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New York Knicks All-Star Jalen Brunson reflected on his time with Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic , and the Dallas Mavericks . After Brunson led the Knicks to a championship , winning a title before Doncic, who led the Mavericks to an NBA Finals appearance before losing, 4-1, to the Boston Celtics in 2024.
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Brunson discussed his relationship with Doncic, the two guards who led the Mavericks' backcourt, who are now leaders of their own respective teams, per NY Post's Bryan Fonseca.
"I love him to death," Brunson said.
While Jalen Brunson doesn't hold any ill-will towards the Mavericks, with whom he played the first four seasons of his career for, but will always remember the decision they made before ultimately trading Luka Doncic in 2025.
"Well," Brunson said with a pause. "They made decisions and I'll leave it at that. They made their decisions."
It's nice to see that Brunson and Doncic still maintain a strong relationship to this day.
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Knicks ' Jalen Brunson on playing at Madison Square Garden
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All-Star guard Jalen Brunson reflected on playing at Madison Square Garden for the first time as a member of the Knicks, and the contrast of playing there as an opponent compared to playing for the home team. For Brunson, the vivid memory of his first postseason appearance with the Knicks stands out the most, he said, per Sports Illustrated.
"First playoff series in New York," Brunson said. "I think this when I understood that the Garden was different."
Although Brunson had played at Madison Square Garden countless time before, whether in college, which led to two NCAA national championships (2016, 2018), or as a member of the Dallas Mavericks in his first four seasons of his NBA career, it's different when you're playing for the Knicks.
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"Like, I knew the Garden was always different but to be able to experience it, playoffs in the Garden, the Garden was real."
Leading the franchise to end a 53-year championship drought, Brunson and the Knicks will defend their title in 2026-27.
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