Adrien Nunez, the Brooklyn Basketball Star Who Became a Country Music Heartthrob NYT | Top Stories David Waldstein 21 November 2025 at 16:00 As a boy in Brooklyn, Adrien Nunez dreamed of playing in the N.B.A. He got close, but it turns out he had a gift for singing at the top of his lungs in his car. © Peter Fisher for The New York Times