{"id":769889,"date":"2026-07-18T08:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769889\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T08:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:09:11","slug":"jalen-brunson-wanted-nothing-to-do-with-signing-giants-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/769889\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson wanted nothing to do with signing Giants helmet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t ever test Jalen Brunson\u2019s Eagles fandom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When the Knicks star was asked sign a Giants helmet at Fanatics Fest on Thursday, Brunson had quite the response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait, wait, I am not signing that,\u201d Brunson, a die-hard Eagles fan, said. \u201cThat\u2019s against my religion. Are you gonna make me sign a Giants helmet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I write \u2018Go Birds\u2019 on it? I\u2019m gonna write \u2018Go Birds\u2019 on it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York Sports content creator Madyson Eisen, who was working at the event, tried in a last-gasp effort to make Brunson a Giants fan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we convert you?\u201d she asked Brunson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Brunson replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite initially refusing, Brunson eventually signed the helmet with \u201cGo Birds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brunson, who\u2019s been with the Knicks since 2022 and won NBA Finals MVP this season, was born in New Jersey but has ties to Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.62988281;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40015140\" width=\"372\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-at-2.02.26-PM.png\" alt=\"Jalen Brunson wearing a Jalen Hurts jersey. \" class=\"wp-image-40015140\"  \/>Jalen Brunson wearing a Jalen Hurts jersey.<br \/>\n @NBA_NewYork\/X<\/p>\n<p>He attended Villanova from 2015-18, winning two National Championships with the Wildcats alongside current Knicks teammates Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before the Giants-Eagles divisional round clash in 2023, in which the Eagles won 38-7, Brunson <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/19\/jalen-brunson-wears-jalen-hurts-jersey-before-knicks-loss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">showed up to a Knicks game<\/a> wearing a Jalen Hurts jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of an Eagles-Falcons \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d game in September 2024, Brunson <a href=\"https:\/\/fanbuzz.com\/nfl\/jalen-brunson-discussed-eagles-basketball-vs-football-on-monday-night-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">joined former Philadelphia center<\/a> Jason Kelce on ESPN\u2019s pregame show and gave an incorrect prediction for the game, which the Eagles lost.<\/p>\n<p>After joining the Knicks in free agency four years ago, Brunson has quickly become a fan favorite among with his scoring ability and clutch shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.59277344;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40015343\" width=\"350\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-at-2.15.56-PM.png\" alt=\"Jalen Brunson holding a football helmet with &quot;GIANTS&quot; written on the side.\" class=\"wp-image-40015343\"  \/>Brunson eyes the giants helmet. @majorleaguemadd\/X<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s averaged 24 or more points per game every year as a Knick and has helped guide them to four straight playoff appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If he hadn\u2019t already, he sure <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/13\/sports\/jalen-brunson-breaks-down-in-espn-interview-after-carrying-knicks-to-nba-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">put the NBA on notice<\/a> with a dazzling NBA Finals display \u2014 capped off by scoring 45 points in a series-clinching Game 5 to clinch MVP honors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t ever test Jalen Brunson\u2019s Eagles fandom.\u00a0 When the Knicks star was asked sign a Giants helmet at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[6346,36783,355,977,361,349,99,71243],"class_list":["post-769889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-eagles","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-nba","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sports-fans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}