Jalen Brunson in the first half: 11 Points on 1⁄10 FG and 9⁄10 FT
Haram ball by Brunson
https://www.espn.com/nba/game?gameId=401909878
Does he have an injury I don’t know about
Was spending too much time preparing for SNL
Well he should have prepared more then. That was awful.
This is true. After hosting, Matt Damon’s true shooting % dropped to 37%
recovering from wrist surgery over the summer
should be ok from what weve been told but may take time to adjust
source or video on this?
He hurt himself literally carrying the franchise to their first title in 53 years.
This is some bullshit. Every member of the starting 5 was essential.
He didn’t carry the Knicks
He’s their best player but you’re really underselling what KAT, OG, bridges, hart and the rest of that team did
Team sport. They couldn’t get it done without OG, KAT, Bridges, etc. People always blow brunson’s carry job way out of proportion, he was bailed out in a big handful of postseason games.
“Carrying”
Yes
People in the game sub saying they were partying all summer so they are out of shape but dont worry they will get into shape over the season.
What
DID HE HURT HIMSELF DOING DRUGS AND JACKING EVERYONE ON THE TEAM OFF ALL SUMMER INSTEAD OF PRACTICING
this sub is so fucking weird. Is there legit anywhere else I can get NBA news that isn’t dumb as shit? like wow
he hurt it dogging on your unflaired loser team in the playoffs and winning a chip
He had the wrist surgery in the offseason. Otherwise nothing reported
Sore from falling all game
Wrists surgery but you guys don’t care. Just lolknicks. He does need to balance taking shots and passing if his left hand is bothering him.
I’ve seen shooting splits like that this season. xD
Literally everyone getting ones like this rn wtf
The 20 foot running shot resulting in a foul on Ausar was disgusting
Cade did the same thing drawing a foul on Deuce so idk just dont foul next time
If they lose another game they getting clowned like Miami
Knicks always get clowned but now they got a ring so I think their fans won’t be too sad.
Can confirm. Sure, I’d like a win sometime this season, but I never thought I’d see a championship in my lifetime up until a few months ago. There’s zero chance I’m going be a doomer about a couple games in October.
I started to think it was possible when I checked and it had been 53 years. Rangers took 54 years and that was a big deal when I was in school. And it’s been awhile.
That Rangers Cup “aura” as the kids call it lasted like a full decade. Rangers never got close again but it didn’t matter.
Having never enjoyed a repeat, I can say from experience that the moment you get eliminated, it does sour the mood a bit
I miss when the Knicks were a joke
Sucks to suck
True
When Knicks and Pistons got good, a lot people were saying shi like “the league is better when these teams are good”. Whole time im thinking what league they watching, fuck these mfs.
They’ll have a pass for a while which is deserved when you are the reigning champs
i’m ngl, ausar could legit get DPOY if he prevents every top star in front of him from shooting well
The last foul grift was atrocious. Ausar didn’t even really jump and Brunson still found a way to move into his momentum and create contact. League needs to fix that shit
Foul baited them back in the game
Just like ECF game 1 and NBA finals game 4
Paul Reed +15 at half in a tie ball game. 🤔
Tolu is a basketball terrorist.
if you’ve never seen the Tolu skit by patrice o’neal…go do that
edit: https://youtu.be/xuwL_Pzq9VU?is=KehRepJFKu5g__IF
He’s been trolling
I honestly don’t think this is worth making a whole thread about. All players have good days and bad days. It’s just part of the game.
“At the half” posts need to be banned. They serve no purpose except hating. Can’t even wait for a full game stat line before stoking the flames, it’s fucked.
It’s such an easy and obvious karma farm too cuz lolknicks lol, like moths to a flame
The absolute desperation to hate. So many people are incensed that he’s the reigning finals mvp 🤣
it’s not JB specific. A week into the season and this is like the 5th at the half hate post I’ve seen
okay..we’ll wait for 5⁄27 for the full game
It’ll get posted if it happens, so why do we need two hate posts?
Real. Remember that playoff game vs the rockets where Steph had 0 at half?
Agree, this isn’t even a game it’s just the half. If his stat line continues to be this bad in the 2nd half post his full game stats then
Asking this sub not to hate on Knicks players is a big ask.
I’d also note that last season the Pistons led the entire league in personal fouls per game, and were #4 and #3 the two years before that. Fouling is very much part of their ethos.
It’s not some grand conspiracy that the guy who generally has the ball the most for the Knicks got fouled a bunch by a team that plays like this.
