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'He's the ultimate winner': What Mavs' guard Jalen Brunson learned from his father, a 9-year NBA veteran

Rick Brunson was a 6-4 point guard out of Temple who got to the NBA in 1997 and played nine seasons.He did it the old-fashioned way.He was signed (and waived) by a handful of teams, then eventually played for eight franchises before retiring in 2006. It was the ultimate survivor's journey.And yet, as a 25-year-old rookie on a good Portland team that had an injury to point guard Damon Stoudamire, Brunson, in one of his first NBA games, was not blinded by the moment.

 

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