Becky Hammon Just Got Put on Jalen Brunson's Permanent Block List... Knicks Fans Are Petty, and I Love Every Second of It!
Jalen Brunson has put Becky Hammon on his blocked call list, with good reason! If you're Becky Hammon, you might want to avoid New York for...oh, I don't know...the next 53 years. Because apparently Jalen Brunson keeps receipts longer than your grandmother keeps expired coupons.
Remember back in 2023 when Hammon, working as an ESPN analyst, said Brunson was simply "too small" to lead the Knicks to an NBA championship? She even compared him to Hall of Fame point guard John Stockton, basically saying history wasn't on Brunson's side.
Well...history just sent her a text message that read: "LOL."
Fast forward to today. Jalen Brunson isn't just an NBA champion: He's the NBA Finals MVP. He ended a 53-year championship drought for the Knicks, turned New York into the loudest city on Earth, and has Knicks fans acting like they personally grabbed the final rebound in Game 7.
Then came the funniest moment of all. During an interview where Brunson was reacting to different photos from his basketball journey, a picture of Becky Hammon popped up.
Most players would've smiled politely, but not Brunson. He looked at the picture and basically said, "Yeah...we're skipping her."
THAT'S IT! No yelling, no rant, no Twitter fingers. Just the basketball version of deleting someone from your contacts. That might be the coldest assist Brunson has thrown all year.
Knicks fans immediately started celebrating like they had just won another championship. Social media turned into a giant "Receipts Department," and suddenly everyone remembered exactly what Hammon had said three years ago.
The crazy part? Brunson didn't just prove people wrong: He embarrassed every single person who doubted him.
The guy averaged 26 points a game this season, carried the Knicks through the playoffs, won Finals MVP, and authored one of the greatest moments in franchise history when his late shot in Game 4 against the Spurs led to OG Anunoby's game-winning tip-in after the Knicks erased a ridiculous 29-point deficit.
You can't script that. In truth, if Hollywood wrote that script, they'd reject it because they'd say it was unrealistic.
Meanwhile, Becky Hammon has to be sitting somewhere thinking, "Maybe I should've kept that one to myself."
Listen, everybody misses on evaluations. It happens. I've said things before that aged like milk sitting in the middle of Times Square in August. But Brunson didn't need to clap back with a long speech. Instead, he let the championship ring, the Finals MVP trophy, and one savage sentence do all the talking.
That's superstar behavior.
And Knicks fans? Oh, they're never letting this go. These are the same people who still bring up Michael Jordan pushing off, Reggie Miller's eight points in nine seconds, and every referee since 1973. You think they're forgetting Becky Hammon called Brunson "too small?" Not a chance. Some Knicks fan is probably making a T-shirt about her as we speak.
The moral of the story? Never tell a guy from New York he's too small, especially when he's got the heart of Patrick Ewing, the swagger of Walt Frazier, the clutch gene of Willis Reed, and apparently the memory of an elephant.
Congratulations, Becky. You just earned yourself a lifetime membership on Jalen Brunson's, "Nah...we're good" list. And judging by his reaction, that membership isn't getting revoked anytime soon.