I think it’s insulting that StateFarm arena (home of the Atlanta Hawks) hypes up the delicious, thirst-quenching properties of sprite on the LED advertisement boards while an actual bottle of Sprite from the concession stand probably costs five if not seven dollars. A big cup of Sprite might be eight or ten dollars. If, after viewing the advertisement for delicious Sprite, your post-nachos thirst becomes that much more dire, your choices are twofold:
1. Get extorted for a bottle/cup of Sprite
2. Drink toilet water while closing your eyes and imagining that there’s carbonation
Neither of those options are great. I would personally go for option two since I refuse to get taken advantage of by unscrupulous arena owners, but I can see how some people would go for number one. Especially if the toilet recently had a number two in it.
What does this have to do with De’Andre Hunter? Not much, other than that there’s a big Sprite logo next to his head in the thumbnail. However, now that I think of it, there’s a third and fourth option when it comes to satisfying your post-nachos desire for liquid refreshment:
3. Go down by the Hawks bench and beg De’Andre Hunter to give you a sip of Gatorade from his cup.
4. As part of a rookie hazing ritual, have De’Andre Hunter donate part of his rookie paycheck to subsidize the cost of all Sprites sold in the arena
So, there you have it. Vince Carter needs to stop making Hunter buy him boxes of donuts and instead make him donate enough money that Sprites at StateFarm arena only cost two dollars each going forward.