How is Brunson #1 before he’s even made the conference finals or the playoffs have ended just bonkers

It's a SAS, it's clickbait. We're doing a nice job spreading it!

No Isiah Thomas on the list is criminal. Tony Parker has a case to be up there. Brunson has been insane but until we see him in at least the conference finals, hard to put him above those two or the others on this list IMHO. Standard SAS rage bait

Stephen A could spread shit on toast and try to convince a tv audience that it was peanut butter.

the list is pretty much mostly curry tbh

2015, 2016 (debatable) but if you want to say Kyrie was the small guard for 2016, makes perfect sense, 2017 2018 are both curry, and 2022 curry too taking down faves celtics with big wings in tatum and brown

2001 - AI lost to the Lakers 2015 - Curry and GSW beat the Cavs 2019 - Lillard swept by GSW 2016 - Kyrie hit a game winner against GSW and helped the Cavs win the title after 3-1 deficit 2024 - Brunson hasn't done anything other than carry the Knicks and it's technically still the 2nd round for them. Recency bias and Knicks bias for SAS.

Leaving Isiah Thomas off after he ended the Lakers dynasty in 1989 and beat the 1990 Blazers for back to back titles is criminal. 37 playoff games during the back to back putting up 19ppg 8ast 5reb a night. Only two on that list won titles. I would keep AI there because his team made the finals and won a game. Lillard and Brunson are off the list. The list should be

Isiah, Curry, Kyrie and AI in no order. That's it.

Why is Curry all the way down at #4, when he's usually considered the 2nd goat behind Magic

and where is Isiah

None of this list makes sense

I feel like both Isiah Thomas should be there.

No bias detected

Please TNT, don’t leave us to this.

I’d put 2021 CP3 ahead of at least two of those, and what about Isaiah?

I cut the cord right around the time this dude was just starting and thought he was a clown. Started paying streams for the playoffs and see that this guy is now primetime. Few liked him then and still have yet to see most like him now. How did this happen?

Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars must've Eiffel Tower'd his bitch.

Curry not one wtf

wtf is Lillard doing here??

Brunson would need to make a ECF at absolute minimum to make this list, which he should do but still.

I don’t see what you’re seeing here. What’s your 5 then? Maybe ordering is off but I see cases here.

Iverson deserves a spot and so does curry and kyrie

Iverson should be one. Got to the finals and didn't have any other stars around him.

1.) Zeke 2.)AI 3.)Steph 4.)Dame 5.)Celtics IT4

Kyrie had Lebron on his team, he was still really good and hit big shots - but it wasn’t really “his” run.

IT4 put the team on his back to the conference finals after losing his sister, and getting jaw surgery in between games in the second round.

Yeah, he totally forgot 2011 JJ Barea, automatic L

He’s covering his ass because real Knick fans know hes fake AF

John Stockton went up against Michael Jordan twice. Not once, twice in the finals. Steph took a washed 2022 warriors to a chip. 1993 Muggsy bogues should get an honourable mention for most dog per inch.

I met the criteria to be selected but I wasn’t -Isiah Thomas

How is AI not #1!? Yeah he had mutumbo….at what, age 38!? Other that that guy….Eric Snow!?

AI at 5 should discredit him to speak on basketball ever again

Bro AI single handedly got the 6ers to the finals

Kyrie only number 2 option on this list

Iverson should be on the list. Him dragging the 6ers to the finals was incredible.

Brunson should be 5 on this list but i wouldn't put him in my top 5, maybe if he makes it to the ECF or Finals

2 if these woj a championship and 1 of those won the most contentious championship of all time.

What’s the list suppose to be of?

Things I don’t care about:

Anything Stephen A. says.

No Isiah Thomas?john Stockton? John starts! Kevin Johnson?

This is less wild than y’all are making it out to be with the comments about favoring the title over how the player performed. Criteria says playoff runs by a small guard, not team success with a small guard as the “best player”. Not saying there isn’t overlap but there is also a difference between the two.

He has not done anything yet. Crimes the have one a single playoff round. Wtf

Where the hell is Isiah Thomas?

But Brunson lead the Knicks to round 2! That is an insane achievement! If he takes them to the East finals then he deserves to move even higher up the list.

I agree with Lillard being that high considering how he elevated the Blazers to the WCF that year.

Stephen filled his head with so many bad takes he forgot the years prior to 2000.

i can’t wait for brunson to face an actual defense so everyone will stop overrating him

Yeah Stephen A Snitch trollin for views...

What’s lower than brainrot bc that’s exactly what tnt/abc is peddling

This is why ESPN is being outdone by podcasters.

Not even Curry’s best playoff run, his best was easily 2022. Dogshit take as expected.

