Jalen Brunson's honest take on stardom amid Knicks NBA Playoffs clash vs. Hawks
Amid the Knicks' NBA Playoffs first-round matchup vs. the Hawks, Jalen Brunson had to reflect on his rise to becoming a star in the league.
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The NBA Playoffs are cutthroat. A lot of stars start to fade after 82 games and turn into non-factors when the postseason kicks off. Jalen Brunson was quite the opposite.
He rose to the occasion when the Dallas Mavericks needed him and he continues to do the same for the New York Knicks . Amid their first-round matchup with the Atlanta Hawks , he got to reflect on his rise to stardom. Brunson gets real on how he became a Knicks, Mavericks NBA Playoffs great Jalen Brunson entered the league as a two-time national champion with the Villanova Wildcats.
During his first years with the Mavericks, he practically lived behind the shadow of Luka Doncic. But, a single NBA Playoffs game against the Utah Jazz changed all of that. The run where he went from scoring eight points per game to notching over 21 points per night in the postseason happened a little over four years ago now.