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From a very young age, NBA basketball has been my favorite entertainment product. Aside from my view that NBA players are the best overall athletes on the planet, there’s a particular pettiness engrained in the league that lends itself to moments of absurdity that is distributed to the masses by the diligent and hilarious characters of NBA Twitter.
I spent the better half of the morning scrolling through the replies to the following question:
What is the funniest NBA moment y’all have ever seen?
— Rique. (@RiqRuler) August 12, 2020
Join me on this journey.
Paul Pierce dies in Game 1 of the 2008 NBA Finals, comes back to life, and scored 22 points to help the Celtics beat the Lakers.
https://twitter.com/NewGodLo/status/1293710529278758914?s=20
Pierce would later admit that he just had to take a dump.
Kevin Garnett urges Craig Sager to incinerate his outfit.
https://twitter.com/D_for_3/status/1293733384833896449?s=20
Kevin Garnett Part II.
“He’s talking up a storm” 😭 pic.twitter.com/3bRLR1HMDg
— kyle (@atlutd_kyle) August 12, 2020
Kevin Garnett Part III (Note: He went straight to the NBA outta high school).
Does this count? pic.twitter.com/6xmbS7A5Df
— Ibrahim Omar (@Ibrahim_PNE) August 13, 2020
Chuck Hayes’ seizure shot.
https://twitter.com/YBNTonyy/status/1293687970617155584?s=20
Karen gets mouthy.
https://twitter.com/freemesutozil/status/1293667539990585344?s=20
Sam Dekker’s very first day with the new feet.
https://twitter.com/N1NOBROWN/status/1293675103537057798?s=20
Fergie’s National Anthem rendition at the 2018 All Star game divides America.
— Elijah The Tishbite 🇬🇭 (@PrinceKobz) August 12, 2020
Washington Wizards inventing new ways to lose.
WIZARDS LOST THIS GAME IN OT 🤣 pic.twitter.com/dIlmT7nOuL
— #HUNGRYZOMBY (@hungrymic) August 12, 2020
Suns bench trying to avoid being the victims of a homicide.
https://twitter.com/nickcristianoo/status/1293670075120201728?s=20
Ladies and gentlemen, Carmelo Anthony.
https://twitter.com/MichaelKhords/status/1293700931855552520?s=20
Kawhi treated Canada like a girlfriend he couldn’t break up with because she just suffered a family tragedy.
any of kawhi’s interviews or reactions can fit but this is one of my favs 😂 pic.twitter.com/a3mrJCaalO
— SLICKEM’ BADU 🧘🏾♀️ (@pimpslicknotic) August 13, 2020
Spike Lee gets excited about the Knicks. Or something.
— Fleet_Worldwide (@FleetWorldwide) August 13, 2020
Jordan plays God.
https://twitter.com/WorthTheWade/status/1293685725020532739?s=20
Ernie smashes box.
When Shaq realized Ernie was for the streets pic.twitter.com/lcnAvjdojV
— Joseph Linzy (@Chicagos2morrow) August 13, 2020
Ok, I think I’ll end on the haunting visual of Ernie Johnsons smashing.