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A YouTube prima and 2 NBA rivals locomotion into a wrestling ring.
No, it's not nan intro to a bad joke. Rather, it was nan segment astatine WWE Smackdown astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York connected Friday night, wherever Logan Paul coaxed Pacers prima Tyrese Haliburton and his Knicks rival Jalen Brunson into a near-tag squad lucifer pinch LA Knight.
Brunson and Haliburton are, of course, nary alien to 1 different aft nan 2024 NBA postseason, wherever nan former's Knicks were upset by nan latter's Pacers successful 7 games. Indiana would yet autumn successful nan Eastern Conference Finals to nan eventual-champion Boston Celtics.
Paul, of course, has parlayed his YouTube fame into a caller profession successful combat sports and kayfabe wrestling, wherever he's besides been capable to beforehand his marque of bottled water.
But Friday's Smackdown wasn't astir trading h2o aliases moreover nan NBA. Instead location was a dense dose of thorax thumping and sabre rattling betwixt nan crowd favorite, Brunson, and nan burgeoning Paul-Haliburton alliance.
Tyrese Haliburton and Logan Paul locomotion by Jalen Brunson earlier a WWE lucifer astatine MSG
NBA rivals Jalen Brunson (left) and Tyrese Haliburton (right) look each different down astatine MSG
Seeking to put a extremity to immoderate trickery, Brunson grabbed 1 of nan WWE's ubiquitous folding chairs and entered nan ringing alongside Paul's opponent, LA Knight
With Brunson seated ringside, Paul began nan capacity by calling for personification pinch acquisition winning astatine MSG.
'Indiana Pacers prima Tyrese Haliburton,' Paul announced to a chorus of boos from nan New Yorkers successful attendance.
Paul past sauntered into nan ringing alongside nan lankier, 6-foot-5 erstwhile Iowa State guard, who first took a infinitesimal to look down Brunson.
A emblematic wrestling lucifer ensued successful beforehand of nan 2 NBA stars, who remained serene until Haliburton retrieved immoderate brass knuckles from nan crowd for Paul.
Seeking to put a extremity to immoderate trickery, Brunson grabbed 1 of nan WWE's ubiquitous folding chairs and entered nan ringing alongside Paul's opponent, LA Knight.
Some jawing ensued, but Haliburton and a defeated Paul yet retreated retired of nan ring, overmuch to nan delight of nan Knicks loyalists successful nan crowd.
