Carson Wentz Being A Noted Celebrity At The NBA Finals Is Actually Important

It’s nearing a week since the NBA Finals ended shortly after they began. After what was honestly an insane season full of drama and intrigue, it ended in the most anti-climatic way possible. Different year same outcome: people bitching about Kevin Durant leaving Oklahoma City because Russ Westbrook is a glorified AAU player and pondering how Lebron will turn free agency into a reality show. But, even those internet arguments and stalking of Lebron’s son’s high school decision provide more excitement than Game 4 of this year’s NBA Finals. It flat out SUCKED. While the game was a snoozefest I used an excuse to not go out and be social, I did notice one segment from that game that actually had me genuinely excited: the Philadelphia Eagles are now considered A-list celebrities.

The only thing more pathetic than Lebron’s supporting cast is how much I enjoy seeing famous people watch other famous people do famous people things. Every game, they do a segment where they show the all the hottest celebrities in the house and THIS TIME, the Super Bowl champions were in the building baby. Carson Wentz and Zach Ertz sitting side by side at the clinching game of the NBA Finals getting national recognition. It’s beautiful. Philly definitely has it’s fair share of celebrities with notoriety. Seeing Bradley Cooper in the box seats is cool and when I see Kevin Hart courtside I think, “wow, I was just wondering where Kevin Hart got to. I haven’t seen him on TV in like the past, 12 minutes”. But how often reallyyyy do Philadelphia athletes get a shout-out aside from the 16 games a year the Sixers host Allen Iverson night.

This is so dumb but I’m just so happy to have a franchise quarterback who has the ceiling to be the face of the entire league, mentioned with the greatest athletes in our country. I can tell by the way he is recovering  from his knee surgery that this guy was just born to be a franchise saving quarterback. I could give two shits less about county music, but when Wentz and the guys got up on that stage with the Lombardi trophy I was ready to wear a “Back to Back World War Champs” shirt, throw a dip in, and head into that Kenny Chesney show. When Wentz is the center focus, people pay attention. For now, it’s Philly that pays attention, but is becoming increasingly evident that he is the heir apparent to Tom Brady as the face of the NFL.

The best part about all of this you ask? This all went down in that God forsaken polluted wasteland they call Cleveland, who gave us Wentz on a silver platter. They watched their own river catch on fire, Lebron is about to leave for the second time, and they thought to themselves, you know what would make us more morbidly depressed? Let’s pass on the chance on Carson Wentz because we’d love to see a Tyrod Taylor/Baker Mayfield training camp battle. Wentz and his boy Ertz, strut into Quicken Loans Arena and they are the stars of the show in the city Wentz could’ve saved. Instead, he is the future MVP, Super Bowl Champion, A-list celebrity, Philadelphia fuckin Eagle.

By Aidan Powers | June 12, 2018