Jalen Brunson a good move but Knicks still look like another barely relevant team
A two-time national champ at Villanova, Brunson is the ultimate crafty left-hander, an athlete who compensates for his lack of high-end athleticism by playing the angles, by seeing things his opponents don’t see and by using his squatty 6-foot-1 body as the hammer needed to create his workspace.
Those 11 first-round picks over the next seven years? Rose needs to figure out how to convert those assets into better players sooner rather than later. None of his top three Knicks — RJ Barrett, Julius Randle and Brunson — is good enough to be the lead franchise player on a title contender or to be the second-best player on a championship team.
Though Brunson clearly benefitted from the otherworldly presence of Luka Doncic, and all the attention Luka commanded, he is not merely a creation of the partnership. Brunson shot better than 50 percent from the field in each of the last two seasons, and averaged 21.6 points in the Mavs’ 18-game playoff run. At age 25, he could be a very good long-term NBA starter, but probably not a great one.
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