Would you take Jalen Brunson or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander? 👉 Stephen A. & Perk DEBATE 🗣️ | First Take

Would you take Jalen Brunson or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander? 👉 Stephen A. & Perk DEBATE 🗣️ | First Take

Head to the game of the night in the association between Steven A Nicks and the defending champs Michael Porter Jr who has been on a roll had another Top shooting night on his way to 31 points Nicola yic notched his 22nd triple double he’s good and the Nuggets held

Off the New York Knicks for a 113 100 Win Thursday now while it’s a tough loss for the Knicks Jaylen Brunson still a bright spot for New York this season Brunson leads the team in points assists games played leading the Knicks to the fifth best record in the East and even

More impressive considering obviously all the injuries that they’ve dealt with here in New York so we bring in our guy Kendrick Perkins as promised hello perk like the Pinstripe how we feeling How We Living what’s up Miley what’s going on what’s going on what’s up what’s up

Big perk all right there we go there we go that’s the energy I need yeah well peep is oh yeah I’m ready I’m ready I just occupied Stephen A looks relaxed he looks like he’s he’s he’s he’s ready for this week he’s ready for this uh Milwaukee Adventure he’s on all right

Perk tell me this which point guard would you take over Jaylen Brunson right now I wouldn’t take one not nobody really and there’s no disrespect to Steph Curry there’s no disrespect to SGA but I’m not taking anybody over jayen Brunson matter of fact Molly I should have asked James and the producers to

Pull up footage over this over what guys were saying while the Knicks were on this West Coast road trip that they was just on we did you see him handing out 40 pieces did you hear what Mike Brown said about jayen Bronson for as guys for as the attention and the Deep details

That they had to put around him blitzing him did you hear what Draymond Green said after they went there after jayen Bronson went to Golden State and gave them that work when it comes down to being a floor General right it’s no other player in the game outside of Luca

And I wouldn’t even consider him a point guard he’s a point forward that controls the game like Jaylen Bronson what he’s doing for the New York Knicks despite all the injuries I can’t say enough about it and right now he is the best point guard in the game in my opinion

When it comes to being a floor manager and a floor General that’s what he’s doing getting buckets and doing it on the defensive side of things he’s second in the league and taking charges Jaylen Bronson has been Sensational as a native New York and a Die Hard Knicks fan I’m so thankful and

Grateful for the greatness that he’s put on display I think he’s been arguably the greatest free agent pickup this decade outside of LeBron James I mean he’s been that phenomenal averaging 29 a game by the way since Julius Randle and OG and anobi has gone down and having said that he’s still behind

Shay gilgas Alexander let’s pump the brakes just a touch and put into perspective who Shay gilis Alexander is and what this brother brings to the table he’s second in the league and scoring he’s averaging 30.9 points per game career high 54.4% shooting from the field 37.5% from

Three-point range leads the NBA in over two steals per game career high 6.4 assist per game right there with Brunson at 65 14.7 points in the paint per game which is fifth in the NBA and check out this stat perk on Pace to join Michael Jordan as the only players in league

History with two seasons averaging 30 points and five assists shooting 50% from the field by the age of 25 this brother is something special not only that he’s legit 6667 I know what we’re seeing from Brunson not taking anything away from him especially being in New York on that

Stage without Julius Randall and an anobi and doing what he’s doing but despite what he’s doing Shay gilas Alexander is still battling for a number one seed in a tough Western Conference doing what he’s doing and know by the way he’s under the age he’s he’s he’s

Under the age 25 and this the brother special I know that Jaylen Brunson is special too I’m sold but shill just Alexander no I’m not going to tell you I would take Brunson over him I’m not goingon to do that well well say Let me let me say

This SGA has been balling I think the future is bright for him I think he will be an all NBA player for years to come first team at that but let me say something it speaks volumes okay let me say this it’s one thing for us to come

On telev vision and praise what we’re witnessing out of all these young players that are balling out of control right now uh in the NBA but it’s another thing for your peers for your peers the people that you’re going against to go in the post game and say these things

That they’re saying about J and but what they’re saying about jayen Bronson and so when I think about jayen Bronson okay and I just think about what he’s doing the impact of how he’s doing it SGA is balling I understand that but on top go ahead the reason here’s what I think

You’re missing perk respectfully this is what I think you’re missing okay we’ve seen SGA do something similar before so when they talk about him now they talk about him as if it’s ordinary he’s 66 with his ball handling shot making skill set and you’ve seen it before from him

And you’re seeing it more now as they’re TI for the number one seed in the Western Conference the difference between him and Jaylen Brunson no one saw this coming Draymond Green spoke about this the other day no one saw this coming so you’re looking at Jaylen Brunson and even though he’s had success

In the past in Dallas had some success last year especially in the players against Miami what you’re seeing now it’s like damn we never saw this coming whereas with Shay Gil just yeah that that’s him that that’s him that’s who he is I I I I get that I get that and it’s

A valid point they didn’t want to believe it they saw it they just didn’t want to believe it and he had to every day he got to come out and fight to prove his love okay Okay

Would you take Jalen Brunson or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander? 👉 Stephen A. & Perk DEBATE 🗣️ | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins discuss Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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