Among the players with the best value for money in the league, Jalen Brunson occupies a place of choice. The point guard is indeed in the fourth and final year of his rookie contract, earning just under $2 million this season, while he is now the Mavs’ third offensive option and the team’s second-leading passer. behind Luka Doncic.
Enough to attract the interest of other franchises in the league, while the Texans have still not put a contract extension on the table. The New York Post reports very strong interest, and long-time, from the Knicks for the former Villanova player.
There is indeed a family connection to the New York franchise. The Mavs player’s father, Rick Brunson, was one of the first clients of a certain Leon Rose, when he launched his agency, now president of the Knicks. We recall that the father also played with them at the start of his career, in the late 1990s.
We imagine in any case that Jalen Brunson will want to be paid accordingly after his very good season with 16 points (50.5% on shots), nearly 6 assists and 4 rebounds on average so far.
| Jalen Brunson | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 73 | 22 | 46.7 | 34.8 | 72.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 57 | 18 | 46.6 | 35.8 | 81.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 8.2 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 68 | 25 | 52.3 | 40.5 | 79.5 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 40 | 31 | 49.9 | 33.6 | 77.3 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 16.0 |
| Total | 238 | 23 | 49.2 | 36.6 | 77.4 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 11.1 | |
