The Atlanta Hawks’ Twitter account went rogue Monday night, mercilessly trolling Los Angeles Lakers fans who were wearing retired players’ jerseys at Philips Arena during the teams’ match-up. Never mind the fact that the 11th place Lakers defeated the 15th place Hawks 123 to 104. No one, including most Lakers and Hawks fans cared about that. (The two teams are now a combined 44-77 on the year.) The real entertainment of the night was on social media.
This isn’t the first time that whoever runs the Atlanta Hawks Twitter account has dropped some serious snark on social media. Miami Heat fans and even the NBA itself have also been targets of Hawks Twitter in the past.
That being said, this trolljob Hawks Twitter pulled on Monday night is one of the very finest I have seen from a sports team’s social media account. You’ve got Lakers fans repping Kobe (more than once), Shaq, Michael Cooper (?!), Kareem, Magic, and Nick Van Exel (what?!).
Witness…
"Is he on the current roster?"
A thread ⤵️
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 27, 2018
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No and No pic.twitter.com/x8jNHmwfW2
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 27, 2018
What!? pic.twitter.com/eRz4OoUe6L
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 27, 2018
And finally…
YES! pic.twitter.com/LCpN3C86r3
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 27, 2018
Of course, Lakers fan, and the team’s 26-34 record, was very salty over this hilarious jab at his fandom.
The irony is that five of the six Hawk fans in your arena right now are wearing Nique jerseys… pic.twitter.com/ULW2mzaU32
— Alvin Alvarez ♤ (@Dr_Mackademic) February 27, 2018
If this was “Who actually owns an Atlanta Hawks jersey” then this thread would’ve been much shorter
— Joey Haircuts (@joeandrew93) February 27, 2018
Lol just be gracious that Laker fans come into Phillips arena once a year to help y’all pay the rent. Foh
— Get Well Brandon Ingram (@michaelmuzma) February 27, 2018
Did y’all win #Lakeshow 😂 pic.twitter.com/dpjON8dTOh
— Dark Angel 🖤 (@SenpaiRudy) February 27, 2018
So salty. That’s okay though. Hawks Twitter person gets it.
Judging by the noise in here when the Lakers score, it seems a lot of people relocated from Los Angeles in the past year.
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 27, 2018
Let's not talk about it, cool? pic.twitter.com/y6Bh3B2kJg
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 27, 2018
H/T For The Win