The crime was committed on video:

I didn’t know the internal problems of the Sacramento Kings ran this deep. You can’t let Tyrese Haliburton, a future star in the league, hang around with guys taking bites out of the middle of their cheesesteaks. I hope Daryl Morey got Vivek Ranadivé on the phone immediately after watching this, because it’s curtains for the kid there. This is the look from a man who knows he needs to leave town immediately:

Not only is this pre-crime, it doesn’t make any sense. There is not one logical reason to eat your sandwich starting in the middle, unless you cut it in half first. Especially when the only reason given was ‘he didn’t want to lose the meat in the front.’ That’s what the wrapper is for, no? It acts as a catching apparatus for anything that falls. It’s basically a second meal. Get a fork, maybe a pepper or two, and you got seconds. You don’t bite into the middle of a hoagie or a juicy burger. Club sandwiches are stacked three stories high and you attack them with precision from the corner so no meat or avocado spread leaks out. My only controversial food opinion about starting from the middle is when you bite into a KitKat without breaking off the pieces first. It’s candy. The crispy breaks are stale in real life. Stop playing with your food and eat it:

One more opinion before I leave you. The Kings tweeted out this photo on Friday in front of Pats and asked “Pat’s or Geno’s for the best Philly Cheesesteak?” –

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/1487229003207479305?s=20&t=9lf6By9L889zAoPqHaWwbA

IT HAS 1,600 REPLIES AND QUOTE TWEETS. 1,600! Mostly calling the Kings tourists and others giving out their favorite cheesesteak spot. Guess what? Nobody cares about your favorite cheesesteak spot. Normal people do not think you’re a tourist because you go to Pat’s or Geno’s. If I go to New Orleans or Nashville am I going to avoid Bourbon St. or Broadway because some southerner thinks I’m a tourist? What else is there to do there? We don’t ridicule people for going to Wawa when there’s a deli down the street with better hoagies and fresher ingredients. So, if you want to go to Pat’s or Geno’s go to Pat’s or Geno’s or go to Jim’s, Larry’s, or Dalessandro’s. You like Steak Umms, fry those bad boys up. It’s still fake cheese and mystery meat. Your arteries don’t decide to not clog because it notices you chose Steve’s over John’s Roast Pork.

Obligatory Cheesesteak Power Rankings, because I’m a hypocrite:

  1. Jims
  2. Sonnys
  3. Steves
  4. Pat’s
  5. Joe’s
  6. Tony Luke’s
  7. Pudge’s (Blue Bell)
  8. Chubbys
  9. Dalessandros
  10. Geno’s

*I’ve never had Johns Roast Pork, Woodrow’s, or Maxx’s. Sue me.