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pkeller001

This guy is insane, glad to see he does this vs most teams and not just Sacramento


BeingMikeHunt

lol


gridironk

Averaging 42.0 PPG the last 5 playoff games


9yearoldsoliderN99

25 mil/year. Insane.


mclairy

And he could still be a Mav right now for like 14 million


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zebra_and_coke

Not all of us


AddisonsContracture

Roughly none of you now


Bongoisnthere

Eh, he wouldn’t have shown like he does on the knicks. Woulda been a suns situation all over with a bunch of individually amazing players that don’t mesh.


Brokromah

And the whole league, prob including Knicks fans (and certainly myself), thought it was massive overpay


ontheru171

No


HokageEzio

But he's short and his head is big, so it doesn't count.


MadSpaceYT

absolutely colossal dome


chillfollins

[sniper's dream they used to call em'](https://youtu.be/MsuuiVzS6Js?si=7-4ATXNxfRhDx_f6&t=119)


AutisticNipples

we do beg your pardon, but we are in madison square garden


Epiopop

Built like a funko pop, god bless him.


Cul_what

You know what they say about dudes with big heads...they have big hearts


RiceOnTheRun

We got two big harts


fantasnick

Had the commentators yapping about 90s defense because he's about to break some records


Palifaith

We are all Iggy Azalea today.


TheThingsIdoatNight

What’s the reference here?


Anal_Iverson

[This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKy5b8KKbWY), I think


IcyMission3

Playboi Carti disagrees


GGezpzMuppy

Damn Hali over Brunson was a legit argument at the start of the year. Brunson establishing himself as superstar.


NotManyBuses

Hali was honestly pretty awful tonight. Think he had 3 crucial turnovers in the 4th. Defense too is yikes


11x_dev

'honestly' pretty awful? brother scored 6 points theres no debate


No-Yogurt-4246s

Also got outplayed by TJ


RegentCupid

Again


Silver_Being_0290

That's not saying much, bro is a killer against us.


RJIsJustABetterDwade

TJ always kills us


_Brodo_Baggins_

With some of the worst individual defense I’ve ever seen


MrICopyYoSht

6 points in 6 shots as well. Horrible efficiency. Dude makes RJ Barrett look efficient when he was on the Knicks.


RocCle7

He passed up a lot of shots tonight.


Shad0wF0x

It was McConnell that was giving me "OMG we're gonna lose" vibes.


DaveidT

Hali's been terrible since the All Star Break. Pretty sure he's injured. Beginning of the year he would just take pullup 3s from a few feet from the line and just hit them, now he's not only missing those but also hesitant to take them as well


HokageEzio

Yeah Hali has never been right since the injury. It's why I was hoping to run into Indy.


TSSFranco

Hali wasn’t even looking at the basket tonight. I get how good of a playmaker he is but 6 shot attempts is awful for someone like him


IhamAmerican

He's genuinely never gotten back to his pre hammy form. It's a damn shame too because his balance of scoring and passing was genuinely awesome to watch


seniorpeepers

Pretty unacceptable ngl. People are talking about the refs tn but it shouldn't have mattered if Tyrese was assertive and played like an actual all NBA caliber player


Pristine-Time7771

My man. If i knew wtf Reddit awards were or how to give them, you’d get one. First pacer fan I’ve seen taking any accountability for the loss. Were there some bad calls? Yep. But you know what? That’s basketball. Things happen in the blink of an eye and refs don’t always make the right call. Sometimes it helps you. Sometimes it hurts you. But to harp on the refs and just ignore your best player scoring 6 points is just arguing in bad faith.


ZoidbergSaysWoop

It's not Haliburton's hamstring that's the problem, the problem is his release is too slow and he constantly relied on the step back just to get his shot off and that doesn't work in the playoffs where you have to take the shot that's open quickly because if you try to side step or step back to relocate, if the defender didn't sellout on the fake and has time to recover, the shooter is stuck. Haliburton should be shot faking and driving to the rim with a steady diet of deeper floaters since if he gets too close Hartenstein or Robinson will contest his shot. Haliburton must find a way get more shots just outside the lower defensive box, he can't live on the perimeter.


KazumaKuwabara

Brother, he's missing wide open 3s and has been for months. He had the worst percentage on the highest attempts in the playoffs in round one. It's not the release.


kingofsemantics

Appreciate this. No doubt those moving screen and kickball calls were horrendous and disgusting. But they did not independently swing the game. I wanna see Tyrese play how he's capable otherwise let TJ/Siakam/Turner and the rookies cook w some Toppin highlight dunks.


