With Steph Curry winning the NBA MVP, Darren Rovell was doing his thing on Twitter when he just so happened to offend a family member of an ESPN colleague. I know, I’m surprised this isn’t more of a daily occurrence.
It all started when Rovell tweeted out Curry’s collegiate recruiting background and how Virginia Tech apparently took a player who only lasted one year in college over Curry.
Va Tech took Nigel Munson over Steph Curry. He left VT after his freshman season, averaging 3 pts, 1 assist per game pic.twitter.com/97Mp8nReiC
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 4, 2015
Interesting factoid, but former NC State star Julius Hodge didn’t appreciate Rovell basically calling out Mr. Munson for not being Steph Curry.
Good job of shaming Nigel Munson in order to praise Steph Curry this morning @darrenrovell. I hope you sleep well. smh #VaTech #Warriors
— Julius Hodge (@Follow24Hodge) May 4, 2015
as if EVERY SCHOOL AND COACH in America didn't do their due diligence in recruiting Steph Curry.
— Julius Hodge (@Follow24Hodge) May 4, 2015
Rovell replied to Hodge’s tweets and seemed to take a jab at ESPN colleague Seth Greenberg, who was the coach at Virginia Tech at the time.
@Follow24Hodge 1. it's more a statement about greenberg, 2. Curry wanted to go there, 3. that I didn't play has nothing to do w/this
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 4, 2015
And that’s when Paige Greenberg, Seth’s daughter and herself a former athlete at Virginia Tech, chimed in with this tweet aimed at Rovell that was harder than any punch we saw in the entire Mayweather-Pacquiao fight:
@darrenrovell @Follow24Hodge Get some balls & mention your coworkers name, @SethOnHoops, when tweeting about something you know 0 about.
— Paige Greenberg (@pgberg) May 4, 2015
And that drew applause from Hodge:
wow, Paige basically told Rovell "grow a pair and name names". sounds like she grew up in my neck of the woods.
— Julius Hodge (@Follow24Hodge) May 4, 2015
The conversation continued and at least Hodge and Rovell seemingly reached a detente, with Rovell clarifying that Curry was offered a four year contract if he redshirted, which is exactly what the younger Greenberg said.
With Rovell blocking Richard Deitsch on Twitter and no more Rovellian Twitter Wars to speak of, it’s good to see someone step in and fill the void, at least for a brief moment.
H/T @RossAroyo