The Cleveland Browns will have a second player representing them at the NBA All-Star festivities this weekend. Myles Garrett was set for the NBA Celebrity Game since the initial announcement despite Kevin Stefanski retiring him from playing pickup basketball last offseason.
A number of other Cleveland-connected folks will be in the game including Mayor Justin Bibb, former Cleveland Cavaliers players Bobby Gibson and Anderson Varejao and musician Machine Gun Kelly.
The surprise came when Browns running back Kareem Hunt was added to the game on Friday. Hunt, a northern Ohio native, has been highly involved in events throughout the city since his return but was not announced for the game until today:
Coached by #NBA75 members @BillWalton & @DWilkins21… who ya got tonight in the #RufflesCelebGame, TEAM WALTON or TEAM NIQUE?
Find out: 7:00pm/et on ESPN! pic.twitter.com/L3kroztQg6
— #NBAAllStar (@NBAAllStar) February 18, 2022
Hunt was seen on the court alongside Kelly getting shots up:
#Browns Kareem Hunt, Machine Gun Kelly, and @onepeloton’s Alex Toussaint warming up ahead of the Ruffles All-Star Celebrity Game #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/rf8PniaCHr
— Ashley Bastock (@AshleyBastock42) February 18, 2022
Finally, Garrett had a message for anyone who might try to guard him tonight. The Browns super-athlete plans on putting someone on a poster:
#Browns Myles Garrett has a message for his competition at the #NBAAllStar Celebrity Game tonight. pic.twitter.com/Lpfgt58ja6
— Camryn Justice (@camijustice) February 18, 2022
With Hunt on the other team, could we see Brown on Brown basketball in Cleveland at the NBA Celebrity Game? We shall see.
