Jalen Brunson

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Basketball player
Jalen Brunson
Jalen Brunson
Player information
Full name Jalen Marquis Brunson
birthday August 31, 1996 (24 years and 1 day)
place of birth New Brunswick , New Jersey , United States
size 185 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Point guard
High school Stevenson High School ( Lincolnshire , Illinois )
college Villanova University (2015-2018)
NBA draft 2018 , 33rd pick , Dallas Mavericks
Club information
society Dallas Mavericks
league NBA
Jersey number 13
Clubs as active
Dallas Mavericks since 002018United StatesUnited States

Jalen Marquis Brunson (born August 31, 1996 in New Brunswick , New Jersey ) is an American basketball player who has played for the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the 2018/19 season . He previously played college basketball for Villanova University . In 2018 he was named National Player of the Year (best college player of the year). Bronson won two national championships with his college team.

Life

Brunson was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and grew up through sixth grade in southern New Jersey. He is the son of former NBA players Rick Brunson and Sandra Brunson. He has a sister named Erica. His parents met at Temple University , where Rick played for the Owls men's basketball team and Sandra played volleyball . The family first lived in Cherry Hill, New Jersey , but moved seven times before moving to Lincolnshire , Illinois, about 50 km north of Chicago , in 2010 . Like his father, Brunson is left-handed.

Career

High school

After moving to Illinois, Brunson attended Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire and joined the basketball team there. In 2014 and 2015 he was named Gatorade State Player of the Year. After his junior season, NSPN named him the "best point guard in the country". In 2015 he was also appointed to the McDonald's All-American team and won the election for Mr. Basketball of Illinois after he won Stevenson High School for the championship Illinois High School Association (IHSA).

Youth national team

Brunson was part of the US national team of twelve at the FIBA ​​Americas U18 Championship, which took place June 20-24, 2014. In the opening game against Uruguay, he surpassed Stephon Marburys' assist record (twelve assists against Brazil in the FIBA ​​Americas U18 Championship in 1994) by adding 13 assists and thus setting a new record for the US U18 national team. The United States won the gold medal at the tournament.

The following year, Brunson became a member of the twelve-man US squad for the 2015 FIBA ​​U19 World Championship. Brunson was named the best player ( MVP ) of the tournament after he won the team with an average of 14.0 points, 5.6 assists and 2.1 steals Gold medal. In the semifinals against Greece he scored 30 points. Because of these achievements, he was named Male Basketball Athlete of the Year in the USA on December 21, 2015.

college

Brunson had chosen Villanova University in the US state of Pennsylvania near Philadelphia and began his college career in the 2015/16 season. As a starter, he helped the team win the 2016 NCAA Division I championship. In his sophomore year, he was unanimously elected to the All-Big East team. Villanova was able to win the NCAA Division I championship this season as well. After his junior season, he announced that he would sign up for the 2018 NBA draft . He was named to the NCAA First Team in the 2017/18 season. On December 17, 2019, Brunson was named College Basketball Player of the Decade by Sporting News . Of his 116 college games, he was in 115 of the starting five.

2018-19 NBA season

On June 21, 2018, the Dallas Mavericks selected Brunson in the second round with the 33rd draft pick. He was the fourth Villanova player to be selected in the 2018 NBA draft after Mikal Bridges (tenth pick), Donte DiVincenzo (17th pick) and Omari Spellman (30th pick) . Brunson then played the 2018 NBA Summer League and then received a four-year contract with the Mavericks. He made his NBA debut on October 17, 2018, scoring three points, a rebound, and an assist. On January 5, 2019, he was recognized and scored as the 2018 Amateur Athlete of the Year by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association on the same evening with 13 points and eleven rebounds the first double-double of his professional career. On March 12, 2019, Brunson reached his career high of 34 points. During the season , Brunson was mostly a substitute.

2019-20 NBA season

In the 2019/20 season , Brunson mostly came off the bench. After Luka Dončić dropped out of the starting line-up due to injury on December 16, 2019 and Brunson moved to the starting line-up, the Mavericks ended an 18-game winning streak for the Milwaukee Bucks . With 13 points and eleven assists, Brunson managed his first double of the season.

statistics

Legend
  GP Matches played (Games Played)   GS Games from the beginning (Games started)  MPG Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
 FG% Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)  3P% Throwing quota three-point throws
(3-point field-goal percentage) 		 FT% Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
 RPG Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)  APG Assists per game (assists per game)  SPG Steals per game (steals per game)
 BPG Blocks per game (blocks per game)  PPG Points per game (points per game)  FAT Career record

NBA Regular Season

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018–19 Dallas 73 38 21.8 .467 .348 .725 2.3 3.2 0.5 0.1 9.3
2019-20 Dallas 57 16 17.9 .466 .358 .813 2.4 3.3 0.4 0.1 8.2
total 130 54 20.1 .467 .352 .759 2.3 3.2 0.5 0.1 8.8

Status: February 26, 2020

college

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Villanova 40 39 24.0 .452 .383 .774 1.8 2.5 0.7 0.0 9.6
2016–17 Villanova 36 36 31.1 .541 .378 .876 2.6 4.1 0.9 0.0 14.7
2017-18 Villanova 40 40 31.8 .521 .408 .802 3.1 4.6 0.9 0.0 18.9
total 116 115 28.9 .510 .393 .820 2.5 3.7 0.8 0.0 14.4

Awards

  • 2014-15 McDonald's All American
  • 2014–15 Gatorade State Player of the Year
  • 2015 MVP FIBA ​​U19 World Championship
  • 2017–18 NCAA AP All-America (First Team)
  • 2018 Bob Cousy Award
  • 2018 Naismith College Player of the Year
  • 2018 John R. Wooden Award
  • 2018 Oscar Robertson Trophy
  • 2018 NABC Division I Player of the Year
  • 2018 Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
  • 2018 Lute Olson Award
  • 2018 Big East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
  • 2018 Robert V. Geasey Trophy
  • 2018 Amateur Athlete of the Year (Philadelphia Sports Writers Association)
  • 2019 Sporting News college basketball Athlete of the Decade

Web links

Commons : Jalen Brunson  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jalen Brunson. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Jalen Brunson. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Jalen Brunson. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  4. ↑ NBA - Jalen Brunson with the Dallas Mavericks: Ready for the baptism of fire. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Jalen Brunson. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  6. ^ NCAA College Basketball AP All-America Teams. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  7. ^ Jalen Brunson: Sporting News college basketball Athlete of the Decade. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Jalen Brunson PSWA Amateur Athlete of the Year. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Brunson, Jalen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brunson, Jalen Marquis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH New Brunswick, New Jersey