Los_29 wrote:Kyrie won a championship, Dame went to the WCF which was a lot tougher than the East.
Kyrie won a championship as a 2nd option. As a #1 option he failed to make the playoffs in Cleveland and then took a Boston team that made it to an ECF while he was injured ('18) and lost with them in round 2 ('19)...so Brunson has already had as much success as Irving as a #1 option, despite having less help.
Dame has that WCF run as his team's #1...but Jalen has the chance to match that if we beat Indiana, and if you wanna say that beating the Pacers isn't that impressive, I'd argue it's more impressive than beating the 2019 Thunder like Dame did in round 1.
I'll totally concede that the '19 Nuggets were a tougher opponent than the '24 76ers, but both teams featured MVP-caliber Centers, Allstar-level PGs, and supporting casts that still need(ed) work...and both runs are likely to end at the hands of an all-time great regular season team.
Capn'O wrote:We're the recovering meth addict older brother. And we've been clean for a few years now, thank you very much. Very uncouth to bring it up.
Brunson: So what are you paid to do?
Hart: Run around like an idiot during the game and f*** s*** up!