There are few more beloved New Yorkers right now than Jalen Brunson, the Knicks point guard and team captain, who led the beloved New York basketball team to the NBA finals for the first time in 27 years.
And who has been there with Brunson since (almost) day one?
His wife, Dr. Alison Marks Brunson, a Jewish physical therapist and the mother of their very adorable young daughter, Jordyn James, who was named after Ali's late Jewish father, James.
The couple started dating while at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in the suburbs of Chicago, and went to homecoming and senior prom together. After college (they dated long distance!) Jalen proposed in their high school gym.
"She's sacrificed a lot without really knowing what's in it for her," Jalen said in their wedding video (which includes shots of the horah and the couple's ketubah.)
"She was committed. She wanted the best for myself, and sometimes it felt like she wanted the best for me before her... she's pushed me to be better."