--- title: Cleveland Cavaliers Iman Shumpert Delivers Baby description: She shared the crazy story in an Instagram post canonical: https://time.com/4153870/nba-iman-shumpert-baby/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-17T21:40:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:50.153Z og:title: NBA Player Iman Shumpert Apparently Delivered His Fianceé's Baby og:description: She shared the crazy story in an Instagram post og:url: https://time.com/4153870/nba-iman-shumpert-baby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2824c768a3ed42fe/698875ee2dce014efe9e701a/gettyimages-501496298.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3897 og:image:height: 2192 og:image:alt: Cleveland Cavaliers v Boston Celtics og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: NBA Player Iman Shumpert Apparently Delivered His Fianceé's Baby twitter:description: She shared the crazy story in an Instagram post twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2824c768a3ed42fe/698875ee2dce014efe9e701a/gettyimages-501496298.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # NBA Player Iman Shumpert Apparently Delivered His Fianceé's Baby ## Video: Georgetown vs. Princeton: The Game That Saved March Madness [Watch (HLS stream): Georgetown vs. Princeton: The Game That Saved March Madness](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/z2mnNZ9m.m3u8) (9:34)  _Published 2014-03-19. No. 16 seed Princeton's near-upset of No. 1 seed Georgetown in a 1989 first-round game made sure Cinderella would always get invited to the ball._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 17, 2015 9:40 PM UTC  Iman Shumpert of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on during warmups before the game against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on December 15, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. Iman Shumpert of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on during warmups before the game against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on December 15, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts.Maddie Meyer—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 17, 2015 9:40 PM UTC The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Iman Shumpert is now something of a double-threat: a basketball player and a doctor. Because according to his fianceé, singer Teyana Taylor, he recently managed to deliver her baby all by himself. Taylor posted a photo of their newborn daughter on Instagram Thursday, along with a very detailed caption explaining the whole story. Get ready, because the story is out of control: If you’re anything like us, the part that immediately jumped out at you was the headphone thing. Apparently Shumpert “tied a pair of red headphones around the umbilical cord.” What? How did he know to do that? Is that medically sound? What kind of headphones? Are they ruined now? Does he have spare headphones? Also, a part you may have missed: the baby is named Iman. Just like her dad. We can only imagine that she’ll continue her father’s legacy—either by playing basketball or by finding creative uses for headphones. 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