December That Makes Fans and the League Ecstatic (1)

"Yasen, hurry up! The NFL game is about to start!" Wilkin Barney shouted at the top of his lungs to his best friend, Joao Yasen.

However, Joao Yasen seemed as though he had been hit by a paralysis spell. His eyes were glued to his phone screen, while his feet moved as slowly as a snail.

At the same time, the corners of his already upturned mouth rose even higher, as if he were watching something incredibly amusing and exciting.

After all, as a longtime loyal fan of the Washington Commanders, Joao Yasen would normally rush home the moment he heard that an NFL game was about to begin, terrified of missing even a single exciting moment.

Yet today, he was acting completely out of character, so calm and unhurried that Wilkin Barney found it utterly baffling.

What could possibly be more important than watching a Washington Commanders game?

Full of suspicion, Wilkin Barney looked toward Joao Yasen. As he slowly moved closer, he asked curiously, "Yasen, what are you looking at? You're totally absorbed."

As though he had found the perfect chance to share, Joao Yasen eagerly said, "Wilkin, come take a look! This is hilarious! NBA fans everywhere are talking about it right now. Even someone like me, who's never been that interested in the NBA, couldn't help getting involved."

It turned out that Joao Yasen was talking about a new craze Goodwin had sparked across the NBA recently—"Please Welcome the Next Victim"!

At first, only Boston Celtics fans had enthusiastically taken part in this "event."

But as more and more teams became so-called "victims," fans of those teams could no longer resist their curiosity and joined in on the fun.

To put it bluntly, everyone felt that enjoying the fun alone was nowhere near as satisfying as