👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 #What pic.twitter.com/FDPgusa6t2
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) May 17, 2016
Yes, that's right -- the former All-Star center congratulated one of his former teams, the Philadelphia 76ers, on winning this year's lottery. The only problem? He sent out the tweet hours before the lottery was due to be held.
Current 76ers center Joel Embiid, as seen above, was one of the people who caught Mutombo's tweet before it was deleted. Mutombo quickly issued an apology.
Sorry, guys.Got excited about the @sixers odds and got ahead of myself.Still keeping my fingers crossed for tonight. pic.twitter.com/u6bFaNTJml
— Dikembe Mutombo (@officialmutombo) May 17, 2016
Regardless of what happens Tuesday night (8 ET, ESPN/WatchESPN), Mutombo will be hearing about this one for a while.