Jalen Brunson is a certified star, taking the Knicks to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since the year 2000. Obviously, he’s gotten some help from Karl Anthony Towns and a duo of fellow Villanova alumni, but it’s clear that he’s the current “King of New York.” Despite the high honor and title that comes from being the Knicks star player, Brunson is still not quite in that top echelon of players in the NBA.
There are a number of players that, if given the opportunity to trade for them, you would be willing to give up Brunson. If you look at the NBA 2K25 ratings, you can see that there are 11 players with better ratings than Jalen:
