Jalen Brunson

Jalen Marquis Brunson[1] (born August 31, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Villanova University, where he was the National Player of the Year as a junior and won two national championships.

Jalen Brunson
No. 13 – Dallas Mavericks
PositionPoint guard
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1996-08-31) August 31, 1996
New Brunswick, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High schoolStevenson (Lincolnshire, Illinois)
CollegeVillanova (2015–2018)
NBA draft2018 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33rd overall
Selected by the Dallas Mavericks
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–presentDallas Mavericks
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the  United States
World U19 Cup
2015 GreeceTeam
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
2014 United StatesTeam

According to ESPN, he ended his junior year of high school for Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois as the number one point guard in the country and prior to his senior year he was rated number one by Scout.com. He was selected as the 2014 Illinois Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year. He was selected to participate in the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game as well as the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic and to represent the Team USA in the Nike Hoop Summit. As a senior, he repeated as the 2015 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year and earned a third Associated Press All-state recognition (2nd first team). That year, he led Stevenson to the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 4A championship. Following the season, he won Illinois Mr. Basketball. He completed his senior season in the 2014–15 academic year.

Brunson holds the IHSA playoff single-game and the IHSA Class 4A championship game scoring records and set the USA Basketball single-game assist record for the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. He earned the MVP of the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup for the gold medal-winning Team USA. He is the son of nine-year NBA veteran Rick Brunson.

He began his college career as the 2015–16 Big East Conference Preseason Freshman of the Year and was a Big East All-Freshman Team selection following the season. As a starter, he helped the 2015–16 Wildcats win the championship game of the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As a sophomore, he was a unanimous 2016–17 All-Big East first team selection for the 2016–17 Wildcats. As a junior, he was the National Player of the Year and a Consensus first-team 2018 All-Americans and he helped the 2017–18 Wildcats win the championship game of the 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament to give Villanova their second National Championship in three years.

Early life

Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Brunson was raised in southern New Jersey until sixth grade. He is the son of Rick and Sandra Brunson.[2] He has a sister Erica (born c. 2001).[3] His parents met at Temple University where Rick played for the Owls men's basketball team and Sandra played volleyball.[2] Rick went on to spend nine seasons in the NBA.[3] The family first settled in Cherry Hill, New Jersey but moved seven times before settling in Lincolnshire, Illinois in 2010 where Jalen played his high school career for Stevenson High School.[2]

High school career
Brunson shooting over Kendrick Nunn in the 2013 IHSA Class 4A championship game

As a freshman, Brunson was an All–Lake County honorable mention selection in 2012,[4] as Stevenson finished the season with a 17–11 record.[5] During his sophomore season, Stevenson started the season 10–4 before going on a 19-game winning streak.[6] That year, Brunson led Stevenson to the March 16, 2013 IHSA Class 4A championship game against Jabari Parker and Kendrick Nunn's three-time defending state champion Simeon Career Academy, where he got the Simeon backcourt in foul trouble in the first half before being held to one point in the second half of a 58–40 loss. Stevenson finished the season 29–5.[7] Following the season, the Associated Press named him to the Class 4A All-state second team as the only sophomore on the first or second team.[8] Brunson averaged 21.5 points that season.[9]

