'I didn't want him in the NBA!' Young ISU fan heartbroken over Tyrese
Back in March, his mom posted this video. On Draft night, Twitter made everything alright.
'I didn't want him in the NBA!' Young ISU fan heartbroken over Tyrese
Back in March, his mom posted this video. On Draft night, Twitter made everything alright.
VIKINGS FALL TO 4-6. BACK IN MARCH, IT WAS A CUTE MOMENT FROM A SUPER CUTE KID WHO WAS CRUSHED THAT TYRESE HALIBURTON DECLARED FOR THE DRAFT. THIS STORY WAS FAR FROM OVER. >> A FIRST GRADER LOVES THE CYCLONES. SPECIFICALLY TYRESE HALIBURTON. >> HE LOOKS LIKE HE TRIES HIS BEST AND HAS FUN. >> WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS LEAVING IOWA STATE FOR THE NBA, IT DID NOT GO OVER TOO WELL. >> HE IS MY FAVORITE PLAYER. >> WHAT? YOU’RE SAD HE IS GOING INTO THE NBA? WHY ARE YOUR SAD -- WHY ARE YOU SAD? >> BECAUSE HE IS MY FAVORITE PLAYER. >> YOU GET TO WATCH THEM ON TV. >> PRETTY BAD FEELING. >> MOMS RECORD EVERYTHING. SHE POSTED IT LIKE SHE ALWAYS DOES. >> MONTHS LATER, IN OCTOBER, TYREE IS RESPONDED. >> WE WERE LIKE, OK. >> NOT EVEN THAT WAS THE END OF IT. THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, THE KINGS DRAFTED HIM TENT OVERALL. -- 10TH OVERALL. >> HE WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER. >> AND THEN RETWEETED IT TO HIS 50,000 FOLLOWERS. >> THE MORNING AFTER THE DRAFT, I WOKE UP AND I HAD NUMEROUS MESSAGES. >> YOU HAD STUFF ALL OVER TWITTER. >> PEOPLE REACHING OUT SAYING THEY WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO FLY US OUT THERE OR GET US TICKETS OR SEND JERSEYS. THERE IS A GUY WHO LIVES IN IOWA AND HE SAID, I AM FRIENDS WITH THE VP OF TICKET SALES. WE WILL FLY YOU OUT THERE. IT HAS BEEN RANDOM SACRAMENTO FANS OFFERING TO DO THIS. >> IT HAS BEEN A COOL STORY. IT IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. WE WILL GET HIM OUT THERE SOMEHOW. >> BECAUSE LOVE HAS AWAY OF
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'I didn't want him in the NBA!' Young ISU fan heartbroken over Tyrese
Back in March, his mom posted this video. On Draft night, Twitter made everything alright.
When Tyrese Haliburton declared for the NBA Draft back in March, not all of Cyclone Nation was eager to wish him well. Six-year-old Palmer Danilson was CRUSHED.Little did he know, his mother's tweet would resurface month's later and connect him with his favorite Cyclone once again.
JOHNSTON, Iowa —
When Tyrese Haliburton declared for the NBA Draft back in March, not all of Cyclone Nation was eager to wish him well. Six-year-old Palmer Danilson was CRUSHED.
Little did he know, his mother's tweet would resurface month's later and connect him with his favorite Cyclone once again.
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