Through the first week of the NBA playoffs, one thing that has stood out is the lack of ball movement from the New York Knicks in their series with the Detroit Pistons. Speaking to ESPN's Tim Bontemps, one scout for a Western Conference team thinks that Jalen Brunson's style of play has "caught up" with the Knicks in the playoffs:

Jalen Brunson isn’t one of the biggest, quickest, or most explosive guards in the NBA, but he’s become one of the best because no one is craftier. Brunson has faced skeptics as he’s climbed the basketball world,

Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks won the NBA’s clutch player of the year award on Wednesday. Brunson got 70 of the 100 first-place votes. Denver’s Nikola Jokic was second and Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards was third.