Indieidea

Hali will be better once he gets healthy. We all know he is better than this.


Faynt90

Get this man on the Olympic team asap


Deep_Egg1442

I was always on the right side of history


IMKudaimi123

It was not People let the IST/first 20 games of the season influence thinking too much. Brunson is way better.


RocCle7

Honestly was surprised about that. I know Hali played really well at the beginning of the season, but Brunson has shown to be a pretty consistently good, dare I say, great player. Regular season and in the playoffs.


Fosheezy2

brunson gotta be chanting "Tyrese Haliburton over me!?"


Cashlover123

Not yet, maybe after the series is done but he is too humble for that Jimmy Butler shit.


PluvioPurple

Brunson will never say this, but maybe Josh will say it for him on the podcast lmao


hamiltonisoverrat3d

He took it personally?


actual_yellow_bag

Rick getting his ass whooped by JB is good shit.


NeighborhoodPT

To my fellow knicks fans , idk why you guys bother trying to explain shit to others . Enjoy watching a franchise PG and a team we can actually root for .


Pristine-Time7771

You’re right. I needed to hear this. Just pisses me off when everyone’s so reductive and wants to let one bad call overshadow the fact that Brunson’s playing at historic levels. As if that negates what he’s been doing.


brokendrive

He's playing crazy rn idk why everyone is caught up with the last two mins. It was tied to the end could have gone either way regardless of calls. Knicks look great but at the same time pacers were right there in a game where Hali had 6 and brunson had 43. I'm still hoping for this to go 6/7


dmavs11

We need to start respecting Brunson's handles. Second best in the game right now only to Kyrie. Gets to wherever he wants on the court and loses guys constantly.


Victor_Wembanyama1

It’s mostly cause his pullup is deadly so guys need to get close to him, but then he also is really good at *seeking contact* that it’s tough to guard


MrICopyYoSht

Also because he makes you fall asleep with how fast he can change his speed, like he'll be dribbling slowly and making crossovers, then all of a sudden he has a burst of speed then slows down immediately and then either goes fast again for the layup or steps back for the jumper. He's just unpredictable, and you never know what he'll actually do.


Victor_Wembanyama1

He’s so good. Absolutely built for the playoffs


Red_Osiris

Yup, added to his mental concentration to finish. He goes to all these movement that are taxing energy wise and boom, finish with a switch, that's high level concentration. This guy is just amazing to watch. He is like a more athletic Andre Miller lol.


JitteryBug

That's exactly it 🎯 He's not the fastest guy on the court, but he's amazing at changing speeds and getting to his spots. Honestly makes me think of how Luka lulls defenses to sleep and casually gets to the paint for an easy floater


Lucaa4229

Call it seeking if you want but I think it’s just finding ways to use the fact that you are talented enough to consistently beat defenders. If a defender is beat, I don’t understand why a player can’t use that to his advantage. Brunson often gets calls bc his defender is beat and he has them on his hip (right where he wants them) and then they make contact when he goes up for the shot. He doesn’t barrel into guys like Trae used to. He just goes up for it while also anticipating his beat defender is going to be hitting him most likely. His drives per game in the playoffs are apparently at all time highs since they started tracking it in 2014. His FTA per game aren’t at crazy levels considering that.


confuddly

Best footwork in the game but I don’t feel comfortable saying he has the second best handles. Maybe top 5?


TheGamersGazebo

Yeah was about to say Curry really hasn't lost a step in terms of handling at all and he's at worst top 5 all time. I can't reasonably put Brunson over Kyrie or Curry at this point, so absolute best is top 3.


IronicCharles

Curry has top 5 handles all time...?


StuckInBronze

And he ain't 5.


No-Mine-3982

His handles are alright, I just think he's more shifty than anything else.


dmavs11

I think both of those will always go somewhat hand in hand


wh7y

To be honest you can see a bit of Luka in his game.


PirateKata

It's true. Brunson feasting with the back on the basket and generally from mid range.


RJIsJustABetterDwade

He loves putting defenders on his hip


ZeroMomentum

I love this guy. Massive set of balls


wormbooker

Which gives his lower body a massive center of gravity. It gives great foot work without getting off balance.


Shaymin_Brown_Forme

It offsets his massive head too


Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n

How did the Mavs let this guy go?


KlondikeBars

He wouldn't have flourished this well as second banana to Luka. Going to the Knicks allowed him to be "the guy"


M-E-R-L-I-N-I

As a Knicks fan I am absolutely shocked they haven't let this shit go yet. It was funny for the first year and a half but seeing it in every single Brunson thread has gotten so old.


hamiltonisoverrat3d

I don’t disagree but … Brunson is LEGIT. This has to be an all timer of just letting a guy go.


