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It started when Metta World Peace, aka Ron Artest, aka some many things, made his prediction for the Eastern Conference Finals...
@pacers will play the @nyknicks in the eastern conference finals this year
— Metta World Peace (@MettaWorldPeace) August 13, 2018
Makes sense for World Peace, of course. Those are his fave Eastern Conference teams. Spencer Dinwiddie, however, took offense.
The @nyknicks!? My guy can’t be serious they’re not even the best team in NY. https://t.co/DMvMuvMspx
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) August 14, 2018
Stefan Bondy, never above fanning the flames, played his part.
Curious to know what @Enes_Kanter thinks about this https://t.co/hkHrDZQOsN
— Stefan Bondy (@SBondyNYDN) August 14, 2018
As if on cue, the Turkish Delight checked in...
Too early to talk $h!t
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) August 14, 2018
I got this saved tho
U just poked the wrong bear booiii pic.twitter.com/m7b3Uvk5k6
Dinwiddie, whose wit is quite a bit, responded...
It’s ok. We know how quick your tune can change “King” lol https://t.co/Ni1xikJhLP
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) August 14, 2018
The “King” reference goes back to Kanter’s failed trolling of King James, aka LeBron, last season.
Well, you can imagine the response among Knick fans who whoops and shrieked that the Nets were 0-4 vs. the Knicks last year, failing to also note that 1) the glorious Manhattanites won exactly one more game than the Nets, 29-to-28, and 2) No NBA team has lost more games in this MILLENNIUM than the Knicks. THIS MILLENNIUM!!
Dinwiddie was advised to be humble (why?) and a Knick fan —who advertises that he even has a PH.D!— accused NetsDaily of being “SB Nation’s Info Wars site.” Will the banality ever cease for these guys? (The answer is a decided no.)
Dinwiddie, (sorta) playing the role of diplomat, (sorta) tried to (sorta) tamp things down Tuesday morning.
If I had known @nyknicks fans were gonna react like that I would’ve tweeted the truth months ago.
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) August 14, 2018
As far as the @Enes_Kanter joke, it’s all love I respect every @NBA player.@BrooklynNets fans, y’all already know what time it is . But no more KP ACL jokes, those ain’t funny.
In the end, as GNYR notes in his tweet...
If anyone takes this Nets-Knicks thing seriously, I don’t what to tell you. Both of these teams have been bad. However, it’s good to see that NBA players can have some fun. Its the Dog Days Of Summer.
— GNYR (@GNYR_82) August 14, 2018
For the record, the Nets open Barclays Center this season with the Knicks on October 19, then travel to MSG on October 29. Plenty of time for a lot more trolling.
- Knicks-Nets Twitter war breaks out over who’s less bad - Greg Joyce - New York Post