Jalen Brunson was admittedly baffled on Tuesday night.
The New York Knicks star is without a coach after Tom Thibodeau’s recent firing, and the team is barreling towards an uncertain offseason following its most successful playoff run in 25 years.
So, when the 28-year-old point guard confessed to being ‘genuinely confused’ on X, Knicks fans naturally ᴀssumed it had something to do with their team.
‘Probably as to why the Knicks fired Thibs with no actionable plan for a targeted replacement,’ one fan responded, referring to New York’s rejected interview requests for current NBA head coaches such as Dallas’ Jason Kidd and Atlanta’s Quin Snyder.
Many others joked about the weather in Cancun, which is a nod to the Knicks’ Eastern Conference Finals defeat to the Indiana Pacers, or to other related topics, like the future of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Others just offered random guesses about geopolitics or harᴀssment allegations in Hollywood: ‘We talking about Iran? Tyler Perry allegations?’
But after his post received more than 4 million views, Brunson realized he needed to put an end to the confusion: ‘Damn my bad yall, I was talking about love island.’
Jalen Brunson and his wife Alison Marks are seen during a recent film premiere in Tribeca
After his post received more than 4m views, Brunson decided to put an end to the confusion
Love Island’s (from left to right) Isabelle ‘Belle-A’ Walker, Olandria Carthen, Michelle ‘Chelley’ Bissainthe, Yulissa Escobar and Huda Mustafa are pictured in a promo for the reality show
The debaucherous reality show has spawned a number of spinoffs on both sides of the Atlantic and now appears to have ensnared Brunson, as well as several Knicks fans.
‘Huda needs to go,’ one responder added, referring to a Love Island cast member.
‘Team Jeremiah or Huda??’ another asked.
One relieved fan wrote: ‘All good goat. Never do that again tho.’
The first formal interviews for the New York Knicks head-coaching vacancy have been revealed in former NBA head coaches Taylor Jenkins and Mike Brown.
Both men started last season as head coaches, with Brown being fired by the Sacramento Kings in December for having a losing record. Jenkins was given the pink slip by the Memphis Grizzlies with nine games left in the regular season in March.
At least three teams have reportedly turned down the Knicks’ requests to interview sitting head coaches in the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, and Minnesota Timberwolves.
College basketball legends Jay Wright and Dan Hurley have both expressed an interest in staying with their respective jobs in broadcasting and at UConn.
