<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-honest-take-tom-thibodeau-salty-night-vs-raptors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks’ Jalen Brunson gets honest take from Tom Thibodeau after quiet night');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Knicks-news-Jalen-Brunson-gets-honest-take-from-Tom-Thibodeau-after-salty-night-vs-Raptors.jpg"></figure><h1>Knicks’ Jalen Brunson gets honest take from Tom Thibodeau after quiet night</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T00:08:06-08:00">December 24th, 12:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T00:08:06-08:00">December 24th, 12:08am</time><address><a>Dylan Fine</a>Dylan Fine focuses on the NFL and NCAA Football for ClutchPoints, in addition to working on the meme team. Dylan is a graduate of Georgetown University and has covered various topics ranging from local politics in the DMV region with DC Voter For Animals to live sporting events in the Long Island and Rochester areas with The Southampton Press and Pickin’Splinters. When he isn't working, he's usually running in preparation for the next annual Turkey Trot.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau gave an honest take on Jalen Brunson’s performance against the Raptors. The superstar point guard had a rare, quiet outing in the 139-125 win. Brunson scored twelve points on 4 out of 13 field shooting while recording seven assists and two steals. New York is on a four-game winning streak following its disappointing <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-biggest-issues-to-fix-after-nba-cup-flop-vs-hawks">In-Season Tournament elimination by the Atlanta Hawks</a>.</p><p>Thibodeau praised Brunson’s performance on Monday night, noting that the point guard’s quiet shift reflects his ability to adapt to the game’s flow. The Knicks head coach <a href="https://x.com/sny_knicks/status/1871394329131901405" rel="noopener">described this approach</a> in his postgame press conference with SNY TV.</p><p>“He’s (Brunson) gonna do whatever the game needs to win. So I thought, you know, we built a big lead, and Jalen doesn’t fight the game. He reads the game extremely well, and we got some guys going early. I thought he got the guys into a real rhythm. I thought KAT had a big game, and OG was terrific on both ends. Then, you know, Mikal played a really solid game, and when Cam came in with Deuce, they gave us a big spark.”</p><h2><b>The Knicks look to be rounding into form</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/OG-Anunoby.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Tom Thibodeau’s comments on Brunson’s adaptability showcase the superstar’s most underrated trait. The All-NBA point guard’s selflessness is what is starting to elevate the Knicks as this season goes on. Last year, New York was more limited on the scoring front, especially when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-julius-randle-season-ending-shoulder-surgery">Julius Randle suffered a season-ending should injury</a>. Because of this, Jalen had to take on more of an isolation-heavy, score-first role in the offense. The Knicks, therefore, had the second-lowest assist percentage in the league.</p><p>For the 2024-2025 season, New York has become way more offensively dynamic with the additions of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges. Brunson now has reduced his usage rate and is averaging a career-high 7.6 assists per game. The Knicks are, therefore, up to twelfth in assist percentage and have the second-highest offensive rating in the league.</p><p>Jalen’s efficiency has also peaked in his third season with New York. He is currently shooting 49.3% from the field and 44.6% from three. In addition, over the past two years, Brunson has shown that he gets better as the season progresses. Barring injury, this trend should continue into 2025.</p><p>Overall, the Knicks’ ability to win different types of games will be key going forward. New York has already shown that it can beat any franchise in the league when it’s in an offensive rhythm. However, the squad must continue to learn how to win ugly to emerge as a preeminent favorite for the title.</p><p>Fortunately, as it has been on this streak, New York is getting healthier with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-ny-agrees-to-terms-with-veteran-shooter-after-injury-recovery">Landry Shamet’s return</a> and Mitchell Robinson inching closer to making his season debut. The Knicks need to continue this momentum, which, if they do, will be largely sparked by their star point guard.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Knicks’ Jalen Brunson gets honest take from Tom Thibodeau after quiet night

