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Deeeez Knicks wrote:Isn’t this the same clown who said he would rather have Jalen Green over Brunson and Randle not too long ago?

NowWHYcee7 wrote:I usually can't stand Gil, but on a recent podcast he said something I totally agree with.

Jalen Brunson is the most exciting athlete we've had in a long time. He's Jeter like in demeanor, work ethic, ability, etc. He's been playing at an MVP level since he got here. Even when we got Melo we all know it felt fugazi and we weren't really contenders, no slight to Melo. Jalen has transformed the Knicks to an extent not seen in over 30 years, and lifted the spirits of Knicks fans to insane levels. Not to mention that he's "our guy," in that we targeted him when everyone else was sleeping, and acquired him.

So why isn't he bigger than what he is? What's up with our media? What's up with the marketing? We are the TOP media market in the league...but every time I turn on sports radio we are meat-riding some other athlete from some other city. Yeah they acknowledge Jalen's play, but I see and hear more gushing over someone like Wemby, SGA, or Anthony Edwards than Jalen. We saw what happened with the All-star starter snub. So when I watch the national sports coverage, I can't really be shocked at the terrible takes that we've had to endure from Becky Hammon, Candace Parker, etc. WTF is going on? If we aren't even pushing or promoting our own, can we really expect others to?

NowWHYcee7 wrote:

cgmw wrote:IDK every time I turn on national NBA news, the talking heads are climbing over themselves to say how disrespected and underrated Brunson is. It's pretty much his brand now. If we beat the Sixers and/or Bucks, expect a lot of David vs. Goliath talk.

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If by the national NBA news, you mean Kendrick Perkins, then yeah.

Meat wrote:

Deeeez Knicks wrote:Isn’t this the same clown who said he would rather have Jalen Green over Brunson and Randle not too long ago?

Ok and? Being wrong one take doesn’t make you wrong on all? When you consider the media impact and overall population of nyc, Jb shoulda Been an all Star starter

Deeeez Knicks wrote:

Meat wrote:

Deeeez Knicks wrote:Isn’t this the same clown who said he would rather have Jalen Green over Brunson and Randle not too long ago?

Ok and? Being wrong one take doesn’t make you wrong on all? When you consider the media impact and overall population of nyc, Jb shoulda Been an all Star starter

The issue is Arenas is in the media and part of the problem. Dude was shiting on the Knicks and dismissing them as much as anyone. Caps analogy was perfect.

The NBA is now world wide. Nyc is maybe 0.1% of the population? We really dont have the sway we once did in terms of national media attention or voting. Most of the media coverage is negative and most casuals see the Knicks as the same ol Knicks because of that. Blaming nyc is a copout when he should be apologizing and blaming himself for underrating Brunson and the knicks.

Arenas is a straight up clown though and no idea why people even listen to him.... That's part of the problem. Too many people listen to fools like that

matchman wrote:

Deeeez Knicks wrote:

Meat wrote:Ok and? Being wrong one take doesn’t make you wrong on all? When you consider the media impact and overall population of nyc, Jb shoulda Been an all Star starter

The issue is Arenas is in the media and part of the problem. Dude was shiting on the Knicks and dismissing them as much as anyone. Caps analogy was perfect.

The NBA is now world wide. Nyc is maybe 0.1% of the population? We really dont have the sway we once did in terms of national media attention or voting. Most of the media coverage is negative and most casuals see the Knicks as the same ol Knicks because of that. Blaming nyc is a copout when he should be apologizing and blaming himself for underrating Brunson and the knicks.

Arenas is a straight up clown though and no idea why people even listen to him.... That's part of the problem. Too many people listen to fools like that

If we talk in global scale, Knicks is not as big as we think. Yes we are the Mecca of basketball, but I was surprised by the fact that Knicks only ranked 16th out of 30 teams among Instagram followers.

GSW: 32.6M
LAL: 24.5M
CLE: 16.7M
CHI: 10.2M
BOS: 7.9M
MIA: 6.7M
HOU: 6.3M
OKC: 5.9M
MIL: 5.5M
LAC: 5.3M
SAS: 5.2M
BKN: 4.9M
PHI: 4.3M
DAL: 4.1M
TOR: 4.1M

NYK: 4M

You may imagine if you are the mass media, which team you will tend to cover more.
Hopefully this generation of Knicks can draw more fans to join the train with their performance.

Ursusamericanus wrote:Of course he is a star and is recognized as such. His peers see it, other teams' fans see it, hell even casuals see it now. The media will catch up, they are the slowest learners (outside of Perk and some others).