Jazz draft pick Kyle Filipowski caught up in wild rumors as he gets picked in 2nd round

The NBA draft is supposed to be the happiest night of a young college basketball star’s life.

For former Duke Blue Devils center Kyle Filipowski, this week has been marked by a whirlwind of wild allegations involving his family and the woman he’s dating,

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A separate X account, believed to be that of Kyle’s mother Becky, also claimed that Hutchinson began dating Filipowski while he was still in high school.

“Still 6 years older. She couldn’t find a spouse in her circle, so she grabbed an immature money-making man,” said a report published Thursday.

Hutchinson is reportedly 26 and Filipowski will soon be 21.

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The account noted that when Filipowski declared for the NBA draft in April, he did not include his family in his farewell statement.

“The family receives no congratulations since Kyle chose to leave the family two years ago,” an April 13 post said.

The New York Post pointed out that ESPN draft expert Jonathan Givony said on “The Lowe Post” podcast that NBA teams were “talking” about the age gap between Filipowski and his girlfriend.

“NBA teams are talking about the fact that they had question marks about the fact that his girlfriend was much older than him, why was he separated from his family because of this whole situation,” added Givony. “NBA today. » “He apparently doesn’t speak to his parents or his brother, and it’s a very, very strange situation. Personally, I don’t understand why that would cause him to fall like that in the second round.

“There’s no doubt about his character, but NBA teams talk about his nervousness and his practices not being great. And when he was asked about the situation in interviews, the answers were that ‘we gave him did not satisfy them.’

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Fox News Digital has reached out to Filipowski’s representatives for further comment.

The Utah Jazz selected Filipowski in the second round of the draft on Thursday with the No. 32 pick.

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