Jalen Brunson was announced this week as the 36th captain of the Knicks, a number that feels like more of a rough estimate because captaincies aren’t usually this official and the organization has been around since 1946.
Given the list of some of the known previous captains — for instance, Lance Thomas, Courtney Lee, Raymond Felton, Eddy Curry, David Lee, Steve Francis — it’s not exactly hallowed ground.
But this is different. There’s more to Brunson being captain than the title.
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