Jalen Brunson was part of the Knicks’ last NBA Finals team — as a toddler. Now he’s their star.

The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999 — when star guard Jalen Brunson was 2 and hanging around his father Rick’s team.

After the New York Knicks advanced Monday to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, their star guard Jalen Brunson appeared calm amid the team’s celebration.

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Brunson, after all, had been here before — when he was 2.

Brunson is 29 now. When he was a toddler, however, he was a regular in the Knicks’ locker room during the 1998-99 season as his father, Rick, was a backup guard on the last New York team to play for an NBA championship.