Knicks level guard Jalen Brunson capped off his large 2023-24 marketing campaign by incomes Japanese Convention Participant of the Week honors for the fourth time this season.
Brunson helped New York safe the second seed within the Japanese Convention by going 4-0 with wins over the Chicago Bulls (twice), the top-seeded Boston Celtics, and the crosstown rival Brooklyn Nets.
As he did all season, the Villanova product fully took video games over at instances throughout that stretch, averaging 38.5 factors, 7.5 assists, and three.5 rebounds whereas taking pictures a stellar 51 p.c from the sector and 50 p.c from past the arc.
After an amazing first season within the Large Apple, Brunson someway improved much more, posting profession highs throughout the board whereas additionally making his first profession All-Star Sport look.
The 27-year-old drew ‘MVP’ chants from the Backyard devoted for almost all of the season after averaging 28.7 factors, 6.7 assists, and three.1 rebounds whereas taking pictures 48 p.c and 40 p.c from three-point land throughout 77 contests.
He cracked the 40-point mark 9 instances and the 50-point mark twice, together with an unimaginable new career-high 61-point exhibiting again in March towards the San Antonio Spurs.
Brunson definitely deserves MVP votes after his unimaginable exhibiting.
The celebrity guard will look to hold the optimistic momentum into his fourth profession postseason look, which can kick off this weekend towards both the 76ers or Warmth.
