Zenzibar wrote:nedleeds wrote:Zenzibar wrote:Jalen Brunson, not being under consideration is another travesty.
1. In 2014, Jalen was named a member of the 2014 USA U18 National Team. With a perfect 5-0 record, the team went on to win the FIBA Americas U18 Championship gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship. In his campaign he averaged 12.0 points and a team second-best 5.6 assists per game.
2)USA BASKETBALL MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
3)NAMED MVP IN FIBA UNDER-19 WORLD CUP AFTER USA CLAIMS GOLD MEDAL, LEADING THE TEAM AVERAGING 5.6 ASSISTS & 2.1 STEALS
USA CLAIMS GOLD MEDAL IN FIBA AMERICAS UNDER-18
FIBA Americas U18
BREAKS USA BASKETBALL U18 SINGLE-GAME ASSIST RECORD WITH 13 ASSISTS AGAINST URUGUAY, PASSING STEPHON MARBURY’S 12 ASSISTS AGAINST BRAZIL IN 1994
4) 2x NCAA Champion @ Villanova
5)2023 Led a Luka=less Mavs to the Western Conference Finals.
6) Led the injury decimated New York Knicks to the 2nd seed in a highly competitive Eastern Conference.
The disrespect for this young man is beyond comprehension.
You are so cringe. It's an NBA award. You going to cite his **** boy scout badges also?
You're a scrub on the Knicks board and now I see you are infesting the GB too.
Zenzibar wrote:Payton is on a good run and if this coaching staff maximizes his talent this year we'll be a team to be reckoned with.
Zenzibar wrote:Exactly and that brings me to an interesting observation.
We need a point guard and there are, according to the consensus here, 2 mayyyybeee 3 really good guards in the draft. Personally, I like Elfrid Payton over any of them. He's big, defensively tough and was possibly playing the best ball of his career at the end of the season, with a few big number triple doubles.
Zenzibar wrote:If Payton works and develops a 3 pointer, he'll be nice and ahead of the other flawed guards in this draft.
3toheadmelo wrote:You were literally telling everyone last season Elfrid Payton still has upside
someone even put it in their sig. Relax.
Zenzibar wrote:I mean, you can look at all the stats, roll them up and then wipe an ass with it. You know why? Because unless you're just too hard a hater, it has to be dam obvious how much better Payton is playing in the last month or so.
Now go back to your drawing board and show us a graph from December until now and without all your "homework" and with just paying attention it'll be obvious that Payton is improving.
It'll show a graph of Payton's number finishing at the rim, defensive rating and 3pt shooting for the last 3 months.
Nevertheless, Payton is not a finished product yet and unless the team moves him in a couple of weeks, I anticipate him trending upward with this coaching staff.
I just thought you were Elfrid Paytons grumpy dad, now I realize you are much greater than that. Jalen Brunson should be NBA MVP because of FIBA Under 18 Year Old Accomplishments.
You are a treasure.
Edit: Lollll that's the Haliburton draft you are opining on with your wisdom.