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- Golden State beat reporter Mark Haynes criticized Steph Curry for “front-running” in game 2 vs Mavs.
- Warriors fans responded by digging up Haynes’ old problematic tweets which led to publication suspending him.
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NBA reporter Mark Haynes, brother of TNT sideline reporter Chris Haynes, is going to have to answer some questions about his old tweets.
On Saturday night, Mark, who is a beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors, apparently annoyed Warriors fans when he implied that Steph Curry was front running at the end of game 2 of the Western Conference finals vs. the Mavericks.
Yeah he said it. I know my ears were working. Here you go pic.twitter.com/8QAlieBkhd
— T88 (@gametime510) May 21, 2022
After the Curry comment, Warriors fans began digging at Haynes’ Twitter account and found several old problematic tweets.
https://twitter.com/retrojeffhoops/status/1528249140840366080
like bro 😭 pic.twitter.com/DuN3zpX2WH
— jeff (@DedicationHoops) May 22, 2022
Haynes went on to delete his Twitter account hours after his old tweets went viral and he was trending on Twitter.
Update: Clutch Points, Haynes’ employer, released a statement regarding Haynes’ offensive tweets.
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 23, 2022