Jalen Brunson is a “STAR,” is LeBron missing piece for Knicks to contend? | Colin Cowherd NBA

Jalen Brunson is a “STAR,” is LeBron missing piece for Knicks to contend? | Colin Cowherd NBA

Welcome to the official YouTube channel for the Colin coward podcast go on hit the Subscribe button there you go right down there if you want to be among the first to hear my weekly takes NFL college football more right there I always thought Jaylen Brunson

Was a onea maybe he’s a one 27 a game I love his leadership his IQ his toughness I think he’s the best Nick sent Ying was never a huge Carmelo fan didn’t give you anything on the second on the defensive end and a little bit selfish wouldn’t

Step back and hit threes for years he just got stubborn on the twos so if brunson’s an a I do believe you need a very strong two I think OG and Randall are threes good threes um and and and at the end of that game if brunson’s not hitting forget

Randall because Randall would be slowed down by ad he’s not getting any cheap points ad is the best low post defender in the game and I look at the Knicks and what I’ve seen Jason in the last three years with them is patience and part of

Me’s like just go get a two and then part of me’s like no that’s the Knicks you’ve been desperate Amari STM you always reach on people is there a player in the league if not this trade deadline next trade deadline because I think they need a two so address if you think the

Knicks do if brunson’s not hitting late like he wasn’t against the Lakers boy they go dry fast I mean they go drive fast now Randall didn’t play but I don’t think OG or Randall are Elite scores per se is there a guy in the league that you

Say you know what I thought it was Carl Anthony towns I was kind of in that for a while is there a guy that you would like for that role patience is the perfect way to put it because they could have jumped on Donovan Mitchell and now

It’s one it’s one of those things where it’s at the time of the trade we didn’t realize Brunson was this good so like maybe internally they were like brunson’s our guy and maybe that was some of the reasoning behind it but the point is is waiting ended up being smart

Because then Jaylen Brunson popped and now they can kind of be more patient in terms of waiting for who that next guy is I thought the OG and anobi trade was was genius because it didn’t waste any sort of super legitimate asset in terms of their uh pursuit of an eventual star

I think one of the reasons why that Laker game looked the way it did is the Knicks are very much like a physically imposing team like they are very much like a power beat you up for 48 minutes classic Tom Fido type of team right and

When you take OG and Julius out they just become small really fast especially with Mitchell Robinson out of the lineup because he’s been injured although he might come back before the end but I mean this won’t come as any secret to uh anybody who’s listened to you and me

Talk about this before but we’re both really high on Jaylen Brunson and I think like I think Jaylen Brunson has entered into that conversation with the best CS in the league like I I think he’s just on that tier we’re we’re on an extended stretch now where he not only

That he’s improving and like to take it even a step further look at the playoff last year he straight up outplayed Donovan Mitchell head-to-head in woned series and he went to I think frankly Jason I think he’s a better player Mitchell he’s not quite I don’t think

He’s quite I shouldn’t even say this anymore I gotta I gotta get over this I think he’s a better leader I think he plays uh with a very steady temperament I know exactly what I get from Jaylen Brunson every game I watch him Donovan I

Get I get stretches where I get he just like forgets his teammates I think Brunson is a top you can name it but I think he New York loud he’s classic Villanova Tunes out the noise coachable leader grownup defends like I’m sorry but I I have I think he’s

Terrific I love him to to Donovan Mitchell’s credit he’s having the best season of his career as well the Cavs are literally the two seed he’s having the best defensive season he’s had of his career so I want to give Donovan Mitchell some credit but I agree with

You Jaylen Brunson is a better basketball player than him but then he also went toe-to-toe with Jimmy Butler the reason why they couldn’t beat the Heat last year was J Julius Randall was a complete non-factor in that postseason run now in his defense he was hurt he

Had hurt his ankle right before the playoffs and was pretty beat up throughout that playoff run but to your point the Knicks have already shown us they can make some noise with just Jaylen Jaylen Brunson so you can imagine what a number two would do for them now

The question is who the guy that I know that they’ve been waiting on is Joel embiid but I do get somewhat concerned about with his with his injury history now like here we are again with him with his knee struggling to make it through a regular season but I think Joel embiid

Is a guy they’ve had their eyes on I think if the war if the Lakers just absolutely like flounder this year like just an absolute disaster end of the season I put like a like a 5% chance that someone like LeBron could potentially either opt out of his deal

This summer and signed there on like a mid-level exception or opt in and do the James hard where basically you opt in and ask for a trade and then try to do that because I look at LeBron James as basically even at this phase of his career just a way better version of

Julius Randall which kind of is a shoe in fit to that position you know what I mean so like but I think I I think when it comes to with to the Nick’s patience has been the name of the game Jaylen Brunson has bought them the ability to

Be good while they wait for the right guy but at the end of the day there’s no reason to jump at anything unless it is the I wouldn’t trade for a single guy unless he was better than Jaylen Brunson it literally is that simple to

Me yeah I I I think brunson’s the future of the Knicks and and you know there’s a lot of people that are you know there’s you you hear this uh I I think it was said about Jaylen Brunson he’s a little guy you don’t win championships with little

Guys and the NBA is getting bigger I mean there’s a certain recent formula size in the league but I gotta tell you as the league gets younger I think there’s an increasing value in maturity and leadership as the league gets younger it’s why Lebron is so valuable

And I think Tatum in New York you can get lost in that City I mean that that that that City beats guys up like if you’re not I mean I remember guys like Jeremy shot I mean that’s why the great Jeremy shaki was a great New York

Giant just not ready for the city quite right if you go to the history of New York go look at their Stars Jeter Aron judge Eli Manning what’s the theme go home all about the sport grown-ups with the media good background adult you know relationships with family

It’s funny Jeter close to his family Eli Manning brunson’s dad in the NBA Aaron judge a lot of times they’re small town guys if you come to New York as a star A-Rod you’re a big free agent and you get all this expectation it eats you up jaylen’s the opposite cast off for

Dallas all he has to do is prove stuff like Villanova he is your classic I mean Eli Manning went to Old Miss Jeter struggled in the minor leagues who’s Aaron judge he’s from Fresno New York has a prototype you’re a little overlooked undervalued good background family college I think that’s so the League’s

Getting so young that these older players that can bring maturity to me Jason I mean it’s just it’s like it’s like I say about LeBron it’s like LeBron it could be a you know he’s like a coach general manager star on the floor he’s thinking about who Am I who should I

Have relationships with who can I Elevate who should be on the floor with me I mean he’s thinking through every possession and every game I don’t know I just can’t say enough about Brunson I think he is New York’s next star I love him I think he’s the best quarterback in

That to his credit too like he signed up for this like the Mavs it was it was a little different in the annual value but the total contract ra value that the Mavs offered him was pretty close to what the Knicks offered him he straight

Up said I want it I want the pressure I want like he he signed up for what New York brought to the table and he’s not just thrived in that environment he’s completely exceeded expectations we have a couple of uh big Nicks fans that helped produce Hoops tonight and I talk

With them about this behind the scenes and like it’s crazy how that One Singular signing transformed the entire landscape of the Nick’s future because they got like think about Jaylen Brown just signed a deal where in the final year he’s gonna make like 70 million Okay and like and and Jaylen

Brunson’s making in the 20s and he’s giving you Superstar production like it it’s CRA it’s crazy what that one move has done for that Franchise

Colin Cowherd & ‘Hoops Tonight’ host Jason Timpf discuss whether the New York Knicks have a legit NBA star in guard Jalen Brunson. Do the Knicks need to make a move at the trade deadline for another scoring option besides Brunson & Julius Randle?

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