You KNOW Drake will be on another level at tonight's game 🇨🇦
By this point, we’re *all* on the Raptors bandwagon. In a franchise first , Toronto’s basketball team is playing in the NBA finals, going up against two-time reigning champs the Golden State Warriors. And #WeTheNorth are seriously here. for. it. Someone else who’s completely here for it? The Raptors’ unofficial hype man and global ambassador Drake.
While some Toronto Raptors and Drake fans may welcome his bench-side antics, a lot of people—including the NBA—want him to chill. The rapper has received a lot of flack for his enthusiastic stanning. During the Eastern Conference finals against the Milwaukee Bucks in May, Drake’s behaviour was called out by the Bucks’ head coach Mike Budenholzer.
Let’s be honest, Drake adds to the entertainment value We’re only one game into the finals, and Sandra’s son has already given us some peak meme-able content. From showing up to the May 7 game in a Breaker High sweatshirt to picking fluff off of Steph Curry’s head and then joking about selling it on eBay, Drake is like a must-watch side show to the main event.
Hyslop can definitely see why Drake’s “manic” energy might be seen as too far for some, but adds that maybe those sentiments “are from people who are cheering for the other team or aren’t used to seeing this.” Aside from the aesthetic factor of having celebs sit in the front row, it can also help the home team win. As Timms notes, it makes sense for NBA franchises to include their celeb superfans in the on-court action, especially during home games because, “more than in other U.S. sports, home-court advantage makes a significant difference to basketball teams’ fortunes.”
Yes, there is definitely an argument for Drizzy being a distraction, but a) that can be said for literally anything happening off the court and b) that’s kind of the point of sports. I can’t even count the number of cheers designed and chanted by my highschool-era softball teams to throw off the opposing team. It’s all part of the game.
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