Viral Jalen Brunson video shows roots of dad’s ‘planned’ advantage
NY Post
LOS ANGELES — It was a behind-the-scenes look at how a player like Jalen Brunson, without the requisite size or athleticism, can become an NBA star.
The viral video, discovered by X account @NBA_NewYork and viewed over 4.5 million times as of Monday afternoon, shows a pre-teen Brunson, exhausted and exasperated, sludging through a one-on-none shooting drill while his father is relentlessly pushing focus and discipline.
“Tired is for the weak,” Rick Brunson, the dad, says in the video.
“PTSD,” Jalen responded Monday.
The workout, filmed by Brunson’s mother, Sandra, took place between 2007-09, the same time Rick was an assistant coach at the University of Virginia.
Brunson said Monday his annoyance was about having to train outside in the “hot-ass sun,” rather than inside the air-conditioned gym at UVA.
PHOENIX — Wednesday brought some cautiously optimistic updates for the Knicks frontcourt.
The Greatest Escape in franchise history was perpetrated by Glen Sather, when the general manager extricated himself and the Rangers from the final five years of Scott Gomez’s contract by moving the $7,357,143-per-year center to Montreal on June 30, 2009 after two years in New York.
The Yankees publicly are on the same page: Hal Steinbrenner, like Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone before him, said that issues with the club’s fundamentals did not hover over the team all season.
The first day of the rest of Daniel Jones’ dwindling time with the Giants arrived Wednesday, with Jones in the building, in the meetings, on the practice field (although not doing very much) and not at all part of the game plan for the next game, relegated to a non-participant role for the remainder of the season.
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The Lakers’ decision to keep Bronny James away from G League road games has sparked some debate about the level of preferential treatment the franchise is giving to LeBron’s son.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Rangers continue to flex their strength on the road this season.
One of Tom Thibodeau’s stated points of emphasis for the Knicks this season — to increase their volume of 3-point attempts to take advantage of their proficiency from the outside — is starting to come to fruition.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — It’s the best-case scenario for Filip Chytil and the Rangers.