{"id":305919,"date":"2026-07-26T13:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305919\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:52:08","slug":"jalen-brunson-walked-into-a-club-with-no-problem-while-brooklyn-nets-player-got-checked-behind-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/305919\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson walked into a club with no problem while Brooklyn Nets player got checked behind him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The stark difference between being a New York Knicks star and a Brooklyn Nets star was apparent when Jalen Brunson and Michael Porter Jr. went to a Manhattan club together.<\/p>\n<p>Brunson has been proclaimed the King of New York after leading the Knicks to their first NBA Championship in 53 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks will always be New York\u2019s team, something that became apparent to Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Brunson walks into a club while Michael Porter Jr. gets stopped for a guest list check<\/p>\n<p>Brunson and Porter Jr. appeared to be entering a luxury establishment on Manhattan\u2019s East 16th Street with plenty of security covering the area. Brunson walked right in, but Porter was seen being stopped by the bouncers to double-check his presence on the guest list.<\/p>\n<p>Brunson can genuinely go anywhere in New York that he pleases for the rest of his career, as most local establishments would welcome the 29-year-old with open arms for his impact on the city.<\/p>\n<p>Porter Jr., on the other hand, has spent one season in Brooklyn as the centerpiece of one of the worst teams in the NBA. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"859\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2281680721-1024x859.jpg\" alt=\"Celebrity Sightings In New York City - June 18, 2026\" class=\"wp-image-2581404\" \/>Photo by XNY\/Star Max\/GC Images<\/p>\n<p>Even with the current difference in accomplishments, New York always responds more to the superstars who were Knicks rather than Nets. <\/p>\n<p>Nobody calls Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving a New York sports legend, despite their relatively successful tenure on the Nets. It didn\u2019t lead to a championship, but it was more than what Jeremy Lin did in his career, somebody most consider a bigger New York basketball legend than either KD or Kyrie.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NEW YORK KNICKS STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Brunson and the Knicks could lose the title next season, but he\u2019ll always command this respect in a city loyal to its sporting heroes. Porter Jr. is far from being that, lacking the accomplishments and likely having the wrong New York-based basketball jersey on his back.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The stark difference between being a New York Knicks star and a Brooklyn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,355,99,4777,4600,9,24,1104,63],"class_list":["post-305919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}