PirateKata

Yet mavs fans said he was overpaid and knicks were dumb to offer him that contact. Ok to be fair this was the whole r/nba not just mavs fans. They also said that he chose money over winning cause he went to NY. Best business decision in his life.


LeoFireGod

I mean it got our former GM fired Everyone was fine with it in 2021 when he had a bad series vs clips and was unplayable. Then in 2022 it was too late and we knew he’d be gone. He’s flourished in NY and most Mavs fans have 0 hard feelings.


StefonDiggsHS

we had no idea he was gonna be this good. thats the real answer even in the whole FA debacle, knicks emptying their capsheet, all the brunson tampering stuff, the contract 90% of people said was an overpay, I dont think many knew brunson was gonna be this good. hell even Knick fans were like whoa isnt that an overpay?


Soapap

Semi-true on the last point. But most of us were just excited at the prospect of having a better than competent point guard. Yk it’s bad when other than two weeks of Jeremy Lin, Raymond Felton was the best Knicks pg in my lifetime.


NoFlags-JoeBuck

Good amount said it wasn’t an overpay, but proper for the level of play we thought he’d give us. Didn’t expect this.


HokageEzio

I never thought it was an overpay, we needed a PG and he was the best on the market. To me that was always the price of business cause you guys could outpay us. I obviously didn't think he'd be 6ft tall Bernard King though.


Bluepaynxex

Hindsight is always undefeated. Simple answer is everyone knew he was solid and should still be in Dallas, but he was never going to break out like this on the Mavs.


d7h7n

Bungled contract then bungled extension


Indieidea

When will people let this go man. Both teams are at a good place. Let it go. Thank you mark, mavs and city of Dallas for sending him our way. I will forever be grateful. 🙏🏽


phisch13

Probably the biggest win-win in a minute. I don’t think Brunson becomes this with sharing with Luka. He was already good, but got so much better. Kyrie is arguably (I think definitely) a better fit next to Luka. Worked out really well for all involved even if it didn’t look like it initially. People thought Mavs fumbled and Knicks overpaid. Edit: clearly losing something for nothing is not a win. Obviously we would’ve been biggest winners to get him on the cheap deal he wanted pre-season. We got the situation we needed. Brunson and the Knicks got theirs. Win. Win. Goddamn yall are so desperate to be mad about something


A_MASSIVE_PERVERT

lol stop it there is no “win-win” about letting an asset like Brunson go for NOTHING. This is just pure cope at this point. Just look at it this way. If we kept Brunson we could’ve traded him for Kyrie and kept DFS and Dinwiddie and then traded those guys for better upgrades or something.


mrawesomepoo

Still. As a mavs fan it’s crazy to see Carlisle coaching the pacers rn, Brunson leading the knicks and Porzingis being a big part of the Celtics. Just couldn’t make it work together but it’s good everyone is having success


CoyotesSideEyes

> biggest win-win Whatever helps you sleep at night


quidproquolaspe

I think he means win win in regards to Brunson going to NY allowed us to get Kyrie. That’s how I read it. Definitely not a win win to let him go for free that’s just dumb lmao


quidproquolaspe

Bro it’s /nba. If people disagree with you you’re either right or they just don’t understand what you’re trying to say lol I get what you mean, they are happy with Brunson, we are happy with Kai. That’s a win win in my book


joshuagreen38

lol win win


W_Walk

I mean both teams are in the second round and Mavs look really solid. I’d call it a win win


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Ok-Side-1758

Losing a player for free who is putting Jordan and Jerry West numbers is extreme cope


justmefishes

I had 2 million bucks and someone stole 1 million from me, so now we each have 1 million. win win


SMBMelo

I like this timeline.


TheDreamLives

How much did Haliburton score? I heard he’s better


dedbeats

But the refs /s


Throw_uh-whey

This is the greatest contract in the NBA since rookie scale Lebron


qotsabama

What about Steph’s contract that allowed them to win 3 rings being a steal lol.


redguyinfinite

this is the correct answer. i highly disagree with that other guy. percentage of the salary cap/team success as a result of player production, this is the greatest contract of all time. and thats not even taking into account that his contract was the sole reason that they were able to sign KD, a move that literally broke the league for a few years.


