- Last month NBA satire Twitter account Ballsack Sports went viral after posting a fake rumor about Kyrie Irving talking trash to James Harden in practice.
- ESPN NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins regurgitated the fake rumor on national television after the Sixers lost to the Nets.
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Satire NBA Twitter account Ballsack Sports has fooled another prominent media personality.
Last month, Ballsack Sports put up a fake graphic that detailed how Kyrie Irving would talk trash to James Harden in practice while the two were teammates in Brooklyn.
Kyrie Irving and James Harden got into “brief” physical altercation after Kyrie called the 32 year-old superstar “Washed” during one scrimmage. pic.twitter.com/zx7hXolipO
— Ballsack Sports ® (@BallsackSports) February 11, 2022
On Friday morning, ESPN NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins says he believes the Irving-Harden rumors made up by Ballsack Sports were true after watching the Nets handily beat the Sixers.
KENDRICK PERKINS GOT SACKED LMAOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/s2YeDOYCpQ
— Mr Matthew CFB 🇺🇦 (@MrMatthewCFB) March 11, 2022
“All those stories and rumors that we heard about the Brooklyn Nets about Kyrie and James Harden in practice with the Nets and Kyrie going at him…Kyrie showed us last night that those were facts, and those were true.”
😂😂😂😂😂 Not @KendrickPerkins citing @BallsackSports Kyrie/Harden practice quote on First Take.
— Rellvolver Ocelot (@Rell__Lauren) March 11, 2022
😭😭😭😭Perkins got sacked https://t.co/DxFWRsaK0M
— Ballsack Sports ® (@BallsackSports) March 11, 2022
This isn’t the first time Ballsack Sports duped the national media last month. Fox News wrote a story on a fake rumor he started on Twitter.
Fox News syndicated an Outkick piece with apparently-fake quotes from Josh Smith from a “Ballsack Sports” tweet https://t.co/yITU8mb12m pic.twitter.com/OUBcZYzlgl
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 2, 2022