{
  "id": 10130949,
  "title": "‘Saturday Night Live’: Jalen Brunson’s Knicks Teammates Join Him During Opening Monologue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/saturday-night-live-jalen-brunsons-knicks-teammates-join-him-during",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-27T04:01:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/saturday-night-live-jalen-brunson-knicks-teammates-monologue-1237114598/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jalen Brunson hosted Saturday Night Live's 52nd season opening episode, joined onstage by his New York Knicks teammates during the opening monologue. According to Deadline, Brunson was accompanied by Karl-Anthony Towns, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby, and Josh Hart.\n\nTheWrap reported that Brunson joked about approaching SNL like the NBA finals, saying the first three quarters would be \"god awful\" and the last part would be \"amazing\". The group then participated in an audience Q&A.\n\nThe teammates were seen struggling to keep straight faces throughout.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Jalen Brunson’s ‘SNL’ Monologue Sees Knicks Starting 5 Roasting Each Other",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/jalen-brunsons-snl-monologue-sees-knicks-starting-5-roasting-each",
        "published": "2026-09-27T03:58:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘SNL’: Jalen Brunson and Knicks Teammates Chuckle Through NBA Championship Q&A Monologue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/snl-jalen-brunson-and-knicks-teammates-chuckle-through-nba",
        "published": "2026-09-27T04:00:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}