{"id":"1792883240373-mix-show_open","slug":"anthony-davis-chicago-homecoming","title":"Anthony Davis' Chicago Homecoming","summary":"Anthony Davis, now with the Washington Wizards, warmed up ahead of Saturday's Wizards-Bulls game in Chicago, his hometown. This is a human-interest social post about Tyrese Maxey posing with young fans; no factual claim requires checking beyond what's shown.\n\nIt is Jaylen Brown's 30th birthday, and he is now playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. The post itself notes the team change (quoted from @sixers: \"first birthday in Philly\"). A game highlight claiming LaNorris Sellers tied the game late in the fourth quarter; not independently verifiable without the specific game video, but it is a routine highlight post. POST 2114117242589724790: NOCLAIM Promotional post about a Packers-Lions game Sunday on FOX. POST 2114124080588980713: NOCLAIM A pregame highlight of Dylan Harper; the 19 PPG stat is plausible but unverified. POST 2114131365901799865: NOCLAIM This is an engagement-bait opinion question (Ronaldo vs. Messi), not a factual claim. POST 2114131338790081012: NOCLAIM A joke/opinion about football fans jumping to conclusions. POST 211413133251512","publishedAt":"2026-10-24T23:07:20.373Z","channel":{"id":"mix","name":"Oncast Mix","language":"en"},"show":"Prime Time","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Anthony Davis, now with the Washington Wizards, warmed up ahead of Saturday's Wizards-Bulls game in Chicago, his hometown. This is a human-interest social post about Tyrese Maxey posing with young fans; no factual claim requires checking beyond what's shown.\nSource: [millions.co](https://millions.co/nbazone/social-media-post/video/anthony-davis-warms-ahead-wizards-debut-8n6ck8) POST 2114126058433937428: NOCLAIM (https://x.com/NBA/status/2114120733781893488)\n\nTRUE: It is Jaylen Brown's 30th birthday, and he is now playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. The post itself notes the team change (quoted from @sixers: \"first birthday in Philly\"). A game highlight claiming LaNorris Sellers tied the game late in the fourth quarter; not independently verifiable without the specific game video, but it is a routine highlight post. POST 2114117242589724790: NOCLAIM Promotional post about a Packers-Lions game Sunday on FOX. POST 2114124080588980713: NOCLAIM A pregame highlight of Dylan Harper; the 19 PPG stat is plausible but unverified. POST 2114131365901799865: NOCLAIM This is an engagement-bait opinion question (Ronaldo vs. Messi), not a factual claim. POST 2114131338790081012: NOCLAIM A joke/opinion about football fans jumping to conclusions. POST 211413133251512\nSource: [sixers on X via post quote](https://x.com/sixers) POST 2114130577288843432: NOCLAIM (https://x.com/NBA/status/2114121745255051293)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Anthony Davis, now with the Washington Wizards, warmed up ahead of Saturday's Wizards-Bulls game in Chicago, his hometown. This is a human-interest social post about Tyrese Maxey posing with young fans; no factual claim requires checking beyond what's shown.","sourceName":"[millions.co](https://millions.co/nbazone/social-media-post/video/anthony-davis-warms-ahead-wizards-debut-8n6ck8) POST 2114126058433937428: NOCLAIM","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/NBA/status/2114120733781893488","claim":"Anthony Davis warms up before tonight's matchup in his hometown return to Chicago 🔥 🆚 Wizards/Bulls 📺 8pm/et, NBA League Pass https://t.co/bxwXGa9zkg","author":"@NBA"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"It is Jaylen Brown's 30th birthday, and he is now playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. The post itself notes the team change (quoted from @sixers: \"first birthday in Philly\"). A game highlight claiming LaNorris Sellers tied the game late in the fourth quarter; not independently verifiable without the specific game video, but it is a routine highlight post. POST 2114117242589724790: NOCLAIM Promotional post about a Packers-Lions game Sunday on FOX. POST 2114124080588980713: NOCLAIM A pregame highlight of Dylan Harper; the 19 PPG stat is plausible but unverified. POST 2114131365901799865: NOCLAIM This is an engagement-bait opinion question (Ronaldo vs. Messi), not a factual claim. POST 2114131338790081012: NOCLAIM A joke/opinion about football fans jumping to conclusions. POST 211413133251512","sourceName":"[sixers on X via post quote](https://x.com/sixers) POST 2114130577288843432: NOCLAIM","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/NBA/status/2114121745255051293","claim":"Happy 30th birthday Jaylen Brown 🥳 He will be playing in his first birthday as a 76er TONIGHT against the Bucks at 7:30pm/et on NBA TV 🍿 https://t.co/B1H3BPHGuQ","author":"@NBA"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/NBA/status/2114120733781893488","name":"[millions.co](https://millions.co/nbazone/social-media-post/video/anthony-davis-warms-ahead-wizards-debut-8n6ck8) POST 2114126058433937428: NOCLAIM","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@NBA"},{"url":"https://x.com/NBA/status/2114121745255051293","name":"[sixers on X via post quote](https://x.com/sixers) POST 2114130577288843432: NOCLAIM","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@NBA"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792883240373-mix-show_open-anthony-davis-chicago-homecoming","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/mix","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792883240373-mix-show_open-anthony-davis-chicago-homecoming","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792883240373-mix-show_open-anthony-davis-chicago-homecoming and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Sloane","text":"Anthony Davis is back in Chicago tonight, but not in a Lakers jersey."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Wait, he's a Wizard now? I missed a trade."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"You did. The Wizards are in town to play the Bulls, and Davis was on the floor warming up in his hometown return."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Huh. Washington. That feels like a demotion from the Lakers, but at least he's playing."