Brunson in the 2014 IHSA Class 4A consolation game

On February 21, 2014, junior Brunson scored 57 points in a double overtime victory over Lake Forest High School. The performance gave him both the school single-game and career scoring records.[10][11] On March 21, Brunson set the IHSA playoff single game scoring record against the Jahlil Okafor–led Whitney Young High School by scoring 56 points in a 75–68 state playoff semi-final loss.[12] In the game, still images of a movement by Brunson appeared to be an obscene gesture, but video of the gesture were deemed to be inconclusive and an initial suspension for the subsequent consolation game was overturned.[13][14] Brunson averaged 26.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.9 steals for a Stevenson team that finished the season with a 32–2 record.[9][15] Two members of his high school team were National Football League athletes' offspring: Matt Morrissey and Cameron Green.[10] Brunson was named Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Illinois as a junior.[16] Following the season, Associated Press named him as the only non-senior on the Class 4A All-state first team that also included Okafor, Cliff Alexander, Tyler Ulis and Sean O'Mara.[17] He finished fourth in the 2014 Illinois Mr. Basketball voting.[18] In April 2014, Illinois, Purdue, Kansas and Villanova had in-home visits.[19] On May 3, 2014, he announced the eight schools that he was considering playing college basketball for: UConn, Michigan State, Illinois, Kansas, Purdue, Villanova, Michigan and Temple.[20] That summer he was the number one rated point guard according to ESPN,[2] although the class had a notable shortage of elite pure point guards.[21] On June 25—the day after Jalen won a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship—Rick Brunson received an offer as an on-bench assistant coach from Temple.[22] The Temple offer fell through when Rick Brunson was arrested on various charges on July 25, and Temple fell out of the running for Jalen's services.[23][24] Brunson participated in the July 9–11 LeBron James Skills Academy.[25] On August 5, he announced official visits to Illinois on August 29–31, Villanova on September 4–6 and then Temple from September 11–13 and on August 9, he announced official visits to Michigan State from September 19–21 and Purdue on September 26–28.[26]

On September 8, Brunson announced that he would be curtailing his recruitment and making his decision between Illinois and Villanova on September 10.[27] On that date, Brunson committed to Villanova.[24][28][29] At the time of his decision, he was ranked as the number one point guard in the national class of 2015 by Scout.com.[23] Stevenson was a preseason top-10 team in the MaxPreps national high school rankings.[30] A lot was expected of Brunson's team after losing to teams led by Parker and Okafor in the IHSA tournament final four in 2013 and 2014 even though no team from Lake County has ever won a state basketball championship.[9] The team rattled off 11 straight victories to start the season before losing 88–81 to Chaminade Prep and its star Jayson Tatum in the Cancer Research Classic in Wheeling, WV, despite 48 points from Brunson.[31][32][33] On January 17, Brunson and Stevenson faced Derryck Thornton, Jr. and Findlay Prep at the Hoophall Classic. At the time, Brunson was the number 3 ranked point guard in the class of 2015 and Thornton was the number 2 ranked point guard in the class of 2016 for the number 1 team in the country according to USA Today.[34] Findlay, who was led by Arizona signee Allonzo Trier's 27 points, held Brunson to 26 in the second loss of the season for Stevenson,[35] who had been 15–1.[36] On January 28, he was named to the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game roster,[37] becoming the second player from Lake County to earn such recognition.[38] On February 2, he was named to the 11-man Team USA for the Nike Hoop Summit.[39] On February 21, Stevenson lost to Simeon as Brunson posted 25 points on 9–24 shooting, ending a 22-game in-state streak in a game that featured the top two teams in the state.[40] The Simeon frontline featured three Big Ten Conference signees: D. J. Williams (Illinois), Ed Morrow (Nebraska) and Isaiah Moss (Iowa).[41] On March 5, he was named to the Jordan Brand Classic roster.[42]

Brunson scoring the first 3 of his IHSA Class 4A title game record 30 points in 2015

