NBA Sunday Social: Jrue Holiday takes girl dad cuteness to a whole new level
By Alex Mcewen
In this week’s NBA Sunday Social, the Thunder trumped the Knicks but that was not the biggest highlight from inside the garden. And, Jrue Holiday displayed some nice girl dad skills.
Due to their lack of success, the New York Knicks have failed to give their fans a lot of special nights over the past 20 or so years. For fans in New York to see special, great, or even good basketball inside what was once known as the basketball mecca the performance has often come via the opponent.
On Friday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder put on a clinic inside Madison Square Garden. Oklahoma City defeated New York 126-103 while building their lead as large as 34-points. However, what made the contest so special is what happened before the ball was even tipped up.
During a special pregame ceremony both the Thunder and Knickerbockers honored each other’s communities. Oklahoma City recognized those impacted by the 9/11 attacks, whereas the Knickerbockers honored those affected by the Oklahoma City Bombing. Check out full highlights from the event below:
Coming together
Two cities, an unbreakable bond and a memorable night of reuniting and remembering. Thank you @OKCNM @Sept11Memorial @nyknicks.
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) March 7, 2020
Story: https://t.co/iipLfOnvtV
Video ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/HjSmxFOrdA
Starting things off right
Clippers play Thunder on Tuesday, but Paul George our in the OKC community today for a dedication of a fishing dock at South Lakes Park. pic.twitter.com/l6ieZK3q5B
— Erik Horne (@ErikkHorne) March 2, 2020
Give me the latter
Russ the last two months has played at a higher level and contributed to winning hoops more than he did at any point in his OKC tenure. https://t.co/YsL9zqBmq9
— Matt Infield (@Matt_Infield) March 1, 2020
Let the voters vote
I really enjoy the ROY discourse. With no clear guideline for the award, everyone gets to decide for themselves whether it’s a value added award, or a best player award. No right answer! Fun talk. Or at least, the potential to be.
— Brady Klopfer (@BradyKlopferNBA) March 2, 2020
Bold statement Skip
Nobody in the NBA is faster dribbling the basketball than Lonzo Ball is. Tonight, he's running 4.2 40s for layups.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) March 2, 2020
Iconic moment, that the late-great Harvey Pollock helped cement
https://twitter.com/ShibeSports/status/1234477334130024454?s=20
Maybe?
Does it feel like LeBron isn’t getting enough love for MVP?
— Russillo (@ryenarussillo) March 2, 2020
Former Clipper giving high praise to a former Clipper
Danilo Gallinari on Chris Paul: “I’ve played with a lot of players in my 12 years in the league. I think he’s the best leader that I’ve played with.” pic.twitter.com/JxIfg3VCmr
— Maddie Lee (@maddie_m_lee) March 1, 2020
Patrick Beverly is a business person
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 https://t.co/CQgQieyHFK
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) March 2, 2020
Fat and muscle are not the same thing
In regards to opinion that Zion needs to lose weight. What is the main reasoning or do you think he is fine where he is at?
— Carl (@onpointcarl) March 2, 2020
For example would he get faster, be healthier, less adverse to injury etc..
Or would he lose strength? Athletically his weight doesnt seem to hamper him
Proving the haters wrong
LeBron is a legend
In my lifetime Lebron James is the only player who not only lived up to his hype he exceeded it...
— Ricky G (@jrichardgoodman) March 2, 2020
Westbrook is also a legend
People ignore context with everything. Westbrook is killing right now, because he has circumstances that mute his weaknesses. There’s space. He doesn’t feel the need to shoot 3s, because he can get to the cup at Will with a spread floor. Circumstances color approach!
— Nate Jones (@JonesOnTheNBA) March 1, 2020
It just depends
The Sixers have a 20 year old 1st rd pick that does not get a lot of playing time. Are they hurting his development or is that just a Knicks issue?
— Bill Hoyle ™️ (@_BillyHoyleofNJ) March 1, 2020
Fouling hard
Are we going to see something special in Nola?
I’m so tired of folks overlooking how good Brandon Ingram has been all season. The kid been cooking
— RED is here♒️ (@shesforRussy) March 2, 2020
Ty Lawson has been rightfully forgotten and Steve Kerr is a genius
Shouts to Ty Lawson btw https://t.co/RjTloMBbxr
— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) March 2, 2020
Bazley knows
https://twitter.com/BazleyDarius/status/1234350703893549056?s=20
Current Warriors and it is not even close
Who wins if they play today?
— Hashtag Basketball (@hashtbasketball) March 2, 2020
Processing 76ers:
TJ McConnell, Nik Stauskas, Robert Covington, Jahil Okafor, Nerlens Noel (Jerami Grant, Landry, Ish Smith)
Today's Warriors lineup:
Damion Lee, Andrew Wiggins, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Dragan Bender, Marquese Chriss (Paschall, Poole)
Loving these tweets
Luka & Porzingis both scored over 30 again in thrilling OT win over fading Pels, Celtics got shorthanded win as Collin Sexton continued hot streak with career-high 41 for CLE, Duncan Robinson hit 9 3s as Heat set team record.
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) March 5, 2020
Almost every night something great happens in the NBA
Okay, I’ll do it
Candace Parker has become the most influential player in the WNBA when it comes to mainstream marketing, endorsements, visibility, social media. Someone needs to write THAT article. And rewind it all the way back to when they didn’t select her for the Olympic team. I’ll wait.
— LaChina Robinson (@LaChinaRobinson) March 7, 2020
Give me more Morant
Jrue and Lauren Holiday with their daughter Jrue Tyler (Photo by Cassy Athena/Getty Images)
Dancing together keeps you together
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9YaXtJgr0O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Family ties
Content we all need to see. ♥️
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) March 6, 2020
(via @NBA) pic.twitter.com/4RxoTC4hCr
This was a difficult week. Because both of these high notes were so good, I couldn’t just choose one. Both are family-centric, first up is the James Gang, last week we saw LeBron and Savannah’s two sons were dancing together, this week they danced together as a family.
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Shifting to the second high note, ESPN put together a splendid highlight reel of the Holiday family centered around Jrue Holiday, his wife Lauren, and their daughter Jrue Tyler.