
Tyrese Haliburton is lone hurdle Jalen Brunson hasn’t cleared — this is what it will take for Captain Clutch to conquer it
NY Post
Jalen Brunson has cleared almost every hurdle on this journey from No. 33 draft pick to toast of NYC. If not on the first opportunity, then the point guard gets over that bar on the second.
Or third.
Underestimating Brunson has been a perilous proposition. Forget about the accolades he wasn’t supposed to win (two All-Star appearances, two All-NBA selections), Brunson’s already bested the East guards supposedly greater than him in the playoffs — Jayson Tatum, Cade Cunningham, Donovan Mitchell.
But then there’s one always stubbornly in the way.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












