With restart, Matisse Thybulle back to his rookie job: Ordering food for entire Sixers

It's part of his job as a rookie
Jul 12, 2020
PHOTO: Matisse Thybulle/YouTube

A ROOKIE’S got to do what a rookie’s got to do.

“For those that don’t know, part of my job of being a rookie is getting Chick-Fil-A for all the players in the plane,” explained Sixers guard Matisse Thybulle wearily as he drove to a branch of the chicken chain, right before the team flew to Orlando, Florida. “And even in the state of pandemic, that job still stands.”

In a hilarious incident last January, Thybulle messed up the team’s fast food orders. As punishment, the team had him pass out water to the media.

This week, Thybulle documented the flight and the first day of the NBA restart in a vlog he's calling "Welcome to the Bubble."

Viewers got an insider’s look at the extraordinary circumstances inside the Walt Disney World ‘bubble’.

Swab tests are now part of the routine. Shaking hands have been replaced by elbow daps. Face masks are part of their NBA goodie bags. Individual meals are delivered in takeout boxes to minimize contact with hotel staff. But hey, at least they get personalized pillows.

“That’s how you know you’ve made it,” he said drily when he saw the pillow in his room.

Thybulle, naturally, got on cam some of the good-natured ribbing a rookie experiences inside the Sixers.

“Before you record, you should ask me if I give you permission,” said four-year NBA vet Furkan Korkmaz.

“You gotta make your own documentary when we win the championship. We gonna make our own '30 for 30',” said Tobias Harris, referencing the noted ESPN series.

The vlog, which clocks in at just a little over nine minutes, is certainly a good start to that docu. YouTuber and filmmaker Casey Neistat was impressed with the results, and said in a tweet, “[T]his is so good. [A] fascinating, intimate, look into the life of an NBA rookie. MATISSE, LETS COLLABORATE!”

In 57 games so far, the 22 year old rookie has logged in 4.7 points per game, and played an average of 19.5 minutes.

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