Say What You Want About Philly Fans, But This Was A Perfectly Executed Fake Cry At Kyrie
Philly fans are pretty much in heat right now. We are in our most primordial, rabid, basic instinctual behavior. You've got the Philadelphia Eagles hosting the NFC Championship game on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. This is coming off the heels of the Phillies going to the World Series. And on top of it all, we had Ben Simmons vs Joel Embiid for the first time last night at the Wells Fargo Center.
So whatever your preconceived notion of Philly fans is, just multiply that by 10 and that's what we're dealing with this week. Naturally tensions were going to be high in the 'Farg last night. Naturally there were going to be a few words exchanged. Whether you agree that sales reps who still have a 1997 regional CYO 13U basketball championship trophy on display in their home should be allowed to talk shit to NBA players or not is besides the point. The fact of the matter is that Steve from Broomall over here had a chance to get up in Kyrie's shit and he wasn't going to let that opportunity pass him by.
And when the situation presented itself?
Well he delivered a flawlessly executed fake cry. The timing, the facial expressions. It's everything you could ever ask for out of a fake cry. It was so effective that it made Kyrie have to turn back around for even more. Like I said, you don't have to agree with fans getting after players. But you have to agree that the fake cry always cuts an opponent deep to their core, especially when executed this perfectly.
Sidenote: What's going on with buddy on the phone? That game took like 4 and a half hours last night. By the time we got to the 3rd quarter it was already 9:15. Who could you possibly need to be talking to on the phone at that hour while you're sitting courtside? Nerd.
Sidenote #2: Speaking of perfectly executed trolls…