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- Stephen A. thinks the Knicks are asking TOO MUCH of Jalen Brunson 👀 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chiney Ogwumike, Jay Williams and Andraya Carter debate whether the New York Knicks are asking too much of Jalen Brunson.
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0:00 Are the Knicks asking too much of Jalen Brunson?
3:40 Jay Williams calls out Stephen A.’s take that the Knicks are asking too much of Jalen Brunson
6:30 Chiney Ogwumike responds to Stephen A.’s take
9:00 Stephen A. would want KD to join the Knicks
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But if he didn’t perform Stephen A would say “he didn’t rise to the occasion” “the knicks are cursed” like bruh shut up already
The way yall oversimplify everything should be studied
@@marcusb.1482 fastest way to a destination is a straight line. I really think people just like to have an opinion. 😂😂😂
SAS is literally trying to ease the pressure on the guy and you guys are here making it look like a negative
Man dude so fake now back rooting for the Knicks foh
@@Gwaniegwan When has he not supported them. he just calls them out when they play bad
Now NY has to think about building around Brunson.. not just helping him
I agree. Randle might have to go
no they need randle
Yup, he's proven to be a #1 on a championship contender and the base supporting cast of the Nova boys, OG, Hartenstein, Bogie, Robinson, and McBride is great enough for a push. Randle has been a great #2, but you can't be sure he's at that level coming back from the labrum injury. If he's back in that form he was in around December/January pre-injury, he'll keep the Knicks in championship convos and they can just run it back. If he's not, and there's another #1 on the market like Giannis or Booker, I think Randle will be dealt to get that upgrade.
@@AggravatedMan365please stfu you don’t get rid of All NBA Julius Randle donkey
@@mikedelape6609 imagine Giannis for Randle
Live TV, it was epic watching him play thru the pain with the game on the line. These fans are the luckiest Knicks fans in 50 years
Would rather rhave him healthy long term and not pull a Kevin Durant. We've got this guy for years to come and Randell and Robinson will be back next year.
@@astrahcat1212randle needs to be traded
Stevenson legend!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Dude is out of the game they are losing. He comes back and they are winning I am not seeing much of a choice
What’s he supposed to do? Not be Jalen Brunson? Knicks are just going to have to prove these ‘analyst’ wrong, let the game speak for itself
@@jmase19 bro jalen is HIM right now
It’s out of necessity 😂 now with OG injured, that’s 4 rotation guys out
Exactly. No Randle Mitch bogey and now maybe OG? Who do these ppl want the Knicks to play lol. Alec burks? No thanks
@@RaysTrains Time to kick the tires on the G-Leaguers.
@@RaysTrainsburks is going to step up
U heard it here first
Knicks have no depth on the bench despite being gritty a team
@@legendarytony2454yes they do their bench is stacked if they were healthy. Should be JB/DDV/OG/Randle/iHart with Deuce/Hart/Bogey/Precious/Mitch off the bench.
Jay Williams saying he knew Brunson was gonna be a superstar since he was little was idiotic! Dude was drafted in the 2nd round 33rd overall.
He definitely lying 😂😂
There’s nothing wrong with the second round he was just a short pg and was kinda chubby nobody thought he would be this
You people are completely missing Jay's point . What Jay was saying is he knew early on from being around Jalen that he was going to be a superstar in the NBA. Jay did not say it was going to be obvious for everybody else who wasn't around Jalen to notice it . Jalen didn't have the size to be a top pick and his incredible talent was not obvious to most NBA scouts . Even Jay Wright said all Jalen needed was a chance in the NBA to blow people away with his talent , Jay knew Jalen was not going to be a top draft pick but he always knew Jalen was going to be a major game changer once given the chance in the NBA.
@@herbcanter2114 you don’t know the history… Jay Williams broke down that draft and never said Brunson would be a superstar!!! He said the Mavs got a “hard worker” who could be a really good player! Now he’s backtracking and saying superstar. That’s my issue.
