Knicks star Jalen Brunson is a man of the people, reveals the one thing he can't live without

New York Knicks superstar Jalen Brunson is conscionable similar truthful galore of us: He can’t unrecorded without video games.

Brunson, 29, was asked astir the 1 happening helium couldn’t unrecorded without successful an interrogation with his mother. His parent said family, and the 2 had precise antithetic answers.

"The 1 happening that I can’t unrecorded without is family," Sandra Brunson said successful a caller interrogation with Lindsay Czarniak. The afloat interrogation with Brunson and his ma volition premiere during the 3rd play of Czarniak’s podcast.

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Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks celebrates aft winning the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs during Game Five astatine Frost Bank Center successful San Antonio, Texas, connected June 13, 2026. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE)

"So my reply was going to beryllium video games, but I can’t bash that now," Brunson said connected the show, drafting a laughter from his mother.

Brunson said helium is presently playing FC 26, EA’s latest shot game, and is waiting for the adjacent variation of the game.

As a kid, the NBA Finals MVP was allowed to play video games connected the weekend, but helium had to gain his clip connected the console.

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Jalen Brunson is seen astatine the New York Knicks ticker-tape parade on the Canyon of Heroes successful New York City connected June 18, 2026. (NDZ/Star Max/GC Images)

"Any magnitude of hours helium enactment into the video games helium had to springiness backmost successful the signifier of acquisition whether it was speechmaking a publication truthful that constricted (it)," Sandra said.

The erstwhile Villanova prima said determination was a trick, though, due to the fact that helium was allowed to play video games arsenic agelong arsenic helium had a person over. If his parents’ aged rules inactive applied to Brunson, helium would inactive beryllium capable to play a batch during the NBA season, arsenic 2 of his closest friends from college, Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges, are connected the Knicks.

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New York Knicks defender Jalen Brunson speaks during a ceremonial astatine New York City Hall connected June 18 aft the title parade. Brunson was the Finals MVP. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)

That trio was instrumental successful helping bring the Knicks their archetypal rubric successful 53 seasons successful June.

The Knicks’ skipper volition look to effort to travel up this year’s rubric with different 1 adjacent summer, each portion inactive managing to play a batch of video games.

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