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Time of India
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
"Thought we lost you bro" - Jalen Brunson's cryptic post goes viral, sparks tension among New York Knicks fans
Jalen Brunson's cryptic post goes viral, sparks tension among New York Knicks fans (Image Credit: Getty Images) Jalen Brunson posted a cryptic message on X, and it drew every New York Knicks fan's attention. Fans got worried if there had been some strategic change in the teams' lineup surrounding Brunson. Brunson clarified his post later, which drew mixed reactions from fans. A fan thought that he had lost Brunson to another team and commented, 'I thought we lost you, bro.' Brunson played 83 games in total, including regular season and playoffs. With consistent clutch performances, he won the 2025 NBA Clutch Player of the Year award. Jalen Brunson's humor goes wrong, leaves his fans worried due to his cryptic post Jalen Brunson is enjoying his offseason as of now and has various leisure activities at hand. He recently gave a peek into what is keeping him engaged by dropping a one-liner on X. He wrote, 'I am genuinely confused' The four-word message could mean anything to X users, and they also became as confused as Brunson's intriguing post. Thankfully, he was referring only to a dating show on TV where his namesake Jalen Brown is appearing. Clarifying his post, which had drawn 3M views by the time of writing this piece, he wrote: 'Damn my bad yall, I was talking about love island' The post had left fans confused as well, and left them worried. Most of them thought he got traded, which was actually not true. A fan wrote, 'Captain. Please don't scare us like that man.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like What She Did Mid-Air Left Passengers Speechless medalmerit Learn More Undo Referring to trade rumors, one fan commented, 'We thought you got traded to Washington' The out-of-context post didn't sit well with one fan, and he shared his frustration, saying: 'Normalize adding more context to taken you 2.7 seconds to type "of what this love island episode is about" after the word confused on the original after typing it just now I realize it takes 1.175 seconds to do it' Another comment was, 'God Damn Jalen I thought we lost you bro' Some fans got curious and talked back to the New York Knicks star and asked about his thoughts on some of the couples performing in Love Island. There were a few others who wanted him to work harder in the gym and spend less time on television shows. Jalen Brunson gave award-winning performances in 2025 season Just like with this post on X, Jalen Brunson captured everyone's attention on the court during the regular season and playoffs with his exceptional performances. He was given 35.4 minutes per game on average during the regular season, in which he pitched in 26 PPG. It made him the 8th highest NBA scorer in the regular season. Brunson emerged as one of the promising stars in the regular season. He was named the Eastern Conference All-Star starter. His consistent clutch performances (5.6PPG in the clutch) and 52 FGs earned him the NBA Clutch Player of the Year title. Alongside Karl-Anthony Towns, he was selected for the All-NBA Second Team. Also Read: Why New York Knicks can eye this low-cost option to pair with Jalen Brunson in backcourt? The good news is that all is well in Jalen Brunson's world. The fans worrying over his post indicate his growing popularity, which he has amassed over the years. With his breakthrough performances, he has solidified himself as a valuable player for the New York Knicks. Game On Season 1 kicks off with Sakshi Malik's inspiring story. Watch Episode 1 here
USA Today
01-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Could the Nets go after Hornets' LaMelo Ball this offseason?
Could the Nets go after Hornets' LaMelo Ball this offseason? The Brooklyn Nets are in the early stages of an offseason where they could go a number of directions depending on how the franchise wants to continue the rebuild. Brooklyn is most likely going to follow through with its plans to build through the Draft, but there is the possibility that some marquee players are available this summer, including a talented guard with a popular profile. One of the players that could be available this offseason depending on what happens with the Charlotte Hornets is guard LaMelo Ball, one of the players that many thought was snubbed by not being selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star team this season. As it usually the case every season, Ball is one of a few players that the league will be keeping an eye on, according to HoopsHype's Michael Scotto. "The availability of Hornets guard LaMelo Ball is one of the stars several executives who spoke with HoopsHype will be monitoring on the trade market this summer," Scotto wrote in March. The Hornets finished the season with a 19-63 record, but Ball played well to the tune of 25.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 7.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 40.5% from the field and 33.9% from three-point land. While Scotto's reporting indicates that NBA personnel around the NBA will be keeping an eye on Ball's status as far as if he will be playing basketball for Charlotte next season, that's different than if the Hornets are willing to trade him. Charlotte has a good, young nucleus of Ball, Brandon Millers, Miles Bridges, and Mark Williams, all players 26 years old or younger and they are third in the NBA Lottery odds. While anything can happen and the Nets could use the talents of someone like Ball on a team just beginning its rebuild, time will tell if Brooklyn would be willing to trade for a player like the former third overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. Either way, it will be interesting to see what happens to difference-making players like Ball and Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, just to name a couple.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cavaliers' duo named NBA All-Star reserves
