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Little Happier: NBA Players on the “Today” Show: When Lighthearted Humor Is Better than Sympathetic Silence

Aug 24, 2026 · 6 min · YouTube

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0:02Lemonader.
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0:07I'm Gretchen Rubin, and this is A Little Happier.
0:11Like everyone in New York City, I've been talking a lot about the fact that the New York Knicks recently won the 2026 NBA Championship.
0:19New York City has been celebrating for weeks.
0:23I've been watching a lot of Knicks-related videos and interviews, and I was particularly struck by one moment in an interview that took place two days after the winning game.
0:33On the Today Show, host Jenna Busch Hager was interviewing Knicks players Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Mikhail Bridges.
0:42These three played together in college at Villanova, so they've known each other a long time.
0:47And Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart are especially close friends.
0:51Jalen Brunson is the team captain and the MVP.
0:55But before I talk about the part of the conversation that really struck me, let me set the context.
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