On March 17, Brunson helped Stevenson qualify for a third consecutive appearance in the IHSA final four with a victory over Riverside Brookfield Township High School. In the game, Brunson became the Lake County career scoring record holder.[43][44] On March 19, Brunson received the highest vote total for the Illinois Class 4A Associated Press All-state team.[45] On March 20, he repeated as Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year.[46] Brunson led Stevenson to the IHSA final four for a third consecutive time, but he led the team to the first state championship by a Lake county school with an IHSA Class 4A title-game record 30 points in a 57–40 victory over Normal Community High School. Brunson was 9-for-15 from the field and 9-for-9 from the free throw line.[47][48] 2015 was Lake county's ninth consecutive year with a team reaching the IHSA final four; Stevenson became the first school in the large school division and the third school overall to win IHSA football and basketball state championships in the same year.[49] The win got him out of the shadow of IHSA final four losses to Parker- and Okafor-led teams.[50] Following the season, he won Illinois Mr. Basketball with 552 points and 99 of the 132 first place votes, ahead of fellow Jordan Brand All-American selection Charles Matthews, who had 157 points.[38] Brunson finished his senior season with averages of 23.3 points, 5.2 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game and with shooting percentages of 38% on three-point shots and 83% on free throws.[38] At the March 30 POWERADE Jam Fest associated with the McDonald's All-American game, Brunson won the skills competition over finalists Carlton Bragg and Isaiah Briscoe and was a finalist for the three-point shooting contest.[51][52] Brunson was a first-team Parade All-American,[53] as well as a third-team USA Today All-USA high school basketball team selection.[54] In the April 11 Nike Hoops Summit, Brunson had 12 points and 7 assists in a 103–101 loss.[55][56][57] In the April 17 Jordan Brand Classic, Brunson had a game-high 3 steals.[58] He finished his high school career ranked No. 16 in the ESPN 100 and as the #2-point guard (behind Isaiah Briscoe).[59]

Scouting report
Brunson in the 2015 McDonald's All-American Game

Brunson, like his father, is a left-handed basketball player.[15] In what is regarded as a weak point guard class, Brunson is the only true point guard that was ranked in the top 25 players at the conclusion of the class of 2015's junior season.[60] In addition to high ratings by the recruiting services, Brunson's peers voted him to be the best passer in high school basketball prior to his senior season.[61] At the time of his September 2014 commitment to Villanova, he was described by ESPN writer Reggie Rankin as "a left-handed, pass-first lead guard that excels at running his team and can also score as needed".[28] ESPN's Paul Biancardi also used the "pass-first point guard" description.[29]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jalen Brunson
PG		 Lincolnshire, IL Stevenson (IL) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sep 10, 2014 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 16, 1 (IL), 1 (PG)   Rivals: 15, 5 (G)  ESPN: 16, 1 (IL), 2 (PG)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Villanova 2015 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  • "2015 Villanova Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  • "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.

    College career

    First year

    Brunson was a selection to the 20-man Bob Cousy Award preseason watchlist.[62] He was also selected as the 2015–16 Big East Conference Preseason Freshman of the Year by the conference coaches although Henry Ellenson was the only freshman selected to the 2015–16 Preseason All-Big East First or Second Team. Brunson's 2015–16 Wildcats were the unanimous coaches preseason selection to win the conference.[63] In preseason top 100 player rankings Brunson was ranked 46 by ESPN and 41 by NBC Sports.[64][65] During the preseason, Mike Rutherford of SB Nation selected Brunson as one of its 10 most important college basketball players for 2015–16.[66] He made the initial 50-man John R. Wooden Award watch list on November 17.[67] On December 2, Brunson earned recognition on the 18-man Wayman Tisdale Award watchlist.[68]

    Brunson opened the season in the starting lineup with 12 points and 4 assists against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights on November 13.[69] On November 26 in the semi-finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off against Stanford, Brunson posted 18 points.[70] On December 28, he posted a career-high 22 points against Penn.[71][72] The 22-point effort was part of a 3–0 week for Villanova in which Brunson averaged 15.3 points and earned Big East Freshman of the Week.[73] On February 8, the 2015–16 Wildcats became the first Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team to reach number one in the AP Poll by climbing to the top of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.[74] Following the 2015–16 Big East season, he was a unanimous Big East All-Freshman Team selection.[75] In the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament regional final against Kansas Brunson made the final two free throws that gave the Wildcats a two-possession lead with 3.5 seconds left.[76] The 2015–16 Wildcats won the championship game of the tournament by defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels 77–74, with Brunson as a starter.[77][78]