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"He's from Chicago, went to Perspectives Charter. This is a real homecoming for him."},{"host":"Eric","text":"I remember him at Kentucky. He was a monster. Now he's bouncing around the league a bit."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"He's still putting up numbers. But this matchup, Wizards and Bulls, isn't exactly a marquee game."},{"host":"Eric","text":"No, but for Davis, it matters. You want to show out in your hometown, even if nobody's watching."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"The NBA's own account posted him warming up. The fire emoji was involved."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Well, if the league account puts a fire emoji on it, it must be a big deal."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Meanwhile, six other games tonight. Tyrese Maxey posed with two young fans before Bucks-Sixers."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Now that's the kind of thing the NBA account should post. Kids with a poster of their favorite player."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"They had a whole collage of photos together. Maxey hugged them. It was sweet."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Good for him. He's a real one in Philly. But can we talk about the elephant in the room tonight?"},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Which one?"},{"host":"Eric","text":"Jaylen Brown is 30."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"That's your breaking news?"},{"host":"Eric","text":"He's a 76er now! His first birthday in Philly, and he's barely unpacked."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Wait, he's 30 already? Feels like he was a rookie in Boston yesterday."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Time flies. He's got a whole new fanbase singing Happy Birthday at him tonight."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I don't know how Sixers fans feel about a birthday boy who hasn't won them a playoff series yet."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Give the man a week. He just got here."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Speaking of things changing fast, ESPN just posted a highlight. LaNorris Sellers tied a game late in the fourth."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Maximum effort, they said. That kid at South Carolina has been fun to watch."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"He's got that dual-threat thing going. Not bad for a guy who wasn't even a five-star recruit."},{"host":"Eric","text":"It's college football Saturday. A late fourth-quarter tie is exactly what you want at this hour."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"And the NFL is leaning into tomorrow. Packers-Lions, 4:25 on Fox. They're hyping it with 'busy down field.'"},{"host":"Eric","text":"That's a huge divisional game. Detroit's offense against Green Bay's defense, it's going to be physical."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I'm already tired just thinking about it. But the internet has moved on to debates."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Oh no, don't tell me. Ronaldo or Messi?"},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Every week. Someone named GPS Sports asked it as a YouTube short. Zero likes."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Because the answer is Messi. Obviously."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I knew you'd say that."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Ronaldo's a physical freak, but Messi sees the game differently. He's a creator, not just a finisher."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"But Ronaldo has more international goals, more Champions League goals. The numbers are there."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Numbers aren't everything. Messi reads the field like a chess player. Ronaldo is checkers, brilliant checkers, but still."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Checkers? The man has five Ballon d'Ors. That's not checkers."},{"host":"Eric","text":"You're defending Ronaldo because you like the underdog story."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I'm defending him because he works harder than anyone. Messi was born with it; Ronaldo built it."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Both are elite. But I'm taking Messi every time. The debate is tired, though."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Agreed. And the internet will still ask it next week. Someone going by Gecko Lover summed it up: football is the perfect sport for jumping to conclusions."},{"host":"Eric","text":"That's accurate. One bad game and you're washed. One good game and you're the GOAT."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Same in the NFL. Mike McCarthy and Andy Reid are 'literally elite,' according to one user going by Ninja T G."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Reid, sure. McCarthy has a ring in Green Bay. But 'elite'? He hasn't won a Super Bowl in over a decade."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"He's still a good coach. But the hot takes fly after every win or loss."},{"host":"Eric","text":"That's what I'm saying. Football fandom is a one-week memory. Win and you're a genius; lose and you're fired."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Well, the h3 subreddit is apparently losing its mind about something. One user says the whole place is melting down."},{"host":"Eric","text":"The podcast drama subreddit? I don't touch that with a ten-foot pole."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Neither do I, but it's blowing up. Some kind of fan infighting."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Every fanbase thinks their community is the most rational. They're all the same."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"That's a good place to end the intro and get to what's actually going to matter this weekend."},{"host":"Eric","text":"We've got a lot of sports ahead tonight. Buckle up."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Up next, a deep dive into why Jaylen Brown's move to Philly might be the most underrated trade of the year."}]}