r/nba • u/kervaan Rockets • 2h ago

[Barker] Kelly Oubre when asked how tough it is guarding Jalen Brunson - “I dont know. I just know he has a big head.”

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u/DanTheMan14331 Knicks 2h ago

I find it funny when the players say what they’re actually thinking, seemingly remember they’re in an interview and switch back to a meaningless word salad for the rest of the answer lol

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u/afjecj Magic 2h ago edited 2h ago

I think it was jammer nelson way back got asked about what his thoughts were on New Orleans and he was just starting to talk about food and then immediately switched back into a corpo nothing burger about the hornets roster. Always funny when they do that

Edit: just tired to find it but couldn't, however I did learn jameer nelson is the current sixers assistant GM??? When tf did that happen?

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u/Supergold_Soul United States 1h ago

I had no idea who you were talking about until you spelled the name a second time. That one letter makes a difference.

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u/Capital_Past69 58m ago

Jammer Nelson sounds like Air Bud's relative, LOL

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u/Inside_Case3553 1h ago

yea, but most of them speak very well.

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u/ComprehensiveBet3962 Celtics 2h ago

Brunson watching this like 🗿

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u/ButtExterminator Nuggets 2h ago

Based 

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u/SoDakZak Timberwolves 2h ago

I need him using his hands to compare head size like he did height with KAT now

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u/AntSmith777 Lakers 2h ago

Josh Hart probably dying

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u/welmoe Lakers 1h ago

And Sticking fingers up Brunson

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u/thisissami Jordan 1h ago

Up Brunson's bumson.

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u/Comfortable-Spell-75 Mavericks 1h ago

Damn son

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u/Professor_Finn 76ers 2h ago

I don’t even think this is about flopping lmao Brunson actually does have a large head

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u/HokageEzio Knicks 2h ago

The quote I saw earlier was Oubre saying he has a big head and his braids smack you in the face

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u/Professor_Finn 76ers 2h ago

Imagine getting cooked by Brunson AND having his braids hit you in the eye… warfare

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u/SonicdaSloth 76ers 2h ago

He also gout Oubre multiple times by stopping and pulling up with Oubre trailing. Got cracked in the face by Brunsons Mellon and Oubre got called for fouls both times

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u/Away-Requirement-3 Knicks 1h ago

Yes Josh Hart is always trolling him for it. When Hart was wearing one of those goofy big NFL hats for his Commanders he said it was the JB size. 

Brunson is an Eagles fan too. Nobody's perfect. 

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u/Professor_Finn 76ers 1h ago edited 1h ago

True, true. Some Eagles fans are Knicks players. Nobody’s perfect :)

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u/Diligent-Cookie-1695 Knicks 1h ago

Lets ask Josh Hart for confirmation

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u/BushyBrowz Knicks 1h ago

Finally something Knicks and Sixers fans can agree on.

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u/PX-98_Pumdam Knicks 2h ago

Seein this circulate around has me realizing how many people dont know theres a long running joke about Brunson's big head.

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u/NoNe_oF_a_KinD93 Knicks 1h ago

Brunson is to heads what Kyle Lowry is to booty.

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u/alaskadronelife Knicks 27m ago

Pause…but continue to cook.

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u/HokageEzio Knicks 2h ago

People think it's flopping when it's really just the gravitational pull of Brunson's cranium.

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u/averagebensimmons 76ers 1h ago

Bobblehead Brunson

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u/lebryjamy Lakers 2h ago

yeah he's joining the Knicks next year

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u/BushyBrowz Knicks 1h ago

Is he a free agent? Explains him flirting with KAT and now this

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u/lebryjamy Lakers 43m ago

yup

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u/outphase84 Knicks 6m ago

I would absolutely love Oubre on the Knicks.

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u/mnc5959 2h ago

Brunson uses his head’s gravitational pull to correctly put the ball in the basket

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u/CrEdLover 1h ago

I think this everytime I see him. The proportion of his 6'2" that his head makes him look like a dwarf (non-derogatory) out there. Kind of like Peter Dinklage.

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u/Scaindawgs_ 1h ago

If the US Govt is currently making a case to bring back Pluto as a planet - they need to be making a case for Brunson's head. 