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/wwe-news-triple-h-reveals-initial-roman-reigns-impression-jalen-brunson-josh-hart');   ga('set', 'title', 'Triple H reveals initial Roman Reigns impression to Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWE-news-Triple-H-reveals-initial-Roman-Reigns-impression-to-Jalen-Brunson-Josh-Hart.jpg"></figure><h1>Triple H reveals initial Roman Reigns impression to Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-16T17:33:54-08:00">December 16th, 5:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-16T17:33:54-08:00">December 16th, 5:33pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When he initially broke out onto the WWE main roster scene and especially after the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wwe-seth-rollins-still-supports-ex-shield-member-jon-moxley" rel="noopener">desolation of The Shield</a>, few fans thought Roman Reigns was going to become the promotion’s next great star.</p><p>Sure, someone was going to have to take up the mantle for John Cena, especially as he became more and more involved in the Hollywood acting game, but goodness, he wasn’t even the most popular member of his faction, so the idea of turning him into the next Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson just because of their familial ties didn’t sit right with the fans booing him on the regular.</p><p>And yet, if you as Paul “Triple H” Levesque about his initial opinions on the “Tribal Chief,” which Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart did on their <i>The Roomates Show</i> podcast, the answer couldn’t be any more different, with “The Game” recalling a conversation with Dusty Rhodes that <a href="https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/triple-h-when-i-first-met-roman-reigns-i-told-dusty-rhodes-if-he-s-not-biggest-star-we-don-t-know" rel="noopener">laid out much of his future success in the squared circle</a>.</p><p>“The first time I ever met Roman Reigns, I had just taken over and started what would become our developmental system, and he had just transitioned over from football to being in our developmental system. The first day I met him, I sat down with him for 20 minutes just to get to know him a little bit,” Levesque explained via Fightful.</p><p>“Walked out of the interview and, at the time, Dusty Rhode was working in developmental with me, I walked up to Dusty and said, ‘If that kid is not the biggest star we ever have in ten years, I don’t know what we’re doing. Holy sh*t. He has everything.’ When he walked in the room, you couldn’t help but look at him and go, ‘Who is that?’ He has an innate X-factor charisma. Sometimes that happens, sometimes it’s the guy you don’t see it in them, ‘He’s good. He’s athletic. He’s this and that,’ but it’s really the character stuff. Sometimes it clicks, and sometimes it doesn’t.”</p><p>Now granted, as many WWE fans of the late-Vince McMahon era will happily attest, Reigns’ success is reliant on having good writing to back him up, as when he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wwe-la-knight-just-buried-roman-reigns-ahead-of-their-wwe-championship-match-at-crown-jewel-suffering-succotash">spitting off lines straight out of a Looney Tunes skit</a> or being forced to eat dog food, he wasn’t exactly popular. Still, part of opportunity is taking advantage of what you are given, and when Reigns accepted a chance to turn heel alongside Paul Heyman, he ran with it to an incredible degree, turning in the performance of a lifetime with The Bloodline and becoming a Hall of  Fame-caliber performer over his expansive run with the Universal Championship.</p><p>Was the road a little more winding than even Levesque might have expected? Sure, but in the end, he got there, and frankly, that’s all that really matters.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Triple H reveals initial Roman Reigns impression to Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-responds-to-isaiah-hartensteins-fiery-trae-young-comments');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks’ Jalen Brunson responds to Isaiah Hartenstein’s fiery Trae Young comments');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jalen-Brunson-responds-to-Isaiah-Hartensteins-fiery-Trae-Young-comments.jpg"></figure><h1>Knicks’ Jalen Brunson responds to Isaiah Hartenstein’s fiery Trae Young comments</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-15T20:46:05-08:00">December 15th, 8:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-15T20:46:05-08:00">December 15th, 8:46pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Atlanta Hawks star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-true-story-dice-celly-vs-knicks">Trae Young caused a bit of a fuss</a> last Wednesday when he rolled some imaginary dice right on the New York Knicks’ center-court logo at Madison Square Garden after sealing a 108-100 win to book their trip to Las Vegas for the semifinals of the NBA Cup. When asked about Young’s celebration, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-reacts-trae-young-rolling-dice-logo">Jalen Brunson took the high road</a>, conceding that if the Knicks wanted to prevent the Hawks star from puffing his chest, then they should have won the game.