Jalen Brunson shares a moment with his dad Rick after winning the 2026 NBA Finals.

Coach Darko was an assistant in Memphis for some time, and has close ties with this hospital. Great to see the squad spending quality time in Memphis.

Their father is a family friend of mine! These are my guys too! Some of my homies to this day! All great guys I love the Payton family they solid!✊🏾 we found a jaw bone on the island & this was our pure reactions 😂

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6858595/2025/12/05/cade-cunningham-jalen-duren-pistons-travel-rome/

They met at some U19 basketball thing. Cade took Duren to a trip in the mountains in some cabins.

“With him, it’s like you can always learn something, you know what I mean?” Duren said. “He’s passionate about a lot of different things outside of basketball. So I find myself learning all types of stuff. We talk about history, we talk about everything. He’s very intellectual.”

Then they decided to travel to Rome together and apparently airport security took their basketball shoes lol

“Us traveling and going overseas, we were seeing so much new stuff all the time,” Cunningham told The Athletic. “I think us being tourists together was a pretty cool experience. … They’ve got B.C. stuff, just all over the place. Stuff you can ride up on and touch almost, which is crazy.”

He came to my homies baby shower July 2025 bro was so kind! Idk where else to post this hopefully this is cool but I understand if not! Blessings 🙏🏾