Late Monday night, the Knicks issued a statement condemning the NBA for probing Rick’s promotion to lead assistant.
as a potential salary-cap circumvention, but the point guard certainly had a message to anybody questioning Rick Brunson’s coaching credentials.
“He’s a person who has been around the NBA for a long time, who has been around for longer than he’s been around the NBA. I think he understands the business, I think he understands the game, I think he understands the head coach,” Brunson said. “So he’s more than qualified. Look at the way he’s taught me and raised me and how I’ve seen him impact others in all different levels of basketball — high school, college, pros.
“We see this as more harassment of the Knicks due to our opposition to certain NBA matters,” MSG Sports concluded in its statement, a reference to James Dolan persistently opposing commissioner Adam Silver.Knicks assistant Rick Brunson and his son, star guard Jalen Brunson , after Jalen was named the team’s new captain.Jalen said the NBA hadn’t reached out to him about his father, although a league source said the Knicks were contacted.
Before that, Rick was a journeyman NBA player for nine seasons, including three with the Knicks while Thibodeau was an assistant under Jeff Van Gundy.Former Mavs owner Mark Cuban singled out Rick as the reason Jalen didn’t re-sign with Dallas, saying negotiations “went south when Rick took over.”Rick recently responded by saying the Mavericks chose not to re-sign his son when they had the opportunity and made “a business decision” to let him hit free agency.
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