Jalen Brunson’s mom still keeps up a tradition that started back when the NBA star was in high school: She texts him before every game. In her first broadcast TV interview since Jalen Brunson helped lead the Knicks to victory, Sandra Brunson told CBS News’ Dr. Jon LaPook that she
Jalen Brunson’s mom still keeps up a tradition that started back when the NBA star was in high school: She texts him before every game. In her first broadcast TV interview since Jalen Brunson helped lead the Knicks to victory, Sandra Brunson told CBS News’ Dr. Jon LaPook that she sends her son “words of encouragement” to keep the games in perspective and communicate that “it’s not the end of the world, it’s basketball.” She continued: “When he got to the pros, he’s like, ‘Mom, there’s 82 games, 81 games. You don’t have to send me a message every—.’ He said, ‘You can just say I love you.’ But I still send them. I still send them. And he looks forward to them.” The mother-son duo co-founded The Second Round Foundation, a nonprofit
