Jalen Brunson confirmed what some already knew about his attraction to the Knicks.
“It’s family,” Brunson stated Tuesday. “It’s a consolation stage to this and it’s one thing I couldn’t flip a blind eye to.
“That these guys have my interest at heart. I think (Knicks president Leon Rose) probably saw me before my dad did. So it’s just a one big family for me, and I’m super excited.”
Of course, there’s additionally the four-year contract exceeding $100 million—the generational wealth he accepted from Rose, his father’s former agent, and crew proprietor James Dolan.
Brunson, who has bucked the chances as a second-round decide signing a nine-figure contract, stated that is nothing new.
“They said I was too slow, not athletic enough. Too small,” Brunson stated. “All the things that don’t measure heart. And that’s what I have.”
Otherwise, there wasn’t a lot to glean from Brunson’s first public phrases as a member of the Knicks.
It was a 15-minute introductory press convention with no media current, with solely the in-house community and screened questions from followers allowed through the sterilized dialog.
The philosophy of freezing out the media (until it’s mandated by the NBA) trickles down from Dolan, but it surely casts your complete group as terrified and weak. If a entrance workplace can’t reply questions on its largest signing, when ought to it really feel assured sufficient to swat away no matter media queries frighten the proprietor?
Rose, as an example, sat down with native reporters on the apex of his tenure, proper after the Knicks shocked the NBA by ending fourth within the East. Then the Knicks bombed in Year 2 and Rose went radio silent. Not one outstanding member of the group has spoken publicly because the season ended.
To be clear, there are important questions, past basketball, that the Knicks are avoiding. Forget concerning the nosedive final season, assumptions of tampering with Brunson and the Donovan Mitchell commerce rumors. They additionally employed a brand new assistant coach, Rick Brunson, the daddy of Jalen, who left his final job with the Timberwolves amid accusations of sexual harassment, three years after he was charged—and acquitted—of unrelated sexual abuse. Was there a due diligence investigation earlier than the hiring? Was Dolan, who as soon as sang “I Should’ve Known” about his former buddy Harvey Weinstein’s misdeeds, happy with the solutions?
Fair questions—and a chance for reassuring solutions from the Knicks—however they’ve been averted. None of that ought to fall on Jalen Brunson, who got here throughout as polished and likable by way of the interview, as his repute precedes.
He additionally didn’t need to reply one query about Mitchell, about becoming with Julius Randle, about RJ Barrett, about declining to offer the Mavericks a chance to match the supply. But Brunson did get 4 questions from followers, which had been vetted previous to being learn aloud:
· What is your favourite reminiscence of enjoying at MSG?
· What is your favourite passion?
· Who was your favourite Knicks participant rising up?
· What are you most wanting ahead to with enjoying for coach Thibodeau?
Riveting tv.
()
Source: www.bostonherald.com