@@jarrensleezluis3878 exactly!! No one thought he would be this but Jay Williams is acting like he knew all along and he didn’t. After that draft Jay said the Mavs got a hard worker who could be a good nba player! Never a superstar.
1:11 did bro just quote uncle ben?? 😂😂
😭😭
Stephen A. Is Miles Morales Uncle?🤔
I had to go back to hear this 🤣
@@Mikedastudlol right when I saw the timestamp he said it
Stephen A u not allowed to talk about Brunson
he is a knicks fan
@@Ralphunreal he's not. He only says he is for views. He's a Miami and Heat fan. He is a fan of South Beach.
@@Ralphunreal he hated it when the knicks sign brunson
@@SirCharlesLikesChurrosnigga shut up
@@Ralphunreal go back an see wat he had to say wen dey signed Brunson !!
Thibs gonna run a 4 man rotation now. Hart gonna have to play 92min a game now..
😂😂😂😂
No worries Josh hart is capable of doing just that 😂 let’s go Knicks
Hart hasnt rested a minute this series i think@@kingfatman3977
😂😂😂😂
Fr man
J will be so 🧢 “I KNEW HE WOULD AVRG 40 for 4 straight games”😂😂😂 mf 6’1.. lol ok jALeN
You a casual
@@joshuacruz4244 u ain no more special if u in the comments like the rest of us son
The Knicks don't need LeBron James
LeBron put up 28-9-7 on 57% shooting 38% from 3 and 63% true shooting. No one on the Knicks can get to the rim like LeBron and no one draws more attention than LeBron. Brunson would always be open and he would eat from the mid range and 3.
When is Julius Randle coming back to the Knicks
The better question is how possibly would thibs and lebron coexist...
"I'm a soap opera guy" 😂
The answer is no the team is not asking him to do too much, Jalen is simply rising to the occasion
J Will killed SAS
They have to!!!!!
it’s Brunson and a bag of chips out there😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
If you wasn’t here during those dark years don’t jump on the bandwagon now!💙🧡
Half a wagon😂 sorry I'm hating😂
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What wagon?
Absolutely nobody cares what SAS has to say about the Knicks. He’s been disowned by the fanbase.
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Steelers fanbase too 😂😂
nah sas is a knicks fan
I remember after JB had been signed he was still whining how the Knicks didn’t sign Donovan Mitchell
@@Ralphunrealnah
No we do not need Labron James coming messing up the chimestry
Tibs is infamous for running his players into the ground. In the regular season when other coaches average their starters 32 minutes, Tibs playing his 40 plus minutes. Even when not needed.
there completely out of players, its not the coaches fault
josh hart isnt hurt despite playing most minutes. a lot of this is just luck
@@mikedelape6609It kinda is his fault when he has a history of doing this. Look at Derrick Rose. He went from MVP to afterthought because that balding idiot ran his legs into the ground.
@@mikedelape6609is a stupid argument. People obviously don’t watch the Knicks. Julius injury was a Jaquez dirty play, Mitch twisted his ankle and he’s always been injury prone, Bogjan doesn’t even play minutes like that under Thibs, and OG this is who he is since his college and Raptors days, he’s always been injury prone. And we don’t have a bench. The only scorer of the bench Boggy is injured. So Thibs right now has no choice.
They are INJURED he has no choice, is he going to go to benchwarmers? What are we talking about?
Coach #Thibodeau is pushing every Knicks player to the max like they are #DerrickRose. 🥀🦵🤕
The real problem is thibs plays these guys into the ground so now you see the affect with all these dudes getting injured every game.
Who else is he playing? Guys that’s gonna cause the team to lose? You wanna play burks who chucks every possession
they have no players left
I mean who else do they have?
