Nick Wright

You know, chemistry, those types of things.

And I said a month ago, maybe three weeks ago, why can't Jalen Brunson be this generation's Isaiah Thomas?

And I think that take is aging very, very well.

Because Isaiah Thomas is a vintage...

Not necessarily you had to be there because I wasn't there for most of it.

But you have to be willing to accept and acknowledge that there is something that is not going to be quantifiable in someone's statistical profile that can be a huge part of why they're a winning basketball player.

Isaiah Thomas, in his career, one time...

finished in the top seven.

Seven in MVP voting.

Isaiah Thomas, one time in his career, averaged more than 21 points per game.

Now he was a super high assist guy.

He's a true point guard.

But Isaiah Thomas also, from college to the pros, every single year, got

absolutely as far as his team possibly could.

He figured out exactly what his team needed and was able to deliver it and how to keep those teams connected.

Now again, they're very different players.

Jalen Brunson is a high usage rate shoot first point guard and Isaiah Thomas was very different than that.

But they are similar in that

At their best when the moment matters, the fact that they are wildly undersized has no impact on their effectiveness whatsoever.

And at some point when you win as much as those guys won, it can't be coincidental.