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WKBN) – Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland and forward Evan Mobley were named Eastern Conference All-Star reserves on Thursday night. They join Donovan Mitchell who was previously named an All-Star starter. Cleveland head coach Kenny Atkinson was previously named an Eastern Conference coach. Garland is making his second All-Star game appearance while Mobley is an All-Star for the first time. The voting for reserves was done by NBA head coaches for their respective conferences. Garland is averaging a career-high 21.7 points per game this season. Mobley is averaging career-highs in points (18.2 PPG), steals (0.90 SPG), three-point percentage (.398 3FG%) and free-throw percentage (.754 FT%). This is the fourth time in franchise history that the Cavaliers have earned three NBA All-Star selections (1989, 1993 and 2017). Other Eastern Conference reserves include: Jaylen Brown (Boston), Pascal Siakim (Indiana), Cade Cunningham (Detroit), Damian Lillard (Milwaukee) and Tyler Herro (Miami). The 74th NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET at Chase Center in San Francisco. The game will be televised on TNT. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Miami Herald
30-01-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Heat's Tyler Herro receives news he was hoping for, named All-Star for first time in his career
Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro is in the middle of his best NBA season. Herro is also on his way to his first NBA All-Star Game. Herro will represent the Heat as an Eastern Conference All-Star reserve in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game, which will take place on Feb. 16 at Chase Center in San Francisco. It marks the first time that Herro has been selected for the All-Star Game in his six NBA seasons. The seven All-Star reserves from each conference, which were voted on by head coaches, were revealed Thursday night on TNT. The seven All-Star reserve spots include three frontcourt players, two guards and two players regardless of position. The four East guards named All-Star reserves are Herro, Cleveland's Darius Garland, Detroit's Cade Cunningham and Milwaukee's Damian Lillard. In addition, Boston's Jaylen Brown, Cleveland's Evan Mobley and Indiana's Pascal Siakam were named East All-Star reserves as frontcourt players. The Western Conference All-Star reserves are Los Angeles' Anthony Davis, Minnesota's Anthony Edwards, Los Angeles' James Harden, Memphis' Jaren Jackson Jr., Houston's Alperen Sengun, San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama and Oklahoma City's Jalen Williams. Herro was hoping to hear the news he received Thursday night of making his first NBA All-Star Game, saying earlier this week that he was 'pretty anxious' for the announcement. 'Being an All-Star is one of the things that I would love to accomplish while I'm in this league,' Herro added. 'If it ain't this year, it will be next year. If it ain't next year, at some point we're going to make it happen.' Herro put together a strong All-Star case based on the combination of his play and availability this season. Herro, who turned 25 on Jan. 20, is averaging career highs in points (24.1 per game), rebounds (5.6) and assists (5.4) while also shooting a career-best 47.4 percent from the field and a career-best 40 percent from three-point range on a career-high 9.7 three-point attempts per game while missing just one game this season. Herro also entered Thursday ranked third in the NBA in three pointers made this season with 175 behind only with Detroit's Malik Beasley (177 made threes) and Minnesota's Anthony Edwards (192 made threes). In addition, Herro is one of only two players in the league who entered Thursday averaging at least 24 points, five rebounds and five assists per game while also shooting 45 percent or better from the field and 40 percent or better from behind the arc this season. The only other player in the NBA currently meeting those thresholds is three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, who was named as a Western Conference All-Star starter this season. Among the East guards who Herro beat out for an All-Star reserve spot were Atlanta's Trae Young, Charlotte's LaMelo Ball and Philadelphia's Tyrese Maxey. The All-Star Game starters — voted on by fans, current NBA players and a media panel — were announced last week. New York's Jalen Brunson and Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell are the two East guards voted in as starters, with New York's Karl-Anthony Towns, Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo and Boston's Jayson Tatum as the three East frontcourt players who made the cut. The Western Conference All-Star starters are Phoenix's Kevin Durant, Los Angeles' LeBron James and Jokic in the frontcourt, and Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Golden State's Stephen Curry in the backcourt. This season's All-Star Game will look a little different. The NBA announced in mid-December that the 2025 All-Star Game will feature a new format. Next month's NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco will feature a mini-tournament with four teams and three games for the first time. Two teams will meet in one semifinal (Game 1), and the remaining two teams