Rick Brunson is finalizing a deal to become an assistant coach with the Knicks, reports Ian Begley of SNY.tv. Brunson was formerly an assistant under Tom Thibodeau in Chicago and Minnesota, and has deep ties to the Knicks’ head coach, as Begley notes.
Brunson is the father of Mavericks guard Jalen Brunson, whom the Knicks have reportedly expressed interest in. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent this summer, but the Mavs have repeatedly expressed optimism about re-signing him.
The elder Brunson played nine seasons in the NBA (from 1997-2006), and holds a total of seven seasons worth of experience as an assistant coach, with a couple of other stops in Denver and Charlotte. Brunson was also one of Leon Rose‘s first clients when he was an agent — Rose is now the president of the Knicks.
In 2018, Brunson resigned as an assistant for the Timberwolves after allegations of improper conduct toward women, per Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic.
“We work to maintain high standards of conduct and expect our staff to lead by example. We did not believe Mr. Brunson’s conduct was consistent with those standards,” the team said, as part of a larger statement. Brunson and his lawyer denied any wrongdoing.
The 49-year-old has served as the head coach of Camden High School for the past three years, winning a New Jersey state championship in 2022. He’s known as a player development guru and will likely work regularly with the young players on New York’s roster.
Which Temple legend had the most swag, Rick Brunson, Pepe Sanchez, Khalif Wyatt, Kevin Lyde or Mardy Collins? Rank if possible…
I got to see most of those guys play, but none topped Eddie Jones. McKie was good too. I feel like after those two I’d take Sanchez
McKie & EJones was definitely 1 of my favorite wing duos ever
Terence Stansbury
i high-fived Mardy when we stormed the court against someone. also, remember when Jalen Brunson was going to be an Owl until Temple had to fire his dad for, it sounds like, more of the same?” that set Temple back
and the answer is Nehemiah Ingram the Goon
Pepe will always have the most swag
Lmao
Brunson is a nice player who gets destroyed on the defensive end. Tibs and the gm despise each other so signing might just happen for the god awful Knicks.
Thibs won’t make it through next year. He’ll be fired by Christmas
You realize the GM is Perry and was brought in by Rose.
Nope Perry was there before Rose
Warriors in 4 by the way.
Lol might as well hire LeBrons wife and KDs mom.
Are Knicks and Lakers delusional?
It seems that they can trade for good and young players easily
Tango needs two dancers?
Knicks want to dance but Mavs don’t
WTF?
You realize Brunson is a free agent right? Knicks don’t need to trade for him. But if they want to work out a trade Brunson for Robinson as main pieces helps the Mavs who need a rim protector and like ex Knicks
College basketball move…hire the father of your recruiting target!
No no no no ……. Don’t want him don’t need him. Keep your Aaa in Dallas.
Knicks sure like those guys that do the harassment thing…
Is that the best picture you all could find?
Can we be certain the best way to repel Jalen Brunson is not perhaps to say, “hey Jalen, we got your dad here, want to join us?”
Regardless this is a very Knicks move for another offseason of lusting after players and hoping someone likes the attention. Knicks are the horny teenager at the party with too much confidence and shortsightedness.
Can’t wait to see how the FO apologists rationalize their way into this being a “well thought out” and “measured” approach.
Or they might try to deny any connection between hiring the pops amidst the pursuit of the son.
Thibs is loyal to a fault guys. That’s all this is.