{"id":474693,"date":"2025-12-17T14:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=474693"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:23:34","slug":"jalen-brunson-this-is-a-step-we-have-a-long-way-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/jalen-brunson-this-is-a-step-we-have-a-long-way-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson: &#8220;This is a step, we have a long way to go&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u00a0<\/b>Jalen Brunson decided to share his NBA Cup MVP award with his New York Knicks teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t have won anything without them.\u2026We got down 10 or whatever it was and, uh, you know, we found a way to win and that&#8217;s it. Now, we&#8217;re going to find a way and that&#8217;s going to be our model going forward. We&#8217;re going to find a way&#8221;. 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It was one of our goal, a step, but we have a long way to go&#8221;.<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">25 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, and a win \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Brunson sits down with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBHaynes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisBHaynes<\/a> on The Association: Post Up after being named <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emirates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@emirates<\/a> NBA Cup MVP! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eTFBgL6VLH\">pic.twitter.com\/eTFBgL6VLH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA TV (@NBATV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBATV\/status\/2001161570945007971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jalen Brunson&#039;s TOP PLAYS From The 2025 Emirates NBA Cup \ud83c\udfc6 | 2025-26 Season\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" 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