I just wanted to use the term embroiled in a headline. Leave me alone.

Reporting from the New York Times:

Early last year, a private equity billionaire started paying regular visits to the White House.

Joshua Harris, a founder of Apollo Global Management, was advising Trump administration officials on infrastructure policy. During that period, he met on multiple occasions with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, said three people familiar with the meetings. Among other things, the two men discussed a possible White House job for Mr. Harris.

The job never materialized, but in November, Apollo lent $184 million to Mr. Kushner’s family real estate firm, Kushner Companies. The loan was to refinance the mortgage on a Chicago skyscraper.

Even by the standards of Apollo, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, the previously unreported transaction with the Kushners was a big deal: It was triple the size of the average property loan made by Apollo’s real estate lending arm, securities filings show.

It was one of the largest loans Kushner Companies received last year. An even larger loan came from Citigroup, which lent the firm and one of its partners $325 million to help finance a group of office buildings in Brooklyn.

Well I just can’t believe that. Never saw Jared Kushner as the sort of snake to leverage power for personal gain. I figured he’d be more like his dad… who blackmailed his brother-in-law by setting him up with a hooker and then videotaping it and sending it to his own sister. They seem so upstanding!

But obviously the Harris part stands out. I ain’t even mad.

What, you expect that infrastructure deal and tax loophole to take care of themselves? Hell no. Not in this White House. Pay to play. Quite frankly, I want this in my sports owner. You think John Middleton lost any sleep overseeing a seriously-hazardous-for-your-health tobacco empire on his way to power and becoming the controlling owner of a Major League Baseball team? No chance. Dude slept like a baby on his billionaire hair and winning ambition. Now I know that Harris has the same killer instinct it will take to, say, land LeBron James. Him selling $800k worth of Apollo stock today is just the cherry on top of this balls-forward move. [If we’re keeping it real, $800k to Joshua Harris is like me flicking a few coins at a homeless guy lest they weigh down my pant leg– it really just doesn’t matter.] At this point, I’d be surprised if he hasn’t already paid off LeBron’s kid’s Malvern Prep tuition, just as a show of good faith and totally illegal NBA tampering.

Anyway, the Sixers are home Friday night and then on the road for a little while– my bet is Harris sits this one out. Probably not a great look to be on camera wearing a dad hat and drinking a beer while you’re #embroiled in a White House controversy. Then again, a true baller would bring Kushner to the game and put him in Meek’s seat.

Side note: No but for real, how is it possible that Harris has cracked the inner sanctum of the Oval Office and yet still hasn’t freed Meek? Get this done, please.