{"id":2454751,"date":"2026-06-11T15:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2454751"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:30:55","slug":"craig-melvin-celebrates-a-core-memory-with-son-delano-12-as-they-witness-historic-new-york-knicks-win-during-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/craig-melvin-celebrates-a-core-memory-with-son-delano-12-as-they-witness-historic-new-york-knicks-win-during-nba-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Melvin Celebrates a &#8216;Core Memory&#8217; with Son Delano, 12, as They Witness Historic New York Knicks Win During NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Craig Melvin attended Game 4 of the NBA Finals with his 12-year-old son Delano, celebrating a Knicks victory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Melvin shared sweet moments from the game on Instagram, calling it a &#8220;core memory&#8221; with his son<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Delano previously joined Melvin on <em>Today<\/em> for &#8220;Bring Your Kid to Work&#8221; Day, showcasing their close bond<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/craig-melvin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Craig Melvin;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Craig Melvin&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Craig Melvin<\/a> had his mini-me by his side during a historic moment in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Wednesday, June 10, the <em>Today<\/em> co-anchor, 47, shared a series of photos on his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/craigmelvinnbc\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Instagram;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> while attending Game 4 of the NBA Finals alongside his 12-year-old son, Delano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In one sweet photo, the father-son duo smiled side-by-side, holding their hands in the air as they celebrated the New York Knicks&#8217; win over the San Antonio Spurs. Melvin also included video clips of the stadium cheering as &#8220;Knicks Win&#8221; scrolled over the Jumbotron at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;A game for the ages and a core memory too,&#8221; Melvin wrote in his caption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also shared a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZbiH98O4Vm\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:selfie of the two of them;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;selfie of the two of them&quot;}\" class=\"link \">selfie of the two of them<\/a> from before the game, writing, &#8220;And here we go\u2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Melvin shares Delano and his younger sister, Sybil, 9, with his wife, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/who-is-craig-melvin-wife-lindsay-czarniak-11948455\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Lindsay Czarniak;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lindsay Czarniak&quot;}\">Lindsay Czarniak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Back in April, Melvin&#8217;s son Delano <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/craig-melvin-son-delano-12-goes-off-script-live-on-the-today-show-11956822\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:joined his dad at Studio 1A at Today;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;joined his dad at Studio 1A at Today&quot;}\" class=\"link \">joined his dad at Studio 1A at <em>Today<\/em><\/a> in honor of &#8220;Bring Your Kid to Work&#8221; Day. Delano made an appearance during the first part of the NBC morning show with other kids of staffers on the <em>Today<\/em> Plaza, but he also appeared during the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/3rd-hour-today\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:3rd Hour of Today;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;3rd Hour of Today&quot;}\"><em>3rd Hour of Today<\/em><\/a>, when he joined his dad, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/al-roker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Al Roker;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Al Roker&quot;}\">Al Roker<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/dylan-dreyer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Dylan Dreyer;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Dylan Dreyer&quot;}\">Dylan Dreyer<\/a> at the round table for a discussion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy son, Delano, woke up early, very early,\u201d Melvin quipped, as a producer rolled Delano into the frame on his chair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After calling the entrance \u201creally fun,\u201d it seemed that Delano wasn&#8217;t done taking advantage of his spinning chair as he tried to twirl it around at the desk, which Melvin quickly put a stop to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNo, son, you&#8217;ve got to\u2026 the cameras,\u201d Melvin said, pointing to the camera with one hand and moving Delano&#8217;s chair back with his other. \u201cYou&#8217;ve got to pay attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In January 2025, Melvin spoke to PEOPLE for a cover story and shared that although he has a very early start to his days, there&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/craig-melvin-does-sweet-thing-for-kids-every-morning-exclusive-8774846\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:one thing he always does;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;one thing he always does&quot;}\" class=\"link \">one thing he always does<\/a> at home for his kids to wake up to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There are these things called Loveboxes,&#8221; he told PEOPLE. &#8220;Every morning in the car, I send them a message, and they lift the top of the box and they can read the message from dad that particular morning. And usually it&#8217;s some sort of motivational message or it&#8217;s a picture that we took the day before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added, &#8220;It&#8217;s like, I&#8217;m not there, but I&#8217;m there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He credited Czarniak for his ability to find balance. &#8220;She&#8217;s the best mom,&#8221; Melvin said. &#8220;Just watching her in action is amazing. Juggling her schedule, juggling my schedule, and always being totally present.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/craig-melvin-brings-his-son-delano-12-along-with-him-to-watch-new-york-knicks-game-11995635\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Craig Melvin attended Game 4 of the NBA Finals with his 12-year-old son Delano, celebrating a Knicks victory Melvin shared sweet moments from the game on Instagram, calling it a &#8220;core memory&#8221; with his son Delano previously joined Melvin on Today for &#8220;Bring Your Kid to Work&#8221; Day, showcasing their close bond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2454752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[31890,465185,342508,351746],"class_list":["post-2454751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-craig-melvin","tag-delano","tag-knicks","tag-san-antonio-spurs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Craig-Melvin-Celebrates-a-Core-Memory-with-Son-Delano-12.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454753,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454751\/revisions\/2454753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}