Chris Cote

Every guy in that league wants his team.

It's why Brunson, look, there are a lot of reasons Brunson took less money to be there, and he's going to make it all back right now, and whatever it is he's going to get in advertising.

But everybody wants the situation, and many of them would take a discount to have a team be theirs the way that Brunson's is in New York.

And the expectations, this is a big one, Zaz.

He has exceeded every expectation, at least in part, because there were no expectations.

There really weren't.

Like, what he's been doing the last few years in the playoffs before this year was fine for them.

Like, they were perfectly happy with him.

I'm not saying that they wouldn't have been disappointed if the thing hadn't kept growing.

I'm saying no one blamed Brunson for them not advancing to the championship.

He has exceeded every single expectation that anyone

I'm saying that his great before this was great enough.

He had already delivered more plays.

off victories and moments that they'd had for a generation or two generations of fans.

He did more before this season in the playoffs than Carmelo Anthony did in the playoffs for them.

And Carmelo Anthony is as beloved a son as they have.

He equaled Carmelo his first year in New York.

But that's what I'm saying.

If the starting point on Brunson is you immediately exceed Carmelo, you've made the sport fan in New York, who's really hard to please, okay with who you are.

There's never been any criticism of Brunson.