It’s been a busy few days in the world of sports, from kicking off the week with the NBA Draft Lottery where the Philadelphia 76ers pulled the third overall pick on Monday to the NFL teams releasing their 2025-26 season schedules on Tuesday.
A few of those football franchises made video schedule releases featuring a number of familiar faces for Sixers fans. The Los Angeles Chargers, for example, took the opportunity to poke fun at an L.A. native and former Los Angeles Clipper, Paul George.
should we REALLY make our schedule release video in minecraft?
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yes yes yesyes pic.twitter.com/gxk31Dql5L— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) May 15, 2025
The Chargers’ video shows a Minecraft scene relating to each of their matchups, with the Eagles portion depicting the team’s recent parade celebrating their Super Bowl LIX victory. If you look closely at the Week 14 contest promo, you can see a big “missing” billboard for “Podcast P”— the podcast name and persona of Paul George.
Adding another layer of silliness to the joke is the “FOUND” in big red text over the billboard. This likely references George announcing his planned return to hosting his show in the offseason — an announcement that he went public with just a few days ago. The forward had taken a hiatus from his typically-weekly podcast back towards the end of February to “compete for a championship”. The Sixers were 20-38 at the time and, spoiler alert, they did not compete for a championship.
Then, this Tuesday, just about 15 hours after his team pulled the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 draft and while other teams are still actively playing in the playoffs, George was a guest on a podcast earnestly discussing his return to his podcast this summer.
Is it a big deal? No, not really. Is the lack of situational awareness funny? Absolutely.
“It was important to start this back up to just give back to the people.”
PG gives insight into the return of Podcast P pic.twitter.com/wlYesMDwzF
— Podcast P with Paul George (@PodcastPShow) May 13, 2025
So, George really made this one too easy for the Chargers, frankly. Fair play.
In a much different approach with another Philadelphia connection, the Buffalo Bills opted to use AI. Don’t worry, the good AI.
Excellent. I wish the Philadelphia Eagles had thought of it first, but still excellent.
