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LAS VEGAS \u2014 Aces coach Becky Hammon sees no reason to apologize for her take that 2026 NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson wasn\u2019t a \u201c1A\u201d star.\u00a0<\/p>

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But Hammon did acknowledge Tuesday that Brunson showed \u201che was that 1A dude\u201d as he led the Knicks to their first championship in 53 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cJalen, all he did was prove history wrong, he proves he\u2019s an outlier,\u201d Hammon said after the Aces\u2019 shootaround. \u201cSo you can put his name next to Steph Curry and Isiah Thomas, and I thought he played brilliantly, especially down the stretch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, he was that 1A dude,\u201d Hammon continued. \u201cBut apologize, I\u2019m never gonna apologize for having an opinion. That\u2019s what ESPN pays me for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hammon infamously said in 2023 that the 6-foot-2 Brunson was too small to be the lead star on a championship team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf your best player is small, you\u2019re not winning,\u201d Hammon said on ESPN\u2019s \u201cNBA Today\u201d back then.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the Knicks got on a roll during the playoffs, Hammon doubled down on her stance.\u00a0<\/p>

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\u201cI\u2019m speaking historically on the NBA with what I said,\u201d Hammon said in May. \u201cI don\u2019t know why everybody\u2019s so stuck on that. I said it two years ago, I stand by it. There\u2019s no air to be cleared. I said what I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Brunson cemented himself as one of the Knicks\u2019 best players in franchise history.<\/p>\n

Hammon would argue that he\u2019s the best.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me just piss off Knicks fans again and say, I think he\u2019s the greatest Knick ever,\u201d she said. \u201cGive them something else to talk about\u2026 I\u2019ve always been a Jalen Brunson fan. I was a fan of his at Villanova, in Dallas and why this comment went off the rails, I have no idea because it was clearly a historical and analytical take.\u201d<\/p>

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