00:00Through the odds, no longer between Brunson and Towns, it seemingly is between Brunson and OG.
00:10Do you agree that the debate is between, should be between Brunson and OG?
00:20Yes, it should be because the referees tried to foul Carl Anthony Towns in the first minute of one of
00:26the last two games.
00:28To me, it is a two-person race, and I think the race, I understand why Brunson is the favorite
00:38because he's the media darling, he's the best player, he's the savior, he's the Marc Messier of the New York
00:44Knicks fan base.
00:46I get it.
00:48But if you really dig deeper, I was just thinking about this, even when the Rangers won the Stanley Cup,
00:55he didn't win Conn Smythe, it was Brian Leach.
00:59The best player for the Knicks in this round, in this round, has been OG Ananobi.
01:08His shooting splits are through the, his shooting splits are like NBA 2K26 playing on amateur mode.
01:17Like that, that, that's how hot the guy is, like over 50% from three, and, and, and, and 33
01:23points last game, and the two six-year moments that forget the tipping, if he doesn't get the block, they
01:32don't even get the chance to do the tipping.
01:35So, you know, I think Brunson gets the narrative because it is, you know, who he is, and his big
01:41shots, you know, game one, you know, whatever, game two.
01:46Yes, I get it.
01:47But if you talk about the totality of this series, both ends of the floor, and the true shooting percentage
01:55and effective field goal percentage that he has versus Jalen Brunson, to me, personally, it is OG.
02:03And I still think there's a pathway for him to win it because San Antonio is not going to change
02:09what they're going to do.
02:10They're going to be aggressive with Brunson.
02:12He's going to shoot poorly.
02:14He's going to throw the ball around the gym.
02:17Maybe he wins you some shots late, maybe, but the old, reliable OG Ananobi right now is my pick to
02:26be the MVP of the NBA Finals.
02:29So, I want to, again, like the Brunson stuff is bothering me.
02:35I'm just, I'm not hiding it.
02:39We're all watching the games.
02:41Like, I know we are all watching the games.
02:44And, yes, Brunson is hitting big shots.
02:50You have to get there, though, right?
02:54Like, the comparison I will continue to make is Mariano Rivera.
02:58Mo is, you know, the best closer baseball's ever seen.
03:03I've never once heard someone ask, hey, is Mariano Rivera the best pitcher of all time, right?
03:09Mariano Rivera didn't stock up a bunch of Cy Youngs.
03:13The, you have to get there, okay?
03:16It's why Mason Miller was pitching to a .004 ERA and not really in the Cy Young race.
03:26Because Chris Sanchez and Jacob Mizorowski are lighting the world on fire going six, seven, eight innings.
03:33I appreciate that Brunson can be relied upon in the clutch, despite the fact that he split a pair of
03:40free throws, which nearly cost them game two, and the fact that he missed two game winning opportunities in game
03:45four.
03:46But nobody cares about that.
03:48He doesn't belong in this conversation.
03:50I'm sorry.
03:51He does not.
03:52The OG Ananobi is incredibly cut and dry.
03:56He, no one has had a more efficient 20-plus point-per-game scoring finals ever.
04:01It's not, it shouldn't even be possible what he's doing.
04:04His true shooting percentage, he, 78%.
04:10What?
04:12What?
04:13That's, that's, what?
04:15That's insane.
04:16That's, that's out of this world.
04:2058, 56, 92.
04:24While being an incredible defensive player.
04:28So, OG is, I, of course, think worthy.
04:34But I guess I'll be the last person screaming.
04:38I understand that 16, 11, and three isn't going to do it for a lot of people.
04:45Well, Cat got two foul troubles.
04:49Cat got two fouls.
04:51The Knicks looked like they might as well turn the game off.
04:56It's crazy.
04:57I know that sounds crazy.
04:59Here's, here's something that sounds crazy, but isn't.
05:03If you said, hey, Knicks, you have to play a game, in this series, in this matchup, with
05:11Jose and Cat, or Brunson and Mitch Robb, which one will be more successful?
05:17It's Jose and Cat.
05:20Mitch Robb cannot play in this series.
05:23And that's before the fact that he actually, most of the time, literally can't play, because
05:29when Cat's trying to get rest, they're in the bonus, so Mitch Robb has to come out.
05:35That's a side of the fact that Mitch Robb is the first person to ever chin-check someone
05:40and get laughed at.
05:42That's a whole other element.
05:43That's a whole other element.
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