Ryen Russillo

I didn't think he was going to be this. And then on top of everything else, he's just so comfortable in all these huge moments. However, you know, the Boston series, it wasn't really about Brunson in the beginning. They did a really good job containing him. Bridges went off. And then Boston just becomes this comically stagnant team. So you're right.

Brunson has brought such energy to this franchise and those moments at MSG where he's just dialing it up and no one can do anything with him. it ignores and maybe it's, it's kind of baked into the cap. Part of it is like, if he, if you have one bad defender, you can kind of hide it.

Brunson has brought such energy to this franchise and those moments at MSG where he's just dialing it up and no one can do anything with him. it ignores and maybe it's, it's kind of baked into the cap. Part of it is like, if he, if you have one bad defender, you can kind of hide it.

Brunson has brought such energy to this franchise and those moments at MSG where he's just dialing it up and no one can do anything with him. it ignores and maybe it's, it's kind of baked into the cap. Part of it is like, if he, if you have one bad defender, you can kind of hide it.

But when it's the Pacers deciding, like, do we want to attack cat this time? Or do we want to attack Brunson? And to Halliburton's credit too, which I had to remind myself of a little bit of like his standing in the league, um, where you go, you know how we all kind of fall in love with who those guys are, the top 10 players, top 15. I voted them all NBA. It was close for third team for him.

But when it's the Pacers deciding, like, do we want to attack cat this time? Or do we want to attack Brunson? And to Halliburton's credit too, which I had to remind myself of a little bit of like his standing in the league, um, where you go, you know how we all kind of fall in love with who those guys are, the top 10 players, top 15. I voted them all NBA. It was close for third team for him.

But when it's the Pacers deciding, like, do we want to attack cat this time? Or do we want to attack Brunson? And to Halliburton's credit too, which I had to remind myself of a little bit of like his standing in the league, um, where you go, you know how we all kind of fall in love with who those guys are, the top 10 players, top 15. I voted them all NBA. It was close for third team for him.

But when you have somebody who's approached the game more like a quarterback, who's dissecting things and playing like this natural point guard position with the instincts that are so rare in today's game, like when you have a guy like that who knows like, okay, there is a play that he had in the closeout game where he went on that little bit of a tear.

But when you have somebody who's approached the game more like a quarterback, who's dissecting things and playing like this natural point guard position with the instincts that are so rare in today's game, like when you have a guy like that who knows like, okay, there is a play that he had in the closeout game where he went on that little bit of a tear.

But when you have somebody who's approached the game more like a quarterback, who's dissecting things and playing like this natural point guard position with the instincts that are so rare in today's game, like when you have a guy like that who knows like, okay, there is a play that he had in the closeout game where he went on that little bit of a tear.

So Cat was late in drop coverage and doesn't get to Halliburton. Halliburton hits a floater inside the paint. And it was another one of those discussions where one of Cat's teammates is like, what are you doing? Like, you have to show more on that. They run something very similar. Halliburton knows, because he just got yelled at, that Cat's going to come up to him. And Halliburton's like, yep.

So Cat was late in drop coverage and doesn't get to Halliburton. Halliburton hits a floater inside the paint. And it was another one of those discussions where one of Cat's teammates is like, what are you doing? Like, you have to show more on that. They run something very similar. Halliburton knows, because he just got yelled at, that Cat's going to come up to him. And Halliburton's like, yep.

So Cat was late in drop coverage and doesn't get to Halliburton. Halliburton hits a floater inside the paint. And it was another one of those discussions where one of Cat's teammates is like, what are you doing? Like, you have to show more on that. They run something very similar. Halliburton knows, because he just got yelled at, that Cat's going to come up to him. And Halliburton's like, yep.

And delays just enough. Siakam has the cutoff of it. He's wide open. He actually missed the layup. So... I know I'm kind of going off here a little bit, but when you have two of these liabilities defensively and cat is the sassy one.

And delays just enough. Siakam has the cutoff of it. He's wide open. He actually missed the layup. So... I know I'm kind of going off here a little bit, but when you have two of these liabilities defensively and cat is the sassy one.

And delays just enough. Siakam has the cutoff of it. He's wide open. He actually missed the layup. So... I know I'm kind of going off here a little bit, but when you have two of these liabilities defensively and cat is the sassy one.

Yeah. And look, I don't, I don't know what happened with them. I mean, there was only five assists total from Brunson, the cat and that entire series. When you look at the offensive ratings for the Knicks over the course of the year, like month by month, it was the best offense in the NBA to like the bottom third, the last couple of months. So they lost something.

Yeah. And look, I don't, I don't know what happened with them. I mean, there was only five assists total from Brunson, the cat and that entire series. When you look at the offensive ratings for the Knicks over the course of the year, like month by month, it was the best offense in the NBA to like the bottom third, the last couple of months. So they lost something.

Yeah. And look, I don't, I don't know what happened with them. I mean, there was only five assists total from Brunson, the cat and that entire series. When you look at the offensive ratings for the Knicks over the course of the year, like month by month, it was the best offense in the NBA to like the bottom third, the last couple of months. So they lost something.

And whether that's on Tibbs, not being creative enough, Now, I would say there's probably more Bridges possessions in there with an offense that's a little bit more creative, where we're like, hey, can't we just use the Kat Brunson thing as some kind of decoy instead of Bridges is watching so much of this? But you're absolutely right.