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Mike Brown complains about the different officiating for Jalen Brunson and CJ McCollum

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A big storyline in the Knicks vs Hawks series has been the foul disparity between Jalen Brunson and CJ McCollum.

Mike Brown complains about the different officiating for Jalen Brunson and CJ McCollum originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . While there has not been a huge difference in their free-throw attempts, CJ McCollum and Jalen Brunson have had a bizarre contrast in terms of fouls being called on them.

This has been a competitive series between the New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks , but it seems the former's head coach is a bit puzzled by the fouls being called. He specifically pointed out the contrast between the teams' point guards. Mike Brown calls out the officials for the differences between players Brunson is a tremendous player for the Knicks , and he loves getting to the line with his physical style.

He might always be the smallest player on the court, but he is aggressive enough to keep drawing fouls. However, the series against the Hawks has been peculiar because he has been bumped over and over again, but some of them are not being called for fouls. In contrast, McCollum has drawn a lot of fouls on similar bumps.

MORE: Shaquille O'Neal continues to be concerned about Karl-Anthony Towns' play That is why Brown is questioning the officials because he feels there are similar bumps between the two guards. However, Brunson is not given the benefit of the doubt, so that has led to some frustration from the Knicks' camp. "I'm still trying to figure out what's a bump and what's not a bump.