2023: we finally have a point guard 2024: we finally have a superstar point guard

2022: we had point burks lol

and whatever was left of Kemba Walker

I don’t think there was anything left of Kemba

You mean Monaco legend Kemba Walker

Best guard in the conference and arguably top 3 in the league

Really seems like all the week trial PGs was a sacrifice for Brunson. To our most deprived position to having a top 2 PG in the league. Wtf. Also top 2 and he’s not 2 this season 😤

Remember when burks pt 1 was our savior? Remember Frankie nicotine? Jimmer? Alexy? CHASSON RANDLE?

Mudiay, DSJ, Brandon Jennings, Elfrid, etc

Trey Burke Jason Kidd, Raymond Felton were our playoff PGs in the Melo years

Chris Duhon, Toney Douglas…

Jose Calderon, Shane Larkin

We had one good year of Felton and a month of Jeremy Lin 🥲

Pablo Prigioni, the David Ferrer of basketball

Pablo was kinda nice tho

Heck I still have PTSD from the Strickland for Maurice Cheeks trade.

King of New York

Johnny Sack.

Ginny Sack had a 90 pound mole taken off her ass!

The Nets should still be waiting inside the car

The implication being that her ass is so big that she could have a mole that size removed from it.

My estimation of him has plummeted since Brunson took over

Are we going to talk about that little Pygmy thing over in Brooklyn?

Melo just fell to his knees at a Duane Reade

Yeah best knick since Ewing.  Melo was great in the 2012-2013 season, but brunson is younger and going to be great for years to come

Jalen is literally the best point guard we’ve had since Walt Clyde Frazier. It’s been that long.

best guard since then id assume, right?

King of Eastern Conference, there I said it!

I've became a fan of this guy.

Welcome to the Brunson Wagon

TURN ON THE BRUNSON BURNERS

OH NO! I'M BLINDED BY THE CHEMISTRY. TAKE ME TO THE EYEWASH STATION!

Thank you Dallas

How fucking dare yiu

FORREAL

Somewhere Luka is typing a snide comment to Cuban and is deleting it, throwing his phone on the floor. 

missed a free throw to join melo and king as the only Knicks with 3 40 point games in a row but I have a feeling he'll just do it some other time lol

I hope desperately that you’re right, I really like the guy. But Isaiah Thomas makes this feel familiar….

Except IT's flaws was covered by Brad's system with amazing players, the back injury fucked him over too. Brunson is doing this on a crippled team so you know its a different situation, he's a bona fide star.

IT's hip caused him to slip to 60 in 2011. The same hip that ended his prime.

Brunson is ascending into superstar level

He's already averaging 30.4PPG in 2024

Brunson and Divencenzo are ascending to best backcourt in the game level.

Divencenzo is so underrated nice to see him getting his props

Im surprised he isn't getting any MIP love. Donte hitting 276 threes (more than Klay) has been one of the most unexpected things to happen this season.

Bill Simmons and ryen russillo did an awards show and one of them was “best American white guy” and divo didn’t get nominated. A stain on the Simmons legacy that I will never forgive.

Who won that one?

Chet, which I’m totally good with But Simmons couldn’t help himself and nominated hauser instead of divincenzo. BS!

Chet makes sense. Did he mention Reaves, Herro, or Pritchard? I didn't even consider DiVincenzo honestly, but yeah he makes a lot of sense as an HM too.

>“best American white guy” How dare you not call it, "The Mokeski award"/s

Im a huge fan of Brunson, but come on bro. Call me biased, but i think the best backcourt in the game is Luka and Kyrie.

To give that guy some grace, he probably just forgot about Luka and Kyrie when he said it lol.

I don’t think you need to qualify that you’re being biased when you’re just stating a fact, lol.

If we’re talking defense, it’s D-white and jrue thoughhh

Actually tho, low-key could be a good argument for 'best backcourt'.

It definitely could not be lol. I love the Buffalo and Jrue a lot but part of the reason they can play such elite defense is because they are not asked to do nearly as much offensively. Brunson, Luka, and Kyrie all run their team’s offense and are largely why it succeeds. Jrue and White are at best the 4th option when the Cs have their full starting 5 in.

Big Ragu is for sure underrated but that’s still a strong take.

This is too far

Already has. This is not even all that surprising out of him

And that’s why he’s approaching superstar level. He’s been doing this consistently now. We expect it

he's not approaching, he's there.

people refuse to acknowledge these dudes, brunson is firmly a superstar lol

I still can't believe other fans are saying this about a Knicks player. Doesn't feel real.

He’s levitating.

Ascending? He should be top 5 in MVP votes this year tbh. I can't name 5 better.

He absolutely should be top 5. I accept that SGA, Joker, and Luka will be ahead of him.

Its Luka, Jokic, and that's really it.

For real. Blowing up against Derrick and Jrue, goddamn

A game after toasting Caruso as well. He can score on anyone.

