Jalen Brunson on 'Unfair' Luka Doncic Criticism in the NBA Finals | Taylor Rooks X 

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People don’t understand how fucking big Luka is, he can absorb hits and you can’t see how hard he was hit because he’s so big and I think people don’t understand that

Luka is getting Pre Finals win Lebron and MJ treatment. Shows how great he is, no one else ever has gotten this disrespect for averaging 30 points in the finals. That’s also while holding the best offense in the league to 107, 105 & 106 and having the best defended fg% on the team.

Luka is getting more hate than the Celtics are getting plaudits for their great performance. It’s a disservice to both parties

Jalen Brunson is spot on! Criticizing Luka Doncic unfairly during the Finals is just not right. He's a standout player who deserves more respect. Keep proving them wrong, Luka! 🏀👏

People been waiting to blame luka. Dude can drop a 40 piece triple double with the most steals in the playoffs(he did that) and people like "nah that's just what luka does." Like its nothing. Now that he's had some blow bys and Kyrie and his WHOLE team is slacking, its ALL about luka. Yall can't give no credit when its due but jump on his back when you get the opportunity.

So real man, respect

Jalen Brunson is amazing player and amazing person, it looks like he is also a great friend and I respect that. To bad he is not with MAVS anymore, but on the other hand I'm happy for him since he's been so awesome this season in New York, became one of the best players in the league.

So glad Brunson is getting this much attention now

Mavs fan here just to say we still love you JB. I'd love to see a Knicks / Mavs finals next year!!!!!

Jalen is right about Luka. The man is banged up and getting banged up at the highest level.

With the Mavs, a complete underdog, getting to the Finals, Luka's haters were waiting for anything to be able to come out. ESPN has been very anti-Luka these past 2 seasons and it shows, not being able to even appreciate without downplaying Luka's season is wild.

Who the hell would criticize Luca Doncic? he is giving 110 percent and is playing through pain that would shelve most players. the celtics are too deep. wow. this would be like dissing jerry west when he was playing against the early celtic teams. this boston team is just too strong.

People are making the Finals about Luka, when it's clear that the Celtics just have too much firepower and were the better team from the start. - The Celtics have several of the best spot up shooters in the NBA, the Mavs have PJ Washington and Derrick Jones Jr. - The Celtics have multiple All-NBA defenders, the Mavs have zero. - The Celtics have 5 guys who can create their own shot, the Mavs only have two. The Mavs need to find a way to get Mikal Bridges this summer.

They’ve been waiting to blame Luka and they finally got something to try and blame him for. Half of the American media hates Luka, they are upset the best players in the league are from Europe. His defense isn’t why they are losing. The Celtics team is stacked and Mavs role players are playing like shit. It’s been Luka one man show majority of the series besides Kyrie finally showing up for game 3. They expect Luka to be the best offensive and defensive player while also playing on one leg.

People just love to hate on something the moment they can and from there it just snowballs nowadays

I've been casual fan on a lot of teams that past few years and really did not see Brunson's career path until this year. Amazing player, top tier. Wouldn't mind having him on the Spurs.

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Brunson is winner in heart, he won 2 ncaa. He also very respectful. He could shine better in Dallas if more chance was given, but that is easy to say now.

Jalen Brunson is a great colleague friend, he was traded from Dallas and has no grudge. Great friend and man

I’d really love to see Luka on Jalen n Josh’s podcast after the finals. I bet it’d be so fun to see a relaxed, off court Luka talkin w a friend for an hour. Prolly be some hella cool insights into their time together in Dallas too. Like them 2 dudes played together w DIRK. Like that’s wild😂

Jalen, please come back to Dallas we want you back man

JB is a real competitor and a stand up guy!

Jalen is a great player, tremendous talent and hopefully one day he gets to the finals and becomes a champion.

Come back to Dallas, Jalen

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Well said, Mr…I’m sure he will do better going forward

What’s with Jalen’s left hand? Is it broken?

Come back to Dallas Jalen

Wow. Brunson nailed it.

people think players are robots.

Mavs only has 1 guy playing defense. Kyrie isnt gonna defend. Guy gave as much shots as luka.

This guy (Brunson) got class. And Doncic will learn with time just like Lebron did. He is 25 and smart. Elegance is something that can be learned. He already earned everyones respect (and envy in some cases).

ALL the media does is ride the hype train literally last week they were glazing luka and kyrie and now theyre saying they are OVERRATED AND TRASH. There is zero middle ground with the NBA media, all the greats have bad games. Do you think MJ,Bird,Kobe,lebron and so never had bad games in the playoffs? Especially for luke hes 25, its his first finals ever.

