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Mike Scott Re-Visits Eagles Tailgate Fight With 76ers Rookie Matisse Thybulle

Philadelphia 76ers rookie Matisse Thybulle recently got his teammate Mike Scott to discuss his fight at an Eagles tailgate once again.
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Mike Scott Re-Visits Eagles Tailgate Fight With 76ers Rookie Matisse Thybulle
Mike Scott Re-Visits Eagles Tailgate Fight With 76ers Rookie Matisse Thybulle

Philadelphia 76ers rookie Matisse Thybulle has been offering up tons of content for Sixers fans during the NBA's suspension. For the first month of the quarantine, Thybulle has spent a lot of his time creating TikTok videos to entertain fans. Now, the rookie is dabbling in Instagram live interviews. And recently, the 76ers rookie welcomed his teammate, Mike Scott, to the platform.

Over the last year, Scott has established himself as a fan-favorite in the city of Philadelphia. While his three-point dagger against the Brooklyn Nets during the Game 4 of the playoffs last season has a lot to do with the love for Scott, his enforcer-type, tell it like it is personality is what really won over the Philly fan base.

At a point last season, Mike Scott made it known to everybody that he "wasn't no [expletive]" during a postgame interview. And this past fall, the 76ers veteran felt had to prove that as he attended a Philadelphia Eagles tailgate wearing a Washington Redskins jersey. As expected, the Virginia native caught heat for his jersey selection. After chirping back at the Eagles fans that gave him a hard time, Scott ended up getting physical with several Eagles fans just hours before the Eagles, and the Redskins kicked off. 

While Scott played everything cool afterward and didn't see it as a big deal, the 76ers reserve recently told his rookie teammate that wearing an opposing team's football jersey at an Eagles tailgate is the "greatest lesson" he learned while in the NBA.

"Don't wear a Redskins jersey to an Eagles tailgate -- you can't do it!" Scott said on Instagram live. "The fact that you thought you could still baffles me," Thybulle mentioned. Scott responded by shouting, "I thought it was cool!"

"I thought people [expletive] with me. I thought it was gonna be love -- I was gonna pull up to the tailgate, drink, vibe with the people and go see a great game -- but no."

As we know now, Scott's plans derailed shortly after he showed up to the tailgate. Fortunately, nobody was injured from the brawl that broke out at the time, and no punishment was placed on the Sixers' reserve after the incident. 

Justin Grasso covers the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated. You can follow him on Twitter: @JGrasso_

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Justin Grasso was a credentialed writer and publisher covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s Philadelphia 76ers On SI Network. Grasso got his start in sports media in 2016 with FantasyPros, working the news desk, providing game-by-game player analysis and updates on the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. By 2017, he joined FanSided’s Philadelphia Eagles site as a staff writer. After spending one season covering the Eagles as a staff writer, Grasso was promoted to become the site’s Co-Editor. For the next two NFL seasons, he covered the Eagles closely before broadening his NFL coverage. For a brief stint, Grasso covered the NFL on a national basis after joining Heavy.com as an NFL news desk writer. In 2019, Grasso joined the 76ers' beat on a part-time basis, stepping into a role with South Jersey’s 97.3 ESPN. Ahead of the 2019-2020 NBA season, he concluded a three-year stint covering the Eagles and joined the Sixers beat full-time. Grasso has covered the 76ers exclusively since then for Sports Illustrated. He is a member of the Pro Basketball Writers Association. Twitter: @JGrasso_ Instagram: @JGrassoMedia Threads: @JGrassoMedia

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