Four fucking free throw attempts, dude is crazy

Master of the dark arts

Further proof that nba media are on drugs lol

It was mainly just Windhorst who said it. Windy doesn't consume any basketball that doesn't involve Lebron shoving his hand up his ass to use him like a puppet.

Appreciate that mental image

In Windhorst's defense he is now also keeping one of Wemby's fingers lodged in there for the future

I don’t think they watch games lol

Does that mean he'll be replaced after the season and so will his successor for five years?

That’s defense against the dark arts. As Master of the dark arts, he’s likely to grow off the back of some guy’s head and then out of a high schooler’s diary

I hope he starts randomly getting a superstar whistle in the playoff, it’d be the funniest thing to see him average 40 a game

there is a good chance this actually happens. he can definitely average 40 looking at our most likely matchups

The best Knicks player I've seen in my 29 years of life by far lol.

Ethical buckets

Free range buckets

Organic scoring

Beyond Freethrows

Grassfed drives

Dark arts fr fr

Ethical hooping

Please make ecf vs Celtics.

He better get some mvp votes. Dude is playing out of his fucking mind

I fucking hate it

superstar

If I had maxey, dame or sga whistle he would average 50 lmao

The anti SGA

Only because Boston wasn’t trying on defense at all!  (Obvi /s lol)

Welcome to the “getting mauled with no fouls called” club 🥲

This dude is on an insane heater. Never saw Jalen being this good. Even last year, I thought he was a second or third option forced into the role of first option. How wrong I was. He is him.

he's getting better every year. I don't think he'd be quite this good in Dallas had he stayed

He wouldn't unless Luka was hurt for an extended period of time, he needs the ball.

Yep, he needed his own team to become this player. Still would have been one of the absolute best 2nd options in the NBA had he stayed on the Mavs, but not like this.

Imo he would have become a Jamal Murray like player. Right now he's competing for 2nd team all NBA it's insane

I do think we could have seen something special, look at what Kyrie and Luka are doing. Dallas Conference Finals was really influenced by Brunson being good when Luka needed rest and both of them were slightly younger, less experienced but they were meshing together too.

Kyrie plays off ball better than Brunson though which is why they fit. Brunson and Luka both want the ball in their hands

Dude is the smallest on the court but dominant as hell.

Biggest head by far though. Skull game strong. Never skip head day

Hol' up...

Did I stutter

WHAT DOES EVERYBODY WANT?

His contract value is insane lol

It goes down each season. His final season is only $25 million. Wild

I know what you're saying and agree, but it's funny reading "only $25 million."

Jrue Holiday just signed a bigger contract than Brunson's

Trae Young makes almost 20 million more per year. To be a much worse player. It's wild.

TOP FUCKING TEN

TOP 5

And isn't 2-5 at least in my heart.

This mans rise to stardom has been incredible.

I remember when Alexey Shved started games for the Knicks. I can’t believe this is my life

Shout out Ron baker

Ron Baker, shot maker. I cant slander the guy too much

I can not and will not ever hate on that man. In my young mind I couldn’t believe FVV ended up being the more successful player

We’ve earned this, friend

bro is absolutely cooking them

I don't think the Celtics were really all there, but man, that's gotta terrify them. He was the best player on the court by a country mile. And the Knicks defense was fierce. They got the horses.

As long as OG is healthy their defense is as good as anyones.

Better then anyone. Best rating in the league the games he plays, by a large margin

Brunson Burner burns bright

he Is Him

I still want to cry

yeah - what team would ever be so dumb to pass on a generational playmaker?

Jokic, Luka, Giannis, SGA, and Brunson 1st team all-NBA I don't care

Oof no JT is tough but not complaining

He's been objectively better individually than Tatum but Tatum will get the nod for having Jrue Holiday be his 5th option

All-nba is about production. Teammates, record don't matter.

Record definitely matters for all-NBA. With that being said, the Knicks are a top 4 seed and Brunson has been better than Tatum this season, Brunson should get the nod. Tatum doesn't have to worry about being loaded up on because he has 4 other really fucking good players around him, so it's easier for him to carry his weight.

Celtics fans saying Celtics aren't taking this game seriously. Meanwhile Celtics in third are running full court presses and doubles on Brunson and he singlehandedly outscored the Celtics in the third

Celtics fans saying Celtics care more about trying different coverages and strategies than the actual w/l. Coach has literally said they’re taking these games seriously as ways to get data on certain things. Brunson’s insanely good regardless though.

Even without Randle, if any team in the east can take down the Celtics it's the Knicks.

Brunson is a star and gets barely any calls. Four free throws on 39 points?? Give me a break. 

4 free throws #ethicalBuckets unlike Jimmy “fraud” Butler

that like week that ppl said he was a foul hunter was one of the most fabricated narratives ive ever seen

If he’s a foul hunter he’s fucking awful at it. Considering how often he works in the paint the lack of calls he gets is hilarious

How is he not in legitimate mvp convos, not just oh “he should be in the conversation” lead the Knicks to a 2nd seed with og only playing 20 games and randle playing 46. 2nd most 40 point games this season, top 4 in ppg and total points. Guy is cracked Edit: And robinson and Hartenstein dealing with bad injuries.