Wrong lazy take. Sixers took out 2 of our rotational players. Mitch and Bogdan and Jamie Jaquez slid under Randle back in January. Horrible lazy take
The whole thing with Thibs is being taken out of proportion. None the injuries this years have been his fault. Julius was Jaquez fault, Mitchel twisted an Ankle, and Bogjan plays like 15-17 minutes how is that Thibs fault? And OG is injury prone
This is not a Knick fan. His job is Knicks for Clicks so he can get his big contact from ESPN this year. We don't care about SAS or his opinions in New York. We just like telling people outside of New York he doesn't speak for us. You know who does? Big Perk
You clearly are looking for attention with this comment. Lol 😂
@@LAWIG74 He's right though Stephen A's job is to get clicks and reactions from the audience. That's why he says stupid controversial things that don't make sense and it gets the audience attention.
@@LAWIG74 he got your attention 😂😂😂
Steph a smith took his job
@@LAWIG74he's 100 percent right
Oh boy this series gonna go 7games
buckle up kicks nation
The point guard is essentially the same as a QB. If you take the most important player off the court, you’re gonna have a drop off.
LeBron James? Sports media has become so corny. The Knicks are up 2-0 on the pacers, Jalen missed an entire quarter, OG missed an entire quarter, and Mitch is out for the playoffs. They beat Embiid and Maxey in 6 with Randle, their second best player, out for the playoffs and Mitch Rob hobbled from a dirty play by Embiid. And SAS out here twerking for 40 year old LeBron James and a currently in Cancun KD mid-playoff series when they are up 2-0? Just so corny
The comment I came here for 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
SAS spoke the truth without realizing 4:47 no cause for pause here lol, because it's really not about sports it seems with him, just likes making random narratives and consistently playing the "SAS" character 😂😂
Missing 24,9&5 from Jules, Mitch has been out most of the year, Bogdonovich is out and now OG. They need all he can give…
Randle not needed
"I like Julius Randle a lot" 😂😂😂 Come on man, we got the tapes! We got the tapes!
“Find a way to get better”
He’s so humble cause their the hottest team rn in the east with how he’s leading the team 😊
that got them 6 wins btw
We need to salute whoever put these 3 together (donte jalen and josh) nobody wants to talk about that tho. Greatest coaching move ever
If the Knicks could get Mikal Bridges to join his college teammates that would be the ultimate .
I knew this would happen. Same coach who took D-Rose from us all!!!
He messed up Lou deng too
Big facts
You actually don’t know what you’re talking about lol
No not knowing how to properly land took Derrick Rose from us...
NY doesn't need to bring in no diva on the team. When they weren't good and had organization issues, no player wanted to come there, but now that they're relevant, you're talking about lebron or kd in a knick uniform! That's big, no no. Why gut your roster and give up draft capital for one superstar already past their prime .
Big facts
Exactly
Brunson is undercover surfer dude with that voice
Is that a bad thing?
The lady in the pink kind of look like OG aunoby lol
Thats coach Thibs, and its kinda scary because thats what he did to Drose... He over used Drose.
I been saying the same thing
Funny that Jalen is now THE FACE when in fact when NYK got him through free agency, SAS was not sold, and everyone is saying "He only played 1 great game when Luka was out during Jazz-Mavs playoff series". This is why, you don't judge players quickly.
I’m a soap opera guy!!! 😂
We don’t want all these big egos…
Think about drose in 2012. And what happened in the first round when they got bounced out by the 8th seed
WE NEED TO TRADE RANDALL
For Embiid. Perfect situation.
Take a shot everytime the two ladies nod their heads 🥃
KD on the Knicks would be a finals appearance for sure. Him and Jalen have elite skill and IQ
Yeah but we ain't giving up what the sun's would ask for, and especially for someone who simply can't lead a team. Maybe it works cause we have brunson and company, but not Smart to mess up the chemistry. Free agents will finally want to come, so it's better to sign a fee agent that helps, then an old superstar
Suns gonna be like yea we want OG, Hartenstein ,DVo,McBride,2 unprotected picks and while you’re at it tibs and spike Lee
To ask if they're asking too much is a bad take. No need to ask, in the playoffs the great ones don't have to be asked, they just do what needs to be done!!!
Another non-sensical question to debate...it's entertaining, however.
