J-Mac (Jason McIntyre)

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It's something about just playing on Broadway, man.

It's just, you know, the celebrities there.

You know, I always say it was something about the lighting, right?

You know, out of all the arenas in the league, like the way that the garden is set up is like a stage.

You know what I'm saying?

So you don't get that environment anywhere but New York.

And when you come, you know, like you got to bring your A game or you're going to hear about it.

I'm just, you know, I'm extremely proud of him, man.

I just really look at the way that he's matured in these playoffs more than even the season.

Right.

You know, he's really bought into like the team concept.

I think the biggest hurdle that he had to get over was just really just accepting that this is Jalen Brunson's team.

Right.

You know, you seven foot, you the big guy on campus.

You just feel like this should be my team.

This is all about me.

But it's not, you know, in New York is about Jalen Brunson.

And I think that Mike Brown, what he's done with him, has allowed him to be more integrated in the game and not just focus on scoring.

I was saying the other day that I feel like he's playing a little bit more like Draymond Green, where he's almost like a point center.