Here's the issue with Becky Hammon hiding behind: I'm not going to aplogize b/c it was just an opinion...
Her original statement (even before she started moving the goal posts) was not presented as merely an opinion.
She made a statement.
Hammon said, plainly, that the Knicks "don’t have a dude."
She stated, “They don’t have enough personnel, they don’t have the manpower."
“You gotta have a dude, you gotta have a 1A dude, and they’re missing that at the end of the day if we’re just getting down to brass tacks."
Those were the words she used.
“He too small,” she declared when Perk brought up Brunson.
Not, "I think the Knicks will struggle because..."
Not, "They are mising that, in my opinion."
Or, "I don't think Brunson is a 1A dude."
She made definite statements that proved to be false.
"I never thought I'd be in an NBA Finals and see in the 2nd half 24 free throw attempts to another team's 8…San Antonio's a great team…It's gonna lower our odds big time if in Game 4 they get 24 free throws 2nd half to our 8"
–– Mike Brown as Knicks lose Game 3 115-111