Man That’s Referee Marc Davis #8 Is Sort Of Curse. Was Refereeing the game in which Giannis got injured and so on now OG Olunoby.
LEBRON CAN'T EMBODY THE NYC CULTURE
HOLLYWOOD LEQUEEN AHH
Tom thibs is requiring too much!!!
40 minutes every game...
Don't want to see another DRose in Brunson...
This season for nyc fans has been a win anything else is a blessing we gotchu NY Knicks ❤get better get rest
I don’t know at this point what they want us to do about minutes. The Knicks are missing Julius, Bojan, Mitch Rob, and now OG is hobbled. The rotation really only has 7-8 viable players. Thibs at this point could try to get a lil rest for these guys but it’s hard when our bench is so depleted. With OG hurt, our bench is basically Deuce McBride and maybe Jericho Sims and Alec Burks
I have to agreed!!! Lack of depth and to many minutes could catch up to them!!!!! But they going to continue to battle!!!! LETS GO KNICKS!!!!!
It looks like ESPN talking TOO MUCH about NY Knicks and Jalen Bronson. Don't they know that there are another teams around in playoffs
Better than constant tongue baths to Lebron and how he needs more help.
watching the knicks run. reminds me of my kawhi led raptors...i hope OG is ok.
LOL what is Jalen Brunson supposed to do…. lose?
Wouldn’t be thibs if he ain’t run his star player in the ground
Stephen A. Stay on that side we don’t claim you 😂😂
Knicks going to the ship💙🧡
Again what about when maxey pushed josh hart in the back to get open in the first place there were missed calls on both sides
Jay Will is lying. If you had asked him what Jalen was going to average in the playoffs before it started, he would not have said 36 and 8 and leading the league in scoring. Right now, the dude is unstoppable. I'm not sure Jalen saw this, but right now, he is playing with that 2016 Steph confidence-that's 90s Jordan confidence. When you tap into that, you're unguardable. But only a few ever get there.
The commissioner needs to step down.
lol look at Stephen a smith captain obvious, Stevie wonder could see they ask Bruson to do everything
He’s always late on stuffl, comments, then says, see I told yall 😂
I agree with Jay Will. Im asking you to carry the team. Its not too much, its what has to be done because everyone else is hurt. You the star of the team. Strap them shoes up and carry us.
Embiid pulling on Robinson’s ankle caused him to now be out 6-8 weeks but yet them in Philly are complaining about the refs
Tyrese didn’t show up in the fourth quarter and they let us get all those rebounds +2 of our players were out and they’re complaining about the refs
Man this girl has been on a couple shows today, she talks soooooo much and goes on and on and on sometimes
Because they coach wearing them down by playing them 44+ min. It’s showed with the Bulls. He not gonna change and that’s gonna cost the players by getting injured.
"Are they asking too much of Brunson".....I mean obviously. We're missing like 2 of our top 3 starters and and 3 of our main rotation players...
These big minutes already resulting in injuries for the knicks
I was a child in the 70's when Clyde was doing his thing. I was to young to even know what sports and basketball was. I became Knick fan i the early 80's. I loved the Ewing Teams of the 90's. But Jalen Brunson is giving me the closest experience to what Bernard King was doing to Detroit and Boston in the playoffs back then. Not even the Ewing teams made me feel a way about a Knicks team. Over 2 decades waiting for a real team to get behind again. Stand up NY!!
Stephen A ain’t a Knick fan. You don’t have to tear down Randle to lift up Brunson.
They don’t be applying this to Bron and LA this year lol
Is sad that the Knicks are not fully healthy the series against the Celtics was going to be good
Man yall gotta rally around and help this man Brunson.
