Jalen Brunson’s egregious flopping is NBA Playoffs’ most annoying subplot

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, going from an underrated recruit to a college basketball legend at Villanova to a second round draft pick who the Dallas Mavericks didn’t want long-term. He’s morphed into a true NBA superstar on the New York Knicks even with the same limitations traditional scouts have always seen in him.

Ausar Thompson is almost the polar opposite of Brunson. He’s an elite quick-twitch athlete with great positional size who is still learning how

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