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Jalen Brunson's selflessness made Knicks running offense through Karl-Anthony Towns work

New York Post·Zach Braziller·19 days ago
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This was a few weeks ago, after the Knicks had dropped two straight games to the Hawks and were looking at what would’ve been a disastrous early playoff exit. Mike Brown went to the players with an idea. He wanted to switch things up on the offensive end, to put the ball in Karl-Anthony Towns’ hands more. It meant Jalen Brunson playing off the ball at times and getting his shots in different ways. Some stars may have pushed back, feeling they were being blamed for the team’s struggles. Brunson didn’t think twice. The willingness of Jalen Brunson (left) to let the Knicks run the offense through Karl-Anthony Towns has paid dividends. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post “Was there any concern? No. What was the dialogue? The dialogue was, ‘OK, let’s do it,’” he recalled Wednesday after the Knicks’ first practice since sweeping the 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. “It was that simple.…

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