{"id":23069,"date":"2022-07-23T06:51:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T06:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/family-ties-with-knicks-brings-accountability\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T06:51:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T06:51:46","slug":"family-ties-with-knicks-brings-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/family-ties-with-knicks-brings-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Family ties with Knicks brings &#8216;accountability&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Much has been made of the many Knicks connections that played an integral part in landing new point guard Jalen Brunson. <\/p>\n<p>Team president Leon Rose is Brunson&#8217;s former agent and a family friend.  Brunson&#8217;s father, Rick, was recently added to coach Tom Thibodeau&#8217;s staff.  And Brunson has a bond with Thibodeau himself, going back to his middle-school days. <\/p>\n<p>On the podcast \u201cThe Old Man And The Three,\u201d with JJ Redick, Brunson explained why he felt that familiarity was important. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m excited for it, because it&#8217;s a different level of accountability.  They know I&#8217;m the type of person who likes to be coached and likes to be pushed,\u201d he said.  \u201cTo have someone like that, where you can possibly cross lines, but know it&#8217;s all out of love and all out of respect, they know what type of person I am, how I&#8217;m made up.  I just know they&#8217;re going to push me, try to get the best out of me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Brunson&#8217;s decision to play for the Knicks was a full-circle choice.  He grew up in southern New Jersey and attended Knicks games as a kid when his father played for the team.  He had a mini Knicks hoop.  His grandparents lived (and still live) on Long Island.  Now, he will play for the team he watched and rooted for as a child. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><figcaption>Jane Brunson<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s surreal.  It&#8217;s a special moment,\u201d said Brunson, who owns a home at the Jersey Shore.  \u201cIt&#8217;s still like the coolest thing ever.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Brunson has reached out to the Knicks&#8217; players who took part in summer league and there are loose plans to get to know his new teammates and work out this summer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that&#8217;s key to hit the ground running once training camp starts,\u201d he said.  \u201cI don&#8217;t want to wait until training camp to kind of start being vocal, start being somewhat of a leader.  I got to take the reins early. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I mean by leader: I&#8217;m just trying to get guys on the same page.  I love the fact that we can have a group of guys who are hard working, have good chemistry.  If we can set that tone now, I think it would be great moving forward before training camp even starts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much has been made of the many Knicks connections that played an integral part in landing new point guard Jalen Brunson. Team president Leon Rose is Brunson&#8217;s former agent and a family friend. Brunson&#8217;s father, Rick, was recently added to coach Tom Thibodeau&#8217;s staff. 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