It’s the NBA offseason and that means that the various Twitter accounts of basketball teams are littered with retweets of players’ vacation exploits, highlight videos from past seasons and random gifs designed to garner all those coveted retweets and likes.
So, when the Golden State Warriors published a tweet lamenting the fact that the NBA is the midst of its offseason, it’s not surprising that other NBA teams shared similar sentiments with the reigning NBA champs. Teams around the Association shared their own gifs because, well, what else is there for NBA team Twitter accounts to do during the offseason?
Waiting for the season to begin like… #NBAOffseason pic.twitter.com/bkQ2z7Jqzn
— Golden St. Warriors (@warriors) July 28, 2015
.@warriors Saaaame. #NBAOffseason pic.twitter.com/SGSMNwMLlD
— Philadelphia 76ers (@Sixers) July 28, 2015
.@Sixers @utahjazz @Suns @warriors Could not be more pumped to get this season started. #NBAOffseason pic.twitter.com/xWIsgc6srL
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) July 28, 2015
.@Sixers @warriors We're just going around the office like .. . #NBAOffseason pic.twitter.com/Zl3YXhtgfh
— #WeArePHX (@Suns) July 28, 2015
.@Sixers @Suns @warriors AGREED! Can't wait… #NBAOffseason pic.twitter.com/ipZ1uxYOJq
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) July 28, 2015
.@Suns @utahjazz @Sixers @warriors That feeling you get when the #NBAOffseason is finally over👍 pic.twitter.com/WDocG3iwkV
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) July 28, 2015
.@Sixers @Suns @warriors Pretty much… pic.twitter.com/a9m5GNdJW5
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) July 28, 2015
At this point, the San Diego Chargers weirdly decided to wade into the circle-jerk conversation between NBA teams with all the grace of a drunk bull to remind them that the NFL season starts first.
@utahjazz @warriors @hornets @Suns @Sixers @spurs Sorry everyone… the @NFL is up next. pic.twitter.com/DGUYVNjoLE
— San Diego #Chargers (@Chargers) July 28, 2015
The Suns reacted appropriately to the Chargers’ brash intrusion into the NBA Twitter account love-fest.
.@Chargers @utahjazz @warriors @hornets @Sixers @spurs #NBAOffseason pic.twitter.com/XNqXIKm9Qw
— #WeArePHX (@Suns) July 28, 2015
Amazingly, even after noticing that their shameless attempt to earn e-cred was being rebuffed, the Chargers double-downed on their attention-seeking (To be fair, it’s hard to fault an NFL team for shameless attention-seeking when they are as imminently forgettable as the San Diego Chargers).
@Suns @utahjazz @warriors @hornets @Sixers @spurs 6 points > 2 points #NoMatterWhatTimeOfYear pic.twitter.com/X5OPZX0s57
— San Diego #Chargers (@Chargers) July 28, 2015
Needless to say, although they may be opponents during the season, the NBA’s teams banded together in their derisive responses to the Chargers.
@Chargers @Suns @utahjazz @warriors @hornets @Sixers @spurs
#NBAOffseason pic.twitter.com/KQNycCIg1p
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) July 28, 2015
@ATLHawks @Suns @utahjazz @warriors @hornets @spurs Watch it, @Chargers. pic.twitter.com/okvWGiENFA
— Philadelphia 76ers (@Sixers) July 28, 2015
Eventually, the Chargers got the message.
@Sixers @ATLHawks @Suns @utahjazz @warriors @hornets @spurs pic.twitter.com/QIsJjBELlE
— San Diego #Chargers (@Chargers) July 28, 2015
@ATLHawks @Sixers @Suns @utahjazz @warriors @hornets @spurs It's been fun guys. Gotta go get ready for #ChargersCamp pic.twitter.com/JJUoaOK9N9
— San Diego #Chargers (@Chargers) July 28, 2015
They were not missed.
@Chargers @ATLHawks @Sixers @Suns @utahjazz @hornets @spurs pic.twitter.com/0JchbWrVyf
— Golden St. Warriors (@warriors) July 28, 2015
This is what the offseason does to Sports Twitter. The regular season (for both sports) can’t come soon enough.
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