{"id":123086,"date":"2025-02-10T08:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=123086"},"modified":"2025-02-10T06:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T11:46:30","slug":"karl-anthony-towns-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/10\/karl-anthony-towns-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Stars Celebrate Eagles Super Bowl Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl LIX over the Kansas City Chiefs, and the NBA world reacted. There are plenty of Eagles and Chiefs fans in the NBA, but it is just interesting to see that some of the biggest Eagles fans are on the New York Knicks roster, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/townska01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Knicks Stars Celebrate Eagles Super Bowl Win<\/h2>\n<p>Some of the biggest NBA stars who cheer for the Philadelphia Eagles are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> and Towns. It is interesting to see players playing in New York cheering for the Eagles, but Towns and Brunson have been hooked long ago.<\/p>\n<p>Towns is a lifelong Eagles fan. He grew up in New Jersey and once even wore an Eagles sweater on the bench during a Knicks game. Jalen grew up in New Jersey as well, but he also played college basketball in Philadelphia at Villanova. Brunson attended the Eagles\u2019 mini camp during the offseason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jalen Brunson is at Eagles mini camp today <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FzqYu4iT0G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/FzqYu4iT0G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JClarkNBCS\/status\/1798409622467788835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the Eagles winning Super Bowl LIX over the Chiefs, Towns and Brunson took it to social media to show their supper. Towns even showed his Eagles outfit on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/karltowns\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FLY EAGLES FLY!!!<br \/>\ud83d\udc8d\ud83e\udd85<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eagles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Eagles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarlTowns\/status\/1888785167176601806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"art\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd85\ud83e\udd85\ud83e\udd85\ud83e\udd85\ud83e\udd85 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hJNVKUZyMj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/hJNVKUZyMj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jalen Brunson (@jalenbrunson1) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jalenbrunson1\/status\/1888791150921724227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Karl-Anthony Towns, A Lifelong Eagles Fan<\/h3>\n<p>Towns is a self-proclaimed \u201cborn and bred Eagles fan\u201d. Earlier this year, fans called him out him for wearing an Eagles sweater on the bench. He missed the game with an injury but wore his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/15\/sports\/knicks-karl-anthony-towns-roasted-for-wearing-eagles-gear-at-game-vs-76ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eagles gear<\/a> during a game against the Philadelphia 76ers. After the game, he said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to be myself. I have been an Eagles fan since I was young and I am always going to stay loyal to my team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was not the first time fans reacted to Towns showing love for the Eagles. In 2018, while playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves, he <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/22181142\/born-bred-philadelphia-eagles-fan-karl-anthony-towns-not-worried-minnesota-fans-criticism\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted his support<\/a> for the Eagles. At the time, the Eagles beat the Vikings in the NFC title game.<\/p>\n<p>Vikings fans were not as happy and even said that he should be fined.<\/p>\n<h3>Josh Hart Joins the Conversation<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Hart<\/a> is another Knicks player who had words for the Kansas City Chiefs after their loss. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/22\/knicks-duo-opposite-sides-of-historic-matchup\/\" target=\"_self\">Hart is not an Eagles fan<\/a>, but he is not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3139477\/patrick-mahomes\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> fan as well. He posted on social media about the star quarterback.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t want to hear no more Brady comparisons<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Hart (@joshhart) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshhart\/status\/1888780677295853663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mahomes has been on a tear lately, and with a chance to three-peat, there were many comparing him to the great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/2330\/tom-brady\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Brady<\/a>. That didn\u2019t happen, and Hart was there to pour some salt on that wound. Mahomes has also lost to Brady in the Super Bowl in 2021.<\/p>\n<h3>Philly Fans Have Something to Be Happy About<\/h3>\n<p>Fans in Philadelphia deserved some happy and cheerful news this weekend. It has been a bad year for the 76ers. Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a> talked about how he might need another surgery on his left knee.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid has missed more than 30 games this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgpa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul George<\/a>, the Sixers\u2019 big offseason move, has missed 19 games so far. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/maxeyty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Maxey<\/a> is the biggest bright spot for Philly basketball fans right now, but he cannot do it alone.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers are out of a play-in position and might have to wonder whether this <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/02\/04\/teams-linked-in-paul-george-trade-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">season is worth saving<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: \u00a9 John E. 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