A few months ago, “Knicks superfan” Stephen A. Smith said the Knicks are NOT winning a championship after almost losing against the Warriors 2nd string players and BLAMED Jalen Brunson for the Knicks failing to have more depth due to him wanting Mikal Bridges on the team 😳💀 “Knicks ain’t winning a damn thing… The person I’m blaming most for all of this is Jalen Brunson… You can’t let your organization give up that much to get a dude that’s gonna ultimately handicap you from winning a championship… How this team gonna beat Boston? How this team gonna beat Cleveland? They damn sure ain’t gonna beat Detroit looking like this.”

Becky Hammon on why the Knicks can’t win a championship: “They don't have a dude... you got to have a 1A dude." Perkins: "They do have that dude…Jalen Brunson." Hammon: "He too small. If your best player is small, you're not winning."

Becky Hammon on why the Knicks can’t win a championship: “They don't have a dude... you got to have a 1A dude." Perkins: "They do have that dude…Jalen Brunson." Hammon: "He too small. If your best player is small, you're not winning."

Isiah Thomas says small guards like him & Jalen Brunson have to win by transcending analytics 🏆 "Steph Curry did it with shooting... if Brunson becomes a champion, we did it scoring and assisting." @MichelleDBeadle | @boogiecousins | @ChandlerParsons | @TeamLou23

Draymond Green on apologizing to Jalen Brunson for saying he’s not a 1A guy in the NBA: “The reason I said that is because I’ve been very critical of Jalen Brunson just not thinking that, hey man, he’s this 1A guy that and here’s the thing what y’all have to understand about me. When I say 1A, when I say 1A, what I’m saying is no matter what you go to, you’re the guy. Allah Steph Curry, Allah LeBron James, Allah Luka Doncic, Kawhi, like there’s only really five to seven 1As in all of the NBA. And so it’s never like a shot like y’all try to make at it Jalen Brunson. I just think there’s only like five of those guys that no matter what team you put them on, they’re the best. That’s 1A to me. That’s 1A. Needless to say, I’ve been very critical. And I think he last night take a 3-1 lead I think. I think they’re on their way to a championship. And I am not somebody who can’t say they’re wrong.” (Via @DraymondShow)

🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨 #Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is under HEAVY CRITICISM from #NBA fans for crossing his arms during the US National Anthem. Wembanyama was not present during both anthems at MSG. Victor is on a 4-year, $55.17 million contract in the US.

This Spurs fan is fighting the entire city of New York 😭😭

"Jalen 'Big Body' Brunson took the Knicks to the Promised Land. ... I want him coming out firing tonight." @KendrickPerkins is fine with Jalen Brunson taking a high number of shot attempts 🏀

These people have been waiting an hour to get into Madison Square Garden. Here is a first person account: “They routed everyone down to 34th and 8th. Police barracade. Through metal detectors to a point about 200 feet from MSG. Then they came and apologized and said they were confused and instead we needed to exit the barracade and go to 34th and 7th. We walked there and then a different set of police told us to go to 32nd and 6th. There are hundreds, if not a thousand people, wandering around in giant herds not knowing where to go or how to get in. The police keep saying they don’t know the protocol.”