</p><p>But for former Knicks center Isaiah Hartenstein, he says that he would have done something to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-isaiah-hartensteins-strong-comments-after-trae-young-rolls-dice-on-new-york-logo">let Young and the Hawks know</a> that they aren’t to be trifled with. Hartenstein said that if he were still with the team, he “wouldn’t have let him roll the dice on midcourt” because he’s “always got love for New York”.</p><p>Nonetheless, Brunson believes that Hartenstein’s <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/sports/jalen-brunsons-blunt-response-to-isaiah-hartensteins-knicks-dig/" rel="noopener">comments are moot anyway</a>, as he’s now with the Oklahoma City Thunder — the team that will be facing the Milwaukee Bucks in the final of the NBA Cup.</p><p>“Isaiah isn’t here,” Brunson said, via Zach Braziller of the New York Post. “Do I have an issue with [Young’s celebration]? Yeah, but he won, they won. So why put in false and fake energy to do something like that, when you could’ve done that to try and win the game? That’s just my point of view on it.”</p><h2><b>Trae Young may have won the battle against the Knicks, but the Hawks lost the war</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jalen-Brunson-driving-past-Trae-Young.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The major comfort for the Knicks in the aftermath of Trae Young’s dice-roll celebration is that the Hawks didn’t exactly progress too far following their quarterfinal win in the NBA Cup. Atlanta saw their run in the tournament come to an end at the hands of the Bucks, 110-102, this past Saturday, and it seems as though Young’s roll of the dice at the craps table ended in a loss.</p><p>Nevertheless, Young was well within his rights to celebrate however he pleased; it’s not as if he did something disrespectful to the Knicks logo. He simply rolled some imaginary dice because he was going to Las Vegas, but it did not help matters, of course, that the Hawks star might be the most hated current NBA player due to the way he terrorized New York in the 2021 playoffs.</p><p>And if a team wants someone to not celebrate, they better win, which is a tough but necessary pill for Brunson and the Knicks to swallow.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Knicks’ Jalen Brunson responds to Isaiah Hartenstein’s fiery Trae Young comments

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/knicks-news-jalen-brunson-reacts-trae-young-rolling-dice-logo');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks’ Jalen Brunson reacts to Trae Young rolling dice on logo');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jalen-Brunson-reacts-to-Trae-Young-rolling-dice-on-logo.jpg"></figure><h1>Knicks’ Jalen Brunson reacts to Trae Young rolling dice on logo</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-11T20:41:25-08:00">December 11th, 8:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-11T20:41:25-08:00">December 11th, 8:41pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor and Washington Wizards/Mystics reporter for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Hawks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-trae-young-trolls-knicks-after-eliminating-them-from-nba-cup">Knicks have a Trae Young problem</a>. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-ny-fans-send-hawks-trae-young-message">Atlanta Hawks’ superstar keeps cooking them</a>, and he even rolled dice on the Knicks’ logo at half-court of Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.</p><p>New York franchise jewel Jalen Brunson <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867045968203616321" rel="noopener">sounded off on</a> Young’s antics post-game, via SNY.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"We should win the game if we don't want him to do that."</p><p>Jalen Brunson on Trae Young rolling dice on the Knicks logo.</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/sny_knicks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sny_knicks</a>)<a href="https://t.co/V0SuxcZx2M">pic.twitter.com/V0SuxcZx2M</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1867045968203616321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“We should win the game if we don’t want him to do that,” the Villanova alum said.</p><p>Young’s Las Vegas-themed celebration, an ode to where the NBA Cup semifinals will be held, c<a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1867037582020006195?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" rel="noopener">an be found below</a>, via Bleacher Report.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trae pretends to shoot dice on the Knicks logo 👀</p><p>He’s ready for Vegas 😅 <a href="https://t.co/bABUjhtkHH">pic.twitter.com/bABUjhtkHH</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1867037582020006195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Young registered 22 points, 11 assists, and five rebounds in the Hawks’ 108-100 victory over the Knicks, sending them through to the NBA Cup semifinals. The three-time All-Star averages 25.4 points and 9.6 assists against New York and led Atlanta to an upset series win over the Orange and Blue in the first round of the 2021 playoffs, famously bowing to the Madison Square Garden crowd after the fifth and final contest.