Julian Edelman is a fan of the Boston Celtics and has kept close ties to 2008 title winner Paul Pierce, even getting himself arrested on a night out with the Hall of Fame forward.
The man himself told the tale on an episode of the Fubo Sports “No Chill” podcast hosted by former NBAer Gilbert Arenas.
“I kick it with Paul Pierce a bunch,” related Edelman via Boston.com’s Conor Ryan. “You guys remember I got arrested for hood sliding on a car?” asked the former New England Patriot of Arenas. “Me and Paul Pierce hanging out. Too much tequila.”
Edelman was evidently at a restaurant in Los Angeles, and saw Pierce in it just as a robbery outside had everyone corraled by police inside.
“We were there for like 3 ½ hours,” he recalled. “I see Paul, and we just started taking down a bunch of tequila.”
“We were talking about Starsky and Hutch because there was a bunch of cops that weren’t letting anyone out,” continued the former Patriot. “As soon as they let us out, we were walking by a parking garage, and a car rolled up.”
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“Me being an idiot, I did like a little hood-slide on it, and didn’t really get a good hood-slide,” added Edelman. “There was a little precipitation in the air, and I was wearing jeans. So I got stuck. If I would have actually hood-slid, I think it would have been good. But the guy got out of the car, and waves down a cop.”
“We think we get out of it scot-free,” he continued. “I wake up the next morning to 300 text messages from my agent.”
Too much tequila, indeed (nobody tell Wyc Grousbeck!).
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