I want to disagree BUT I can’t. Cuz there was no reason why they lost to Dallas in the WCF that year. So yeah, you got it Red lol
I'm not hating and I wish everyone success, ok most people.
He's a champion now, but he was known to come up smedium in Minnesota and NY.
I checked his Finals stats, and the issue in Minnesota is that they wanted and NEEDED him to be a scorer. A dominant scorer.
They don't and didn't need him to be that for the Knicks. Yes sometimes they needed him to step up and score, but they played team basketball so a few others would always chip in to balance out the scoring for the sidekicks.
Brunson's gonna get his, he just needed a few other players to get between 12-20 a game. And they did it.
In game 4 where the a Knicks came back from 29 down, KAT had 13. And in game 5 when they came back again and clinched the series, he had 2.
He did come through with the rebounds though.
So as long as he's not required to be "The Guy", he'll do great. The same with Julius Randle, he's not a main guy either.