Knicks’ Jalen Brunson steps out of shadows, joins NBA’s elite as first-time All-Star
NY Post
For the first years of his NBA career, Jalen Brunson operated in the shadows.
For the first years of his NBA career, Jalen Brunson operated in the shadows.
A point guard deemed too slow and too small mostly came off the bench for his first three seasons with the Mavericks, improving but on the margins.
Dallas featured Luka Doncic, who was in Brunson’s draft class but otherwise in another league.
Doncic was Rookie of the Year in 2018-19 and All-NBA First Team the next three seasons, a scoring virtuoso virtually as soon as he stepped on the court.
Brunson’s true leap as a player did not arrive until 2021-22 when he emerged as a Mavericks starter, a scoring threat (16.3 point per game), received votes for the Most Improved Player Award and became an able sidekick of Doncic’s for a team that advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
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