Tom Brady takes in primetime NBA matchup before calling first Thanksgiving game in Dallas

Before Tom Brady took connected his archetypal Thanksgiving Day crippled successful the broadcast booth, helium decided to walk his Thanksgiving Eve taking successful different sport. 

Brady was spotted mingling astatine American Airlines Center for the Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks primetime matchup connected Wednesday night. Brady was spotted shaking hands with Mavericks caput manager Jason Kidd and others. 

It was each Dallas connected the court, too, arsenic Brady watched the Mavs bushed the Knicks, 129-114, to determination to 11-8 connected the season. New York fell to 10-8.

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Former NFL backmost Tom Brady watches the crippled betwixt the Dallas Mavericks and the New York Knicks during the 2nd 4th astatine the American Airlines Center. (Jerome Miron-Imagn Images)

Brady volition beryllium connected the telephone with Kevin Burkhardt for the Dallas Cowboys-New York Giants NFC East conflict connected Fox astatine 4:30 p.m. connected Thursday night. 

Brady mentioned earlier connected Wednesday that helium was "fired up" to telephone the game, though it features the 2 worst teams successful the storied NFL division. 

Mike McCarthy’s Cowboys yet snapped their losing skid past week successful a chaotic decorativeness against the Washington Commanders, wherever kicker Austin Seibert missed the other constituent to nonstop the crippled to overtime aft Washington’s Terry McLaurin scored a occurrence touchdown from Jayden Daniels with conscionable seconds to play. 

Meanwhile, the Giants person mislaid six consecutive games, including a blowout by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers astatine MetLife Stadium this past Sunday successful Tommy DeVito’s archetypal commencement post-Daniel Jones’ release. 

Tom Brady walks crossed the tract earlier the crippled betwixt the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers astatine Lambeau Field connected November 24, 2024, successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

Jones, who officially signed with the Minnesota Vikings to apt go their backup astatine immoderate constituent earlier the playoffs, was released aft going 2-8 this season. The Giants are already looking toward the aboriginal with six games near connected the schedule. 

DeVito is simply a longshot to play connected the abbreviated week, arsenic he’s suffering from a forearm injury. Drew Lock, whom the Giants paid $5 cardinal this offseason to beryllium Jones’ backup, would beryllium the adjacent antheral up if DeVito can’t play. 

And portion helium whitethorn not beryllium playing anymore, Brady knows that his prime of assemblage means being distant from household connected holidays. 

Fox Sports broadcaster Tom Brady smiles connected the tract anterior to an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers astatine Soldier Field connected November 17, 2024, successful Chicago, Illinois. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

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According to Page Six, Brady’s ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, took their children, Benjamin and Vivian to Costa Rica on with her boyfriend, Joaquim Valente.  

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