'JALEN BRUNSON IS THE MVP OF THE EAST!' 😤 - Perk reacts to Knicks vs. 76ers | NBA Today

Kendrick Perkins joins Malika Andrews on NBA Today to break down and react to the New York Knicks' Game 4 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in the first-round of the NBA Playoffs and also discuss if Jalen Brunson is the MVP of the Eastern Conference. Then, Chiney Ogwumike breaks down Joel Embiid's performance in the series.
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[@banksbanks9471]

all embid had to do was not injure mitch , not get hart in foul trouble , and OG AND PRECIOUS WOULDNT HAVE TO HUMBLE HIM SMH. embiid asked for this

[@zyxtrr]

embiid definitely looked gassed in the 4th, maybe if he didn’t have to play the whole second half he would’ve had more energy

[@Hur1caneAaron]

Not our problem if he’s out of energy he’s an nba player

[@banksbanks9471]

@@zyxtrr oh your a 76ers fan ? I understand your ability to not understand what’s going on lol

[@zyxtrr]

@@banksbanks9471 definitely not a sixers fan😂i picked the knicks to go to the conf finals before the playoffs… he ran out of gas it was obvious & knicks defense played great too

[@banksbanks9471]

@@zyxtrr lol yea ok

[@alex-og.zalez9403]

Bruh we have 1 superstar, 1 incredible 2 way player, 1 hurt all-star, 4 different 6MOTY worthy players, and overall 10 amazing tole players. This is my favorite team of my lifetime. Been saying it, Knicks in 5

[@kylesawkon4074]

Worst owner tho

[@michaeljordan6373]

@@kylesawkon4074he ain’t been bad in 6 years give him a break and he also owns the rangers who are Stanley cup contenders every year

[@xander1840]

2020s Knicks DIFFERENT. We been sayingggg

[@toneriggz]

Perk is a better Knicks fan than SAS. And Perk isn't even a Knicks fan.

[@DonGivani]

He is the governor , mayor of NY😂

[@Gilbert-hf7pl]

100. SAS is phony

[@NewHipHop09]

@@DonGivanino he isn’t lmao

[@NewHipHop09]

These facts we don’t claim SAS

[@marckusduverger9776]

@NewHipHop09: That’s Perk’s ESPN nickname this year because he believed in Brunson the most out of anyone lol.

[@MOTV583]

"Knicks need a superstar!" We have one!

[@iwishiwasthomasshelby]

Farm hand 1 is a great role player and a star but not a Superstar

[@MOTV583]

@iwishiwasthomasshelby I'm not sure what you're saying, but if you're trying to say Brunson isn't a superstar then you're buggin'.

[@Enerjay88]

​@@iwishiwasthomasshelbyhe's a superstar, stop hating man

[@kingmight633]

​@iwishiwasthomasshelby lol u know he a super star why don't u bring up your favorite super star right now obviously operating without his all star in Julius might I mention but yea let's line up some if the super star numbers and then come bac to me

[@iwishiwasthomasshelby]

Y'all's definition of superstar is so lax. I mean, he's a star. Superstar also needs to have marketability. I mean, people won't pay top dollar for his shoes. His shoes are more like the ones on clearance you get to mow your lawn. Honestly, I like the guy. But it's just a fact that he's not a Superstar. You think of this guy as a magic, bird, MJ level global star? Seriously?

[@boris2997]

The only player in NBA playoffs history to score 85 points and 20 assist in back to back games 😮. First team all NBA Jalen Brunson

[@blablablaa14]

If Tatum makes first team NBA before Brunson its disgusting

[@samuelvillanueva9956]

Wow

[@amirigordon7230]

Lol he ain't getting first team that's reserved luka and sga who are you know 2 and 3 for mvp ya really live in recency bias

[@boris2997]

@@amirigordon7230 you wanna bet on that ?

[@tommyz4788]

@@amirigordon7230all nba team is not positional anymore. He can replace Tatum or giannis

[@Ssjiskkidjj]

Keep doubting Brunson because of his height. Regardless of what anyone says he’s proved that he’s capable of being a #1 option on a championship winning team if he’s surrounded by the right pieces. He’s a special player. Ever since his days in high school, to his days in college, to his career in the NBA his impact on the court is undeniable. Born winner, born leader, pure dawg. There’s only a couple more players in the league who are more impactful than him currently, especially when the postseason comes around. Brunson is HIM, and he just getting started. KNICKSTAPE 🗽.

