The NBA Draft is meant to be the happiest night time of a younger school basketball star’s life.
For former Duke Blue Devils heart Kyle Filipowski, this week got here with a whirlwind of untamed allegations involving his household and the lady he’s courting,
A social media account on X, claiming to be Filipowski’s brother Daniel’s, alleged a narrative about Filipowski and Caitlin Hutchinson had been swept below the rug for years.
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Daniel urged one other X person to “lookup and skim on Mormon grooming and brainwashing and also you’ll discover some intriguing particulars in there to attach some dots into the story that is occurring right here.”
A separate X account, presupposed to be Kyle’s mom Becky’s, additionally claimed Hutchinson began so far Filipowski when he was nonetheless in highschool.
“Still 6 years older. She could not discover a partner in her circle so she clawed an immature cash maker,” a put up Thursday stated.
Hutchinson is reportedly 26 years outdated and Filipowski quickly turns 21.
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Kyle Filipowski arrives previous to the primary spherical of the 2024 NBA Draft at Barclays Center June 26, 2024, within the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
The account famous that when Filipowski declared for the NBA Draft in April he didn’t embody his household in his goodbye assertion.
“The household will get no congratulations since Kyle selected to go away the household two years in the past,” an April 13 put up stated.
The New York Post identified that ESPN’s draft skilled Jonathan Givony stated on “The Lowe Post” podcast that NBA groups have been “speaking about” the age hole between Filipowski and his girlfriend.
“NBA groups are speaking about the truth that they’d query marks about his girlfriend being a lot older than him, why was he estranged from his household due to this entire state of affairs,” Givony added on “NBA Today.” “He apparently doesn’t discuss to his mother and father or his brother, and It’s a really, very odd state of affairs. I personally don’t perceive why it might trigger him to drop like this into the second spherical.
“There are not any questions on his character, however NBA groups are speaking about his nerves, and his exercises weren’t nice. And once they requested him concerning the state of affairs in interviews, the solutions they acquired weren’t passable for them.”
Kyle Filipowski on the 2024 NBA Draft held on the Barclays Center June 26, 2024, in New York City. (Steve Eichner/WWD by way of Getty Images)
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Fox News Digital reached out to Filipowski’s representatives for additional remark.
The Utah Jazz chosen Filipowski within the second spherical of the draft Thursday with the No. 32 choose.
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