New York Knicks superstar guard Jalen Brunson is the toast of New York City right now after guiding his team to an NBA title, the franchise’s first in more than 50 years.
During Thursday’s championship parade, Brunson called out all of his and his team’s haters during a celebratory speech.
“There’s a lot of people who have a lot of opinions, but when you prove ’em wrong, you really don’t have to say [expletive] to them,” Brunson told the crowd to roaring cheers. “Nah. They don’t deserve it.”
It’s hard not to imagine Brunson is calling out Las Vegas Aces coach and former San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon here, who infamously doubted Brunson was good enough to lead an NBA team to a title as a “1A” talent.
Brunson seemed to shade Hammon after Saturday’s title win, and Thursday’s speech seemed to be his latest dig.
Some NSFW language to follow.
Jalen Brunson with a mic drop quote at the Knicks parade ceremonypic.twitter.com/rcuCJF3EIN
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Hammon doubled down on her criticism during the Knicks’ stellar playoff run, which made the take even worse when you were actively watching what Brunson was doing on the basketball court.
Brunson can now call himself an NBA champion and put Hammon’s critique that he can’t win a title for a team as its “1A” superstar to rest. He was right; she was wrong. Such is life, but a parade is the perfect time to gloat.
When did the Knicks last win a title?
1973!
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Did Jalen Brunson shade doubter Becky Hammon during Knicks parade speech?
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