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Mikal Bridges<\/a> of the New York Knicks<\/a> was still celebrating the team\u2019s historic run to an NBA title on Monday and gave fans an IG Live to remember.<\/p>\n During one clip<\/a> that was spliced out by Internet sleuths, Bridges got serious for a moment as he poured a shot of tequila when Kendrick Lamar<\/a>\u2018s song \u201cCount Me Out\u201d popped up on his playlist and told fans why he loved the song and Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers<\/a><\/em> so much. \u201cLet me let you know, let me be honest about this song, about this album, if y\u2019all can hear me right now over this music,\u201d he said before revealing that he was really down after his Suns<\/a> lost to the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> in seven games during the second round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs. \u201cI was really depressed, bro. We lost to Dallas, I was in Phoenix, I was f\u2014in\u2019 depressed, bro. This album came out. I was just liftin\u2019 bi\u2019s and tri\u2019s, chest, and that sh\u2013 got me through it. I love this f\u2014in\u2019 album, for real. I will never forget this album. Ever.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n He then continued to vibe and rap along to the chorus as Lamar rapped, \u201cI love when you count me out.\u201d<\/p>\n The combo shooting guard\/small forward can relate to that very phrase, especially during this past season. The Knicks famously staked their future on Mikal when they traded six first-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> in 2024 and signed him to an extension in 2026. However, fans have given him a nickname after the organization won their first championship in 53 years and he now goes by Mikal \u201cF\u2014 Them Picks\u201d Bridges.<\/p>\n Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Billboard’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Mikal Bridges of the New York Knicks was still celebrating the team\u2019s historic run to an NBA title on Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/vBNro11XldG17u63pxnqvg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/billboard_547\/d3abdc4cbba509635306b6e6fe5009dd","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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