Brunson shared a positive update.
The news that Jalen Brunson was playing through the later half of the NBA playoffs with a left wrist injury, an injury that was apparently so severe that it warranted surgery after the season, was shocking and put Brunson's outstanding playoff performance, one that led the New York Knicks to a championship and won Brunson Finals MVP, into an even more impressive context.
It was announced just weeks after the confetti fell on the Knicks that Brunson would be having surgery, and he's now wearing a brace after a successful operation.
He revealed in a recent radio interview that he first felt the issue during the early stages of the Eastern Conference Finals, though he couldn't recall a specific moment that could have caused the weakness and discomfort that he felt in his shooting wrist.
Still, he soldiered on, knowing that surgery at that moment wasn't going to be an option until the the playoffs and the job was finished.
Now that he's had the surgery and had the opportunity to have to issue looked at, he was able to share in more detail the specifics of what was causing him discomfort and more importantly, share that it isn't evidence of a more serious problem.
"My tendon and my structure of my wrist is fine," Brunson said (via NBA_NewYork on X). "There was soft tissue that was holding my tendon and it kept flipping and snapping over the bone every time I shot, every time I flicked my wrist. And so clearly it was causing pain, causing friction. But I was obviously able to play through it."
Brunson added that while he has to wear the brace after having the procedure, he'll only be in it for about another six weeks and then just has to do standard rehab and physical therapy after that, which should be welcome news for Knicks fans.
The best piece of news to come out of Brunson's update is that everything structurally within his wrist remains undamaged. Any kind of tendon damage would have been the absolute case scenario for Brunson and a possible sign of future issues, but with the absence of that kind of damage along with a full offseason of recovery waiting for Brunson, he should by all accounts be back to 100% in time for next season.
That's crucial for the Knicks as they rely on their captain heavily as the soul of the team as well as their offensive engine and the pursuit of another championship just wouldn't feel the same without him.
