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cgf wrote:

LaLover11 wrote:

cgf wrote:
Jalen also went toe-to-toe with Jimmy last year in a way Giannis and Tatum couldn't, after out-dueling Mitchell (again). So it's not just beating Embiid & Maxey on his own.

Who? Lol Butler is nothing special

Stop it

Goodnight

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Brunson a monster -

Dame was a monster -

Kyrie has a ring -

All these guys have had their time - it’s Brunsons - kyrie still balling and he has been the best Mav this series

Dames time has passed

The dude is good. Great season. Should be All-NBA 2nd team.

Jalen is very good, this is a little premature though. Playoff raw numbers are great so far, efficiency not so much (yet).

He does carry that team well though, credit to him.

I'm rooting for the Knicks because Brunson is a very likable player, f the haters.

LaLover11 wrote:

uncleduck13 wrote:

Hello Brooklyn wrote:LOL what has he done?

Beat a 7 seed with their best player injured?

Thats better than Dame's WCF run? Or Kyrie winning the Finals.

Yes it’s better than Dames run where he got swept and Kyrie playing robin to LeBron

Brunson just beat a terrible Sixers team where Harris scored 0 points and a handicap Embiid with a 40yr old Lowry

What a legend

You realize the sixers won 10 games straight coming into the playoffs. They were the hottest team in the nba when Embiid returned. So salty

cgf wrote:

Jta444 wrote:Recency bias thread. Brunson is good but there’s a reason Dame is top 75. He’s carried the Blazers in a much tougher West and have we forgotten those 2 series ending buzzer beaters? Plus Brunson hasn’t topped Kyrie’s 2016 Finals. Brunson just beat an injured Embiid. He’s got a nice career trajectory though and definitely has a chance to surpass those two but as of now not yet.

Jalen also went toe-to-toe with Jimmy last year in a way Giannis and Tatum couldn't, after out-dueling Mitchell (again). So it's not just beating Embiid & Maxey on his own.

I’d say Brunson might be better than Kyrie, because he can clearly carry a team as a #1. (Although that 2016 Finals Kyrie performance is just a performance for the ages capped off with that game-winning shot.) But in my opinion Brunson isn’t yet on the level of prime Damian Lillard.

Hello Brooklyn wrote:

Capn'O wrote:

Hello Brooklyn wrote:LOL what has he done?

Beat a 7 seed with their best player injured?

Thats better than Dame's WCF run? Or Kyrie winning the Finals.

Made back to back semis, which the Nets haven't done since 2007. Deal with it.

Nets living in your head rent free

Call me when you make a Finals this century.

Why even comment when your team was eliminated from playoff contention months ago? You’re better than this.

Jta444 wrote:

cgf wrote:

Jta444 wrote:Recency bias thread. Brunson is good but there’s a reason Dame is top 75. He’s carried the Blazers in a much tougher West and have we forgotten those 2 series ending buzzer beaters? Plus Brunson hasn’t topped Kyrie’s 2016 Finals. Brunson just beat an injured Embiid. He’s got a nice career trajectory though and definitely has a chance to surpass those two but as of now not yet.

Jalen also went toe-to-toe with Jimmy last year in a way Giannis and Tatum couldn't, after out-dueling Mitchell (again). So it's not just beating Embiid & Maxey on his own.

I’d say Brunson might be better than Kyrie, because he can clearly carry a team as a #1. (Although that 2016 Finals Kyrie performance is just a performance for the ages capped off with that game-winning shot.) But in my opinion Brunson isn’t yet on the level of prime Damian Lillard.

I agree with you here. Prime Dame was on another level. But if Brunson reaches the ECF, conversations can be had on where we’d compare the 2.

LaLover11 wrote:

cgf wrote:

LaLover11 wrote:
This is how Hart would have to guard his own Teammate Brunson if he played vs him lmao

Read on Twitter

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I mean, you seem pretty shook by Jalen and Philly did a great job on him comparatively. Just wait til you see what he does to the Pacers...

Just admit Brunson is the East Harden lmao
Pacers omg another unstoppable and defensive world beater

A majority of the media and sportsbooks had the Knicks as underdogs when the series against Philly started.

Sixers were the hottest team in the league going into the playoffs.

They had the best player on their team…still lost.

Brunson is him. Keep hatin’

bronxknicksfan1 wrote:

LaLover11 wrote:

cgf wrote:
I mean, you seem pretty shook by Jalen and Philly did a great job on him comparatively. Just wait til you see what he does to the Pacers...

Just admit Brunson is the East Harden lmao
Pacers omg another unstoppable and defensive world beater

A majority of the media and sportsbooks had the Knicks as underdogs when the series against Philly started.

Sixers were the hottest team in the league going into the playoffs.

They had the best player on their team…still lost.

Brunson is him. Keep hatin’

So now we're using regular season wins to determine a playoff contender lmao

LaLover11 wrote:

bronxknicksfan1 wrote:

LaLover11 wrote:
Just admit Brunson is the East Harden lmao
Pacers omg another unstoppable and defensive world beater

A majority of the media and sportsbooks had the Knicks as underdogs when the series against Philly started.

Sixers were the hottest team in the league going into the playoffs.

They had the best player on their team…still lost.

