Luka and said “Nah, for the good of the league, I’ll let the two biggest cities have them.”
looool
Nico an Adam Silver sleeper agent
Order came from top down.
Unselfish GM
It’s how you build rapport
Please don’t punish us because one GM decided he was the smartest man in the universe
Sure, what about for your dog shit owners.
if we relegated teams for dogshit owners we’d have no league
True
Ex Mavs fan here. The entire org is trash and always has been. I saw them waste away Dirk’s finals years with their inability to recruit stars, so many terrible trades/contracts and throwing away home grown talent for “veteran” players past their prime. I was there when they let Brunson walk and now no one will ever go to Dallas after the Luka trade (The best drafted Mavs player ever). Nico is gone but they still have greedy owners who know nothing about basketball. Fuck the Mavs org and fuck Cuban too for selling majority ownership.
Send the mavericks to the NHL. They don’t deserve to be in the nba
Yo, us hockey fans don’t want them either.
Send them to the MLS
I’ll take solace in at least winning a ring
the best ring
Those in glass houses etc etc
As well as Sacramento
Lol it’s funny that trading Luka away, may have turned out to be only his second worst decision
Mavs and Sixers keep fucking everything up, but somehow the Mavs ended up with Flagg and we with Maxey and VJ lmao
Brunson got 45 in a Chip close out game while getting manhandled like he was Shaq. Absolute master class
Only him and MJ got 40+ on the road in a clinching finals game….tough
As an old Bulls fan it did remind me of that 1998 game. The Bulls didn’t have shit going on offense except MJ in that game, just like Knicks were pretty bad outside of Brunson tonight.
I think they said it’s the first time a player has scored that large of a percentage of the total score since MJ in 98.
Fifth highest percentage of a teams points in finals history, behind Mikan, Baylor, and MJ twice.
and MJ twice
why is there even a debate lol
Historic number of FGA, just means the offense was very concentrated
It’s like offensive rebounds. Those numbers sound great until you understand how they happened in the first place.
Yo nice with the receipts, I both appreciate and need those right now.
Pretty bad is quite the understatement. They were 17⁄60 without Brunson’s 14⁄27. 9⁄30 from 2.. yikes
Giannis 50 in game 6 no?
Presumably not on the road.
Oh road game lol
Still up there with one of the best close out games ever. 17-19 from the free throw line is insane for him.
Reminded me of Giannis in 2021. One of the best closeout performances ever.
I mean Steph also did against that legendary Boston all NBA defense.
Don’t forget the clutch 3’s against France in the gold medal game.
Steph was awesome but it wasn’t a 40 or 50 bomb like Brunson and Gianni’s
He had 43 in game 4 to even it at 2-2 but yeah not in the close out
He only took 21 shots, called the game by mid 3rd quarter.
Steph also had a much better series. Brunson had one good game.
It’s not a competition between them tbf lol
Lol warriors fans always gotta raise their hands lol.
Too soon
“How can I make this about the warriors?”
Almost outscored the rest of his team too. Definition of a carry job
After getting stepped under by that dirty Wemby play nonetheless
Dude is an absolute warrior, had his knee dove at in Game 1, checks back in only for his first offensive possession have Kornet to land on his ankle and now tonight getting Wemby recklessly closing out and getting no call
He was visibly limping after the game tonight. I suspect he’s more banged up than he’s let on and I think that might have contributed to the slow start he got off to in this series. Really took a beating this series every minute, all 94 feet up the court. Pound for pound one of the toughest players I’ve seen.
He embodied both Clyde and Willis (RIP) in that fourth quarter
Dude was crazy. It was like he was getting quicker the more he played
He recovered fast from when wemby slide his foot under him on the 3
Straight up I couldn’t tell if he was faster or if the Spurs were just slowing down that much
He was just shredding them out there. He’s one of those guys where when he really gets going, he just looks like he’s playing alone - just unstoppable.
I wanna be like Brunson when I grow up (hes 1 year older than me)
You kid but kids should look to emulate Brunson’s playstyle because it’s pure skill for the most part
That Game 1 hit against his knee was scary ngl. Felt like watching Hali last year in Game 7.
