How The 33rd Pick Won The Knicks A Championship

Undersized, unathletic, and taken 33rd overall. Eight years later, Jalen Brunson brought New York its first NBA title since 1973. This is the story of Jalen Brunson, from the Mavericks bench to unanimous Finals MVP. 0:00 Intro 0:28 An NBA Upbringing 1:57 The Work Ethic 3:23 High School Stardom 5:08 Villanova Champion 7:32 Drafted 33rd by Dallas 9:31 Mavericks Breakout 11:50 Leaving Dallas 13:16 Reviving the Knicks 15:18 MVP Level in the Garden 17:49 The Pay Cut & the Captaincy 18:35 The NBA Cup 19:42 The 2026 NBA Finals 21:21 The Ring Where does Brunson rank among the greatest Knicks ever? Let us know in the comments. Subscribe to Tipoff Timewarp for more NBA drafts, careers and decisions that look completely different once you know what happened next. #NBA #JalenBrunson #Knicks