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Evan & Tiki

Evan takes joy out of Philly losing

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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E and T Short: Evan doesn't mind the Knicks winning when it comes to Philly fans being sad

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0:00.0

I've seen it where a team is dead.

0:01.5

I've seen it where a team comes out of nowhere.

0:03.4

I remember the 2019 Washington Nationals.

0:06.1

You hope that this is your year to be that team.

0:10.2

Your hope is, why can't this be the year where we're the story of a team that comes out of nowhere?

0:16.3

So I get it.

0:17.2

It's a long shot.

0:18.4

I'm not telling you what's going to happen. Just like I didn't tell you

0:20.8

what's going to happen during the baseball season, but as long as it's there, as long as it's in front

0:26.4

of you, as long as if there's a route that you can think about and say, oh, gee, I can see that,

0:31.8

then why would you give up? There's a difference between giving up and rooting the loser, so you can go draft a quarterback versus they still have a shot.

0:39.5

But I don't think the jet fan is giving up.

0:41.3

I think the jet fan just watches with less intensity or expectation.

0:47.1

That's all it is.

0:48.0

I'll tell you the difference.

0:49.6

Yes and no.

0:50.9

So don't want to bore you with this, but a few people have asked me how, because

0:55.0

they know I'm a diehard basketball fan. How do you watch a basketball season where your team is

0:58.6

tanking? And my answer is, I watch the Nets. I really want them to win, but when they lose,

1:04.0

I go to sleep peacefully. The Nets still in the league. I don't get angry. I used to get angry. Tommy, you'll tell you. Every loss, we'd like kill me. I'd be pissed off.

1:11.3

Inconsolable. Even when you were done. No, I'm talking about like just Boston or Cleveland over the weekend. I'm disappointed because I want to win and I'm able to move on very quickly. I'm not there with the Jets yet. When they got their ass kicked

1:32.0

by the Arizona Cardinals, I was angry. I didn't just say, oh, gee golly, I've accepted, I'm going

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