Fred Katz: "There are important people with the Knicks who are absolutely insistent that Jalen Brunson's gonna have another massive leap…
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"There are people there like, 'This dude's not there yet. He has a ways to go…we're seeing it behind the scenes.' They're swearing by it"
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.
And if you thought it was bad NOW, do not let the Knicks become the 1st team to go back to back since the 17-18 Warriors. I promise you that’s when it gets dark