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Dallas Cowboys Fans Mad at Dallas Mavs’ Grant Williams Wearing Philadelphia Eagles Jersey; Here’s the Real Issue

DFW fans are upset with Dallas Mavericks forward Grant Williams supporting the Philadelphia Eagles instead of the Dallas Cowboys.

Dalton Trigg

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Believe it or not, players for NBA teams can be fans of NFL teams outside of the market they play for. For Dallas Mavericks forward Grant Williams, that NFL team just so happens to be the Philadelphia Eagles ... and the Eagles just so happen to be the Dallas Cowboys' biggest rivals.

After the Eagles defeated the Cowboys in a tightly-contested game on Sunday, Williams, after scoring 18 points on 7-9 shooting in the Mavs' 124-118 win over the Charlotte Hornets, showed up to his postgame press conference in a Jason Kelce Eagles jersey.

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Dallas Mavericks’ Grant Williams sports a Philadelphia Eagles jersey (left) and Dallas Cowboys’ Micah Parsons sports a Philadelphia 76ers jersey (right)

This lit many Dallas fans on fire on social media, but do they forget that former Mavs guard Jalen Brunson was also an Eagles fan? How about the time Brunson lost a bet with Luka Doncic and had to wear a Cowboys jersey that said "Luka's Son" on the back … and then when Brunson returned the favor to Doncic? Was there any outrage over Cowboys star Micah Parsons has been seen wearing a Philadelphia 76ers jersey?

A lot of fans take rivalries seriously, and that’s understandable. It’s called a rivalry for a reason. Bragging rights matter. But at the end of the day, it’s sports, and if you’re going to condemn one local player for supporting a rival football team, that same energy should be put toward the star football player who supports an out-of-market basketball team, right?

What I’m about to say is going to sound harsh, but it’s true truth … and keep in mind that I am a Cowboys fan and supporter myself.

Cowboys fans aren’t really mad at Williams, they’re just mad that their team lost a big game to a big rival, and they’re taking it out on Williams because his team won and he’s happy about it. The Cowboys seem to be incapable of winning games against good teams, and that’s the root of the problem here.

So go ahead and support your Philadelphia Eagles, Grant Williams … and be sure to make some fun bets with Luka Doncic during future matchups with the Cowboys. As long as Williams is shooting north of 50 percent for his 6-1 team, Mavs fans who are also Cowboys fans should be able to stomach his football rooting interests.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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