</p><p>What’s next for the Knicks now that they’re out of the NBA Cup?</p><h2><b>Knicks must finish strong in December</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jalen-Brunson-looks-to-pass-the-ball-while-dribbling-along-the-baseline-against-the-Orlando-Magic_d32f68.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Despite the loss, New York is still fourth in the Eastern Conference at 15-10, one game behind the Orlando Magic for third. Coincidentally, the Knicks play in Orlando on Sunday evening.</p><p>That contest kicks off a three-game road trip, capped off with a matchup against the 5-20 New Orleans Pelicans. However, New York hasn’t been invincible against subpar squads this year, as it recently lost to the Detroit Pistons (10-15) and the Utah Jazz (5-18).</p><p>Going forward, the Knicks must not play down to the level of their competition. The red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers already have a six-game lead over them for first place in the East, and that gap will only grow if New York keeps getting upset by below-average opponents.</p><p>With three combined games scheduled against the 7-18 Toronto Raptors and 3-19 Washington Wizards, the Knicks have no excuse to not finish strong in December.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There is nothing that the New York Knicks would have wanted more on Monday night than to score a victory over the Toronto Raptors to send them off on their merry way en route to their impending NBA Cup clash against the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.</p><p>And that’s exactly what they got. Thanks to some clutch heroics from Karl-Anthony Towns, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-scottie-barnes-exits-knicks-game-troubling-injury">Knicks took a 113-108 victory</a> to improve to 15-9 on the season.</p><p>But apparently, according to Knicks forward Josh Hart, star point guard Jalen Brunson had a greater want in mind all night long — <a href="https://x.com/SbondyNBA/status/1866325336427799039" rel="noopener">hilariously invoking</a> Raptors sophomore Gradey Dick’s name in the process of saying what might be one of the most out of pocket things any NBA player has ever said.</p><p>“Second half, Jalen Brunson kept saying, I want Dick. I’ll take Dick,” Hart told reporters postgame, per Stefan Bondy of the New York Post.</p><p>Hart has always been one of the funniest people in the league. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-josh-harts-hilarious-plan-for-nba-cup-bonus">His deadpan humor</a> is nearly unmatched, and one would have to imagine that the Knicks forward said that about Brunson with a straight face. But Hart hilariously cannot be joking about these matters, especially given the suggestive nature of the Raptors sophomore’s last name.</p><p>For what it’s worth, Dick has embraced jokes regarding his surname in the past. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-raptors-gradey-dick-magic-anthony-black-go-viral-after-hilarious-jersey-exchange">Raptors sophomore accepted a jersey swap</a> with Orlando Magic guard Anthony Black last season, giving birth to one of the wildest and most hilarious moments in NBA history. Thus, it’s guaranteed that Dick’s heart won’t turn hard following Hart’s joke towards Brunson.</p><p>It’s good that Dick has a soft stance towards jokes regarding his surname and that he’s not extending any ill will towards such banter, which is good news for the Knicks forward.</p><h2><b>Jalen Brunson responds to Josh Hart’s wild joke after Knicks win</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Knicks-guard-Jalen-Brunson-11-and-forward-OG-Anunoby-8-react-after-a-three-point-basket-by-center-Karl-Anthony-Towns.jpg"><figcaption>© John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>And while Jalen Brunson may have allegedly said, according to Josh Hart, that he “wants” and “will take” Gradey Dick, the Knicks guard <a href="https://x.com/jalenbrunson1/status/1866345766102479145" rel="noopener">vehemently denied such accusations</a> — even posting on his official account on X (formerly Twitter) to clear his name.</p><p>“He’s lying on my name,” Brunson wrote.</p><p>Upon closer look, it does look like Hart truly is lying regarding this matter (of course he is). The Knicks guard was defending Ochai Agbaji to end the game, with Mikal Bridges being the one to take the Dick assignment. Nonetheless, don’t expect this to be the last time that Hart makes fun of Brunson in an out of pocket manner.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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