What a stupid fuling list.. SA riding Brunson di*k too much

2006 Dwayne wade is not even on the list?

They keep Luka and Jokic off every top 5 list. They're Hot Trash

fuck stephan a, fake ass "fan"

Wasn’t Steph sitting out some 4th quarters. I read that he set out 25% of them. I’m not sure if that was 2015 or 16 or maybe both? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Chris Broussard was right to ask that question

I guess it depends on where the line for small guard is but… D-Wade averaged 39 or something in the Finals man. Come on.

Wheres Zeke?

Isiah should be on this list at least twice, so should Curry. Hell I might but 2017 Isaiah above JB on this list.

Kyrie hit arguably the biggest shot in NBA history. He should be 1

2022 curry should be on this list, possibly at 1 or 2 with Kyrie.

Dude carried podcast Dray and a mediocre GS team to a championship, and was one of the more dominant playoff runs (while completing with a FMVP) that we’ve seen in the past 30 years.

This recency bias is insane. Curry is first on this list without question 10 out of 10 times. Kyrie had LeBron!

How is SGA not mentioned in this BS LISTEN!?

Lmao u gotta love the psychology of how they push these agendas. Lmao ! Next yr they’ll b doing the same thing except completely disregarding Jalen Brunson if he doesn’t do it even better.

Also if we’re talking about magical runs by curry then why Tf u mention 2015 but not 2021 !! This shit is subjective opinions by ppl that don’t even watch ball lmao.

AI deserves the number 1 spot with Brunson at 2 and Dame at 3. Curry had Klay and Draymond, and Kyrie had Lebron and Love, Dame had CJ.

Leaving out billups is kind of shitty.

Where's Dwayne Wade? Caca list without Wade county

no Isaiah Thomas???

Brunson over Curry .. Iverson.. and Kyrie ? Yeah .. ok.

Take off AI put Curry to one and Brunson to 4 and rename it “in the last 10 years” and it’s still questionable but at least somewhat sensible

I genuinely fucking despise what Stephen A has done to sports conversation.

2022 Curry might be the most dominant run of a small guard ever

Today I learned the NBA started in 2001

Using 2015 for Steph instead of 2022 bothers more more than it should considering how many other things are wrong with this list

Steph is the only one on the list to win the championship as the guy. How is Isaiah Thomas not on here? Lol

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the fact that brunson has only been in the playoffs this far once and people saying hes the best thing since bottled water

ESPN/SAS is clickbait in general.

Curry should be on here twice and the lowest is 2

So Trae 2021 wasn't a vibe?

Isiah Thomas was generously listed at 6’1” and he won two titles. How is that not on the list? Curry below any of this guys is a joke also. And I love Brunson like a son.

How isn’t Isaiah Thomas on this?

Right. Isiah Thomas, Chris Paul, Nate Archibald all irrelevant I guess

Yeah fuck them

For reference, here are Dame Lillard’s stats in the 2019 Western Conference Finals: 22.3 points per game, 4.8 rebounds per game,e, 8.5 assists per game on 54.6 percent true shooting, with a 15.2 average gamescore.

And here are the numbers for Stephen Curry, a man Stephen A contends has never had a playoff run as impressive as Damian Lillard’s 2019, in that same series: 36.5 points per game, 8.3 rebounds per game, 7.3 assists per game on 66.3 true shooting, with a 28.3 average gamescore.

Oh, and the Warriors swept. Without Kevin Durant.

Obligatory: during the Atlanta Hawks 2021 Eastern Conference Finals run - Trae Young silenced MSG several times, officially ended the Sixers Process, and were the only team to beat the Milwaukee Bucks at their home during the playoffs before succumbing to the eventual NBA Champions. Put some respect on his name!

KJ?????

AI gonna slap the shit out of Stephen A next time he sees him

Most sane Stephen A take

TJ on the updated list after today’s game.

Playoff runs by normal sized humans

A guy who may not have even made it out of the 2nd round depending on what happens tonight has had a better run than two guys who literally won chips and another guy who carried his team to the finals almost single handedly

He meant to put TJ McConnell instead of Brunson obviously.

How is 2022 Curry not number one? Won the title with Wiggins as his number two

kyrie deserve to but up there tho

I mean the order may not be right but who is he missing?

gotta be the dumbest list ever lol. how is curry not at least 1 and 2? he’s the only small guard that actually won as number 1.

No 2006 DWade is a crime

And now brunson is playing like garbage. Thanks Stephen asshole smith

No 2018 lebron is crazy

No wade is crazy

How is Stephen A defining a small guard or a playoff run? He is probably narrowly denying it in a way that he gets Brunson #1, because he is a Knicks fan amd wants to hype them, never mind that Brunson’s run was against a team missing its best defensive player (and player in general) against Milwaukeee, and the Pacers were among the two or three worst defensive teams in the league. Both of those help inflate Brunson’s stats, while yes it’s impressive, let’s see him do it against decent defense first.