Jay Wright

and if you look at all the greats from the kobe's to the mics uh to the brunson's sgas they have one thing in common they want the ball in their hands and they're not afraid if the shot does not go in that oh my goodness what are people going to say or write about me they move on to the next play and i knew every time it was a close game

the Knicks were gonna win because they had the best player on the floor.

He can manipulate matchups.

He plays off two feet, so his footwork is impeccable.

He was gonna be able to get any shot he want.

Now, if he made that shot, that's on him.

There was nothing you were going to do

for him not to get a clean look or a good rep.

And that's what the great ones do.

They manipulate the game, and Brunson is as good as anyone doing that.

But everybody missed out on this.

Everybody.

He was a second-round draft pick.

Even his head coach, Jay Wright, joined us in the first hour.

He said, I didn't think he was a number one guy.

Maybe a number two, maybe a number three on a championship team.

The Knicks wanted Donovan Mitchell.

They got Jalen Brunson as a consolation prize.

But has it been right in front of us?

Even in Dallas, you know, when Luka went out early in the playoffs during that run to the final, Jalen Brunson gave us a glimpse of this.