Watching last night’s Pistons-Mavs game, one of the weirder scenes was two random Jean Ralphio wannabes drinking beers on the Dallas bench right between Vince Carter and Delonte West. I have no idea how they got there or how they were able to stay for so long. Thankfully, Larry Brown Sports cracked the code:
"It turns out the fans in question are Aaron Cohen, a fashion designer who runs a clothing company called Revive, and a guy who goes by Chris Smokes on Twitter. Cohen is from the Michigan area, so we’re guessing the seats came from the Pistons, not Mark Cuban or the Mavericks.Cohen has also tweeted pictures from courtside seats in the past, but we’re guessing this is the first time he’s sat between players. It looks like they were sitting in VIP seats, not technically on the Mavs bench, but the funny part is that they were between Dallas players."
Also, check out Trey Kerby at The Basketball Jones with an interpretation of how their conversation probably went. I could see these guys being friends of Tom Gores.