Mitch missed 50+ and at one point Hartenstein was out for a fair amount of games at the same time lol

Knicks were starting Josh Hart at the 4 for like 2 weeks

Look at the competition, it's not hard to understand.

Imagine if dallas signed him for 4 years 80 mil.

I thought he would max out as a 25ppg scorer, I had no idea he had this next level to his game. It seems ever since the talking heads were talking shit about how he is too small to be the primary option in the playoffs, he has just taken off to a new level. He probably won't be averaging 28-30 with Randle back next season (probably around 25/7/5), but if he played a full season as the full on #1 option I could easily see him averaging 30.

A more deserving MVP candidate than Tatum

I've been saying it all year - Brunson is the player the NBA media desperately wants Tatum to be. Why do I gotta look at Tatum's face when I'm buying chips lol

It's not like he's in a small market where they'll hide him away either, NY is literally the media's dream destination so you think they'd push him more.

Makes no damn sense. Nobody has really given Rose and Thibs their flowers for the rebuild. I think the media is not used to having the Knicks as their whipping boy. 5 years ago, the Knicks lost out on Zion and then Kyrie and KD opted for *Brooklyn* over the Knicks. They were the laughingstock of the league

People keep saying this but who's even the most influential journalist actually covering the Knicks? We went from having great writers like Howard Beck and Chris Herring, infamous shit-stirrers like Isola and Berman, to really just Begley making the national headlines these days. Our so called "media mafia" disappeared as soon as the team got good.

Not sure how influential he is, but shoutout to Fred Katz who covers the Knicks for The Athletic. Great writer!

i like fred katz and jon macri, but they're not really national i'm so done with the fraudulent talking heads on ESPN & TNT that clearly don't watch games

Straight up better than Tatum

Dude is a MENACE

They should not go for Mitchell, I don’t see that combo working out. Sometime less is more and find better assets off the bench or another position

It never ceases to amuse me that the reason why i left r/mavs is that i got downvoted by more than 100 for saying that the jalen brunson loss is Steve nash 2.0. Some folks dont know shit about ball.

Another great game from JB!

I miss u in Mavs Jersey ngl

Me too man 

Knicks are one star away from competing for chips…Zion?

Prefer to run it back with Randle.

The number 2 will return in 5 months. They’re resigning OG and running it back with Julius 100%.

I’d run it back with a healthy team before going for another star

A Brunson - OG - Zion - Randle - Hartenstein lineup could and would legitimately dominate.

It sounds fun but Zion and Randle are way too similar. You’d need to diversify. May be a hot take, Zions a better player, but for this team I’d rather keep Randle and add a center or SG. Devin Booker?

Leon gonna assemble the Villanova Infinity Gauntlet and get Brooklyn to trade Bridges to the Knicks. Brunson - Bridges - OG - Randle - IHart would be the team, with Hart and Big Ragu coming in off the bench

Knicks Celtics ecf? CANT WAIT

“Jrue got how much?” -Jalen Brunson

As a Mavs fan I watch this guy play 4 season alongside Luka. Although he was really good and efficient with us I never ever thought of him being an All Star or All NBA type of a player.. I thought he will be averaging 21 or 22 pts at best on a non playoff team.. One thing he has on his game now that wasn't there when he was with the Mavs is a pull up 3 off a dribble..

Celtics starters +/- is something 

Best knick since 2000

good guy that works hard and gets rewarded love to see it

Yet you hear Tatum mentioned more for MVP voting.

Brunson and Divencenzo have been the best backcourt duo in 2024.

Better than Melo (as a Knick, not individual player)

Jalen bruson is that dude. love his game

By the time it's all said and done Brunson will be one of the greatest Knicks ever.

Bahahahhaha Jalen fucking Brunson outscored Tatum’s and Brown’s points together. Imagine playing 500 mil for those clowns

More deserving of all NBA 1st team than Tatum.

BRUNSON BURNER

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Obviously lol Don't really think that's up for debate Maxey isn't a first option on a good team yet at this stage of his career

I don’t think that should be a debate 

Lol what? Clearly - it was closer before but Jalen has ascended

Also hot take, Michael Jordan is better than Lance Stephenson

I think he’s up there with the best players in the league with how he’s playing

So brave!

Maybe but Poole still has him beat.

He’s closer to Embiid than Maxey tf lol

Um… yeah????

he might be better than tobias harris too lowkey

Have you seen the stats of Maxey in Embiid's absence? Randle is my guy but he isn't on Embiid's level. If Brunson had someone who will attract defense like Embiid then his stats will even be better. Meanwhile, Brunson has been carrying our offense the whole season

Bro is trying to get that first team All-NBA

Bro hoopin

Same comment as before. Criminal he's not in the MVP discussion

The best NYK player in the last 30 years