{"id":258210,"date":"2025-09-27T07:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T07:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/258210\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T07:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T07:53:12","slug":"jalen-brunson-slims-down-as-knicks-look-to-increase-tempo-on-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/258210\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson slims down as Knicks look to increase tempo on offense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jalen Brunson arrived for his fourth training camp as a Knick a bit lighter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Knicks\u2019 captain wouldn\u2019t reveal his exact weight, but did say he dropped a few pounds this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was important for me to be a little lighter just throughout the course of the season,\u201d Brunson said after practice Friday. \u201cNot even being lighter, I\u2019m not that much lighter, definitely more toned and like that. But it\u2019s just important for me to get my body in the best shape possible I can and go from there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"JalenJalen Brunson came into Knicks training camp lighter than last year. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"JalenJalen Brunson in drills during Knicks practice on Sept. 24, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

With the Knicks expected to play at a faster tempo this season, it should only help Brunson to be down in weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about adapting,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

OG Anunoby already had a relationship with new coach Mike Brown before the Knicks hired him to replace Tom Thibodeau. <\/p>\n

Brown, coaching the Nigerian national team in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo (played in 2021), tried to recruit Anunoby to play for the team. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Anunoby wound up not participating, partly because of the complications of the event happening in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they remained in touch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was excited,\u201d he said of Brown landing the job. \u201cI\u2019ve known Mike for some years now. I was excited when I found out he was the coach. We talked pretty quickly, just about everything, not even basketball, but life stuff.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Brown is thrilled to be able to coach him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a really great guy, a fantastic guy, and he does have some personality. Sometimes he lets it out,\u201d Brown said with a smirk. \u201cSometimes he doesn\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Later in the year, a Brunson sneaker will be released, called the Jalen Brunson x the Nike Kobe 6 \u201cStatue of Liberty.\u201d His mom, Sandra, and Bryant\u2019s sister, Sharia Washington, were college volleyball teammates and roommates at Temple.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means the world. It means the world to me to be able to wear his shoe and have a little bit of input on it as well,\u201d he said. \u201cReally excited to have this opportunity. His family is amazing. Just really thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson arrived for his fourth training camp as a Knick a bit lighter.\u00a0 The Knicks\u2019 captain wouldn\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":258211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[24114,1260,3122,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-258210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-jalen-brunson","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-new-york-knicks","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115275183556910050","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}