will meet in the other semifinal (Game 2). The winning teams from Game 1 and Game 2 will advance to face each other in the championship (Game 3). For each game, the winner will be the first team to reach or surpass 40 points. Each team will have eight players and be named for a TNT NBA analyst. The 24 NBA All-Star selections will be divided evenly into three teams, with the rosters drafted by TNT's 'Inside the NBA' commentators and honorary team general managers Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith. The three analysts will make their respective picks for Team Chuck, Team Shaq and Team Kenny live on TNT in the NBA All-Star Draft, which will be conducted on Feb. 6. The fourth team will be the winning team from the championship game of the Rising Stars event on Feb. 14 during All-Star Weekend. The four teams participating in the NBA All-Star Game will compete for a prize pool of $1.8 million. Each player on the championship-winning team will receive $125,000, each player on the second-place team will receive $50,000 and each player on the third- and fourth-place teams will receive $25,000. Along with Herro's first appearance in the NBA All-Star Game, the organization will also be represented in other events during All-Star Weekend next month. As of Thursday night, the Heat did not yet have a participant in the All-Star Saturday Night events. But Herro is among the top candidates to compete in this year's Three-Point Contest. Also, Heat second-year forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. was picked to take part in the Rising Stars showcase. Rising Stars, which is the annual showcase of top first- and second-year NBA players and NBA G League standouts, will be played at 9 p.m. on Feb. 14 at Chase Center during All-Star Weekend. The event will feature four teams and three games, and will be aired live on TNT. Jaquez also took part in Rising Stars last year as a rookie. Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem, Michael Beasley, Herro and Jaquez are the only five Heat players who have been multitime selections for the Rising Stars showcase. Under the Rising Stars event's new format, Jaquez will even have a chance to qualify for this year's NBA All-Star Game as a Rising Stars participant. For the first time, the winning Rising Stars team will clinch a spot in the NBA All-Star Game's mini-tournament In addition, Heat two-way contract players Josh Christopher and Isaiah Stevens have been selected to take part in the G League Up Next Game that will take place on Feb. 16 at Moscone Center in San Francisco during All-Star Weekend. Both Christopher and Stevens have thrived with the Heat's G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, this season. The Heat (23-23) has seven games left to play before the All-Star break. Next up for the Heat is a four-game trip that begins Saturday against the San Antonio Spurs. HASLEM'S NEW ROLE Udonis Haslem has accepted what ESPN calls a 'full-time' job as a studio analyst, but the Heat legend remains in his executive role with the team and has given no indication that he's leaving that position. Haslem, who has appeared on ESPN programs occasionally over the year, will now make regular appearances on NBA Today, SportsCenter, Get Up with Mike Greenberg and First Take with Stephen A. Smith. Haslem has impressed ESPN executives with his work as a studio analyst. After Haslem suggested on ESPN after last season that Herro should move back to a bench role, Pat Riley has made clear publicly that Haslem must be careful what he says publicly about the Heat. As a result, Haslem has said on air that he is not in position to comment at length about the ongoing Jimmy Butler saga. 'ESPN – You definitely have an excellent team of ex-players already with Kendrick Perkins, Jay Williams, Tim Legler, and JJ Reddick [sic]…but you should hire Udonis Haslem permanently!' NBA legend Magic Johnson said on social media during last year's playoffs. 'He's been spectacular at breaking down the NBA playoffs – from the players' game and mentality, to the Xs and Os, as well as the philosophy of the game … Udonis has done it with intelligence, charisma, and flair. And he's funny too!' Haslem remains around the Heat a lot in his role as vice president of basketball development, a job he accepted in November 2023.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Boston Celtics' Jayson Tatum discusses his sixth All-Star selection
Jayson Tatum has been named as an Eastern Conference All-Star starter for the 2025 All-Star game. The Boston Celtics star will be making his fifth consecutive All-Star appearance and his sixth overall. Tatum accumulated a significant portion of fan votes, which counted for 50% of the overall tally, while he also drew recognition from media members and players. The 2025 All-Star game will take place in San Francisco on Feb. 16. The other starters for the East are Giannias Antetonkounmpo, Karl-Anthony Towns, Donovan Mitchell and Jalen Brunson. Jaylen Brown could still make the All-Star game if he's selected among the reserves. When speaking to the media following the Celtics 117-96 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, Feb. 23, Tatum discussed his latest All-Star selection and what it means to him. "It means a lot. All-Star is a hell of an accomplishment," Tatum said. The Celtics superstar is clearly remaining humble despite his growing list of accomplishments and his success in the league. You can watch Tatum's postgame news conference by clicking on the embedded video above. Watch the "Celtics Chronicle" podcast on: YouTube: Substack: This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics' Jayson Tatum discusses his sixth All-Star selection
