Joseph, No.
Perhaps you’d like to reread the post about It is Time’s Zeide.
It seems clear he was a Talmid Chacham, not a B–s fan.
(I’m sorry it took me so long to answer you. It’s hard to notice posts or get a word in edgewise around here with all the discussion of who insulted whom, and who’s losing their Cheilek Le’Oha”b, and all the rest of it…)