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Rick Brunson, former Temple star, resigns from NBA assistant job after allegations surface

Martes 08 de Mayo del 2018

Rick Brunson, former Temple star, resigns from NBA assistant job after allegations surface

Brunson was on the Minnesota Timberwolves staff since 2016. - Katie McInerney, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News

Brunson was on the Minnesota Timberwolves staff since 2016. - Katie McInerney, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News

Rick Brunson, former Temple star and father of Villanova’s Jalen Brunson, resigned from his assistant coach position with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.

The Athletic and ESPN reported that Brunson has been accused of “improper interactions” with women, and that one of the women is a member of the media.

Brunson, 45, played at Temple in the early 1990s and then spent nine years playing professionally. He entered the coaching ranks in 2007 with the Denver Nuggets and spent time on the staffs of the Chicago Bulls and the Charlotte Bobcats before he joined the Timberwolves in 2016.

In 2014, Brunson was set to join Fran Dunphy’s staff at Temple before he was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and criminal sexual assault. He was acquitted of those charges in 2015.

Jalen Brunson was in the midst of deciding where he’d play in college when the allegations broke. Temple was among his top choices but he opted for Villanova, where he became the consensus national player of the year and a two-time NCAA champion. He decided last month to enter the NBA draft, ending his college eligibility.

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