{"id":770267,"date":"2023-01-05T18:21:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T23:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=770267"},"modified":"2023-01-05T18:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T23:21:32","slug":"gregg-popovich-says-jalen-brunsons-got-it-all-after-career-high-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/gregg-popovich-says-jalen-brunsons-got-it-all-after-career-high-outing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregg Popovich Says Jalen Brunson&#8217;s &#8216;Got it All&#8217; After Career-High Outing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Jalen+Brunson\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Jalen+Brunson\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> has been as good as advertised after <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/report-jalen-brunson-signing-four-year-deal-with-knicks\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/report-jalen-brunson-signing-four-year-deal-with-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\">signing a four-year deal<\/a> with the New York Knicks (21-18) as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/leon-rose-thrilled-to-add-jalen-brunson-in-free-agency\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/leon-rose-thrilled-to-add-jalen-brunson-in-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\">the crown jewel<\/a> of their <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/new-york-knicks-lose-2025-first-round-pick-over-jalen-brunson-tampering\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/new-york-knicks-lose-2025-first-round-pick-over-jalen-brunson-tampering\/\" target=\"_blank\">offseason moves<\/a> over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To this point, Brunson has averaged career-highs in points (20.8 points) and assists (6.5) per game on 46.7 shooting from the field and 37.5 percent from beyond the arc. On Wednesday, Brunson set the tone of New York&#8217;s 117-114 win over the Spurs after scoring a career-high 38 points, seven board, and six dimes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 38-point outing left Popovich in a complimentary mood with the five-time champion saying Brunson&#8217;s &#8220;got it all.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got it all,\u201d Popovich said of Brunson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/spurs\/news\/jalen-brunsons-career-night-leads-knicks-to-win-vs-spurs\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/spurs\/news\/jalen-brunsons-career-night-leads-knicks-to-win-vs-spurs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">per Sports Illustrated<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s got the skill, but he\u2019s also got the toughness. He\u2019s got the basketball IQ to go with it. Just a hell of a competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jalen Brunson dropped a regular season career-high to lead the Knicks to the W in MSG.<br><br>38 PTS<br>7 REB<br>6 AST <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HcFmHRRSXC\">pic.twitter.com\/HcFmHRRSXC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1610924198528008192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Brunson knocked down three field goals over the final 3:02 minutes of the game to secure New York&#8217;s three-point win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhatever it takes to win,\u201d Brunson said. \u201cI could have 38, or I could have three points. If we win, that\u2019s all I really care about.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jalen Brunson has been as good as advertised after signing a four-year deal with the New York Knicks (21-18) as the crown jewel of their offseason moves over the summer. To this point, Brunson has averaged career-highs in points (20.8 points) and assists (6.5) per game on 46.7 shooting from the field and 37.5 percent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":770270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,63826,62493,62712],"tags":[736,9918,93],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-770267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-news","category-newswire","category-new-york-knicks","tag-gregg-popovich","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-new-york-knicks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770267"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770289,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770267\/revisions\/770289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770267"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=770267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}