Jalen Brunson: “There’s a lot of people that have a lot of negative stuff to say. There’s a lot of people who have a lot of opinions. But when you prove them wrong, you don’t have to say s–t to them.”
Jalen Brunson, born to play basketball indeed.
Captain š«”
Captain clutch to you
Is this his official nickname now? If not, it should be.
If you look up Jalen Brunson on google it asks you if you meant Captain Clutch Brunson
I googled it and it told me Jalen Brunson is Wembanyama’s father. Is that correct?
that is correct.
before meeting his high school sweetheart Ali Marks, Jalen visited Area 51 and knocked up a 9 foot tall alien bitch who woo’ed him with her eloquent French and long legs
Guys, I did it - https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/nHViXEixZ3. Ah never mind, mods took it down.
I upvoted it anyway
Pretty much is. Who actually calls him Brunson burner?
There’s room for more than one!
Here’s how basketball-reference.com lists his nicknames: JB, Brunson Burner, BrunsHIM, Big Body, The King of New York, Captain Clutch. Not sure about BrunsHIM but pretty good list otherwise haha.
NY has applied that to both Messier and Jeter, but heās in that club now.
That man has been part of the only time in my life that blue and orange or green and white didn’t let me the fuck down, man. I’m in the process of getting my Dads POA just so i can legally change his name to Jalen Brunson.
KAT: Ayy Ayy captain!
But does he want to stay on fucking parade?!ā¦
This is actually great advice. Concentrate on yourself.
Really when you look at the Spurs, OKC, Denver, Boston, Cleveland.. they all seemed way more consumed with the outside noise down the stretch than the Knicks ever were.
Knicks just let the results speak for themselves.
Or the better teams just played better down the stretch and advanced.
Is it not part of being a better team to not let outside noise influence your game?
I think this is just assigning meaning after the fact. Every lesson you give makes sense if you win. Every move you made is 300 IQ 5d chess move cause the shot went in. You can say the same thing if you lose and suddenly it means nothing
29 teams don’t win every year. Doesn’t mean those teams are letting outside noise affect them
How do you even quantify that though?
Run a study where we hook up players to an EEG and see how their brain waves react to having First Take on in the background
Lol
Joker turning his victims into uncontrollably laughing clowns kinda vibes
There are some things in life that you canāt quantify but still use as a determining factor. How do you quantify how much ādawgā someone has in them? When people say āX player just wanted it more than Yā thatās not really quantifiable either.
Exactly. Saying the Knicks won because they didn’t let outside noise affect them as much as other teams is just entirely based on vibes from people not in the locker room. In reality they simply played the best basketball when it mattered most
It’s also not even relevant here because there’s been a buncha clips that make it pretty clear that Brunson is motivated by stuff like Becky Hammon’s comments lol, so the “outside noise” does affect him, just in a positive way.
essentially the “aww that’s sweet” vs “hello, HR?” Meme
You’re assuming that there’s a difference between how the two teams handled the outside noise and presenting it as fact. That may or may not be true.Ā
Don’t really think at least 3 of these teams cared much about outside noise…
What are you talking about?Ā
Iād love to know what proof you have for this
insane levels of confirmation bias
Saying that about Jokic is ridiculous. Go watch a game
Can you give us some examples?
KD would beg to differ
Anonymously.
Savage.
anonymosity
I totally agree with this
But also fuck that guy Greg
Nah Iām petty as hell. Iām talking mad shit
Solid addition for r/quotes
It isnāt just Becky Hammon. Itās Stephen A Smith, whatever publication gave the Brunson signing a D+ or whatever it was, Nick Wright, plenty of others. Fuck em.
Becky Hammon
Stephen A.
Marc m-fing Spears
Candice Parker
Shaq
(Kenny Smith you are pardoned after making reparations)
Chris Broussard
Draymond Green (you are not forgiven for trying to make reparations)
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo (hurt me to do it but Mad Dog you left us no choice)
Shoutout and props to big Kendrick Perkins for always believing in Brunson and going against the grain. He probably did it to be contrarion but he got one right.
I literally remember walking out of the Graden 2 years ago after a regular season game where Brunson lit it up and saved the day and leaving the stadium people were like “Kendrick Perkins is right.” lmao.
Nah, I refuse to give props to a broken clock.