Damn where is Josh Hart. Probably getting ready in Locker Room with all the alcohol to lube both thumbs.
King of New York
He’s officially forever a god in NY. What a feeling it must be.
Dude will never pay for anything in NY ever again, universally beloved… dude must be genuinely on Cloud 9.
The statue for him is already being built as we speak.
It will take a while until that cranium will be completed tho
Seeing all the statues that have been raised recently and they’re questionable quality, his is gonna look like Megamind once they’re done with him.
Pop figure lookin ass
Like it would make a difference to his bank 😭
Jeter, Manning… these dudes just own that city. Brunson is their third amigo now
KAWHI LOOK WHAT YOU COULD’VE HAD YOU GREEDY BASTARD
Now I’m sad 😢
Don’t be sad, the last time Kawhi did anything significant was in a Raps jersey
Can’t be mad at someone who wants to go home. It’s just aspirational.
Him and Jeter are probably the only two who walk anywhere in the city and get everything free now
Manning?
And Aaron Judge. And David Tyree probably.
Aaron hasn’t won anything yet
Brian Leetch? There’s probably other Yankees, Giants and Knicks too. I’m sure Patrick Ewing is on the list
Tyree is hilarious and probably true if anyone actually recognizes him.
And Eli. Have some respect.
I’m ngl I’m pretty sure Clyde still gets everything for free
Brunsons got the statue on lock
I will never allow your slander in my presence goat
NOW we finally get to make fun of all the Knicks haters. After all these years
“He’s too small” “inefficient shot chucker” “Knicks fans are stupid if they think he can lead NY to a chip” GO FUCK YOURSELVESSSSSSSSSSSSS
We have SO MANY receipts to collect. This will be a very fun summer!
We are going to be so much more insufferable than normal
I won’t shit on fans of the loser franchises because I want those teams to win and their fans to be happy too (since we were in there shoes for decades) but for franchises like the Celtics? WATCH OUT!!
Rather yall than spurs bandwagons, they are horrible to listen to
I won’t shit on fans of the loser franchises because I want those teams to win and their fans to be happy too
Thanks!
Also on behalf of a Sun’s fan, thank you so so much for beating the Spurs. Not just beat them, but EMBARRASSED em. The fact you guys dogwalked them down every game, even in their win, is fucking hilarious!
Please be nice to us Wolves :c we supported you.
Nah you guys are cool lol
You guys are good in our books. And you Wolves fans deserve a championship too cause you guys have suffered enough. Hopefully you capitalize on your core before it’s too late.
Y’all deserve it man
still thinking about the pistons fans saying we wont get past them LMAOOOOOOO
BECKY HAMMOND COME OUTSIDE
Liberty kicked her team’s ass on route to their first title and the Knicks proved her wrong winning their third title. NYC basketball teams own Becky Hammon.
Theres never been a better time to be a knicks fan
This sub made nonstop posts about Brunson being too small for NY to win a championship.
Everyone’s better than Jalen Brunson until it’s time to be better than Jalen Brunson
There were fucking morons still comparing Maxey and Donovan Mitchell to him this year lol
Mavs fans gotta be sick. Trade Luka for nothing and watch Brunson win a ring.
Fuck the old regime. But I’m happy for Brunson
Man, honestly Mavs fans are so well adjusted. Im sorry for your loss
Brunson wouldn’t have become who he is on the Mavs team he left
The problem is not that imo, the problem is letting go of both Brunson and Luka without getting any worthwhile assets in comparison.
Brunson left as a free agent. The Luka trade was atrocious and led me to quit being a Mavs fan in after 20 years
He was willing to resign for the Mavs though, even open to a negotiation on a 44m deal I think. The Mavs are just way too stingy about that, and by the time they were now willing to negotiate, Brunson had exploded in the playoffs.
He left cause Cuban didn’t wanna give him his money. He wanted to stay and has talked about it.
I also don’t buy he doesn’t become this in Dallas. Dude was already heading that way, and learned directly from Luka, another thing he has said.
Nico and Cuban fucked up
I guess they indirectly got Flagg.