[@duranimusprime5989]

He’s played his whole life against taller guys. He didn’t become an elite player playing small guys. He became elite having taller opponents for breakfast.

[@matthewlee4697]

​@@duranimusprime5989 yep! , the experience is definitely there .

[@matthewlee4697]

I totally agree 100%

[@michaelhinchey]

Who's doubting him ? Sixers fan here and he is the only one on the Knicks I was worried about.

[@jakdee1295]

How can he have proved that without winning a championship? It doesn’t make any sense.

[@madewavy]

“Big body Brunson” 😂

[@Killerqueen2000]

Big body Brunson, big booty Chiney

[@NyRaised-]

Newyorkkkk🗽💙🧡Babyy we finally 🆙 its our time😤

[@verified.my2cents]

Big Perk coming to KFTV Tuesday, can't wait. LETS GO KNICKS

[@uzernam3]

Perk coming on KFTV!?!

[@michaeljordan6373]

@@uzernam3say word

[@keithbenz087]

Litt🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@RealTalk309]

Swear

[@remymartinez3673]

I'm a diehard Lakers fan for 30 yrs and I have to say that Jalen Brunson IS the MVP hands down. Joker, SGA and Luka have a good team. Tell me which one out of them has done more this season with less. I'll wait. Joker has Murry, Aaron Gordon, KCP, MPJ. SGA has Chet, Giddy and a bunch of good players. Luka has Kyrie, PJ Washington and good role players. Brunson has a team of good players, but his most important players missed most of the season. Man up Big Perk. Just admit JB is the MVP!! 💯💯💯

[@kylesawkon4074]

I could argue brunson has good teammates, they won a championship together already at nova too

[@ryanamburgy2791]

Don’t act like Brunson has no help. Players like OG and Hart are no slouches

[@remymartinez3673]

@@kylesawkon4074 I didn't say that he doesn't have good teammates, but come on you're bringing up a college chip? This is the NBA

[@remymartinez3673]

@@ryanamburgy2791 I never said OG and Hart aren't good players. I've liked hart since Villanova, but he's not an all-star.

[@Youngguy2024]

Conference MVPS should be a thing

[@khalilsmalling5884]

They are and he will get it when he gets out the East and beats Boston

[@amirigordon7230]

​@@khalilsmalling5884he means like a for a season

[@AYjoy93]

@@khalilsmalling5884 💯💯

[@CHASE0001VB]

I'm not going to lie, I got distracted by the yams 😂

[@LukeTrovisi]

Perk do be looking thicc 😮‍💨😩😫

[@bwill3734]

Never knew she was holding like that 😳

[@Realest2fye]

So someone else noticed that’s when the show actually started that thang fat

[@devshah5570]

As a Raptors fan, OG getting his flowers is pure bliss

[@ryanmahabir664]

Brunson for MVP let's go Knicks

[@duranimusprime5989]

Again…. I’m a New Yorker .. It’s not all Knick fans coming from nyc, there are MANY transplanted New Yorkers that have moved to PA from nyc. They are neighbors literally. My friends and family moved to PA after living in nyc. Part of PA is part of the greater New York Metropolitan area! Can’t someone get a researcher on this cause it’s not just New Yorkers traveling 2 hours to PA. Also folks from PA travel to and from manhattan every day for work. That’s how close it is! There are probably native born folks who spend their working hours in New York, many years and became fans as well.

[@PM2024-]

True. And about 1/3 of Knicks fans are from NJ - which is in Philly’s backyard 🌊

[@colbycheung5905]

Big perk > sas

[@kassi420]

SAS and Perk watching in the Green Room like they were in the Presidential War Room was Gold!

[@StanModGaming]

one man show fo sho...everyone else rebounded for him 🔥🔥🔥

[@viperrecords3288]

BIG BODY BRUNSON MVP

[@livefreevinnie]

Brunson isn’t done yet. If he takes the Knicks to the Eastern conference final, I will be a believer. Josh Hart is the most impressive player imo; He has the most impressive rebounding skills I have seen in a while. Oh ya, he also plays defense btw.

[@AYjoy93]

Josh Hart gives me Rodman vibes with the rebounds. He’s perfected a craft in rebounding

[@uzernam3]

He got that championship blood in him. LETS GOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@brucelau2023]

absolutely Jalen Brunson is truly worthy of an ALL NBA TEAM Selection if that isn't success, then the NBA is absolutely doomed

[@SirCharlesLikesChurros]

2:22 Doc and AI not knowing on which arena they are. Let's go Knicks!