He always did. Itās kinda heartwarming lmaoo he was a big believer
Weirdest thing was when he came to MSG and got the kind of reception he did
I think part of it was Perk loves Thibs
He also believed the Raptors were top6 seed and got last laugh on Bill Simmons
Legler, Wilbon, Matt Barnes
Matt Barnes YESS!!
Legler made amends 2 years ago he said Jalen Brunson was “The Most Wrong I’ve Ever Been About a Player” Pardoned.
Wilbon always seemed to like JB to be honest.
Wilbon takes credit for JB because Brunson went to High School in Chicago.
He has always loved JB because of the Chicago roots. He just didn’t always believe JB was this good until proving it beyond a doubt in the Finals.
Paul Pierce, Knick hater
Legs doesn’t deserve the slander tbh.
Man I miss jj and maddog getting after it into arguments. That duo was hilarious
I hate SAS with a passion heās such a fair-weather āfanā of any sports team and his pre-scripted takes for his shows for engagement bait have contributed to society being worse
Add me to the list
^THEM^
Nearly all of this sub and the Knicks sub too
Fuck them and fuck me too. I was talking too much shit during the Atlanta series.
He literally proved everyone wrong. He probably even proved himself wrong lmao
I gave up for a month when Knicks got hoeād by Max Christie
Nothing you did in January counts. Weāre forgetting that month even happened.
Itās awesome seeing them all have to go on camera and apologize to him haha
The Commissioner’s Cup has the Aces playing at NY Liberty in a couple weeks.
I’m sure the reception will be friendly.
He proved even the most optimistic wrong. I was a fan of the signing. I didnāt see anything close to this coming.
stephen A is a bozo but he apologized to that man’s face on television. Becky hammon is ducking smoke like a clown.
Yeah, it’s not a good look for her. But then again, neither was the time she betrayed her country to become a Russian citizen for money, nor that active discrimination lawsuit against her from one of her players.
It’s fine to create hot takes for TV, even needlessly antagonistic ones that are begging to be debated and proven wrong. But if you’re going to do that, you must be secure enough to hold your hands up and admit fault when you get it wrong. The complete lack of acknowledgement from her is far more damning than the original comments, because it shows that her ego has enveloped her entirely. The fact that even a hollow shell of a person like Stephen A. Smith has already done it makes it even worse.
it shows that he ego has enveloped her entirely
yall are so extra lmao
Well, yeah. It’s not that serious, but she was way extra in how she talked about Brunson, so now Knicks fans are way extra in how we talk about her. Tit for tat.
Also when facts change, I change my mind. Remember she was asked again three weeks ago.
Nick wright was man enough to own up to it, even before we won
Stephen A Smith, for all his numerous faults, at least manned up and admitted he was wrong to Brunson’s face.
Itās the majority of basketball fans too. Most people did not believe in Brunson. Everyone knew he was good but not many saw him as a number 1.
As a Knicks fan, my exact statement to my dad was - “I like the signing, but I don’t think we’re a Jalen Brunson away from competing.” Happy as hell to have been wrong about that one.
Well, we weren’t. Still needed to go out and get the other four starters: Hart, OG, Bridges, and KAT. As great as Brunson is, he does have weaknesses that require building a really great team around him to help compensate. To Rose’s eternal credit, he did just that.
Thatās the weird part. They were competing already with Jack shit at the 1. I figured heād come in, play second fiddle to Randle, and theyād be a playoff team. Itās not like they didnāt make it two years prior with a much worse lineup.
Playoff team? Sure. But not this.
I was so relieved to have a competent point guard. My only thought was “only can go up from here!”
Yeah lol, people love to revise history, acting like they weren’t a part of the doubters. I was one of them, I’m happy to be proven wrong.
What did Nick wright say? He had been picking the Knicks to win for a good portion of the playoffs, and basically gave the spurs no chance to win the finals when they were happening.
He also just made Brunson the king of the hill
I think he was the one who said Brunson might not be a top-14 point guard in the league. He has atoned.
I feel like heās the only dude in media who owns bad takes and corrects. Heās insufferable about the Chiefs, but his Jokic arc was pretty similar where it ended with āwell he shut me up, my badā
I think that’s the difference right? You can recognize your mistake before you are proven 100% wrong! Becky was asked a few weeks ago and wouldn’t budge.
