That said, Green took a direct shot at a particular team in the Eastern Conference, and further, two pretty clear individual players on that team. The team is the New York Knicks, and the two players he's basically citing as a major reason for what he believes is a ceiling short of contention are Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns .

The Knicks showed up on Halloween as a team at full strength. It wasn’t a disguise but still felt like a ruse.