Barack Obama acknowledges Jalen Brunson's excellence for the New York Knicks
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Jalen Brunson was the New York Knicks' best player during the 2026 championship run. Obama himself is an avid basketball fan, so it was clear that Brunson's success was on his radar for a long while.Barack Obama believes Jalen Brunson will forever be a New York legendObama is quite familiar with a basketball player being a legend in the city where they succeeded. The former president lived in Chicago for a long time, enough to consider it his hometown.Michael Jordan was and is still the Chicago Bulls' biggest legend, so he has received icon status over there.
- ▪Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Jalen Brunson was the New York Knicks' best player during the 2026 championship run.
- ▪Obama himself is an avid basketball fan, so it was clear that Brunson's success was on his radar for a long while.Barack Obama believes Jalen Brunson will forever be a New York legendObama is quite familiar with a basketball player being a
- ▪The former president lived in Chicago for a long time, enough to consider it his hometown.Michael Jordan was and is still the Chicago Bulls' biggest legend, so he has received icon status over there.
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