THE TAKE
If the season ended now, Brunson would be the MVP despite concerns about the Knicks becoming too Brunson-centric, and KAT has fallen out of the MVP race
BOLDNESS
6/100
GRADE
25/100
PLAYERS / TEAMS
None tagged
GRADING CRITERIA
TRUE IF
Brunson is ranked as Finals MVP favorite in credible power rankings at season's end;
FALSE IF
another player is consensus MVP or KAT remains Finals MVP conversation at that time.
contrarianhot take
OUTCOME
CONFIRMED FALSEBroussard's take on June 9 was that Brunson was the Finals MVP frontrunner and KAT had fallen out of the race. In reality, the opposite was true at that time: KAT was atop the NBA.com Finals MVP Ladder and CBS Sports ranked Towns as the leader with his defensive work as 'the separator.' Brunson did ultimately win Finals MVP unanimously after dropping 45 points in a Game 5 clincher, but KAT was very much in — and leading — the MVP conversation on June 9, directly contradicting the prediction.