NEW YORK — Most objective viewers would agree on Jalen Brunson’s preseason: it was as good as you could possibly hope. Maybe even better.
There were factors weighing against Brunson in those four games, namely that he never played with any of his teammates. But he directed Knicks traffic like a beat cop who worked that same intersection for eight years.
The starters were dominant, the Knicks went 3-1 and they outscored opponents by 64 points with Brunson on the court.
