Michael Oconnor

[Michael Oconnor @Mikefoconnor04]

@jrouth9 What did Trump do now?

[Miles Commodore @miles_commodore]

This is so good!!!

[Michael Oconnor @Mikefoconnor04]

@RandPaul Faucci saved lives.

[Emotion & Music @Emotion78687]

Fighting her second battle with cancer, yet she never stopped shining. A truly brave and inspiring woman. ❤️🌹

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

New Yorkers were using their umbrellas together to protect Jalen Brunson from the rain.

This is what basketball immortality looks like

[Big East Rewind & Hoops 24/7 @bigeastrewind]

1986-87 Big East Hoops classic Villanova head coach Rollie Massimino postgame locker room speech.

[NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA]

NYC SCENES FROM ABOVE 😳

Fans in New York showed out for the Knicks championship parade 🔥

[The Field of 68 @TheFieldOf68]

The highest-scoring NBA Finals by a point guard EVER 🤯

[NBA @NBA]

AN ALL-TIME ANGLE OF AN ALL-TIME MOMENT.

OG Anunoby’s unreal putback gave the Knicks a 3-1 series lead!

[Jay Wright @CoachJayWright]

No one wants to go home ! @knicks !!!

[Hoops HQ @hhqsports]

Watching Brunson @NovaMBB highlights all day 🔥 (📽️ via @ThatGuyRocked)

[Michael Oconnor @Mikefoconnor04]

@CBKReport Brunson

[John Fanta @John_Fanta]

Back in 2017, asked then Villanova stars Jalen Brunson and Phil Booth who they would have on their rosters if they were NBA GMs. Stay all the way for the end when JB gives his take on Josh Hart 😂.

[Michael Oconnor @Mikefoconnor04]

@John_Fanta Refs are brutal

[Eye4Impact @Eye4Impact_NBA]

We are witnessing one of the most legendary stories in NBA history.

Go prove 'em wrong one more time @jalenbrunson1

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

"We picked up the ashes & kept going"

When Josh Hart was in high school

The family house burned down

Thankfully no one got hurt

But they lost their dog

And most belongings

No family in the area

And no insurance

Mom a waitress

Dad a cook

Three kids

Two bedrooms

They started over.

Josh got a scholarship

To a private school in DC

1 hour & 2 buses away

He was late too often

And got mostly D's

Got kicked out

But then

Something happened

Other families in the school

Rallied around Josh & his family

They launched a Facebook page

They called it"Let Josh Stay"

Spammed the headmaster

Demanding Josh

Get 2nd chance

He got one.

To make it easier

Josh spent some nights

At the house of a teammate

His name was Matthew Hillman

Yes Roommates Show Matt

Soon Matt & his family

Became part of Josh's

Josh did better

Played better

Villanova next

And a title.

Fast forward to today

Josh on the Knicks plane

Flying out to the NBA Finals

And Matthew's mom Pamela

Reposts video of Draft Night

The night that he knew

His mom would be OK

His dad would be OK.

Josh's dad Moses has said

"He learned how to play hard

Before he knew he was good

Playing hard's the only thing he knows."

The heart of Hart has always stood out

"He had it from Day One"

Said Josh's 8U coach

That's 8 years old.

Coaches saw it

Teammates

Families

In a school

He just got to

They noticed too

They rallied around him

Got him a 2nd chance

He kept going

He's here now

[Michael Oconnor @Mikefoconnor04]

@JonRothstein @AdamZagoria Need a big east team in the Garden

[ESPN @espn]

NOVA KNICKS TO THE NBA FINALS! 🗽

Can they bring home another trophy together? 👀