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76ers Partner Michael Rubin Buys His Daughter a Tank for Her 16th Birthday
Philadelphia 76ers partner and REFORM Alliance co-founder Michael Rubin‘s daughter, Kylie, is like any other 16-year-old, she wanted a car for her birthday. Hearing his daughter’s wishes, Rubin purchased one that would ensure her safety, an army tank.
“Happy 16th bday Kylie!!” Rubin wrote on Twitter. “I knew how badly she wanted a car so thought I’d get her one that would keep her safe! Enjoy your army tank!”
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SOURCE SPORTS: Kevin Durant and James Harden Reportedly In a “Cold War” Situation After Trade
James Harden admitted on Tuesday that when he was essentially forcing his way out of Houston at the start of last season, his first choice was to be traded to the Philadelphia 76ers to join up with Joel Embiid and his former general manager with Daryl Morey. All of this might have been something Kevin Durant might have assumed all along.
According to Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer, Durant had grown frustrated with Harden this season over his conditioning and an apparent lack of commitment to the Brooklyn Nets.
One source told Fischer that Durant and Harden had a “cold war” this season that made everyone “miserable.”
Durant reportedly held out hope that Harden would become re-engaged. However, according to Fischer, after reports grew louder that Harden wanted a trade to the Philadelphia 76ers, Harden reportedly eventually told the Nets he wanted out, and Durant gave the green light to pull the trade.
Fischer quoted a source saying: “Kevin’s the one that pulled the trigger with this. Kevin’s the one that said, ‘Do this deal.’”
It was an unfortunate end of what could have been. Durant, Harden, and Kyrie Irving only played a grand total of 16 games together.
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Tierra Whack Shows Love For The Philadelphia 76ers’ Playoff Push In The Patriotic ’76’ Video
The Philadelphia 76ers are 1-1 with the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals as the series leaves the City of Brotherly Love and heads down south to The Big Peach. To see them off, though, the 76ers’ Phila Unite campaign tapped one of the city’s rising musical stars in Tierra Whack, who shows her hometown pride with a rap shouting out the team’s members like Joel Embid and Tobias Harris in “76.”
Over a marching band-inspired beat that sounds like Missy Elliott’s “Pass That Dutch” had a baby with an HBCU drumline, Tierra flips the stars’ names with wordplay like “Shake Milton makes millions” and “Doc Rivers layin’ up with winners.” The video sees Tierra watching the Sixers play on an old school box TV set, holding up cardboard cutouts of the players’ heads, and showing off her own hoop skills as she dribbles and shoots a jumper on an invisible hoop.
Whack isn’t the only rapper putting on for her city in the series. Migos’ Quavo attended game 1 in Philly, with his over-the-top reactions capturing Twitter’s attention and either amusing or enraging fans (depending on who they were rooting for). Does that mean we’ll see someone like Meek Mill turn up at State Farm Arena to troll Atlanta fans in the same fashion? Let’s hope so; after last year’s bubble, more fan engagement can only be a good thing.
76ers superfan @76erSixthMan told @lilbaby4PF that they were going to kick his Hawks-fan ass
(via @MeekMill) pic.twitter.com/sXCzL0oj6V
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 9, 2021
Watch Tierra Whack’s “76” video above.
Quavo Absolutely Loved The Atlanta Hawks’ Success In Their Game Against The Philadelphia 76ers
A lot of NBA teams have their very own high profile fans, sitting courtside, passionately supporting their team. The New York Knicks have Spike Lee. The Dallas Mavericks have Mark Cuban. (He, of course, is also the team’s owner, but his in-game support is uniquely fervent.) And the Atlanta Hawks have Quavo, who showed off his zealotry during their Sunday playoff game with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Quavo’s loving it
(via @NBATV)pic.twitter.com/n3exqRyYe4
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 6, 2021
Atlanta, GA native, Rapper Quavo is hyped his Hawks are up 20 on the 76ers! pic.twitter.com/dsZ3CcFKBt
— The Jump on ESPN (@NBATheJump) June 6, 2021
Quavo knew it was good before it went in. Hawks up biiiiggg. (via @ATLHawks) pic.twitter.com/xKVqX2wQrT
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) June 6, 2021
The Migos rapper attended the game, which took place in Philadelphia, not in his hometown of Atlanta. The final score was 128-124 in favor of the Hawks, but there was one point in the game where the Hawks led by a whopping 22 points. In-game clips show Quavo absolutely loving his team’s success, breaking out raise-the-roof gestures and a pair of three-point celebrations. Fans of the rapper watching the game at home took note of his antics on Twitter.
quavo in philly cheering for the hawks with this 26 point lead!!! pic.twitter.com/XoHiHZHD20
— Samuel Paredes (@samparedes) June 6, 2021
Is Quavo our Spike Lee?
— Hawks Fam (@ATLMembersOnly) June 6, 2021
“Quavo in philly cheering for the hawks with this 26 point lead!!!” one person wrote, accompanied by a Spongebob meme. Another asked, “Is Quavo our Spike Lee?”
Quavo’s courtside celebrations come less than a week before he and his Migos counterparts are set to release their fourth album, Culture III.
You can check out more reactions to Quavo below.
what the hell is Quavo doing in Philly
— Ahmed/Mach Hommy’s Pray For Haiti AOTY (@big_business_) June 6, 2021
We getting busted. Quavo came to Philly iced out it’s not looking good. Where fake ass fan Kevin Hart at? pic.twitter.com/I3W1m0gTJR
— Tim Huff (@thefakeTimHuff) June 6, 2021
Quavo in Philly comfortable
— 500 (@Kameron_Hay) June 6, 2021
13 year old me at the skate party #Quavo pic.twitter.com/NlOYmQPWs8
— IG: @utealofficial (@unawnditeal) June 6, 2021
is Quavo the Spike Lee or Jack Nicholson of the Atlanta Hawks? https://t.co/hVjDTZGSxy
— Ashley Nicole Moss (@AshNicoleMoss) June 6, 2021