Jalen Brunson has emerged as the kind of point guard leader that the Knicks have craved for decades and can build around in the coming years.
MIAMI — One year ago, Jalen Brunson put forth an unexpected breakout performance in the playoffs for the Mavericks, earning himself a whopping nine-figure deal in free agency last July from the Knicks.
“Great person, great worker, great leader and very determined. So the numbers speak for themselves when you look at what he did. He did it very efficiently. So we’re looking forward to the summer, the offseason, and improving over the course of the offseason.” “How is that dude not an All-Star or All-NBA? … He should be on one of those teams,” Erik Spoelstra, the Heat’s two-time NBA championship-winning head coach, said of Brunson after Game 6. “I wish he was still out West. But man, you gotta respect him as a competitor. He’s like a lot of our guys in the locker room. He’s got an iron will.
“For us, the biggest thing was trying to make him take and make tough shots, and he did, all series. You can’t deny that. So kudos to him, I thought he had a great series.”
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