1⁄10 is not a shooting split any real star should have
He’s coming off a recent surgery. Is that ok with you?
The Chicago bulls is not a team that any real stars play on
Yet 1⁄10 is a shooting split every star will have from time to time. Touch grass
It’s the flopping and free throws making up 10⁄11 points
There way too many people in this comment section acting like Brunson isnt actually even good lol
The thing you learn about spme nba fans is that, if a super star only has 20 bad games in a season. Some fans will act like those two game represent 70% of their career.
Diabolical line
Never beating the flopping allegations
Finals MVP says otherwise but ok.
SGA was the finals mvp the year before, what’s your point
He was getting legit buckets without flopping against a really tough defense. He was also part of a historic playoff run leading an elite offense again without flopping. But easy to form an opinion on a guy when you only watch him being guarded by your overpaid hacker
He’s not a bad player but his flopping takes away from the actual skill that is basketball
It’s more like he’s good enough that he doesn’t need to flop just like SGA. That’s where the hate comes from. Just not fun to watch when he resorts to it.
1⁄10 + 9⁄10 = 10⁄10
My perfect king 👑
Ant could never
he makes shai look like a saint. basketball terrorist
He’s honestly worst than Shai. Brunson’s ONLY play making has been foul baiting.
please go by the video and show which fouls were baited would love to know bc ur team fouls the most in the league, its not a secret
He doesn’t have the talent of Shai, so he needs to resort to this. He can’t score on Ausar or Holland without it.
yea man he definitely can’t score on Ausar
Downvoted for receipts lol
Bros only started watching basketball last year lol
I literally watched this yesterday lol
The cope is wild
Yea he got finals MVP only foul baiting. I get you hate him cause he hit that game winner to eliminate your team but you don’t have to make stuff up
I was talking about his game tonight but bruh he was hitting cellys because he baited 6 fouls off Ausar. If any other player did that they’d be memed out the league.
Ausar and holland were hacking to shit. If they had any discipline, they wouldn’t have been called fouls. But every play they’re desperate to be in his shorts 90ft with hands in the cookie jar… guess what you’re gonna get called for bodying and hacking. Even the pistons coaches were upset with those guys defense
If you’re getting baited 6 times then idk gang
LMAO why bait in the first place? Terrible for the game.
he does embellish fouls but you’re out of your mind/trolling if you don’t think he has a bag
The fact that he has a bag is exactly why his baiting even works, it’s free buckets at the mid range for him if you’re not attached to his hip on defense.
this sub doesn’t watch basketball
Trae is the worst foulbaiter in the league.
This has always been the case. Glad people are starting to notice
For the foul baiting Shai is worse (both bad) but Shai is also smoother/saucier when he doesn’t foul bait so he’s a better watch overall
No, he ain’t lmao. Shai is a lot worse
The pistons foul on like every play No need to bait
Already 10 fta in the first half, lord have mercy
Can the mods please ban posts like this it’s genuinely getting annoying and i’m not even a knicks fan
Totally agree, there’s no point to halftime stat posts except hating on a game that isn’t even fucking over yet, it’s ridiculous.
I’m used to lolknicks but your comment genuinely surprised me lol
To be fair it’s notable that he’s playing like shit so far this season and the comments are providing context for those that don’t know. His wrist is still recovering.
Dont engage with it- dont read it?
it’s clogging up the subreddit and it’s fucking stupid it to post random stat lines from a random half of an 82 game season
He’s the recent FMVP, of course people are gonna post his stats
He genuinely cannot score on Ausar lol, he has to rely on baiting whistles.
I remember one pretty big shot he hit on Ausar
Knicks fans cling to that shot like it’s the only positive of the last few years when you literally have a ring lol. Rent free.
I don’t think you understand the definition of rent free lol
you genuinely think knick fans care more about that shot than they do about the ring? what are you talking about?
knicks fans love that series where the pistons were all 20 years old
We wanted a rematch. Too bad you guys weren’t good enough to make it to the ECF
well i do remember pistons fans saying they were going to run the knicks over last postseason but we all know how that went.
we like winning, yes
yeah.. that one shot, and the others?
I remember him hitting multiple shots en route to a title. Especially from a 45 point closeout game in the finals.
Hits it when it matters. That’s all that matters
disclaimer: i like Brunson game when he is not flopping and foul baiting
I would argue that all shoots are equal too because if you hit them in a good clip then you may not need a big shoot, sometimes sh1t hits the fan and what you said is true.