What a cool dude

Imagine if we still had Brunson…

I am a Luka fan but the criticism was fair luka was not playing defense he was complaining to the refs too much yall criticize these other players when the complain to the officals so what makes luka different.

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Great response.

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Jason Tatum's issue is that media pushes too hard to promote him, same like Ants, Ja, SGA etc. that makes them look like they are overrated, I don't know if players like that, personally I really hate that.

With great power comes great responsibility. If you wanna be the big guy u better be ready for the criticism

Well I'm pretty sure Brunson feels what Luka feels in that Pacers series 😂😂

The Celtics been whooping your ass all series long Your the Best Player your going to get held accountable!

i love you jalen brunson

Brunson please go back to dallas

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The main reason I pull for the Knicks now is Jalen. GM Donnie Nelson Jr. got the Mavs -- Luka, Brunson and KP -- and then was fired by Mark Cuban. Cuban did the same thing with Brunson that he did with Steve Nash, refused to match an offer, and lost both of them for nothing. Mavs could have re-signed Jalen way BEORE the Knicks offer. Now the Jalen signing looks like one of the smartest contracts in the NBA. Brunson taking the high road and defending his old Mav's teammates is exactly what I would expect from him. Cuban dumping Porzingas to the Wizards for essentially nothing is ironic now that he's going to win a ring with Boston. Give the Mavs credit for adding Lively, Washington and Gafford -- and making a risky Kyrie trade. That got them to the finals this year. But Mavs lost Brunson and KP for nothing -- so it's one step forward and two steps backwards when Cuban is making the decisions. KP about to get a ring LONG before Luka does. And I wouldn't be surprised if Jalen and the Knicks win a championship in the next couple of years either. I feel sorry for the Mavs and their fans (not the owners) but they actually overachieved this year -- and it would be shocking if they come out of the West again any time soon. Too many good teams in the West on the rise. Good luck to Jalen and his Knicks team in the East.

It takes a team. Everyone is banged up and The Mavs have 3 players who can create their own shot. That isn’t enough when you are arguably going against one of the best defensive front courts in the NBA. Celtics have 2 way players and the Mavs don’t. It’s almost as if the Mavs made a team to beat the Nuggets. 1, 2 and 3 on the Mavs are Ballers. 4 and 5 are built for defense and oops/dunks.

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Wait wait wait who’s hating on Luka? I’m a diehard Celtics fan and I love and respect every shot Luka takes. He’s also really great at letting the Cs walk past him whenever he’s not standing at the half court line yelling at the refs. But really, Luka is the offensive force in the nba today. This won’t be the last time we see Luka in the finals.

Dallas really screwed up not holding on to Brunson

Luka has beat expectations and tbh it feels spiteful to criticize him. He has been playing like the best player on a team that was supposed to be bounced in the 2nd round but somehow with the lowest odds made it to the finals. I was expecting thunder, nuggets, or wolves to come out. Mavs making it this far was not expected. Celtics played through a weak eastern conference, while luka played through a tough western conference and more beat up. Expected mavs to get swept, but they didnt. I dont expect any player to do what dirk did. That is just too high of a standard.

Unfair? Absolutely no. EVERY great player faces them. Look at Tatum, that's an example of unfair. They're nitpicking when he's playing good all around basketball on both sides of the ball but criticizing on his scoring. Even when up 3-0. That's unfair. Luka criticism unfair, with poor defense and down 0-3? No. Too much? Yeah, its the social media world we live in today.

People seem to forget the mavs were a 6th seed which went tru the top 4 teams in the west now they not doing to good in finals and they just trowing shots at luka and kyi shit makes no sense

love jalen but luka’s crybaby antics affect his team’s morale way too much to go unnoticed. he grew up in game 4 and look what happened there. he’s young, of course he has flaws.

Luca should have been picked as the MVP, because . . that dude got that team --filled with the Bad News Bears into the FINALS. Could Jalen Brown have done that Could LeBron? NOOOOOOOOO!!! Only Luca could achieve this 8th Wonder of the world, and this is how he did it . . in Game 4: Luca had Pattern Recognition . . . he realized the Divine Curtain--his light pattern-- and donned it . He realized the 'A' (the MVP--the magnetic vector potential of electro magnetism) received the current and became the divine light pattern . . in common parlance, he got into the ZONE; and he enabled others to don such a curtain with him. Now I say this boy is the Green-Curry combo because like Green he is the team's spiritual leader and then he maneuvers like Curry--But Curry knows not how to enable the other players to take on his pattern--his curtain. This all boils down to Luca being one in a billion and unfortunately they lost game 5 because Luca was tired and could not find his pattern and no one else on the team is capable of mirroring him into that state-of-being including their lack luster coach. If only they had one of those Real Madrid Spanish coaches to provide the lightning strikes like Carlos Alcarez's coach--not Juan Carlos, that older dude in black who gives him the fist and the eye--Carlos would not be where he is without that guy. LUCA IS THE MVP . . one has to be a perceiver to get this!

