@krispursiainen You are correct. Mike Brown is more than a footnote and Dolan being the impetus for that change is less discussed than the Thibs should get a ring take.
NBA Finals shooting splits:
"Inefficient small guard" Brunson - .421/.389/.860
"generational 7'4 C who dominated and just got so unlucky" Wembanyama - .423/.273/.786
Since the NBA adopted the 3-point line in 1979-80, no NBA champion had ever gone an entire playoff run without allowing an opponent to shoot at least 40.0% from three in a game.
Until the 2026 Knicks.
The Spurs came closest to reaching that 40.0% threshold, shooting 39.5% in the game the Knicks erased a 29 point deficit.
During this magical playoff run, the Knicks held opponents to 31.4% from three (league average: 36.0%).
What's wild is during the regular season, the Knicks ranked just 20th in opponent 3P FG% (36.2%) and allowed opponents to shoot 40.0%+ in 25 of 82 games. Last season, they ranked 26th out of 30 teams at 36.7%.
Who knew 10 weeks of no sex could transform a team's 3PT defense?!?!?!?
Knicks Playoff Efficiency Rankings:
Catch & Shoot : 60.8 eFG% (1st)
Isolation: 1.06 PPP (1st)
Transition: 1.25 PPP (1st)
Impossible to defend. Destroy you on the run. Destroy you if slowed down in ISO. Destroy you if you blitz the ISO & give up open looks. 16-3 for a reason!
.@KarlTowns tells Howard how he proposed to his fiancée, Jordyn Woods, and reveals whether he abided by James Dolan’s suggestion to avoid sex in the #NBA post season.
Ring culture is the ultimate brain rot. Brunson has no business being in Nash conversations.
That to a side. The only thing JB has (and i LOVE JB let me be clear) over Harden and Luka is a ring. A ring cannot erase an entire body of being straight better