Jalen Brunson has been named the thirty sixth captain of the New York Knicks and the primary to be designated workforce captain by the group since Lance Thomas through the 2018-19 season.
Brunson, 27, turns into the 18th guard in workforce historical past to be named captain and simply the fourth second-round choose to obtain the glory.
“The New York Knicks have a deep and storied historical past and right this moment we’re immensely proud so as to add to that lineage by naming Jalen Brunson as our captain,” mentioned Knicks president Leon Rose.
“Jalen is a pure born chief, and I’m assured he’ll proceed to characterize our group, followers, metropolis and his teammates with the identical coronary heart, grit and sophistication that he has displayed each day since he got here to New York.”
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After the Knicks acquired Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets earlier this offseason, Brunson agreed to signal a four-year, $156.5 million extension in July. He would have been eligible for a five-year, $269.1 million deal had he waited to signal till subsequent offseason.
In his two seasons with New York, the Knicks have a document of 97-67 (.591), probably the most wins in consecutive seasons for the Knicks because the 1999-00 and 2000-01 seasons (98 wins).
Brunson has additionally led the Knicks to the second spherical of the Japanese Convention playoffs in each his seasons after coming from Dallas. Final season, he earned his first All-Star choice and completed fifth in voting for the NBA MVP award.
New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson scored or assisted on a franchise-record 3,481 factors final season
In 77 video games (all begins) of the 2023-24 season, Brunson averaged profession highs of 28.7 factors, 6.7 assists, and 35.4 minutes per recreation whereas taking pictures 47.9% from the sphere, 40.1% from 3-point vary, and a career-best 84.7% on the free throw line.
His participant effectivity ranking (23.4), help proportion (33.5%), utilization proportion (32.5%), and win shares (11.2) have been all profession highs. He scored or assisted on a franchise-record 3,481 factors as nicely.
In New York’s 139-122 victory in opposition to the Phoenix Suns on Dec. 15, the guard notched a then-career-high 50 factors on 17-of-23 (73.9%) taking pictures from the ground and 9 3-pointers.
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Then within the Knicks’ 130-126 extra time loss to the San Antonio Spurs on March 29, he scored a career-high 61 factors. It was one level shy of matching Carmelo Anthony’s franchise document of 62 factors on Jan. 24, 2014. Bernard King fell to 3rd along with his 60-point recreation in 1984.
Jalen Brunson additionally recorded 11 40-point video games within the common season. In the course of the 2024 NBA Playoffs, he turned the primary Knicks participant with 40 factors and 5 assists in 4 straight postseason video games, per ESPN Stats & Data.
Furthermore, Brunson turned the primary NBA participant since Michael Jordan (182 factors in 1993) to attain at the very least 170 factors over a four-game span in a single postseason.
Brunson scored a playoff career-high 47 factors in Sport 4 of the Knicks’ first-round sequence in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers. The fifth-year veteran then put up 40 factors in Sport 5 and 41 in Sport 6.
