{"id":6676,"date":"2026-07-15T13:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2026-07-15T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:15:25","slug":"knicks-point-guard-jalen-brunson-wife-ali-brunsons-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6676","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Point Guard Jalen Brunson, Wife Ali Brunson&#8217;s Love Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>Generally speaking, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1432330\/kylie-jenner-timothee-chalamet-celebrate-knicks-win-kiss-courtside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">New York Knicks point guard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1432594\/knicks-players-love-lives-jalen-brunson-josh-hart-karl-anthony-towns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jalen Brunson<\/strong><\/a> shoots his shot, he does not miss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But when a basketball teammate introduced the 29-year-old to now-wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alibrunson11\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ali Marks Brunson<\/strong><\/a> his freshman year at Illinois&#8217; Adlai E. Stevenson High School, &#8220;She&#8217;s like, &#8216;Oh, you&#8217;re on JV,&#8221; he lamented during a December episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CSYs7lV5CFc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\"><em>Roommates Show<\/em><\/a>, the podcast he hosts with teammate <strong>Josh Hart<\/strong> and businessman pal <strong>Matt Hillman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When the future second round NBA draft pick\u2014now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1433493\/espys-2026-nominations-full-list-including-jalen-brunson-lionel-messi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\">up for three ESPY Awards<\/a> after leading his squad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1433119\/knicks-championship-parade-timothee-chalamet-more-celebs-attend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\">to their first NBA championship in 53 years<\/a>\u2014gently corrected her, he continued, &#8220;She was like, &#8216;Oh, OK,&#8217; and kind of, like, dismissed me and then, yeah, walked away for, like, two years.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not as if they <em>never<\/em> huddled up. &#8220;We were friends for a couple years,&#8221; stressed his bride, who earned her doctorate in physical therapy in 2021, &#8220;and then our senior year we started dating.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But as she was bound for the University of Illinois and he was destined to score two national championships at Philadelphia&#8217;s Villanova University, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to date,&#8221; Ali acknowledged of her ambivalence before their relationship tipped off in 2013. &#8220;Long distance is hard.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally speaking, when New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson shoots his shot, he does not miss.\u00a0 But when a basketball teammate introduced the 29-year-old to now-wife Ali Marks Brunson his freshman year at Illinois&#8217; Adlai E. 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