Jalen Brunson is taking an altruistic view of the NBA Cup prize.
Josh Hart is interested by himself.
The contrast in teammates, presented with the standard humor from Hart, was played out within the two days leading as much as the Knicks’ 121-106 victory Tuesday to advance to the NBA Cup knockout round.
With three more wins — including next week’s quarterfinals against the Hawks — the Knicks get the $515,000 prize per player.
“It will mean quite a bit [to win]. It will mean quite a bit for us to get [to Las Vegas for the final] and do all that,” Brunson said. “You will have guys on the team who could also be on one-year contracts or two-way deals or whatever. And also you get to go on the market and take a look at to win for them and it means quite a bit.”
As Brunson alluded, the prize money is flat across the roster and is disproportionately precious to players earning less.
As an example, the first-place money represents a roughly 50 percent bonus for Ariel Hukporti and just 1 percent for Karl-Anthony Towns.
There’s also a $206,000 bump for second-place finishers, $103,000 for semifinalists and $51,500 for quarterfinalists.
Hart, who’s earning over $18 million this season, has his eyes on luxury items.
“That’s found money, so I’d buy a watch or something with it,” Hart said. “I’ve been wanting a recent automotive. That’s found money so I’ll do something silly with it.”
Former Knick Isaiah Hartenstein has returned from his fractured hand, is playing well and had some interesting comments following his Thunder’s recent game against the Rockets.
“Some guys, I’ll be honest, they play selfishly,” Hartenstein said Sunday. “There are some guys within the league who just form of play more for themselves [and] they don’t play for the team. [OKC stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams] don’t. They’re very team-focused and I feel that’s what makes us great.
“I feel quite a lot of NBA stars, they form of take quite a lot of plays off defensively,” the middle added. “They don’t and I feel like that’s what makes them very unselfish.”
Hartenstein didn’t name any of the celebrities he was critiquing but it surely’s a natural leap to his former teammates.
He played the last two seasons with Julius Randle and Brunson in Recent York.
Before that, Hartenstein was with Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and Nikola Jokic at various stops.
Hartenstein, who left the Knicks in free agency for an $87 million payday, was shelved to begin the campaign with a broken hand.
He then played five straight for OKC heading into Tuesday, averaging a formidable 15.2 points, 13.8 rebounds and three.8 assists while shooting 61.1 percent.
The Thunder, a championship contender, were 4-1 with him within the lineup.
It’s been a smoother transition from the Knicks than for Randle and Donte DiVincenzo, who needed a two-game win streak to get the Timberwolves back to .500 at 10-10.
DiVincenzo is shooting just 35.8 percent.
The name “Brunson” went up 161 percent for dogs in 2024, in accordance with Rover.com.
Jalen Brunson is taking an altruistic view of the NBA Cup prize.
Josh Hart is interested by himself.
The contrast in teammates, presented with the standard humor from Hart, was played out within the two days leading as much as the Knicks’ 121-106 victory Tuesday to advance to the NBA Cup knockout round.
With three more wins — including next week’s quarterfinals against the Hawks — the Knicks get the $515,000 prize per player.
“It will mean quite a bit [to win]. It will mean quite a bit for us to get [to Las Vegas for the final] and do all that,” Brunson said. “You will have guys on the team who could also be on one-year contracts or two-way deals or whatever. And also you get to go on the market and take a look at to win for them and it means quite a bit.”
As Brunson alluded, the prize money is flat across the roster and is disproportionately precious to players earning less.
As an example, the first-place money represents a roughly 50 percent bonus for Ariel Hukporti and just 1 percent for Karl-Anthony Towns.
There’s also a $206,000 bump for second-place finishers, $103,000 for semifinalists and $51,500 for quarterfinalists.
Hart, who’s earning over $18 million this season, has his eyes on luxury items.
“That’s found money, so I’d buy a watch or something with it,” Hart said. “I’ve been wanting a recent automotive. That’s found money so I’ll do something silly with it.”
Former Knick Isaiah Hartenstein has returned from his fractured hand, is playing well and had some interesting comments following his Thunder’s recent game against the Rockets.
“Some guys, I’ll be honest, they play selfishly,” Hartenstein said Sunday. “There are some guys within the league who just form of play more for themselves [and] they don’t play for the team. [OKC stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams] don’t. They’re very team-focused and I feel that’s what makes us great.
“I feel quite a lot of NBA stars, they form of take quite a lot of plays off defensively,” the middle added. “They don’t and I feel like that’s what makes them very unselfish.”
Hartenstein didn’t name any of the celebrities he was critiquing but it surely’s a natural leap to his former teammates.
He played the last two seasons with Julius Randle and Brunson in Recent York.
Before that, Hartenstein was with Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and Nikola Jokic at various stops.
Hartenstein, who left the Knicks in free agency for an $87 million payday, was shelved to begin the campaign with a broken hand.
He then played five straight for OKC heading into Tuesday, averaging a formidable 15.2 points, 13.8 rebounds and three.8 assists while shooting 61.1 percent.
The Thunder, a championship contender, were 4-1 with him within the lineup.
It’s been a smoother transition from the Knicks than for Randle and Donte DiVincenzo, who needed a two-game win streak to get the Timberwolves back to .500 at 10-10.
DiVincenzo is shooting just 35.8 percent.
The name “Brunson” went up 161 percent for dogs in 2024, in accordance with Rover.com.
