C.J. Miles received a potato after passing Troy Murphy on the Indiana Pacers leaderboard for 3-pointers made. We find the root of this mystery.
Passing another player on a team’s all-time leaderboard is rarely more than a note in the media guide. But when C.J. Miles passed Troy Murphy on the Indiana Pacers all-time 3-pointers list. he got something special.
A potato.
There are many questions here that need answers.
https://twitter.com/iamlaurenmiles/status/842098520828084232
Well, if you happened to love the NBA and ABC’s Shark Tanks (looking at you, Leigh Ellis), then you might have pieced this puzzle together quickly.
Thankfully, though, our friend and hated enemy Whitney Medworth of SB Nation did some sleuthing last week and solved this mystery.
As she notes, if you look closely at a photo from the Dallas Maverick’s Dirk Nowitzki — one of the first to receive one of these tubers — there really wasn’t a mystery at all.
"In Dirk’s picture you can see the mailing address was from the company Potato Parcel and it turns out, the company was actually behind this the entire time."
This was our 30k points accomplishment gift to @swish41! Who will be the next @NBA baller to share their potato?! pic.twitter.com/YkZxjpWwOW
— Potato Parcel (@potatoparcel) March 15, 2017
"It’s quite ironic that Dirk was the first NBA player to post his potato given that Potato Parcel was on Shark Tank last year. While on the show Mark Cuban and the other sharks laughed in the founders’ face at the idea of selling potatoes with messages on them. It’s even more ironic that the company was originally started in Dallas."
The folks over at Potato Parcel are big NBA fans, and smart ones too if they know how C.J. Miles is underrated. While this is just a form of marketing for them, at least it is unique and part of a balanced diet.
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So who would you send a potato to congratulate them for a big moment in their NBA career? Let us know in the comments below.