He said Brunson isnāt a top player for the Knicks when the signing happened but heās sung his praises since then
He mocked the “Jalen Brunson sweepstakes”, calling it the saddest sweepstakes ever.
I don’t mind Nick Wright despite his obvious biases but it still was over the top. Which I guess is the job of a pundit nowadays.
I felt that sweepstakes was overplayed. Most Knicks fans just wanted a viable PG. They overpaid on his market rate, but the fanbase wanted someone other than Rose and Payton running point. Even if JB was a 19ppg guy, Iād have had no issue with the signing. Thankfully, he was better than my wildest dreams.
Did Becky hammon not own up to it lol? Couldāve sworn she said something along the lines of āItās not likely but Iām happy to be proven wrongā.
She doubled down on it last month
Everyone in this thread
Wow lmao
has becky said anything yet? sheās the only interesting person here
The most frustrating part about the BH saga is she has completely changed what she said. She originally said the Knicks couldn’t even be a top seed in the East with Brunson. Then in a later interview (and even a couple weeks ago), that pivoted to WIN IT ALL. She said they can’t even be really good with Brunson. Whole other level vs. others.
Paul Pierce
shout out to the hatersĀ
MJ HOF “first of all i wanna shout out my high school coach” vibes
OH MY GOD BECKY
LOOK AT HER BUTT!
as a liberty fan, conflicted on that one. becky will becky lol
Oh I loved hammon when she was in the league and even as an assistant on the spurs. When she got to the aces and won a title she got smug. It was weird. And doubling down during the insane run the knicks were on was sad.
The irony is she was also an electric undersized point guard. I guess having lost in the finals three times gave her a bit of an axe to grind, idk. definitely smug as the aces coach. she has definitely gotten the accolades there but it’s a little hard not to point at A’ja and be like.. I’m sure you’re a good coach and all, but I think it was mainly because you have the GOAT on your squad
Donāt shout out anyone. Just ignore them like they donāt exist.
nothing to apologize for when you win
fuck them picks
enjoy them 8th graders MB is an NBA CHAMPION
Aka the waiters at my table of success
“Everybody wanted to know what I would do if I didnāt winā¦ I guess weāll never know!”
this guys so fucking fried š
They’ve been in interviews and parties ever since they finished the series, they’re gone
I remember when the Nuggets won the championship a few years ago and the Joker was just saying oh man Iām tired. I just wanna go home and be with my horses. And then somewhat explain to him, no we just have to go to Las Vegas and get drunk for three days And he was like OK Iām in!
āYou know that I told I donāt want to stay on parade? But, I fucking want to stay on paradeā -Jokic
That shit was actually so funny.
I think I recognize that chewing motion though. Itās probably some Molly, not necessarily alcohol
Ahh Molly, my old college buddy
Bro og did not got up from his seat or clap until alicia keya came on. Bro is hungover asf
they’re all fried to all holy hell. Genuinely unsure how Mikal and OG will survive the week.
The beat thing is all Knicks fans know and don’t care. In fact them all having fun together is heart warming.
COME OUTSIDE BECKY WE JUST WANNA TALK
Sheās a coward for hiding.
My Captain said your dumbass isn’t even worth the blitz š«”
Yo dumbass not worth a thumb. FTFY
Becky, Iām begging you, please go on ESPN and say Brunsonās too small to win a second Finals MVP
“Listen, history has shown no one with someone that small has won the championship twice”
fun fact, no one with 7 foot scoring center has won since Shaq
Well I’ll say it, fuck you Becky
Becky with the Bad Takes.
Ya you can say the was just saying stuff for sake of it but she really drove home the point that he isnāt āthat dudeā itās hard not to take her comments personal
Itās still so weird to me that a coach would take that stance. Like at some point sheās gonna be on a team where the best player is short and has already sabotaged them with a ceiling
Winning a chip in the place where her jersey hangs from the rafters is good enough for me
The apology needs to be just as loud as the disrespect. Will live and die with the Nets but you canāt deny that Brunson has proven a lot of people wrong
That’s at Becky. Even used her’ prove me wrong” line.
Ya the fact that Mikal stated he used Becky statement as motivation says everything I guess they can thank her lol.