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Is he playing in the Olympics? His hand is still wrapped up.

All my wager winnings in the first round to the conference finals are about to get swept if the Mavs lose tonight.

Whats up Bleacher Report? Truth hurts?

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I think it's time for the NBA to look into investing in AI based officiating with use of robots powered by AI. These refs are indeed subjective and miss a lot of close calls.

Half the people who talk down on Luka probably never hooped let alone carry randoms at a local La fitness.

One day it will be the Mavs vs Knicks in the Finals

Bunch of people think Luka is the best player in the league. The criticism is deserved. It's about how he grows from it

No its fair.. before the series everyone was saying Jaylen Brown wasn’t in the same universe as Luka. He dominated that matchup

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These reporters are ruthless trolls. They dont know anything but click bait hate when it pays to do that they do that everytime. If someone else does it making headlines youll see all the other media members jump on the same story. Its a pathetic world we live in. Lukas defense, hes beat up against a team that had a easy streak to the finals healthy more athletic really competing for the finals mvp now is whats at steak. Luka is frustrated and trying but its tough how it is.

if an injured/banged up luka comes back from a 3-0, he's automatically top 5 all time lol

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Finally some common sense! So much hate on Luka when in fact Dallas would never reach playoffs let alone win the west and reach the finals. Some people in this country really have a serious problem with skin color.

they found the new lebron.

Luka is leading the finals in points and rebounds. 2nd in assists with his team missing way too many shots. The mavs are holding the Celtics way under their season point average...so of course everyone blames luka😅😅😅

Respect for sticking up for his former teammate. But it’s valid criticism and if he’s hurt don’t play then. Especially when you’re called “The greatest backcourt of all time” you have to take some criticism

Brunson not right Boston and Dallas are my two fav teams im watching the refs not make a call on the Mavs then make the call for the Celtics and other way around too game 4 Boston barley got any foul calls JT and Jrue def got fouled on a few drives

MAVSSS FUCKED UP

Bring bronson back to dallas

Luka is an all world OFFENSIVE talent, he complains too much and can be a traffic cone on defense. I don't know when people became so sensitive about the truth, Brunson and him are friends I'm glad he sticks up for him, but there's a reason why Brunson is flourishing now vs playing with Luka.

Dont give me that! The warriors did it with less talent on the squad! Luka is the only one to blame here! It dont matter how many loint luka scores .. if he plays 0 defense and just complains all game to the refs!!! I praisr the refs cuz they had enoigh of his childish antics..m every game its the same with luka!

American specialy NBA media hates luka.. that's the point..

Oh cry more everyone has criticism especially for what they do wrong when they’re so great at one thing

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Doncic whines to the referees more than Lebron - after Doncic walks/travels, carries the ball, turns over the ball, and pushes--off more than any othef player.

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He's still the best player in the series. Celtics are just the better team.

People love to hate on Tatum but once it’s about Luka now everyone crying saying it’s unfair lol

Gup

It's because he's slovanian

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They need to leave luka alone luka is hurt and still droppin 30 shut up haters

I don't know. Seems pretty childish on the court too.

Luka playing with some body pain and drops 30 pts

Brunson Is so zesty lol

Lol.....Luka is doing exactly what he's scripted to do. Good Lord anyone with two functional eyeballs and a grain of common sense can see these games are completely controlled for particular outcomes....specifically the most profitable. These players are performers of entertainment and their salaries alone provide them everything they could ever dream of. Im a sports junkie, well had been, and I've watched live sports for more than 4 decades.... ALL professional sports and they have become literally unwatchable because of the obvious tampering. Vegas has always had a hand in the games, pun intended, but with legalized online betting their greed has overwhelmed any sense of at least a shred of legitimacy thy may have had and it's become an overwhelmingly obvious shit show for unprecedented profits. But NONE of this could or would be possible without the masses of brain dead sheep eager to toss their money away for an illusion.

Say it ain't so!! Jalen Buck Dancing for Luca Doncic!!

So when . Tattim is shooting up bricks and blaming the refs hes fair game...but not Luka

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Boston’s the better team playing as the better team.