LONDON — If Jean Fofana didn’t have a reason to like the Celtics before yesterday, he does now.
Though this bartender at the Red Lion pub couldn’t name a Celtic, as a basketball fan whose entire scope of NBA knowledge is rooted in LeBron James, Fofana didn’t need long to connect two dots.
“Kyrie Irving was transferred there!” he said excitedly.
Richard Corbett, enjoying his lunch and a pint of ale in this pub, which is tucked across Westminster Street from Parliament and Big Ben, believes Fofana may be typical of the many British fans who show up at O2 Arena Thursday night when the Celtics play the Philadelphia 76ers.