What a story that would be for the Harpers, from the boys’ father, five-time NBA champion Ron Sr., to their youngest sister, Mia, the undisputed best athlete of the family, for proud mother Maria and her two sons. Separated by six years but bound by the tightest of heartstrings, all eyes right now are on 20-year-old Dylan. The No. 2 pick of the 2025 draft, Dylan’s 10-point outburst off the bench in the first quarter of Game 1 made him the youngest player to record 10-plus points in an NBA Finals game. “He’s always played years beyond his age, and he showed again how he can affect the game,” Ron Harper Jr. said Friday, driving from Boston to the family’s New Jersey home that sits less than 30 miles northeast from Madison Square Garden, which they frequented often growing up as Knicks fans. “For lack of a better word, I need the Spurs to win. I watch the games, and it’s really nerve-racking, but being able to watch him on the big stage, to be among the last few players still playing, it’s really special.”
Boston Globe