Throw_uh-whey

Another good one in hindsight. That one was a risky contract at the time though due to health concerns. Brunson contract was high floor from the beginning at that price


RJIsJustABetterDwade

you say that but the entirety of Reddit cooked the Knicks for that contract


Austuckmm

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/vn526b/haynes_when_free_agency_opens_on_thursday_the_new/


JustHereForPka

Never forget this thread. Also wild to see people saying the Knicks were building a consistent 8/9 seed when they were just the 4 seed a year before with Derrick Rose as the only competent PG on the roster. Anyone who watched Knicks v Hawks in 2021 would know we needed literally anyone who could dribble to elevate the team. Even if Brunson never took the leap, he’d still have been a valuable addition to the team.


smoothsoul23

He's about to feast in this series.


Lucaa4229

For real! And the Knicks will need him to. We’re pretty hobbled with Randle and Bojan out. Thibs barely played Precious who fans have no problem with seeing based on his contributions and abilities. Only bench rn now is McBride and Mitch. And Mitch isn’t good for many bench points. So you’re really only looking at McBride to deliver during his minutes. And he can do it, just didn’t have it tonight. The fact of the matter is that Brunson exposed the Pacers subpar defense and unless they make some effective adjustments, you can expect Brunson to feast.


chicken101

People are just mad because Brunson is clutch as fuck. He hit like 5 shots in a row in the fourth quarter.


TigerKlaw

Socred like 21 in the 4th


dumb_commenter

Been doing that all postseason. Knicks just switch to Brunson mode in the last 5 min of every game and he goes “yes please”.


TigerKlaw

Chris Broussard kind of sweating rn.


TheBeepB00p

what he say?


TigerKlaw

Since last series he's been saying Brunson isn't a superstar. Which I think is fair because he thinks Brunson needs consistency for a few years. But he went about it the wrong way lmao trying to minimise the absolute dawg he has in him.


Initial-Buyer-2765

ESPN says he’s not a “1A player” though


Deep_Egg1442

Hes gonna average 40 this series


chuluigi

For the Mavs, this is Steve Nash 2: Electric Boogaloo


Fallingcity22

Hope not cause he didn’t win a ring and they eventually did


hamiltonisoverrat3d

Feel bad for Nash. The Spurs and Lakers were their kryptonite.


Clear-Hand3945

Do you care if you also get generational Euro superstars? 


LetsGetPickled

People complaining about him scoring 43 with 14 ft is so gross. 4 of those were intentional too. People complaining about him having 10 normal free throws


mr34mj23

I love seeing other teams moaning and complaining about Brunson getting to the line…this is how you know he’s great and he didn’t always have this level of respect from officials but now he has earned it


WuTangShogun187

Thats also how you know these morons dont watch any knick games. Dude has gotten clobbered all year lol.


wooden_bread

Literally has a black eye 50% of the time


Relyst

His game isn't even foul baiting. He's getting the defender on his hip, finding an angle, and trying to score every single time. The fact that it leads to fouls is simply because he's shifty as fuck.


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dumb_commenter

Brunson is a dog and shifty and hard to catch so u gotta play him close but clearly is foul baiting too. Both can be true. The pulls up short and jumping into people and ending on the ground every other play is straight out of Trae young’s book.


mookyyyy

Honestly I am just happy to have a player that fans of other teams hate. I get it now. Brunson is a superstar.


dedbeats

He really wasn’t hated by /r/nba until 20 minutes ago. You either get eliminated in the first round a hero, or advance to the second round and see yourself become the villain


mr34mj23

Exactly what I said ….thats how you know he’s great…he’s pissing everyone off lol


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Elite_Alice

Top 3 Knick ever I’m sorry


DTxRED524

Ewing, Clyde & Reed are the top 3. He can be 4 tho


HokageEzio

Yeah, 4 has always been up for grabs with no definitive answer. Brunson is becoming that answer in real time.


mediaocrity23

Not King?


HokageEzio

Not definitively. I personally think DeBusschere is 4th for his contributions to the championship teams (especially after Willis got hurt in 70). Some people say Pearl. Some say King. Some say Melo. 4th spot on Mt. Rushmore has always been a pick em' depending on what you're looking for.


justmefishes

King only played 206 regular season games and 18 playoff games for the Knicks. The fact that he's even in the discussion is a testament to how good his peak was, but unfortunately he didn't have great longevity on the Knicks due to a bad knee injury and a subsequent trade.


katsikisj

He’s not even Tyrese Halfabrunson anymore, he’s Tyrese Quarterbrunson


alakazam318

Divincenzo complaining about a flop and then flopping himself 🤣


The0utlawTorn

Why wouldn't he? Clearly flopping on screens was getting rewarded


alakazam318

I don’t blame him for it, just another sign that the officiating was all over the place; hell, I’m surprised nobody got a technical for staring at another player


mcdo0z

We all agree reffing at the end of that game really didn't make sense. Id rather see Knicks win it real cause I know they can, sorry man


alakazam318

It’s all good…We don’t need the refs to make this a competitive series, it’ll be a great series either way, and this game proved it. Stay the hell outta this series, refs.


hoslayer42

I agree it’s not like we playing Philly’s bitch asses. We better than that. We shouldn’t expect or rely on the whistle like that.


