It’s award season with the 2024-25 NBA season coming to an end, and on the receiving end of the amazing season is the New York Knicks’ point guard, Jalen Brunson. Being awarded the NBA Clutch of the Year 2025, the star had much appreciation to express alongside admirers of the player, paying compliments to the star. Putting in all the effort on the court and bringing his team to victories in final moments, the award is well deserved. With the player edge of Jales Brunson, the Knicks’ performance in the playoffs is amazing.
Jalen Bruson’s NBA Clutch Player of the Year
Awarded three times in the NBA league, the Clutch Player of the Year award, named after Jerry West honours players, that have pulled through for their teams in close games. With recipients such as De’Aaron Fox in 2023, and Stephen Curry in 2024, a media panel of 100 voters have locked in their choices with the outcome being Jales Bruson. Three years in the NBA, the Knicks star, Jalen Bruson has established himself as the NBA Clutch Player of the Year.
Responding to his great accomplishment, Bruson told TNT that “I think some people are born into it … I think I had to learn back in high school, and I’ve gotten better and better at each stage, and here we are.” Leading the New York Knicks with a fifth rank of 61% win in clutch games, Bruson has brought consistency in his clutch games in the NBA, shooting 51% in clutch time and bringing an average of 5.6 points per game.
Bruson further said, “Just finding a way to win … That’s the most important thing. You can make clutch plays but they don’t mean anything if you don’t win. The winning part is most important to me.” The award votes tallied to be Brunson getting 70 of the 100 first place votes. The runner up was the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic with 26 first-place votes and third on the board is the Minnesota Timberwolves’ guard Anthony Edwards.
Game 3 of the NBA playoffs received Bruson’s best-of-7 series, with Brunson saying “I think they’ve gotten the better of us starting the game in Games 1 and 2, and we have had to climb back in both games … We got to start off well. They are playing way too well for us to start off slow.” With more players going to be awarded in the NBA, the Defensive Player of the Year and the Hustle Award will be announced soon.
Jalen Brunson: stats and basketball career
Averaging 5.6 points in clutch moments on court which are calculated from the last five minutes of the final quarter, the NBA high also has levels up in 52 field goals, ranks second in his total points which are 156, and comes up third with total 28 assists. Brunson’s average 2024-25 season stats, sit at 26 points (8th in the NBA), 7.3 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 48.8% field goal percentage.
He’s also had a 38.4% three-point percentage and an outstanding 82.1% free throw percentage. The two-time NBA All-Star has achieved these stats in 35.4 minutes in 65 games. Other accolades the star stands on is being in the All-NBA Second Team in 2024, and two-time NCAA Champion in 2016 and 2018. From being awarded the National College Player of the Year in 2018, the star player has positioned himself as an outstanding clutch player.
The New York Knicks’ current position
With great player effort from Jalen Brunson with a 26-point average in Game 1 and other stars such as Karl-Anthony Towns at 23 points and OG Anunoby at 23 points in Game 1, the Knicks’ playoff games seem to be doing decent. Their first match against the Detroit Pistons witnessed Bruson’s 21-0 lead in the fourth quarter. Winning their game, the Knicks won Game 1 with 123-112, however lost their second game at 100-94, sitting on a 1-1 tie with the Pistons.
Expected to save the New York Knicks just as the right moment, is the awarded star player, Jalen Brunson. Being in line for the NBA Clutch Player of the Year award, the honour is truly immense with stars such as the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and the San Antonio Spurs’ point guard, De’Aaron Fox acquiring the award. 100 media analysts affiliated with the NBA assessed the most well deserving player and looking at his stats and player performance, Jalen Brunson is definitely fit for the position.