While it was extra fuel, it wasnāt what got them the title.
and i really wish they wouldnt acknowledge it at all
you own your moment entirely. dont give naysayers any credence to the ‘see i motivated them’ schtick
Shit stilk donāt make sense, winner in high school, 2 time national champion, McDonaldās all American, even freaking national player of the year and still gets taken in the 2nd round. If him winning shows anything is plenty of people up top donāt know absolutely nothing.
TELL EM KING!
Heās him.
Everybody better than Jalen Brunson, until it’s time to be better than Jalen Brunson. āļø
SAY IT AGAIN!!!
Iām a Knicks hater and always will be, but Brunson is a dog and cemented his spot in league history. Good for him, he deserves all the praise in the world.
Same. I hate the Knicks Org as a Boston fan but the current roster is really tough to hate.
MY GLORIOUS KING
My GOAT š„ŗ
He’s just so cool man, impossible to dislike him.
What they gon say now
Becky too busy getting carried by A’ja Wilson to notice.
ngl as a Celtics fan it kind of hurts to admit but Brunson’s mentality is exactly the stuff winners are made of. Talk is cheap, he just went out and proved it.
Wisdom
Can we cut to the Spurs parade for their WCF win they dubbed āthe real finals?ā
That’s my MVP
OUR MVP
Mikal still slamming that 818 from his IG the other day. Bro š
TALK YOUR SHIT GOAT
Brunson is easily the best current player and one of the GOATs at never saying anything stupid and always saying the right thing
Fuck em all and ball
BEEEEEEEEEEEECKYYYYYYYYYY
A man not of many words, but a man of actions.
You gotta love people who are true to their words, even if they are few.
Heās talking about you guys
He’s like Ted Lasso but with cursing.
Captain, my Captain
Another thing fuck anyone here that would mock the five picks trade when mikal has a shitty game
Bridges still smashed in the background ššš
Dude hasnāt slept or been sober for a week
LETS FUCKING GO!
I was tearing up just before but now I’m just hype af.
I love you, Jalen Brunson!
fuck becky hammon
Oh Captain! My Captain!
Greatest Knick of all time
Heās talking about the people on this sub š
The fact that he held his tongue about this stuff until today is wild.
BECKY HAMMON COME OUTSIDE PUSSY
King advice
I actually want the haters to double down and say well he canāt do it again. Ā Because we know thatās fuel. Ā This dude aināt happy winning one. Ā
Don’t worry, his dad already triggered him when he said he wasn’t the greatest Knick, unprompted. Randomly said that shit. Go look at that video and look at Jalen’s face when he said that. Rick knew what he was doing.
Haters better capitulate to the goat.
talk your shi jb
or dont. you class act mf
Fantastic words; actions speak for themselves, donāt give haters the second thought. Just do you. Proving them wrong is enough.
Words of a Champion
Becky Hammon WYA?
Bucky ducking the smoke which is why she will never get a head coach gig in the nba
That ā1Aā signed by Brunson card is going to be going for a hell of lot more than ever!
Talking to you stephen ass smith
The Captain. š«”
The toughest version of “silence speaks volumes”
Can’t help but be happy for this dude and the team. The fanbase though…. questionable lol
Thatās my captain.
Love this mindset
Oh captain my captain
That’s my lord and savior. My Captain.
NBA CHAMPION JALEN MARQUIS BRUNSON
PUT SOME FUCKING RESPECT ON HIS NAME
EDIT: SMD REBECCA!
That’s what I wish for Wemby. A lot of people turned on him and shit on him. All negative people that can’t see the bigger picture of a 22 year old thrown on the biggest stage of his life with no safeguards and that play shocked when he stumbles. They’ll be proven wrong as well.
bro looks like grumpy cat in the video still lol
What they going to say now Knicks in FIVE!!!!
“Keep telling coach to stop doing that shit”
Or whatever he said after yet another Who Let the Dogs Out sing along was comedy gold.
Can’t wait for Dubs vs Knicks next season. Fucking day day. š
lmao it’s gonna be a bloodbath unless you swing giannis
Brunson gonna bust us with 50.
Hes not saying that shit at the white house is he
Draymond and Stephen a
Good message for todayās climate.
I š who heās talking to specificallyā¦ā¦
Mikal hitting the 818 !!!