The NBA lottery and conspiracy theories seem to go hand in hand, and Dikembe Mutombo fostered another one Tuesday afternoon.
👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 #What pic.twitter.com/FDPgusa6t2
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) May 17, 2016
Yes, that's right. Mutombo congratulated one of his former teams, the Philadelphia 76ers, on winning this year's lottery. The only problem? He sent out the tweet hours before the lottery was due to be held.
Current 76ers center Joel Embiid, as seen above, was one of the people who caught Mutombo's tweet before it was deleted. Mutombo quickly issued an apology.
Sorry, guys.Got excited about the @sixers odds and got ahead of myself.Still keeping my fingers crossed for tonight. pic.twitter.com/u6bFaNTJml
— Dikembe Mutombo (@officialmutombo) May 17, 2016
Regardless of what happens Tuesday night, Mutombo will be hearing about this one for a while.
Update: Well, the 76ers did win the lottery, and Embiid responded quickly.
Dikembe was right pic.twitter.com/OieBhWdVzo
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) May 18, 2016
