Throughout the NBA playoffs, Toronto Raptors mascot Drake has been gamely doing his job—running around courtside, giving the head coach shoulder rubs, jawing with opposing players, cutting sweaty promos, and generally acting like enough of a clown to draw the ire of NBA commissioner Adam Silver.
An essential part of any mascot’s repertoire, though, is his costume, and Drake has not disappointed on this front. For Game 1 of the Raptors’ Finals matchup against the Golden State Warriors, Drake went the subtle route, wearing the Toronto Raptors jersey of Dell Curry—Golden State star Steph Curry’s father. For last night’s Game 2, however, Drake went for a more pointed approach with his outfit, trolling the injured Kevin Durant with a custom-made Home Alone hoodie.
This is, indeed, a pretty good troll by Drake. Durant, perhaps the best overall player on the planet, has been sidelined for nearly a month with a calf injury. Before his injury, the Warriors were expected to nuke the Raptors (or any other team they faced) from orbit. They may well still wind-up crushing the Raptors, but for now Toronto has managed to steal a game, and the series is even at one game per side. In addition to being one of the league’s best, Durant is definitely among its pettiest, so this will be sure to set him off. For Drake, it is just the right kind of infuriating obnoxiousness coming from a man who has also not yet played in this series, because, you know, he’s not a basketball player.
While Durant went the tried-and-true faux-humble route in responding to Drake, and did not address his attire directly, one person who made it clear they did notice Drake’s hoodie was the other Kevin in question, Macauley Culkin.
In all, a solid effort by Drake, and it is nice to see him supporting Toronto’s local screen printing industry. Unfortunately for Drake, however, by definition you cannot troll a man whose jersey number you have tattooed on your own body, and as such we must award this troll a 0/10 by default. Drake has until Wednesday night to plan out his outfit for Game 3 in Oakland.
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Drake missed an opportunity to get that as a cover up tattoo, over the jersey numbers.
He already has it as a full back tattoo, a la Ben Affleck.
But then what will he do if/when the Warriors make it to the Finals and the Raptors don’t going forward? He’s got to keep his spot on the bandwagon clear.
In my day, rappers wore LA Raiders gear and didn’t smile AND WE LIKED IT
And the only rapper from Canada was Snow. Licky-boom-boom-down.
I read that, originally as “L.A. Gear” and had a hearty guffaw.
the rappers wore LA Raiders gear, the clueless white kids wore LA Gear and the truly sad wore British Knights.
With their L.A. Looks in their hair.
it’s like you were there
Once upon a time…
Culkin has some pretty guest appearances on RLM on Youtube recently. Could this be the start of the Culkin Renaissance foretold in the prophecies?
“Could this be the start of the Culkin Renaissance foretold in the prophecies?”
no
I enjoy his enthusiasm, but I think he talks too much, cutting everyone else off before they can build any momentum.
I agree, I wouldn’t want to see him become a regular. He is funny and has some good insights, but seems a little too hyper for the laid back, half drunk/half depressed vibe that makes me love RLM so much.
At least the idiot wore long sleeves this time.
🎵Last name wagon, first name band 🎵
Somehow Drake comes off more annoying than the Warriors.
Somehow? The guy is a fucking idiot.
Plus how little basketball must this idiot have watched to not know you don’t wake up the great players when they aren’t playing that well.
So, if he watched more basketball he’d be more of a superstitious idiot?
Yeah motivation has nothing to do with athletic performance. Nope. No precedence of that in the NBA.
It’s not that he’s not playing well. He’s injured and not playing at all. Lighting a fire under him isn’t going to have any affect either way unless he is able to play.
He was talking shit to more than just Durant
That douchey little kid from Degrassi: The Next Generation has matured into a world class shitheel.
Hopefully the next escalation in this 90s meme war is Draymond Green wearing a Seinfeld “Hate the Drake” t-shirt.
Darkwing Duck costume as a subtle nod to his alter-ego Drake Mallard?
This would have been more clever if Durant had not traveled with the team, i.e., been left Home Alone.
what the fuck is a Drake?
piss on drake
“subtle”Drake’s tattoos look like absolute shit.