In December 2025 Max Kellerman claimed the Knicks will never win a championship with Jalen Brunson as their best player Six months later Kellerman says he'd pick Brunson over SGA to lead a team in a playoff series Clipped from the Bill Simmons Podcast

Max Kellerman and Antonio Daniels would rather have Jalen Brunson over Luka Doncic if they wanted to win a championship I would say Brunson The reason Id say that is because Ive seen Brunson play with and without the ball

Jalen Brunson with the Eastern Conference Finals MVP trophy in the Knicks' locker room

Reactions to the Knicks signing Brunson

Jalen Brunson banks in the layup Maxey misses the 3-point attempt Brunson grabs the rebound and finds Mikal Bridges for the fastbreak layup putting the Knicks up 16 with 346 minutes remaining in regulation with replays

Jeff Teague on Knicks vs Cavs They dont got nobody who can guard Jalen Brunson this sht over with I want James Harden to get to the Finals definitely but aint nobody on that team can guard Jalen Brunson

Bill Simmons Pod I think the Knicks winning the championship is the biggest thing left in any sport other than Bill Vikings or Detroit Lions winning the Super Bowl