When Ausar was in his 2nd season in the league
Or maybe he’s not making FG because he’s getting fouled a lot
He’s not getting fouled on the ones that shows as misses on the stat sheet lol
insert The Gif here
You know good defense would be stopping Brunson without fouling…Ausar is running from behind into Brunson’s back on most these plays. Maybe he’s a little too slow!
It’s okay to admit Brunson can’t score on Ausar, no need to be so uptight. You’ll be okay.
Acting like Ausar is doing anything and not that Brunson had wrist surgery in the offseason and a short offseason in general
Ausar could be doing so much better if he just moved his feet and stopped hacking. That’s on him. No need to be bumping him 75ft from the hoop
I liked watching him score 45 points in a close out championship game while the rest of the team scored 49 points total
Yeah this is a braindead comment (the one you’re responding to). Everyone said this about him multiple times last year only for him to silence the haters at every opportunity in the biggest moments
Wait, but that’s not relevant? Him silencing the haters with a great performance doesn’t change the lack of appeal of shooting 15-20 free throws lol
He was not even close to the top of the list in terms of ft last year. Like 90 something. He was way down there for a player with his usage. If you watched the game tonight, he was getting blatantly hacked and they were in the bonus a lot.. pistons coaches were yelling at ausar and holland for shitty hacking defense. Edit: Tatum had 22 ft tonight
He averaged 5.7 FTA a game last season. 21st in the league. Behind guys like Luka, Wemby, KD, Donovan Mitchell, Jokic, Maxey, and Anthony Edwards who all are also fun to watch in my opinion.
Tatum has 22 FTs: I sleep
Brunson has 16 FTs: REAL SHITTT
I didn’t, personally. And I saw it in person. Still sucked.
Well I’ll give you a pass
Pistons fans only watch regular season games sadly
Come on now, we watch the playoffs too. We need to get our material for those Duren hate threads somehow!
Yeah on 45 points on like 35 shots lmao
14⁄27 from the field, nice try tho
You know how easily you could’ve just looked that up first?
Yeah i know but watching the finals was enough that i didn’t want to look it up and obviously it was just a approximate number. Yeah he might have had a not that bad game by the numbers on that exact game but even if it was 14⁄27 he went 1⁄14 first he just kept shooting. And no obviously i didn’t look it up either my point is he just keeps on putting up shots until they go in even if it hurts the team. Lucky for him he plays for the knicks on a big contract cause on a bad team he would be regarded as a cam thomas and nobody would want him. I know yall not ready to take it in but let’s give it a few years when the knicks won’t win and this will become the narrative trust me
I personally am not an enjoyer
We don’t
lie
Everyone that isn’t a Knicks fan
Basketball fans
lol ppl hate on SGA but not this bs..
I have more than enough hatred in my heart for both
People hate on Brunson all the time
SGA, Brunson, Embiid…. all the same type of hate watch. Unethical hoops all around.
SGA and Embiid are wayyyy more talented then Brunson tho
Brunson is arguably one of if not the most purely talented in the league dude. He doesn’t have height nor raw athleticism and he still manages to be one of the top players in the league year in and year out. Do you know how that happens? Pure talent. His foot work alone is unmatched by any other player in the league.
You take away height from Embiid or raw athleticism from SGA and they become dramatically worse players.
Disagree, SGA is actually cold
Most of the time. But he has his nights
bruh….tell that to Pistons fans, Celtics fans, spurs fans, cavs fans, nets fans, sixers fans, Mav fans, Nuggets fans. He’s bodied all of their teams multiple times. Including series enders.
Nah he ain’t cold. He’s frigid.
SGA is 62nd in FTA/G this season btw at 4.5, less than half of reaves
Whats even crazier is hes the highest okc player on there
Every single player in the NBA wants to do everything they can within the rules to win.
There are no ethical players who are purposely trying not to get fouled to be “ethical” even if it makes them less likely to win. And if that player existed you wouldn’t want them on your team
sga is actually good that’s the difference
your argument is that the FMVP isn’t… good?
I think brunson just fucked this guys mom or smth. Ive seen like 4 comments from them being pissy about brunson on this post.
well not as good when sga also has one
Yep lol, best player on the defending champs isnt actually good.
Nobody said Karl Anthony Towns isn’t good.
Still salty about that step back eh? It’s been two years lil buddy, move on
Brunson is good, just not aa good as his PR
People do, I get it though your eyes are located up your ass
Least aggressive NY fan
Careful he might smash trash bags over your head, mob stomp you out, try to light your hair on fire, destroy the car you’re driving in….