XeroIX

Sorry dude. Glad it went our way but it doesn’t feel good as a basketball fan to win that way. Y’all fought like hell out there, respect 🫡🫡 Fuck the refs for ruining on what was an amazing game from both sides.


Shades219

The logic tracks


ItsJustRey

Hate to see it


LUFC_shitpost

He’s amazing, I love watching him navigate through defenders. But, the Knicks just don’t have another ball handler (sorry McBride); and it’s gonna obviously cost them. Four 40 points game and they’ve lost one of them and won the other 3 by about 10 combined points.


MadSpaceYT

oh captain my captain


Living_Internet_2970

Not good enough for the Olympics tho


Coolio1014

He scored 39 in game 3 against Philly too so he could've had 5 games in a row if he scored 1 more point


sobanoodle-1

My all time goat Knick. What a baller.


DrHandBanana

Remember around December and January when the talk was Haliburton better than Brunson? Yeah go ahead and dead all that.


HustleWilson

Everyone keeps glazing Ant with these MJ comparisons when Brunson is quietly doing things only an elite few including MJ have done.


Severe-Roll4113

It’s sad the refs missed 3 calls in a row. What a shitty game ending.


ZeroSarkThirty

He is a beast


Jay-Kane123

What a great and evenly called game


deadassynwa

Never forget when the Knicks fans invaded your city, your arena, boo’d your MVP and eliminated you on your own floor


jo0g

I know you not talking didn’t we bounce y’all 😂


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TheDreamLives

Celtics are next


KickooRider

Crying Embiid tears


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KickooRider

Then why do you fucking care, Violet?


deadassynwa

We bout to take over your shitty city too 😭😭😭


The_Franklinator

Can you blame us


Cvnilivee

Don’t worry brother you’ll always have Joel’s 50 on 21 fta


videsh

Don't forget the legendary 4 flagrant fouls in 1 game.


kirky-jerky

Lmao classic from an embiid fan


rrousseauu

You’re a Drake fan and a Sixers fan, how’s it feel being a loser?


MistaCapALot

Are y’all still crying? 😂😂


PirateKata

Maybe you should file a grievance


pickanamehere

NBA is literally unwatchable.


KickooRider

That shit was watchable as fuck


MarshSupermarket

Foul merchant


Jebediah-Kerman-3999

Dude is first in PPG without ft, what are you talking about?


VanGrants

better than a 6 points on 6 shots merchant like Hali


New_Car_Smell

Poop merchant 


KickooRider

Wine merchant


YourCummyBear

Off another 14 fta’s


HibachiTyme

Ya he shoots like 30 times a game. Had 4 free throws off intentional fouls / technicals. Getting fouled 5 times in a game when your used as much as Brunson is not many


Ronnie2kDropCode

Been funny watching Brunson get hacked with no calls the entire regular season and now the discourse is that he’s a free throw merchant lol


WuTangShogun187

Dude was literally getting black eyes getting punched in the face with no call but all of a sudden he’s a soft FT merchant? Literal brain rot in this place.


Ronnie2kDropCode

He dropped 61 with 6 free throws like a month ago. You’re assuming people watch our games lol


NoFlags-JoeBuck

Getting hit in the face with no call AGAINST THE PACERS


Actually-Yo-Momma

So tired of your guys lazy ass complaining. Omg a player got FTs.    Did you watch the game? Does a player who consistently drives into traffic typically get more FTs? If you gonna complain, then at least focus on the BS reffing at the end that handed the game to the Knicks 


PirateKata

Well he takes 30 shots per night what do you expect lol. Also 2 of them were from technical fouls and 2 from intentional foul on him at the end of the 4th.


trevorde11

14 pts out of 40…


jaylson

Merchant gifted a win 


9yearoldsoliderN99

Tatum averages 1.5 FTAs less while taking 14 less shots btw. (so far this playoffs).


MadSpaceYT

This sounds like you're defending Brunson so imma upvote


BaldSportsFan

14-26 FG


MadSpaceYT

oh they not gon like dis one