    Second year
    Brunson for the 2016–17 Villanova Wildcats

    Brunson was a selection to the 20-man Bob Cousy Award preseason watchlist again as a sophomore.[79] He was a preseason All-Big East honorable mention selection.[80] On December 5, the 2016–17 Wildcats ascended into the top position in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.[81][82] The following night, Brunson posted a then career-high 26 points in a Philadelphia Big 5 win over La Salle.[83][84] After helping guide Villanova to a victory in its 2016–17 Big East season opener against DePaul on December 28,[85] Brunson scored a career high 27 points in an 80–70 December 31 win over No. 10 Creighton to propel No. 1 Villanova to a 14–0 record and 2–0 in conference play.[86] These two performances earned Brunson Big East player of the week recognition on January 2.[87] Brunson was named to the February 9 Naismith Award Top 30 watch list.[88] On February 18 against Seton Hall, Brunson posted his first career double double with a career-high 10 assists and 22 points.[89][90] Following the regular season, he was one of four unanimous selections to the 2016–17 All-Big East first team.[91] After averaging 14.7 points and 4.1 assists as a sophomore, Brunson decided to return to Villanova for his junior season.[92] After the season ended and the 2017 NBA draft class was finalized, Brunson was projected to be a preseason All-American by NBC Sports.[93]

    Junior year

    He was the 2017–18 preseason All-Big East player of the year.[94] He was a pre-season All-American selection by Associated Press (1st team)[95] and ESPN (2nd team).[96] He was a preseason John R. Wooden Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Lute Olson Award and Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist honoree.[97][98][99][100] Brunson led Villanova to the championship of the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis, earning the MVP of the tournament and being recognized on November 27 as the Big East Player of the Week.[101] On December 13, Brunson scored a career-high 31 points, including 22 in the first half, to lift the Wildcats over Temple 87–67.[102] The next time he would score 31 points in a game was on December 30, 2017, when Villanova lost its first game of the season to Butler.[103] He posted a third 31-point total on January 28 to help Villanova to an 85–82 victory over Marquette.[104]

    Eric Paschall, Donte DiVincenzo, Omari Spellman, Collin Gillespie, Jalen Brunson.

    Brunson was named as an Academic All-District selection, making him one of 40 finalists for the 15-man Academic All-America team.[105] He was named as one of 10 semi-finalists for the Naismith Award.[106] He was named as one of 20 late-season finalists for the Wooden Award.[107] Following the regular season, Brunson was one of three unanimous 2017–18 All-Big East selections,[108] and he was named both the Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and the Big East Scholar-Athlete of the Year a few days later.[109] As a scholar, he was on pace to graduate during the summer after his junior season.[109] He was a consensus first-team All-American after being selected as a first-team All-American by Sporting News,[110] USBWA,[111] Associated Press,[112] and NABC.[113] He was also awarded the USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy[114] the Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year,[115] the Naismith College Player of the Year,[116] the John R. Wooden Award,[117] the NABC Player of the Year,[118] CBS Sports National Player of the Year,[119] the Bob Cousy Award,[120] and Sporting News Player of the Year.[121] Brunson was a second-team Academic All-America selection.[122] Brunson was named Most Outstanding Player of the East Region and was joined on the East Region All-tournament team by Omari Spellman and Eric Paschall.[123] Villanova won the National Championship Game of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.[124] Following his junior season, he declared for the 2018 NBA draft and hired an agent.[125][126]

    On December 17, 2019, Brunson was named college basketball player of the decade by Sporting News.[127]

    Professional career

    Dallas Mavericks (2018–present)