[@Sectrix2pp]

This Jalen dude washes bums of the 90s and 80s

[@yousuckatcod]

They won’t say that, I can’t count how many times he’s broken ankles 😂😂

[@stxcks23]

Don’t talk basketball again

[@georgebrice8329]

@stxcks23+ i agree

[@lmtman6199]

More rings won in PA than the sixers 😭😭😭

[@momusicsounds7908]

Jalen is the smoothest and the coolest, on and off the court.

[@creativemanifestation8295]

I love this MAN ATTITUDE! We are not finished. We have work to do, in other words.

[@AmazingGuy13]

Let's go Knicks!

[@eddierodriguez3328]

Absolutely 💯

[@streetj3sus]

MAGNETIC technology has made jalen a star for the knicks

[@83series]

Nobody is Talking about that these New Yorkers live in Philly now buying up all the properties

[@jimbellamy5295]

I Can Watch This Over And Over Again

[@Christian900]

Good demonstration by The Lady in Pink

[@willn8664]

Embiid with 0 free throws also in the 4th quarter was a shocker.

[@Eski813]

GO NY GO NY GOOOOOOOOO

[@jyp523]

This is the New York Knicks! GO NY GO NY GOOOOO!

[@MaDFroG88]

Knicks vs. Pacers 2nd round classic!

[@ezmeelalshga3199]

Love perk

[@KingFuego-jg2ek]

What we've all been waiting for #SaluteTheChief

[@saf1999]

MVP!!!!

[@michaelbedard7859]

Amen Perk

[@pickle.786]

he said "what's that for" on the elbor

[@jumpmusic101]

The biggest knick ever!

[@WeBleedOrangeNBlue]

Mayor Perk is officially now a member of the Knicks we forgive you for being a Celtic

[@nasrichards]

Philadelphia looking bad letting NYC take over their home arena.

[@DonGivani]

The can't lock them outside, Philly is literally next to NY/ NJ, only 100 miles drive

[@nasrichards]

@@DonGivani NYC is 75 miles from Philly

[@DonGivani]

@@nasrichards yeah we know, but depends where you are in NY... Queens to Philly is different

[@nasrichards]

@@DonGivani yeah that's true. Brooklyn is closets along with Manhattan

[@armhammer8563]

He’s so crafty !

[@carmine_]

Let’s go knicks !!!

[@PM2024-]

facts 🗽

[@Michael_Page]

Knicks fans turned the Wassaname Basketball Arena in/near Philadelphia, PA into MSG south.

[@user-kh3eq5lg2z]

Kendrick Perkins speakin facts for the first time in his analyst career

[@toreytownsend4705]

The whole time the lady in Pink was talking I just kept thinking to myself...... Just dont let her fall, because those heels had her leaning.

[@user-ke8mc2gr4k]

nyc take over

[@forealpat397]

JB went to the park on the sxers. He feelin real good. 🏀🔥🔥🔥👍

[@ryanrowe1975]

MVP Brunson

[@robertcampoverde7460]

SAS chillen and watching the game with Perk trying to get back in through him. 😂

[@misteremachine]

I'm a Knick fan and lost all focus when that beautiful woman named Chiney Ogwumike came through with that pink dress. LAWD HAVE MERCY

[@DavidValladares]

Facts ❤

[@sharonmanfredo8824]

Brunson the man!!!! Who wants to play the knicks???😂😂😅 nobody?????😮

[@JoseMunoz-ky8gl]

My dawg 🗽 we should call him ibrunson ❤❤❤❤

[@astrahcat1212]

Bus to philly is 10 bucks

[@bkstar5380]

I love what my NY KNICK players are doing but shout-out to Coach Thibs for mixing & matching. OG shut cry baby Embid downnnnnn. So yeah Thibs is doing an incredible job...

[@Isaiah_Dumars_Show]

I think this team may can go all the way. Once we get Mitchell Robinson back healthy and Bojan, we’re good for the most part. Even without Randle we can take this team to the Finals. Remember I said it here first‼️

[@jimmynibbs6746]

Perk said it best, Brunson is doing more with less. Brunson is the MVP of the league. Jokic for instance, has a whole lot more to work with.

[@ApolloFuse]

THATS MY POINT GOD!!!!!

[@Lumi-OF-Model]

How is he the East MVP when he just played his first good game this series.

[@royal9692]

He played back to back good games, he just lost game 3

[@ALYoungFuture13]

So the season don't count huh 😂..don't be slow

[@royal9692]

​@@ALYoungFuture13 No need to even bring up the regular season, the last two games was enough. During the season, there's nothing to talk about, we already know.

