The Moment
Tom Brady may have seven Super Bowl rings, but there’s one thing he can’t outrun: his 18-year-old son Jack’s growth spurt.
In a new joint Instagram carousel, New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns and Brady shared photos of the three of them running basketball drills. And in the very first shot, Jack is clearly taller than his famous dad and creeping up on Towns’ NBA height.
The pics, posted Tuesday on Towns’ Instagram, show Jack not just standing tall but actually moving tall – dribbling, going up for a slam, and looking extremely unbothered by the fact that he’s sandwiched between an NFL legend and an All-Star center.
The Take
I’m just going to say it: we have officially entered the Diluted Dad Era of celebrity families – where the famous parent is still iconic, but the kids are suddenly taller, cooler, and apparently better at dunking.
These photos hit a very specific nerve for people. On the surface, it’s just a cute workout moment. Look deeper, and it’s a full-on generational handoff: Brady, 48, standing there while his firstborn casually outgrows him in every sense.
We’ve spent two decades watching Tom Brady as the guy other men tried to keep up with – in fitness, in career, in general life chaos. Now he’s the dad on the baseline watching his kid throw down a dunk next to an NBA star. It’s like seeing Superman realize his cape is vintage.
The internet reaction wasn’t just “wow, he’s tall.” It was, “Oh, this is what age looks like now.” For a lot of fans, especially those who grew up with Brady’s Patriots dynasty, Jack towering over him is a reminder that if Tom Brady can be the shorter, slightly roasted parent in the group chat… none of us are safe.
What I actually love here is how normal the dynamic feels. Towns is teasing Brady. Brady’s friends have already clowned him before over Jack’s height. Jack looks like any tall teen who hasn’t quite realized the world is about to treat him differently because of his genetics and his dad’s resume.
Is Jack headed for the NBA? That’s fan fantasy, not fact. But these photos do underline something real: in a family that’s seen divorce headlines, un-retirements, and constant public scrutiny, this is one of the rare moments that feels quietly wholesome. Just a dad, a son, and a very tall third wheel who happens to play at Madison Square Garden.
If Brady’s football career was Act One, this is Act Two: Youth Sports Dad. Instead of dissecting coverages, he’s getting tagged in comments like, “Is Jack standing on something?” and hearing his old teammates say Jack is “way more beastly” than he is. Brutal. But also, kind of beautiful.
Receipts
Confirmed:
- Karl-Anthony Towns posted a joint Instagram carousel with Tom Brady and Jack doing basketball drills, where Jack appears taller than Brady and close in height to Towns. (Towns’ Instagram, posted Tuesday, late November 2025)
- Towns captioned the post with a playful line about “Next time we’re running routes? @tombrady,” inviting a football-basketball crossover joke. (Towns’ Instagram caption, November 2025)
- Fans commented on the post about Jack’s height and floated the idea of “a Brady in the NBA.” (Public comments on Towns’ Instagram, November 2025)
- Jack is Tom Brady’s eldest son with actor Bridget Moynahan, born August 2007 after the pair split in 2006. (Public records and long-standing biographical reporting)
- Brady later married Gisele Bundchen in 2009 and they share two children, Benjamin and Vivian. Bundchen filed for divorce in October 2022 after Brady reversed his brief NFL retirement that March. (Public divorce filings and contemporaneous reporting, October 2022)
- Brady has previously posted photos of golfing with Jack, where friends like Mike Evans, Rob Gronkowski, and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin joked about Jack being taller and “more beastly” than Brady. (Brady’s Instagram posts from August 2025 and public comments)
Unverified / Fan Chatter:
- Speculation that Jack will pursue a serious basketball or NBA career. Fans are dreaming; there’s no formal announcement about his athletic future.
Sources (human-readable): A November 27, 2025 celebrity news report on Brady and Jack’s workout with Karl-Anthony Towns; Karl-Anthony Towns’ public Instagram carousel from late November 2025; Tom Brady’s public Instagram posts from August 2025 featuring golf photos with Jack; publicly reported details of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s October 2022 divorce and family history.
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If you’re not up on your Brady timeline: Tom had Jack with actor Bridget Moynahan back in 2007, after they had already split. A couple of years later, he married supermodel Gisele Bundchen, and they had two kids together, Benjamin and Vivian, while he was still in the middle of his near-endless NFL run.
Brady finally announced his retirement, then un-retired, then really retired – all while his marriage fell apart in full public view. Bundchen filed for divorce in 2022, with her past comments hinting she wanted him to be “more present” as a dad. Since then, Brady’s played the role of part-time broadcaster, part-time brand mogul, and increasingly full-time girl-dad and boy-dad on social media, sharing occasional posts with all three kids but keeping them mostly out of the spotlight.
What’s Next
Where does this go from here? Most likely, nowhere dramatic – and that’s the nice part.
We’ll probably see more low-key “Brady as sports dad” content: golf rounds with Jack, courtside photos, maybe a few more NBA workouts if the schedules line up. If Jack does choose an athletic path, you can bet every youth-league box score he ever touches will be screenshotted and analyzed within an inch of its life. But for now, he’s just the tall kid in the photos, not the next franchise savior.
The more interesting storyline might actually be Tom. Watching his oldest son literally and figuratively stand taller gives him a soft landing into the next phase of his image: less invincible quarterback, more slightly roasted, hands-on dad who gets tagged in his kids’ comment sections.
In a celebrity culture obsessed with reinvention, this feels like the most grounded reboot he could possibly do.
What do you make of this new chapter for Brady – do you see him more as retired superstar, or has he officially crossed over into relatable sports dad territory?
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