Ah, the NBA preseason — a year for yields, neglected photographs and groups terminating video games with avid gamers you’ve by no means heard of. Within the largest preseason spectacle to this point, the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers met at Wells Fargo Middle on Sunday in a nationally televised, primetime sport that if truth be told featured a valuable collection of the groups’ stars.

Joel Embiid and James Harden didn’t go well with up for the 76ers, however each Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Peace made their debuts for the Celtics, with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown additionally taking the ground.

It used to be Brown who made headlines early on, then again — in essentially the most preseason approach imaginable. Only some mins into the primary quarter, Brown used to be notified of a minor dresser malfunction. His white and inexperienced Celtics shorts, as he used to be so kindly knowledgeable, had been on backwards.

“I don’t know that I’ve seen this before,” stated Celtics commentator Brian Scalabrine. “I just saw the Celtics logo in the back and I’m like, wait a minute here. Maybe it’s a new style trend.”

It’s now not superb, however it’s now not even the worst shorts-related pretend pas we’ve revealed in contemporary NBA historical past. Former Los Angeles Laker Michael Beasley as soon as attempted to test right into a sport dressed in unlit follow shorts, when the residue of his crew used to be dressed in gold sport shorts.

Brown upcoming reversed his shorts to revive form to the arena and persevered to play games on the stage we’re conversant in optic.

All over the offseason, the Celtics made Brown the NBA’s first $60 million in line with 12 months participant, once they signed him to a five-year, $304 million extension. The reimbursement used to be possibly for his All-NBA caliber basketball and now not essentially for his talent to dress.