[@undergrndlounge] “I’m not a foul baiter. I just play by the rules.” – Jalen Brunson

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1. He’s telling the truth. Every team does what he does which is just exaggerating the contact from the defender.

   People complain and whine because he cooks their team

2. First: r/nba and nba twitter gonna have a field day with this.

   Second: He’s right about the “jump back” thing. Trae jumped backwards, jb jumps straight up even in the sixers series. Idk why dude acting like the point wasn’t to foul jb during the playoffs when he’s hot.

3. He’s correct btw. He embellishes the contact, but the contact made by the defender is and was illegal

4. Hot take: He gets fouled often because he is hard to cover without fouling.

5. He definitely gets too much shit in regard to the whole foul baiting thing but he does knock/throw his head back at times during drives when it’s not necessary. It looks like he’s being slapped😅

6. What play of the game is he referring to with Philly at the end of this clip? Not from the recent loss against them right?

7. Cap wasting his breath on these dudes.

8. love him, my fav knick of all time but he is definitely a foulbaiter. he does the Trae move of waiting for guys to get on him after he leans and then shoots lol

9. He gets knocked to the floor at least twice a game.

10. Jalen gets the shit kicked out of him every game and they call some of those fouls but they miss a lot of them.

11. Does every human on earth have a podcast at this point?

12. 100%

13. This video does a good job of explaining the calls he got during the sixers series: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l4hCAm82Gc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l4hCAm82Gc) 

14. He’s a pure basketball assassin

15. Knowing the rules and how they’re enforced is, whether anyone likes it or not, part of the game. Knowing the ins and outs of them gives someone an advantage over players that don’t. Chris Paul is another example of this.

16. One time he got a black eye and no foul called

17. Those plays against Philly that are being talked about, he was absolutely going straight up and Oubre just kept running into him. Happened 15 times that seires but somehow nobody calls Oubre out for playing shitty defense.

18. I don’t care if he is a foul baiter or not. For years I watched stars on other teams bait fouls while the Knicks stunk. I think it’s okay if one plays for the good guys now

19. Foul you once…shame on me. Foul you five times…how does the blame shift in that situation?

20. He doesn’t even get to the line that often