“The funny thing is, if he had just gone out in the first place and they just gave him a jersey out there on the court, he would have been stoked, you know,” Phillips [the boy’s uncle] said.

But you see, then they wouldn’t be able to fool the audience into thinking they gave him the PS5, which was the whole point–a PR stunt to make them look generous while actually being cheap greedy bastards–while they rake in millions.