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Knicks’ Jalen Brunson named to All-NBA Second Team for third straight season

Nypost · · 270 words · By Jared Schwartz
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What to know about Knicks’ Jalen Brunson named to All-NBA Second Team for third straight season

CLEVELAND — It’s not quite the recognition Mike Brown has repeatedly called for.

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What happened

CLEVELAND — It’s not quite the recognition Mike Brown has repeatedly called for.

Why it matters

But Jalen Brunson has again been recognized as one of the league’s premier talents.

Common ground

He was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the third straight season.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “He averaged 26.0 points and 6.8 assists per game in the regular season.”
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Two independent sources (Basketball-Reference and a news article regarding the Sixers guard) both confirm the specific stats of 26.0 points and 6.8 assists per game.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2024–25 season. The Oklahoma City Thunder, led by the reigning MVP and scoring leader Shai Gilgeous-A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jalen Marquis Brunson (born August 31, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The son of former NBA guard Rick Brunso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalen_Brunson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Daniel “Rick” Brunson (born June 14, 1972) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Brunson
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Claim 2: “leading the league in charges”
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Multiple sources confirm this: one web search result explicitly states he 'leads the NBA in charges drawn per game at 0.58', and another reports coach Tom Thibodeau confirming 'Jalen leads the league in charges drawn'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2024–25 season. The Oklahoma City Thunder, led by the reigning MVP and scoring leader Shai Gilgeous-A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jalen Marquis Brunson (born August 31, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The son of former NBA guard Rick Brunso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalen_Brunson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Daniel “Rick” Brunson (born June 14, 1972) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Brunson
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Claim 3: “He was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the third straight season.”
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The claim states he was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the 'third straight season'. However, Wikipedia evidence explicitly states he received an All-NBA Team selection for the 'first time in 2024'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2024–25 season. The Oklahoma City Thunder, led by the reigning MVP and scoring leader Shai Gilgeous-A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jalen Marquis Brunson (born August 31, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The son of former NBA guard Rick Brunso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalen_Brunson
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Claim 4: “Ahead of him, Brunson was beaten out by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cade Cunningham, Luka Doncic, Victoria Wembanyama and Nikola Jokic on the first team.”
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A web search result explicitly lists the First Team as SGA, Jokic, Wembanyama, Doncic, and Cunningham ('SGA, Jokic, Wembanyama, Doncic, Cunningham make 1st-team...').
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore the Basketball Reference database, including both NBA and WNBA stats, with our array of easy-to-use discovery tools. Get your first month free!
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web search NEUTRAL — Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander, also known by his initials SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shai_Gilgeous-Alexander
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web search NEUTRAL — It is the first All-NBA selection for Wembanyama, whose Spurs trail the Thunder 2-1 in the best-of-seven conference finals. Gilgeous-Alexander has been named to four straight All-NBA first teams. All-…
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48866761/shai-gilgeous-a…
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Claim 5: “Brunson was joined on the second team by Jaylen Brown, Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell.”
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The cross-reference from Nypost explicitly lists the Second Team as Jaylen Brown, Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, Jalen Brunson, and Donovan Mitchell.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jalen Duren ( DURR-ən; born November 18, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jalen Marquis Brunson (born August 31, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The son of former NBA guard Rick Brunso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalen_Brunson
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Claim 6: “he got zero votes for first, second, third, fourth or fifth place [for MVP].”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of information about Jalen Green and general NBA playoff summaries; there is no specific data regarding Jalen Brunson's MVP voting tally.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2023–24 season. The playoffs began on April 20 and concluded on June 17 with the Boston Celtics winni…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_NBA_playoffs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2024–25 season. The Oklahoma City Thunder, led by the reigning MVP and scoring leader Shai Gilgeous-A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_NBA_playoffs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jalen Marquis Brunson (born August 31, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The son of former NBA guard Rick Brunso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalen_Brunson
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