Why Jalen Brunson wasn’t having fun even after the Shooting Stars win

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New York Knicks rush hour Jalen Brunson he played a key role in his team’s victory in the Shooting Stars competition, an event that made a big comeback NBA All-Star Saturday after an 11-year hiatus, but there was one thing that stifled his excitement. And shares the last name.

After Brunson, fellow 2026 All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns and fan favorite Alan Houston led the Knicks to victory, No. 11 took the opportunity to unleash verbal jabs at the famed passer, who is also his father and coach. New York assistant and former NBA player Rick Branson it was baked during the trophy presentation.

When asked if he was enjoying himself, the younger Brunson decided to lie down in his old man’s bed.

“No, whenever I’m with him, it’s never fun,” he told NBC Sports reporter Ashley ShahAhmadi, via the BrickCenter X account. “It was a passer, I wouldn’t say a ‘glorious’ passer, but he did the job.”

The Brunson men spend so much time together in the locker room and on the road that one would assume they regularly engage in some vintage ribbing. In the end, they all did their jobs effectively enough to secure the win for New York. The trio of Nix scored 47 points in the final round, Team Cameron, which consisted of former Duke stars Jaylen Johnson, Conn Knuepel and Corey Meggett, was defeated.

Jalen Brunson will remain a key part of the festivities, as he will star in the All-Star Game for the second year in a row. Since his father won’t be on the court during the action, we can only hope the 29-year-old gets some fun before he leaves the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.





2026-02-15 03:08:00

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