Most intelligent OKC bum
here they come
Where Larry tho
People have been hating and disliking aspects of Brunson’s game for years.
It’s that he has silenced those people many times when he starts hooping in the 4th. At some point you just have to accept that he’s talented. But when he’s 1⁄10 the hate comes out aggressively again.
In the CF and Finals he got red hot and literally made every shot.
I can imagine that was fun for NYers.
Was it beautiful? No. Not until the ball went in Every. Single. Time.
So yeah, he looks like a frog out there when he’s shooting like shit but he literally turns into Goku.
How is that hard to understand?
He was genuinely fun to watch in their finals run. I don’t know about random games during the season cause I don’t give a shit about the Knicks. But how he played in the finals was very entertaining.
I did when I was hate watching Spurs in the Finals NGL. Also as a Lakers fan, I’m in no position to complain with Doncic and AR on our team.
Idk the Pistons seems to be the only team that fouls him like this lmao not even the Magic are like this bruh
Did he not shoot 15 FTs in the last Finals game?
the game he had like a 35% usage rate in a series clincher against another team that also has physical defenders? no way dude
You gonna tell me with a straight face that last foul on Heurter is Brunson using mind control to foul him lmao gtfoh
This is categorically different than how he played last year. Flopping is back on the menu
No, it’s not. He wasn’t like this in the playoffs, but regular season it was rough.
His FT rate didn’t change in the play offs.
This is how he was in ECF game 1 and NBA finals
another dork not watching the game
This is how he has always played. He had a playoff game against us in 2024 where he shot 4-16 from the field and 7-10 from the line
I disagree. Last year wasn’t nearly as hard to watch as the rest of his career
Drawing fouls when your shot isn’t falling is a skill.
If it makes Pistons fans feel better this is exactly how Chauncey Billups used to play.
As a walking basketball encyclopedia I am also pretty confident that Rip Hamilton is still the only player in NBA history to lead his team in scoring in a game with 0 made field goals
It’s a bullshit skill that’s bad for the sport though
New Yorkers
Because this is not how he plays most of the time
Cade would never
I’ll take my championship, thanks
I love watching him play
Mfer is the guard version of Embiid and Knicks fans want to act holier than thou
This is such a horseshit take to try and make it seem like they are on the same level.
The most free throws Brunson has ever averaged in a season is 7 and that was 3 years ago when he was essentially the only shot creator the Knicks had for half the season. Joel on the other hand has had 3 straight years averaging 12 free throws per game.
Center vs Guard
Center vs guard? That’s really your excuse here? There are currently multiple guards in the league who average way more FTs per game than Brunson on a consistent basis.
Embiid’s career low in FTA per game would be a career high for Brunson. Look it up.
Yeah almost like ones a guard and one is a centre
What other center averages 10 FTA a game? Guards tend to have higher FTA averages.
He doesnt injure his teammates
If he was winning MVPs like SGA, I think more people would get on his case. There isn’t the same envy at play
It was beautiful to watch him lead us to a ring, that’s for damn sure.
Genuinely literally honestly low-key legit actually?
wow you’re so cool and smart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b24qrpnnE5A
bc hes one of the best scorers in the league
I don’t get how people like watching the Pistons foul on every play and daring refs to blow whistle
Nobody likes watching him play. They like when he’s on their team because he’s the most effective flopper since prime James harden
You don’t like it cause he sonned your team 2 years ago and you still haven’t gotten over it.
our whole team was 20 years old
Ok and? Your fans are still clearly upset by it. Your online fans talk more about the Knicks in the last 2 seasons than any other team in the league. We’re not even in your division
Found the FT fan
Lakers fans cannot be saying this
You have the worst crybaby in the league on your team.
Yall are the only ones bringing that shit up. Imagine winning a a title and still caring more about the pistons lmao
We’re playing you right now idiot
Don’t worry, even pistons fans don’t care about the pistons. Even when they were finally relevant last year, they feel like the most irrelevant team.
Damn, you really typed all that out and hit send. That’s tough.
Good one
Holy hell it’s the same shit every day. I genuinely don’t get how you people waste your lives on this site complaining about player x, y, z not being “fun” to watch.
Flair checks out
He’s as floppy as SGA.
quote a totally objective Pistons fans
Yeah that’s right delete your account fool
He’s worse SGA with better PR.
Easy to say when he’s off
Yes you do, he’s the same player that sent your asses home lol
His dad should’ve sent that one girls ass home too before he did that you know what….
You know you don’t have shit to say when your retort isn’t even about the guy we’re talking about lol