    On June 21, 2018, the Dallas Mavericks drafted Brunson with the 33rd overall pick. He was the fourth and final Villanova player to be selected in the 2018 NBA draft.[128][129] Brunson did not sign until after he completed his 2018 NBA Summer League play and was accorded a 4-year contract similar to a first round selection with 3-years guaranteed.[130] He made his NBA debut on October 17, 2018, recording 3 points, 1 rebound and assist, in a 100–121 loss against the Phoenix Suns.[131] After coming off the bench for his first four NBA games, Brunson started in place of the injured Dennis Smith Jr. on October 26, against the Toronto Raptors, scoring 8 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds.[132][133] On November 8, Brunson posted a career-high 11 points against Utah Jazz.[134] Brunson posted 7 assists on December 5 against the New Orleans Pelicans.[135] Then, Brunson replaced Smith in the starting lineup and posted career highs of 14 points on December 8 against the Houston Rockets and 17 points on December 10 against the Orlando Magic.[136][137] On January 5 (a night he was honored by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association as its Amateur Athlete of the Year),[138] with J. J. Barea and Devin Harris sidelined, Brunson posted 13 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and a career-high 8 assists on January 5 against the Philadelphia 76ers for his first professional double-double.[139] Starting in place of Luka Dončić on February 22, Brunson posted a career-high 22 points against the Denver Nuggets.[140] Then with Dončić back in the lineup, Brunson scored 24 on February 28 against the Indiana Pacers.[141] On March 12, 2019, Brunson improved upon his career high with 34 points with five rebounds, four assists and a steal in a 105–112 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.[142] On April 7 following a night off for rest purposes, Brunson posted a career-high 10 assists along with 12 points against the Memphis Grizzlies for his second career double-double.[143][144]

    With Dončić out of the lineup on December 16, 2019 and Brunson starting, the 2019–20 Mavericks ended an 18-game win streak by the Milwaukee Bucks,[145] on a night when Brunson posted a career-high 11 assists and his first double-double of the season (13 points).[146] On March 13, 2020, Brunson was reported to have underwent surgery to fix a labrum injury in his right shoulder.[147]

    National team career
    Brunson at the 2015 McDonald's All American game

    On May 5, 2014, USA Basketball announced the 21 athletes (including Brunson) invited to try out from June 10 to 19 for the 12-member USA national team for the June 20–24, 2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.[148] Eventually, 24 players tried out for the team and the roster was cut to 15 on June 12.[149] Brunson made the final 12-man roster that was announced on June 15.[150] In the opening game, Brunson surpassed Stephon Marbury's 12 assists against Brazil in the 1994 FIBA Americas U18 Championship by recording 13 against Uruguay to set a new USA Basketball U18 single-game assist record.[151][152] The United States claimed a gold medal in the tournament.[153] On August 16, 2014, Brunson was named to the Nike Global Challenge USA All-Tournament team along with Stephen Zimmerman, D J Hogg, Malik Monk, Jaylen Brown and Edrice Adebayo.[154][155] Brunson led the Midwest team to a third-place finish in the eight-team tournament.[27]

    On June 18, 2015 Brunson was announced as a member of the 12-man 2015 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team for the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.[156] Brunson earned MVP of the tournament, after leading the team with 5.6 assists and 2.1 steals for the tournament. He posted a game-high 30 points in the semi-finals against Greece,[157] and he tallied a team-high 14 points including 6 in overtime as well as 7 assists, 5 rebounds and a steal in the gold medal game against Croatia. Brunson tied teammate Harry Giles, with a 14.0 average for the tournament.[158][159] He dominated in the final two games.[160] Based on this performance, he was recognized as the USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year, on December 21, 2015.[161]

    Career statistics
    Legend
      GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
     FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
     RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
     BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

    NBA

    Regular season
    Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
    2018–19 Dallas 733821.8.467.348.7252.33.2.5.19.3
    Career 733821.8.467.348.7252.33.2.5.19.3

    College
    Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
    2015–16 Villanova 403924.0.452.383.7741.82.5.7.09.6
    2016–17 Villanova 363631.1.541.378.8762.64.1.9.014.7
    2017–18 Villanova 404031.8.521.408.8023.14.6.9.018.9
    Career 11611528.9.510.393.8202.53.7.8.014.4

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