Kevin Hart is a huge Philadelphia sports fan, and that means he’s had a pretty good year already. But the movie star got into a bit of trouble earlier in the week when Dwyane Wade blamed him for the Sixers’ Game 2 loss at home to the Miami Heat.
Wade, a good friend of Hart when their respective teams aren’t facing each other in the postseason, said that Hart sitting courtside helped spark a retro performance from the 38-year-old guard that was enough to make Joel Embiid frustrated he couldn’t help the Sixers out.
Hart fired back at Wade after the game, insisting that he was coming to Miami for Game 3. Wade rebuked him and said he wasn’t invited, and as it turns out Hart did, indeed, stay away. But not without sending a message through an intermediary.
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Definitely scroll past the adorable family photos and to the real bit of brilliance: the plane hired to fly a “‘Kevin Hart Was Here” banner over Miami. The “Trust the Process” hashtag is a nice touch. Really making the most of the real estate on that sign.
It’s pretty clearly a sponsored bit of Instagram work, but it is a pretty amazing thing that Kevin Hart is famous enough to let a brand solve his scheduling issues for him by renting a dang plane and delivering his message to the people of Miami.
The Sixers, of course, backed up that message on the floor on Thursday night. No word on whether Hart will be at American Airlines Arena for Game 4, but if Hart is superstitious, he’ll let the plane do the work for him again and stay put.
