Flat earth theory is officially the talk of All-Star weekend in New Orleans.
LeBron James and Draymond Green are sort of defending the inane thinking of Kyrie Irving, who actually believes that the Earth is flat.
Irving revealed on Friday that he believes Flat Earth Theory, which means exactly what it sounds like. Irving think we’re being lied to by NASA and other international space agencies and that “the truth is right there.”
On Saturday, NBA players were asked about their crazy uncle on Facebook who also averages 24.4 points per game this season for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Amazingly, Irving got plenty of support.
Uh oh: Draymond is a Flat Earth/Kyrie Truther. pic.twitter.com/icJThyG7hx
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) February 18, 2017
“I’m not saying I think it’s flat,” Green said. “I don’t know. But it could be.”
Green said he hasn’t really looked into the science of it all, which is fair given he’s on vacation to play basketball this weekend. But it turns out he’s been saying this for years.
@MizSuzie the world is flat fool
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) March 1, 2010
Draymond. My man. The Earth is round, dawg. It bulges a bit in the middle, but it’s spherical for sure. There are lots of photos. You should check them out, it’s pretty cool.
LeBron James also defended the scientifically wrong opinion of his teammate, calling him his “little brother.”
LeBron James: "Kyrie is my little brother… If he decides the earth is flat, that's ok." pic.twitter.com/UjiyVGG1uw
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) February 18, 2017
Family ties don’t protect you from having bad takes about pseudoscience, LeBron. Come on, buddy. Later, LeBron stopped the media session to ask Kyrie himself if the Earth is indeed flat.
lebron interrupts his interview to ask kyrie if the earth is flat pic.twitter.com/Z7rjtZH52p
— nbaayy (@nbaayy) February 18, 2017
Right.
There are two schools of thought here. The first is that Kyrie Irving is trolling us, and LeBron is now officially in on it. I’m down with that. In fact, that’s actually pretty exciting. The All-Star festivities are all supposed to be fun, and two NBA stars running around NOLA screaming about conspiracy theories is a pretty great troll job.
The other option is more dire. This is the worst version of retro nostalgia I can possibly imagine. Greek philosopher Pythagoras died centuries ago and he already figured all this out. That triangle math you did back in high school? That was him, too. You can send me all the memes you want, but your Facebook group of truthers doesn’t really hold up to a few millenia of science. Sorry, gang.
If you want to turn back the clock on anything, go watch Magic take over the 1992 All-Star Game. No reason to throw good science in the trash on a weekend.