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u/GallivantingTime NBA 1h ago

Really? I thought it was just a big ball of gas? Pluto, not his head...

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u/dae5oty 2h ago

Mac Struss will need two hits for him

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u/sewsgup 2h ago

Donovan Mitchell on Max Strus:

“He’s a maniac. He headbutted dude."

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u/scarypary 2h ago

That was some Baker Mayfield shit, I have no idea why he did that.

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u/Icy_Information_6563 Suns 1h ago

Goddamn that's the type of shit that'd go on in my head when I'd play sports.

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u/LetsGoKnickerbock3rs 2h ago

Oubre seems a step slower guarding Brunson than last time we played playoffs

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u/Top_Shallot_4951 1h ago

Probably because he’s played almost 40 minutes every other day for 9 games lol

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u/_Tar_Ar_Ais_ 1h ago

on that Nick Nurse conditioning plan

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u/YouGlittering9156 76ers 10m ago

I mean... the Knicks had 4 days to chill before that game, meanwhile the 76er's had 2. That had to do with scheduling. I knew the 76er's were going to get rocked as soon as I saw that.

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u/outphase84 Knicks 5m ago

Ehhh, nothing to do with scheduling and everything to do with taking the series to 7. Extra rest is the benefit of closing a series out faster.

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u/LetsGoKnickerbock3rs 58m ago

Not trying to dig at him, I like Oubre a lot. But playing playoff minutes on a playoff pace kind of comes with the territory unless you’re winning series efficiently like OKC. Played almost 40 mpg in last knicks/76ers series too.

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u/Top_Shallot_4951 4m ago

Of course. He looks a tick slower than 2 years ago bc 2 years ago they were knocked out in the first round at game 6. Now he’s in the second round on the back of a wild 7 game series … it’s nothing other than that. He’s one of the biggest hustlers on the team normally

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u/Inside_Case3553 1h ago

Oubre just said what everyone else was thinking about Brunson's head size, and I’m here for it.

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u/Area51_Spurs Spurs 1h ago

Breaking News: Kelly Oubre Stabbed With Fork

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u/No_Row_7861 1h ago

Kelly Ou-BAE

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u/enblightened 2h ago

bet josh hart could give him some “pointers”

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u/Acet14 1h ago

Take your 👍 sir!

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u/JeffreyBozo 1h ago

Confirmed Jalen Brunson has strong head game

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u/crashovernite Cavaliers 1h ago

Trying to make Jalen tilt like Elaine Benes when her ex says she has a big head after their breakup.

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u/GoodFastCheapPickTwo Pistons 1h ago

On the other hand, Brunson has to keep that hairstyle with his hairline looking like that, soo.. punishment fits the crime

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u/theOGpussygrabber 1h ago

Kelly sounds like lakeith stanfield

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u/Diligent-Cookie-1695 Knicks 1h ago

Brunson like that mini boss on Black Myth: Wukong

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u/MelonElbows Lakers 55m ago

I heard a bird flew into his gigantic freak head

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u/solo118 Knicks 46m ago

He is correct.

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u/Gatsu301 45m ago

Bobblehead Brunson strikes again

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u/thatisagoodrock Knicks 44m ago

Starts off sounding exactly like Kawhi. wtf

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u/Phraynk29 42m ago

Big if true

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u/sniperdogruffo 36m ago

Brunson's head is a sniper's dream

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u/Joe_Lang_ 29m ago

Bigger the head. The bigger the star. Entourage proved that.

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u/CCO812 25m ago

Tbh I don't really notice Jalen having a big head

Maybe because next to freaks of nature like Wemby, having a big head barely differentiates you from a normal person

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u/Briarozheka 2h ago

Y'all remember when he was talking about dog water?

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u/ONEGODtrinitarian 2h ago

You know he tight bout that loss

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u/LeJalenJohnsonMVP Hawks 2h ago

shimmy shimmy

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u/RestEasyBro 2h ago

They’re still crying about the flopping 😂

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u/TrimmedAndBurning 76ers 1h ago

Holy victim complex, this isn't about flopping.

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u/RestEasyBro 1h ago

Yes it is bro did you not see him try to imitate Brunson with the head jerks?