All-Star Knicks guard Jalen Brunson has been named the 2024-25 Kia NBA Clutch Participant of the 12 months, the league has introduced.
Per the NBA, the 6-foot-1 Villanova alum averaged 5.6 points — the most in the league in clutch situations — on 51.5% shooting across 28 clutch games for New York this season. The Knicks went 17-11 in those bouts.
Clutch games are defined as games played where the score is within five points, during either the fourth quarter’s last five minutes or an overtime period.
The honor was voted upon by a global panel of 100 journalists and media experts, the NBA adds. Brunson beat out, so as, three-time MVP Nuggets middle Nikola Jokic, All-NBA Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, All-Star Hawks guard Trae Younger and All-NBA Warriors guard Stephen Curry.
Brunson had a stellar yr total, past simply the ends of video games. In 65 wholesome common season contests, the 28-year-old logged averages of 26.0 factors, 7.3 assists and a couple of.9 rebounds an evening. Brunson notched a slash line of .488/.383/821. Together with middle Karl-Anthony Cities, Brunson served because the offensive fulcrum of a 51-31 Knicks squad that completed the yr because the Japanese Convention’s No. 3 seed.
Previous to successful the award this yr, Brunson had completed among the many prime 5 in voting for Clutch Participant of the 12 months honors in every of the prior two seasons, as properly.
