Although his New York Knicks couldn’t make it to the ECF, Jalen Brunson put together a memorable scoring campaign during the playoffs. His leadership skills enabled a heavily short-handed Knicks to make it to the seventh game of the ECSF, only to succumb to the Indiana Pacers. In that wake, his teammate Donte DiVincenzo hailed his teammate’s ability to lead the Knicks pack.
Since Jalen Brunson is 6’2”, and four inches below the average height in the NBA, some prominent personalities doubted his ability to carry a squad. During a media interaction, after the series loss against the Pacers, DiVincenzo argued that his teammate shut down such narratives and proved that he is a “ leader of men ”. He also expressed that the Knicks roster had his back throughout the electric journey and wanted him to keep touching new heights, During the 2024 postseason, Brunson stacked up 32.
4 points, 7.5 assists, and 3.3 rebounds, per game while shooting a respectable 44.
4% from the floor, per StatMuse. He made numerous clutch shots and without him, the Knicks wouldn’t have been able to defeat the 76ers in the first round. Thus, he shut down his critics in a resounding fashion.
Jalen Brunson proved Becky Hammon wrong In December 2023, Las Vegas Aces head coach, Becky Hammon, didn’t fancy the Knicks’ chances of making a deep playoff run. She stated that the Knicks don’t have “ a dude ” who can elevate their profile in the postseason run. When Kendrick Perkins argued that Jal.