Good trade capital for bronny in 5 years, smart pick up by the mavs front office
I don’t know about that. His last playoff run with the Mavericks was elite. He and Luka would’ve been a better version of Kyrie and Luka, but for the rest of the decade.
But he could have fit the Kyrie role on that finals team just fine while letting them keep their picks and cap space to build around those two.
Fox ROBBED!!!
1000%
Yeah Fox was my pick since game 1 lmao. OG was a close 2nd but JB overtook him tonight
The Knicks need to send him a ring!
Heard ya bro 🥺
It was a team effort to win the championship, no doubt. But at the end of the day it was always going to Brunson. Dude gets it done.
Wild thing is entering today it wasn’t clear who the Finals MVP would be. And then Brunson had one of the greatest Finals performances of all time.
He’s always there man, i don’t know how he does it
He can start the game going like 0/15 and he’ll carry us through in the 4th, he’s built for it.
This man was unstoppable in the fourth, genuinely scoring at will
isn’t that what essentially happened in game 1? he played like ass throughout the first 3 quarters but in the 4th quarter he couldn’t miss?
Brunson is so damn fun to watch. his mental toughness is unreal
It’s gonna be obvious in hindsight, but it was definitely a toss up for a moment there
I called an OG legacy game to claim it but then Brunson went apeshit
45 points on 67% TS% scoring nearly half his team’s points in a finals clinching game left absolutely zero doubt
Everybody better than Brunson, until it’s time to be better than Brunson
Before the game I had him third behind OG & KAT and would have been annoyed if he won it.
Fortunately, he put the question to bed with that g5 performance. Well deserved FMVP.
He was best when he needed to be
I had a feeling Brunson would steal this after a legendary closeout performance lol
But if he’s gonna score 48% of the points fair enough I suppose
someone said brunson 50 bomb on the knicks sub, I kind of disregarded it as a joke but he pretty much did it. Just crazy
They stopped calling fouls on him. Wemby got away with one on him, a flagrant
Brunson got a ring before Luka lol
It’s actually a really nice NBA story if you’re not a Luka/Lakers fanatic. You have one guy who had all the talent in the world where everything was so easy (Luka) and another who has always been underestimated and had to work hard for everything (Brunson). But just through grit, hard work, and all the intangibles that makes one a leader and a champion, he ended up winning one before the more talented one. It’s the turtle and the hare story.
I do hope Luka sees Brunson winning as a personal challenge and start doing all the intangibles (i.e. fitness, not complaining, not taking plays off, etc.). It’ll be good for the NBA to have a Luka who reached his potential rather than one who is trying to coast to a championship.
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It’s pretty fair to say that Brunson has had a better work ethic than Luka. There’s more to the sport than giving 100% on the court
I think it’s mostly the Knicks building a way better team more than “intangibles”
Luka puts in 100% effort on the court for sure, but off the court, he really doesn’t. When he lost in the NBA finals, I was expecting it to spark a fire in him the same way it did with Dirk or Lebron. But nope, he went to the next season as usual (i.e. not in best shape). He historically goes in the NBA season somewhat out of shape then plays himself into shape during the season. I’ve never heard of an NBA champion ever doing that. His work ethic is more like Shaq, but Shaq can get away with it.
It wasn’t until the trade did he start taking his fitness seriously. And this year, he is skipping euro play which points to me that maybe he is willing to put in the work. And yes, Brunson is on a better team. But Luka also had a team built specifically for him. With just half a season with them, he went to the finals. But he took it for granted and got traded. Hypothetically, if he took his fitness seriously, he would not have been (wrongfully) traded and he would have had a chance to compete for the past two years with a perfectly built team in his prime. But because he wasn’t, he didn’t get to do that. It’s the little things. If you don’t take care of the details, bad luck tends to find you.
Brunson also took team friendly deals.
Everyone’s better than Brunson until it’s time to be better than Brunson
Not even his teammates are safe from this mantra lol
Guy is a legit killer, every time he got a shot off it felt like it was in. Hope our kids watch his film all summer.
Mitch choosing to guard him with single coverage was hella disrespectful. I know the Knicks had other weapons to worry about in KAT and OG, but it was still a bad decision.