What do you expect!? Randle is out and he was your second option sometimes first. Even though he was inconsistent at times
Jalen Brunson leads the post-season in usage rate (36.3%) but Donovan Mitchell is right behind him (36.2%). There is only one single other Knick in the Top 45 in usage rate these playoffs, and it's DiVincenzo at 44 (18.3%). Jalen Brunson is not doing too much, he is doing everything required of him for his team to have a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
J. Will talking like a God.. Whole set fed up with him. Acting like there hasn’t been a game Brunson HASNT logged 40+ minutes. Get my man SOMEWHAT of a backup lmao! Didn’t like JWILL this morning at all! TRYING TO MUCH!
I legit kinda forgot that the Knicks have Julius Randle!
I wouldn't even be surprised if the Knicks get rid of J.Randle this upcoming off-season
If Bucks want to rebuild, Knicks would love to pair Giannis with Brunson and OG! Either way, very excited for the NYK off season moves.
Correct. All that head flopping is gotta hurt. 😂
Ewing was a powerhouse on the defensive end and offense end. Don't put him in the same lane as Ewing. Jalen is not defensive stopper. Slow down because it has been going on two years. Put some respect on Ewing's name. Prisoners of the moment.
Not to level of Patrick Ewing but Jalen is getting there…he needs to do it for more than 1 season/playoffs..No doubt the dude is special in this type of basketball generation.
I’m with j will getting paid to much to be tired 😂😂😂💀💀💀
He kinda look like stove god cook .. look him up if u don’t know lol
This is a cold take. Brunson is the man, but I’m sorry. Look at everyone else, in the team. This team believes, and so do the fan base. Without Randell, without Brunson, The Knicks are a still the Knicks.
They, not Brunson, they believe. We, the fan base believe. We will them on. Other players will rise to the occasion.
Stop putting pressure on this man, this team. Let them play and win.
That eye just be roaming
Jalen loves the workload. They all do ( Hart , Donte , Josh ) . They are sickos , wired different, HUNGRY. They got David Goggins energy.
Ok, lets get KD.
0:25, Jalen Brunson is AWESOME! Brunson and the Knicks play basketball the way it's supposed to be played. No load management BS & being a healthy scratch cheering from the bench. The Knicks come to play, EVERY night and it's fun to watch💯GO NEW YORK! GO NEW YORK! GO!!!!💯
What foot injury!
We all watched a guy hurt in his groin region or ...., what foot injury
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Umm. What are they even debating about?? 😂😂😂
This is the dumbest question b/c they’re all saying the same thing in different ways.
They’re not even disagreeing really 😂
Coach Thibodeau hasn't learned his lesson.
What lesson....he has no bench
@@AHMAD-2324 The lesson about forcing his starters to play exorbitant minutes (especially in the playoffs).
He could've easily learned after the Derrick Rose injury. A career-altering injury that Thib's star player suffered in garbage time (ie, at the end of a blowout victory).
What you want the Knicks to do? Just lose during the playoffs? You got to put your best players on the floor regardless of minutes. Plus half the Knicks players are injured and they playing great as a team.
This is such a dumb question. He knows he has to ball out to win, and he's happy to do so. His team is ridiculously injured, it's not like the front office is failing to build around him. Jalen is just a dawg and happy to prove people wrong.
It’s like
Ya can’t be positive about this team ya stay tryna make a positive into a negative
Is it just me or is Stephan A. Screaming happy one day and then pissed off the next
It’s crazy how the Knicks keep winning games but get talked about in a negative light always.
Agree with Stephen A. If you're players are playing hurt, then you asking them too much. These are not "cut yourself shaving" kinda injuries. Don't get me wrong, I respect those who play hurt. But at the same time should we be pressuring our players to get the win regardless of life long term consequences to their health? Osteoarthritis is no joke. and then what? you get them addicted to painkillers? The answer is yes. We are asking too much of Jalen. As a fan, don't play hurt for my entertainment.
Knicks don’t need to be a retirement destination for these old players.
Kawii is probably the only one that carried a team by himself and won it all
Bro even flight reacts says Hartenstein's name correctly cmon Stephen A
This is what Madison Square needed. Giannis or Embiid this summer
Hart has been playing 48 minutes the last 2 games. If he doesn’t slow down. He’ll be injured by the time they get to the final