Courtney Keller is looking forward to her and Isaiah Hartenstein’s next chapter in Oklahoma City.
The soon-to-be former Knicks player and model said goodbye to New York in a post on his Instagram after agreeing to a three-year, $87 million contract with the Thunder on Monday.
“Thank you for the past 2 amazing years in NYC! I will miss this city and all the amazing people it has to offer 🫶🏼,” Keller wrote, along with a photo of himself wearing a Knicks jersey with Hartenstein’s number 55 on it while walking down a hallway behind Madison Square Garden.
Hartenstein added a red heart emoji in the comments section.
Keller, who married the 7ft 1in centre in July last year, shared another photo on her Instagram Stories of her standing on the court at The Garden holding her unborn baby.
The couple announced earlier this year that they were expecting a baby boy.
“Excited for your next chapter in Oklahoma City and very proud of you,” Keller added in a separate post with breaking news about Hartenstein’s new contract.
Hartenstein proposed to Keller on the beach in Malibu in April 2022 with an oval-cut diamond ring, and the couple married on a yacht in California the following summer.
The two first met in 2019 when Hartenstein direct messaged Keller and complimented her smile. According to TMZ: The model reportedly was fascinated by the act.
After a few FaceTime dates, they eventually met up in Houston, where he was playing for the Rockets at the time, and the rest is history.
Keller, a former ring girl, relocated from Los Angeles to New York when Hartenstein joined the Knicks.
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Hartenstein appeared in 75 games, including 49 starts, for the Knicks last season, averaging 7.8 points and 8.3 rebounds while shooting 64.4 percent from the field.
The 26-year-old will add elite defensive and rim protection to an Oklahoma City young core that also includes MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, No. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft Chet Holmgren and fellow first-round pick Jalen Williams.
This comes after the Bulls sent Alex Caruso to Oklahoma City last month to acquire Josh Giddey, the sixth pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.
The Thunder finished the regular season as the number one seed in the Western Conference but were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs by the Mavericks.
