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76ers fans tweet up petty trade celebration
Philadelphia sports fans know how to be heard,Authentic Marshawn Lynch Jersey, whether they're booing someone involved with their Philadelphia Eagles - even the franchise's most successfulcoach and quarterback faced it - or ruining a moment of silence after the death of a team owner.
But fans of the Philadelphia 76ers are a bit different. Many of them love the direction of their franchise,Brian Dawkins Jersey, even amid one of the ugliest losing runs in NBA history. The reason? They "Trust The Process,Nelson Agholor Jersey," an idiom created under former general manager Sam Hinkie,Authentic Alshon Jeffery Jersey, to whom these people literally build shrines and gather to celebrate.
So when the 76ers' trade with the Boston Celtics became official and Philadelphia got rights to the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, Sixers fans celebrated. The Process was coming full circle. Hinkie, who resigned in 2016, would be proud. They showed that happiness in the most Philadelphian way possible: petty retweets.
As Vice Sports' David Roth explains:
No, this was Retweet Armageddon, a term coined by Michael Levin and Spike Eskin, the hosts of the popular Sixers podcast The Rights To Ricky Sanchez.
Retweet Armageddon,Marshawn Lynch Jersey, as Levin explained it to me last year,Authentic Brian Dawkins Jersey,Authentic Nelson Agholor Jersey,Authentic Carson Wentz Jersey, was the day when Sixers fans would look back from commanding heights and shame all who had ever failed to Trust The Process. Every shortsighted critic would be exposed, those of insufficient faith or unworthy vision would be shamed. In that moment,Carson Wentz Jersey,Alshon Jeffery Jersey, the believers who had suffered through the team's years in the desert/basement would be exalted and made glorious in their faith, or anyway be able to gloat about everyone who didn't think Joel Embiid would ever make it via ironic retweet.
If you don't use Twitter, Retweets (or RTs) are an essential way of sharing others' tweets to your own followers. Sometimes they are used to share news or a heartwarming video. Other times, it's to bring back old bad takes.
Now 76ers fans have decided that the Fultz trade is proof that they were right all along - never mind that they haven't won anything; that Fultz still might be a bust; that the franchise's other two core players, Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, have missed extensive time with injuries - and are taking it out on anyone who doubted them. We'll give you some samples of the tweets unearthed by #RTArmageddon, but you really need to check out the fast-moving hashtag yourself.
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