Jalen Brunson had himself a season to REMEMBER.
🏆 NBA All-Star
🏆 All-NBA Selection
🏆 Emirates NBA Cup MVP
🏆 Eastern Conference Finals MVP
🏆 NBA Finals MVP
🏆 NBA Champion
Take a bow, @jalenbrunson1!
Karl-Anthony Towns on what he told Jalen Brunson when he arrived in New York:
"I told you that the first day I got here and you welcome me here to New York, I said I want to make sure I amplify you to a whole another level that you haven't even recognized for yourself. I want to be that partner in crime that you haven't had, and I want to make sure that every step of the way, anytime you go anywhere, you're never alone. You always have someone behind you that's ready to do whatever it is to protect you, to protect this city. And I only ask for one thing in return. One thing."
(Towns then pointed directly at the Larry O'Brien Trophy)
(Via @Roommates__Show)
That first beer that Brunson had on his rooftop alone had to be the coldest most refreshing and delicious beer any man in human history ever had, right?
Karl-Anthony Towns says he'd take a $100,000,000 pay cut to keep the Knicks together
Q: “You willing to take a $100 plus million dollar pay cut to like Jaylen Brunson did to keep this thing together?”
KAT: “If we can keep it all together. We all got to get in the room and say we going to do it”
“I mean, Jalen Brunson, shout out to him. That's a lot of money. But you know what? You can't put a value on the fact that he's at where he wants to be. And I think that's a big value number that no one's thinking of.
“He's with his father. He's super comfortable. He has a team that believes in him. I think that belief that a team and organization can give you is something that's worth a lot, a lot, a lot of money. And they give him that belief, and I think that he felt that was the best situation for him, and I root him on for that”
Josh Hart: "We went to you as the hub. You dictated everything–getting JB, OG, Mikal involved-and you sacrificed your own points, touches, shots…we were down 2-1…"
KAT "I appreciate you saying that