{"id":592918,"date":"2026-02-09T17:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/592918\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:35:17","slug":"bad-bunny-shouts-out-ex-mavericks-guard-j-j-barea-in-super-bowl-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/592918\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny shouts out ex-Mavericks guard J.J. Barea in Super Bowl halftime show"},"content":{"rendered":"

For all the Easter eggs within Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday, there was one special shoutout some Dallas Mavericks<\/a> fans may have missed. <\/p>\n

In a show honoring the heritage of Puerto Rico and its people<\/a>, Bad Bunny at one point went back to 2022, singing “El Apagon,” a song which features a lyric about two NBA champions. <\/p>\n

“Y de Barea, el que fue campe\u00f3n, je<\/p>\n

\u201cPrimero que LeBron\u201d<\/p>\n

Mavericks<\/p>\n

Be the smartest Mavericks fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n

By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Which translates to: \u201cAnd Barea, the one who became champion before LeBron.\u201d <\/p>\n

J.J. Barea<\/a>, a Puerto Rico native, played a key role in the Mavericks\u2019 2011 championship win over LeBron James and the Miami Heat. <\/p>\n

James, a legendary NBA player in his own right, did not win his first championship until the following season. <\/p>\n

\"Ross<\/a>Ross Perot Jr. weighs in on Mavs arena, AI, Taylor Sheridan\u2019s \u2018Landman\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

The Dallas Regional Chamber\u2019s annual event also served as an introduction for its new president, Brad Cheves. <\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Mavericks guard Max Christie omitted from NBA\u2019s annual 3-point contest<\/a><\/p>\n

Christie has a higher 3-point percentage than six of the confirmed participants.<\/p>\n

Find more Mavericks coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For all the Easter eggs within Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday, there was one special…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,6560,686,149,4057,22003,166,6],"class_list":["post-592918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-mavericks","tag-basketball","tag-brief","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-dallasmavericks","tag-j-j-barea","tag-mavericks","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116041885361044576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}