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Knicks' Jalen Brunson 'Should Already Have' All-Star Nod

Jalen Brunson may have been robbed of an All-Star spot in his first season with the New York Knicks.

Jeremy Brener

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Jalen Brunson has catapulted the New York Knicks back into relevancy. After returning to the lottery in 2022 following a fourth-place run on the Eastern Conference bracket the year prior, signing Brunson was the key to the Knicks' jump back into the playoff picture and their best season in a decade.

No longer playing alongside Luka Doncic with the Dallas Mavericks, Brunson shined as the No. 1 option in the Knicks backcourt. averaging career-bests of 24 points and 6.2 assists per game in his first season with the Knicks, leading many, including Andy Bailey of Bleacher Report, to believe he should have been an All-Star this past season.

"Jalen Brunson already should have an All-Star appearance to his name," Bailey writes in naming Brunsons of the most underrated players of the past five NBA seasons. "The recognition a player deserves is often a year or two late, so Brunson may finally get that nod in 2023-24. But right now, he's underrated."

There's a lot of strong talent in the league, and only so many can be All-Stars. Perhaps the league sending Julius Randle to the All-Star Game hurt Brunson's chances as the Knicks representative, but the two ideas can be mutually exclusive. It's not like both of them couldn't make the All-Star team.

Maybe another strong year like the one he had in his first tour with the Knicks will give Brunson that long-overdue All-Star nod he deserves.

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JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.

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