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sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Jalen Brunson started his live podcast Thursday with an injury update.
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Brunson → start → update
“I am,” Brunson paused, “fully cleared.”
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Brunson → pause → ?
The Knicks captain was referring to his left shooting wrist, which required surgery in early July to repair a tendon issue.
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which → refer → issue
Brunson, who played through the injury in the playoffs — earning NBA Finals MVP in the process — spent much of his summer in a cast but is ready for when it matters.
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it → play → cast
New York’s title-defending training camp starts Tuesday in Tarrytown.
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camp → defend → Tarrytown
“I was told that I am cleared,” Brunson said when asked if he can play five-on-five.
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he → tell → five
The news sent the crowd into “MVP” chants at Icahn Stadium in Randall’s Island, where Brunson and Josh Hart hosted their third annual Roommates Show Block Party.
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Brunson → send → Party
Much of the discussions on the stage — which included guests Jose Alvarado, Landry Shamet and Spike Lee — were happy trips down recent memory lane.
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which → include → lane
After all, the Knicks won the title and the celebration turned NYC into chaos even though the Game 5 clincher was in San Antonio.
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clincher → win → Antonio
“I’m really happy we didn’t clinch it here,” Brunson admitted.
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Brunson → ’m → it
“Because I probably wouldn’t have gotten home that night.”
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I → get → ?
It was also the first time Alvarado and Shamet discussed their free-agent re-signings with Knicks.
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Alvarado → discuss → Knicks
Alvarado took a three-year, $14 million deal this summer, while Shamet inked a four-year, $24 million contract.
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Shamet → take → contract
Both had pivotal moments in the playoffs.
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Both → have → playoffs
“The Knicks changed my life,” said Alvarado, who was acquired by New York via trade in February from the hard-luck Pelicans.
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who → change → Pelicans
A rise in demand and popularity for the Roommates Show podcast — boosted, undoubtedly, by the Knicks championship run — pushed the block party to bigger venue.
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rise → boost → venue
After two years at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park — including a rain-soaked but enthusiastic crowd last year — Icahn Stadium represented a much bigger, albeit less intimate, space.
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Stadium → include → space
Ticket prices grew, too.
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prices → grow → ?
Thursday’s standing-room-only get-in ticket was $135 on the event’s website, with VIPs going for $600 a pop.
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VIPs → stand → 600
The podcast business has turned lucrative for Brunson and Hart.
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business → turn → Brunson
It was also a live-audience rehearsal for Brunson, who is hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend.
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who → host → Live
He and Hart traded barbs about their hairlines and salaries (Brunson has the advantage over Hart in the latter, not the former).
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Brunson → trade → latter
And the point guard did it, as he announced in the opening remarks, while medically cleared.
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he → do → remarks