We all got caught up in the feel-good nature of the story because it was irresistible. Remember, if you can, the reaction Jalen Brunson had the moment he learned the Knicks had traded for Josh Hart the night of Feb. 9, 2023. Brunson had just been feted, fittingly, at Villanova’s Finneran Pavilion where his No. 1 jersey was retired and raised to the rafters.
Now, minutes later, he was learning that one of his best friends from his college days there was joining him again. The Knicks had acquired Josh Hart from the Blazers. Someone relayed the news to Brunson on his cell phone.
The joy in Brunson’s voice and on his face was palpable, and it was perfectly understandable: imagine if your old college roommate just got promoted and was moving across the country to work alongside you in your office. In that moment, as a Knicks fan, you were happy for your team because adding Hart made them better. But you were happy for the old friends, too.
“Nobody knows me better than Josh,” Brunson said a few days later.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