At beginning of the game they were even leaving him open to double KAT and OG. First Knicks bucket was a Brunson practice 3. Very disrespectful, they deserved have 45 points dropped on their heads.
Brunson has the mamba mentality, fuck the advanced analytics, shoot the ball and win the game
Fuck analytics, basketball is about who’s a bitch and who’s not.
I think it’s safe to say Jalen Brunson ain’t no bitch
He was channeling MJ with how much he just wouldn’t relent. Every time the Spurs would try to extend the lead, he would come right back with key baskets.
This game always has been and always will be about buckets
analytics were already wrong when they got cleveland winning the chip
Yeah, it felt like whatever ridiculous shot he would throw up would go in all playoffs. It felt like ptsd from last year when he did the same thing.
Say it with me, everyone! You know the line…
Everybody is better than Jalen Brunson until it’s time to be better than Jalen Brunson! 💪🏾
No brainer after today
all those commentators throughout the years eating their words. too small my fuckin ass
Best player in the series
best player in the playoffs
45 points, SHOWED OUT!
It wasn’t Fox? I thought he played very well for New York….
Fox MVP!
Mike Brown loyalist
And so the time never came to be better than Jalen Brunson
Insane carry to finish the job. His 2k rating bouta go up lol. After that mental damage I don’t see the Spurs having as good of a season next year.
Hard to say, it could go either way. I am interested to see what weird post-season routine Wemby cooks up and if it results in taking his game to the next level. Maybe he’ll find Ras al Ghul in the desert this time.
Eh Spurs are extremely young and had a great year, they are way ahead of where they are supposed to be
Dylan Harper is gonna be a problem
Hope Becky Hammon is ready with her apology now. Not that Jalen gives a shit lol
What a game tonight. Absolute carry job!
I love how fucking much it’s hitting Brunson right now. He can’t keep the hat up, keeps looking down to avoid crying
they lost 3 games all postseason. giant underdogs going into this series. down by 10+ every game. this feels unreal. like storybook good. they just would not accept losing and nothing was in their favor.
Wemby tried to hurt this guy.
Im so happy for this man.
Well deserved
Argument for greatest Knick of all time
What a performance. That’s a mf’in superstar right there
SHORT KING
haha 6foot 2 😂
Mitch Johnson was robbed
Well deserved. He’s so mentally strong and skilled. He was getting screwed all playoffs with his team’s lack of whistle but still pulled it off. Respect.
Look up definition of ‘dawg’ and you will see brunson face
Gonna be a lotta Jalen’s born in 9 months
Becky Hammond punching the air right now
MR 45
It was never even close
Brunson deserved this even though in the earlier games KAT and OG carried the team.
Unstoppable in he 4th. Going at Wemby. Absolute masterpiece.
So well deserved.
The abuse this man was put through by the dirty play of the Spurs amd the constant hits every time down.
OG lowkey robbed but I can’t hate on this decision after Brunson cooked them in game 5
I feel like people who say OG was robbed didn’t watch this shit
Brunson brought them back into the game EVERY TIME they were down
HE OWNED EVERY 4Q
Nobody was robbed. Wtf are you talking about?
OG deserved it through four games but it was close enough that it was without a doubt Brunson after tonight.
It was close before today’s game… it wasn’t after.
Shoulda been OG.
Becky Hamon socials on fire right now
How bloody legendary is this? so many stories: -Brunson overlooked -2x NCAA Nova bois teamup -KAT - disrespected top talent, right at ya Jimmy -OGs poise -Core players from NY area -Mike Brown’s first as a HC -FU Nico and Mark Cuban
As he absolutely should be. All those “he was a bad signing for New York” talks need to die out now. As a Hawks fan, I couldn’t be more happy for Jalen Brunson man.
Maybe we really were the 2nd best team in the playoffs. 🤣
Absolutely earned it. The Brunson burner is alive!!
Should have been OG
He earned it and as a Mavs fan and boy the Mavs blew this opportunity and even The Ticket was seething as they saw how much potential he had. When I saw him do well in his first season there with the Knicks i knew the Mavs screwed it up.