[@DonGivani]

Exactly the first games, he was a no show, missing a lot of shots😂... MVP East should be Tatum

[@GabrielGarcia-hi8vl]

Ur a hater. I feel sorry for your mother

[@elel3439]

He do got a good point about mvp

[@EnjoyTheSilenc3]

Big Perk Salute 🫡 You a real G for recognizing real since the get go

[@p344y]

They doubted AI because of his size too. Do your thing young gun you deserve the MVP

[@Brsrafal]

Last time I saw that in kobe days I was at nets games full of kobe jerseys

[@scigama71]

Brunson should be the mvp period not just the east

[@igamer28]

There should be an east and west MVP

[@mdaniels3rd]

Aaaaand he just got the max

[@Eats1987]

My goodness i wish we had a healthy Randle and Mitch ☹️

[@benchwarmerss9165]

Embid surprised about the fans. We’ve heard mvp chants in close states like charolette atl philly, but then he gets the chants in places like Utah and Portland. Most fans aren’t traveling there … they already LIVE THERE . I like how nobody thinks nobody moves out of New York we just go places to visit lmao

[@ALYoungFuture13]

😂😂lol where Becky and Candace at !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@imreallyhigh918]

Yall better pray New York down make it further cause the amount of madness that will happen if we win will be unheard of…. Yall been warned

[@maamounaerot9472]

💙🧡

[@mrpzpdx]

Yes he is.

[@BrutusJrThe3rd]

As a Knicks fan, you truly don’t know how sweet this feels. 🥹 I know we’ve been competitive the last few years but still. Rooted for them since 04 & haven’t been this happy as a fan

[@jjones317]

Every time I watch Jalen play I think back to hating the day when Mavericks let him get away.

[@Codessca]

Good idea, how about having MVP east, MVP west and have a final vote for NBA MVP

[@RealTalk309]

I wanna see big perk on the roommates pod

[@manatee_flips6811]

Perk sounds like he scouted Brunson for the Knicks...discovered him,

[@BlackkWaterr]

East? 2nd seed in the east with Giannis, Embiid, Jimmy Butler having most of their squad all year? No one was more valuable to their team’s success. MVP of the League!

[@alexpeets7118]

Ya cant blame Knick fans fro taking over there arena if Sixer fans showed up for there team we wouldn't be having this conversation

[@DunbarTheGreat]

New York gotta get off of Randle. Pick up Turner and Zion.

[@m7floyd]

"New York or Nowhere"

[@AliFrankTheTank]

Brunson, Ant Ed & Harden R1 stock risings

[@martinalbert29]

I am a Celtics fan but I do think Brunson is the playoff MVP so far in the east and Ant in the west.

[@charliemack3073]

Jalen "Come & Get Some" Brunson!!No Diddy!!💀

[@user-jk3qy3mq8r]

Perk is the mvp of his chair at home

[@optimistic_giants_fan]

Keep sleeping on the Knicks and the culture they have built over the last 4 years. Do y'all even watch real basketball anymore?

[@hanj31]

If Randle was healthy the knicks would be the favorites in the East ahead of Botson

[@rodneystevenson4057]

As a lifelong Knicks fan of over 40 years, I say that the chemistry and flow is better without Randle. He is Melo 2.0

[@johnszumowski9685]

Tyrese Maxy one up your boy..

[@glloyd8625]

Why is Embiid not suspended, or does the league not even make a statement

[@yasirmehmood4352]

Love Brunson but I think he’s a #2 on a championship team.

[@italianman21]

Dominant performance with 19 FTS?

[@brandonjeffries2150]

O.G and Ihart split the gane ball. We all know Joel is Mitch's assignment...they rose to the challenge.

[@selomkiflemariam]

Sadly, Chiney got diagnosed with extra goofiness on this show 😂

[@jrod132]

I miss you in Dallas Brunson!!! Brunson is 5th in MVP behind Luka, Jokic, Giannis, and SGA. The Knicks should wrap up the series in game 5. Embiid choking in the playoffs as always lol

[@kevintirado606]

This man take him to the ecf he a first ballot hof. He take them to the finals which knicks will lose sorry to say you gotta give this man his own wing in the hof for that

[@InPeSHaBLe]

…….juhuuuuuuurrrrrddddd….that’s all I got

[@nikhiltrivedi8126]

Even with Giannis out and embiid injured, JT clears Brunson. Foh w that MVP of the east 🤣🤣

[@555crooked]

Brown is having a better season than Tatum