Jalen Brunson didn’t like how Donte DiVincenzo’s fracas with father was ‘handled’

After standing in the middle of his good friend and father beefing on national TV, Jalen Brunson placed blame on both parties for poor decisions. 

“I just wanted to address that families fight. Things were said. S–t should’ve been handled better on both sides but here we are,” Brunson said on his “Roommates Show” podcast. “Everyone thinks the world’s crumbling. Everyone thinks. … It is what it is at this point. But I just feel like it should’ve been handled way better.”

During Sunday’s preseason game between the Timberwolves and Knicks, Donte DiVincenzo, a groomsman at Brunson’s wedding, began chirping at the Knicks bench, including a couple biting comments directed at Rick Brunson, a Knicks assistant and also Jalen’s father. 

It spilled over to a postgame dustup that included DiVincenzo and Rick being separated on the MSG court.

Josh Hart, who was teammates with Jalen Brunson and teammates at Villanova, implied that DiVincenzo was fired up over facing the team that traded him. 

DiVincenzo, who has denied being extra motivated to face the Knicks, was swapped with Julius Randle for Karl-Anthony Towns less than two weeks before the game.