# Ranking the best athlete cameos after Jalen Brunson’s impressive ‘Law & Order SVU’ appearance

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ranking-the-best-athlete-cameos-after-jalen-brunsons-impressive-law-order-svu-appearance/
- Published: 2026-11-07T18:33:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T19:25:52+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/sports/ranking-best-athlete-cameos-after-jalen-brunsons-law-order-svu-appearance/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Jalen Brunson appeared briefly as Detective Madison on “SVU”.
- A character named Rick Brunson created a joke for Knicks fans.
- The cameo is compared with Jim Brown’s move into acting.

## Summary

Jalen Brunson made a 59-second appearance as Detective Madison in Thursday night’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”. The article says he was convincing enough in the brief role and notes that the episode included jokes aimed at Knicks fans.

Before Brunson appears, his father, Rick, walks into a bar where Madison is eating pizza. The character shares Rick Brunson’s name, giving the scene an added joke for fans familiar with the father-and-son videos that went viral over the summer. The article also compares Brunson’s cameo with Jim Brown’s long acting career after Brown left American football in 1966.

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