It wouldn’t be the NBA if social media posts weren’t endlessly discussed, dissected and cracked wise about, and the latest on that front comes from the Golden State Warriors’ official Twitter account. On Christmas, they sent out a “Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays” tweet, but one that happened to have a drawing of forward Draymond Green that made him look pretty pudgy. And Twitter roasted it like a turkey, particularly making jokes about the Green-Kevin Durant flare-up earlier this year (which ultimately led to the team suspending Green for a game). Here’s the original tweet:
https://twitter.com/warriors/status/1077583242943815682
The expression really adds to it, too, as that Draymond looks set to embrace a whole turkey or something. Or maybe stand on the deck of the Titanic. Here are some of the best Twitter responses this sparked:
did KD draw this https://t.co/Hxti8a6KpE
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) December 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/seeratsohi/status/1077651026012848129
He sees you when you're eating
he knows what's on your plate pic.twitter.com/YVcURICF25
— Patrick Claybon (@PatrickClaybon) December 25, 2018
Why’d you make him Weigh-mond Green https://t.co/pNmfDMOidR
— ¡BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL! (@edsbs) December 25, 2018
Uh… @Money23Green looks a bit large here. He’s not Tractor Traylor. https://t.co/DasMavQKZd
— Scott Koral (@sdkoral) December 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/JST0WE/status/1077666762366152705
Even Dan Le Batard and Rich Eisen got in on the commentary here:
Why’d they give Draymond my body? https://t.co/8egPclEaYy
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) December 25, 2018
Don’t worry @Money23Green
My own network once drew me like this. (I’m supposedly the one on the right) pic.twitter.com/Qt1KMea3eK
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) December 25, 2018
That’s all pretty funny, unless you’re Green. But fortunately for the Warriors (and unfortunately for their Christmas opponents, the Los Angeles Lakers), the real Green hasn’t eaten nearly as much Christmas dinner as his drawn counterpart.
About Andrew Bucholtz
Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.