Jay Williams was under fire after tweeting an incredibly inaccurate tweet on Wednesday. The former player-turned-analyst has been involved in controversies recently due to his stories, often called fake by the protagonists.
Now, the ESPN analyst dared to say the Boston Celtics just signed the first black head coach in franchise history, which raised many eyebrows around the Celtics Nation and the rest of the NBA.
Ime Udoka is set to become the 18th coach in Celtics history after spending seven years with Gregg Popovich in San Antonio and one season with Steve Nash on the Nets.
To make things worse, instead of owning the mistake, Williams simply said he was hacked and somebody sent that tweet for him. Of course, this didn’t sit well among the NBA community. Fans went off on Williams, calling him out for his mistake and his even worse response.
As it relates to the Boston Celtics tweet that came from my account a couple of hours ago… I did not post that & my passcode has now been changed.
— Jay Williams (@RealJayWilliams) June 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/UltraWeedHater/status/1407847819587821576
Oh come on man! Take the L!
— Alex Reimer (@AlexReimer1) June 24, 2021
— Chris Burnette (@Chrisburnette68) June 24, 2021
Jay trying to find who posted the tweet pic.twitter.com/W2V12fJJtm
— Ian Zwerling (Alignment) (@Ian_Zwerling) June 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/tynanwrites/status/1407941660965699586https://twitter.com/SixersDee/status/1407846735771312130
STOP LYING
Someone hacked your account and only tweeted one thing??? pic.twitter.com/8jlcSx0pzA
— NotKingJames (@NotKingJamess) June 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/okayeverett/status/1407851555479449601
That is the worst Twitter hacked tweet ever.
— MZ (@mzelinski5) June 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/BillJitsu/status/1407845718493216774
— ` (@JaysGotNext) June 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/danny_obrien20/status/1407872071523258370
“Dude I finally hacked into a celebrity’s Twitter”
“Holy shit dude, what are you gonna do first?”
“Congratulate the Celtics new coach inaccurately, it will be hysterical trust me 😂”
— J.D. (@JohnnydNba) June 23, 2021
— Rio (@Riodiscrazy) June 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/AxelBlazeMan/status/1407847534865883140
Jay Williams reports on first black player ever to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. What a historic moment! pic.twitter.com/sDcm2adgua
— Jim Colton (@jcolton31) June 24, 2021
He worded this in a way that ppl assume he was hacked, but some poor ESPN intern who was supposed to be managing his acct got berated by JayWill tonight like some student reporter getting berated by Coach K.
— A Regular Dude (@DMattinglyJr) June 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/TDPresentsYT/status/1407847751245877248
How wildly inaccurate can you be?
Bill Russell
Tom Sanders
K.C. Jones
M.L. Carr
Doc Rivers
I guess all of those guys didn't exist?
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) June 23, 2021
Even LeBron James had something to say about that, looking for alternatives to Williams tweeting that message. Bron made fun of the situation saying the tweet must have been photoshopped.
Has to be right!?!? It better be 🤔🤣🤣
— LeBron James (@KingJames) June 23, 2021
Everybody blasted Williams over this tweet and his weak response. He’s not backing down now, although the rest of the world is going off on him. This man has earned a lot of criticism lately, and he keeps adding controversies to his infamous list.