Brunson is him. Keep hatin’

So now we're using regular season wins to determine a playoff contender lmao

Isn’t that how it’s always determined…

bronxknicksfan1 wrote:

LaLover11 wrote:

bronxknicksfan1 wrote:
A majority of the media and sportsbooks had the Knicks as underdogs when the series against Philly started.

Sixers were the hottest team in the league going into the playoffs.

They had the best player on their team…still lost.

Brunson is him. Keep hatin’

So now we're using regular season wins to determine a playoff contender lmao

Isn’t that how it’s always determined…

Wrong once again smh

You analyze a teams Playoff success in the Playoffs
Regular season nobody plays defense and only care about selfish stats. Grow up buddy

LaLover11 wrote:

bronxknicksfan1 wrote:

LaLover11 wrote:
So now we're using regular season wins to determine a playoff contender lmao

Isn’t that how it’s always determined…

Wrong once again smh

You analyze a teams Playoff success in the Playoffs
Regular season nobody plays defense and only care about selfish stats. Grow up buddy

I know someone that has an agenda when I see one. You have a good day.

bronxknicksfan1 wrote:

LaLover11 wrote:

bronxknicksfan1 wrote:
Isn’t that how it’s always determined…

Wrong once again smh

You analyze a teams Playoff success in the Playoffs
Regular season nobody plays defense and only care about selfish stats. Grow up buddy

I know someone that has an agenda when I see one. You have a good day.

You don't even know it's night time right now... Smh
Goodnight

I'll say, there seems to be a level of inevitability with Brunson I never felt with Kyrie. Kyrie will just fizzle out at times. His motor and his resolve to keep shooting will go away, he'll look frazzled, etc. I think the Knicks could've still beat this limited Sixers team and maybe kyrie does it in different ways, but Brunson just appears to be a more consistent scorer and be mentally tougher, so I'll give it to Brunson. But if Kyrie can get to the finals and the Mavs win, I'd put that on the same plane. He's gotta show out and dominate.

Dame last year was incredible, he would've destroyed these Sixers too. But he's past his prime now.

Capn'O wrote:

DusterBuster wrote:Lmao, Brunson choked away more late FTs this series than Dame in his whole career.

Brunson has been awesome, but peak Dame beats them all. Aside from Steph, Dame is the only small guard to LEAD a team to the conference finals as a teams best player. Even Kyrie never did that.

Give us a couple of weeks, man.

I do agree that he needs a little more hardware.

To be clear, I’m not saying he can’t… even in the very near future… just the question as of today May 3rd, 2024… Dame wins out of these 3.

No disrespect, just solely looking at the levels all have currently reached. Right now, Dame wins flat out.

This Knicks team reminds me a lot of the team Dame took to the WCF. It wasn’t a star filled team, just a lot of dudes who **** played their ass off and knew their role. That can get you far.

Pelly24 wrote:I'll say, there seems to be a level of inevitability with Brunson I never felt with Kyrie. Kyrie will just fizzle out at times. His motor and his resolve to keep shooting will go away, he'll look frazzled, etc. I think the Knicks could've still beat this limited Sixers team and maybe kyrie does it in different ways, but Brunson just appears to be a more consistent scorer and be mentally tougher, so I'll give it to Brunson. But if Kyrie can get to the finals and the Mavs win, I'd put that on the same plane. He's gotta show out and dominate.

Dame last year was incredible, he would've destroyed these Sixers too. But he's past his prime now.

If pains me to say, but Dame is showing his age. And tbf, it could very well just be coaching and roster. Those Blazer teams were built around him vs whatever the **** this Bucks Frankenstein team is. But man, Dame used to have “must see” games every week, now it’s every month… again, maybe just him trying to learn to be a second best guy vs a #1 option… but yeesh, looking like Blazers cashed out right in time.

And I say this as someone who was fully happy with him staying in Portland til the wheels fell off. Still would have been fine with that, but this was his choice… if it had to end like this, glad the timing worked like it did.

Hello Brooklyn wrote:LOL what has he done?

Beat a 7 seed with their best player injured?

Thats better than Dame's WCF run? Or Kyrie winning the Finals.

At this point he is Trae Young with better PR

DusterBuster wrote:

Pelly24 wrote:I'll say, there seems to be a level of inevitability with Brunson I never felt with Kyrie. Kyrie will just fizzle out at times. His motor and his resolve to keep shooting will go away, he'll look frazzled, etc. I think the Knicks could've still beat this limited Sixers team and maybe kyrie does it in different ways, but Brunson just appears to be a more consistent scorer and be mentally tougher, so I'll give it to Brunson. But if Kyrie can get to the finals and the Mavs win, I'd put that on the same plane. He's gotta show out and dominate.

Dame last year was incredible, he would've destroyed these Sixers too. But he's past his prime now.

If pains me to say, but Dame is showing his age. And tbf, it could very well just be coaching and roster. Those Blazer teams were built around him vs whatever the **** this Bucks Frankenstein team is. But man, Dame used to have “must see” games every week, now it’s every month… again, maybe just him trying to learn to be a second best guy vs a #1 option… but yeesh, looking like Blazers cashed out right in time.

And I say this as someone who was fully happy with him staying in Portland til the wheels fell off. Still would have been fine with that, but this was his choice… if it had to end like this, glad the timing worked like it did.

Notice Murray is still #1 option on nuggets offense
Lillard needs to become that for the Lakers or Heat