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The King Cake Baby is definitely going to eat Tracy McGrady

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

There’s a whole lot going on between Tracy McGrady and the Pelicans’ creepy King Cake Baby mascot. They met on the set of ESPN’s The Jump and everything became terrifying.

It leads to a natural conversation: Would you rather be locked in a room with a spider, a snake, or King Cake Baby?

There are two correct answers and either snake or spider is acceptable. From a real perspective we have no clue who’s under the King Cake Baby head. It’s my fervent belief it’s either a serial killer or Vin Diesel and there is no in between. That’s a 50/50 chance nobody should be willing to take.

But back to T-Mac and the KCB. Moments after meeting McGrady, and despite seeing his fear, the baby wanted something. It wanted ... to be fed.

Baby wants food ...

Baby must feast ...

Baby only likes the sweet meat ...

You are one with baby ...

See, King Cake Baby is like The Ring. All you can do is find some hapless fool to pass the curse on to. The only way to be freed is find a willing participant to be eaten by the baby, and they become the new baby. The circle continues.

McGrady avoided the horror by just inches.

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