I find this whole thread weird , so I am going back to the original Z-man quote. The context of Brunson’s caring about winning was always in the team v my performance in games, or once the post season started, plays-off series. I don’t remember any talk from him or beat writers stating that he signed for the Knicks because he cared about winning.

He’s never said a word about needing to be “the man.” Which isn’t proof he doesn’t feel that way, but there are a lot of obvious reasons to ditch Dallas that make that kind of speculation a reach.

So what else is there? His dad? Thibs? Leon? New York?

All good reasons for sure. But when it comes to winning, none are even close to comparing with being paired with a truly generational player as a Robin to his Batman. There is ample evidence of that. If he thinks otherwise, he is as delusional as Kyrie and KD were.

Don’t think Dallas has a chance… Minny matched up better, I think.

I thought the same thing before the Conference finals started, but both these teams have a defensive rating of 112 in these playoffs and Luka/Kyrie is a better duo than Edwards /Towns

Red sauce or white sauce?

Well that’s interesting because KP’s usage is lower in Boston than it was in Dallas. In fact, his offensive role is reduced…mostly just hang out and take threes!

1. You had to watch a lot of Dallas games at the time to see the dynamic between Doncic and KP. No matter what they say publicly, they did not like each other. On one level it was immaturity and competitiveness from two young guys, but on another level Doncic had the ball and would often look KP off when he was open or throw up a real trash shot instead of passing to him. On occasion KP used to shake his head and throw up his arms in frustration. There were even times Doncic hit a super tough game winner while KP was open and KP was the only player not celebrating. They did not like each other. Don’t believe anything else you read.

2. I think KP has since matured a bit and realizes his place, but he also has teammates in Boston that like and respect him and pass him the ball when he’s open. They celebrate each other’s success instead of there being an underlying competitiveness. There are also more good scoring options. So they are all sacrificing a little.

3. I think Doncic has improved his shot selection this year and obviously likes Kyrie a lot more than KP.

Brunson was paired with a 23yo LeBron clone and left him mainly because he didn’t want to be a second fiddle.

For a guy who writes long pieces about how other posters are just making stuff up that players think, this is a pretty impressive leap. No evidence to support it, some evidence to argue against it, but just say it loud enough and maybe people will believe it….

“Did Brunson make a mistake leaving Luka”

You will also see this all over social media in the coming days. A week until the finals, they need something to kill time.