Something about NBA fans: they never forget. These people always keep receipts and won’t hesitate to bring them up if somebody has done anything bad, or if they’re being hypocrites. We’ve seen plenty of these cases over the years and it’s fair to say they won’t stop happening anytime soon.
After Game 3 of the 2022 NBA Finals, Klay Thompson had some harsh words for Celtics fans after they dropped F-bombs at Draymond Green, showing his unhappiness with how they treated his teammate, who is fighting his personal battle with the Celtics players and supporters.
Thompson blasted them for using a strong language when there were kids in attendance for Game 3, calling them ‘classy’ for their behavior during the match that the C’s dominated from start to finish.
“We’ve played in front of rude fans before. Dropping F-bombs with children in the crowd. Really classy. Good job Boston.”
While some might say this was the right response from Klay, others remembered the things he said and did in his prior NBA Finals. Warriors fans aren’t safe from this type of behavior, either, and somebody recently called Thompson out for his remarks by sharing a video of a fan calling LeBron James a ‘pu**y a** b*tch’ during one of the Cleveland Cavaliers-Golden State Warriors duel in the Finals.
Now Klay… https://t.co/8Z8tGo6Zem pic.twitter.com/uk1M5grMS5
— Tony Clements (@TonyCMKE) June 9, 2022
Moreover, the short clip shows Thompson mocking LeBron, saying he had his feeling hurt.
Of course, everybody had something to say about this video, some defending Thompson due to his age at the time, saying that he matured and thinks differently now. Others said that this is all part of the mind games players do to get an advantage over their rivals.
"What did Klay say?" pic.twitter.com/EiHX2FxZJv
— David Astramskas (@Redapples2021) June 9, 2022
He clearly just matured. Look how young he looks. Stop it with the irony tweets. It makes no sense. People can change and have a different perspective. It’s not rocket science.
— Austin Keith (@TheAssassinAK47) June 9, 2022
Even if this clip wasn’t intentionally taken out of context of the actual Q&A, the premise is still wrong. There’s a HUGE difference between what a single fan shouts at a player in earshot of dozens v. what the majority of an arena chants toward the court. 🙄🥴😉
— Jeremy Walsh (@JeremyDWalsh) June 9, 2022
— Zak Noble (@Zaknoble) June 9, 2022
Difference is draymond is his teammate Lebron isn’t. Not to mention klay wants to win so he will do almost anything to get in his opponent’s head to win. To him nothing personal just business.
— Benjib61105 (@BentheNerdd) June 9, 2022
theyre related because the og tweet has a quote of klay complaining about people yelling the f word but in the video klay is complaining about people being soft when profanity is used against them. you see the irony?
— $$$EB (@whereisbuddafly) June 9, 2022
Conflating trash talk between players to what the crowd is chanting? pic.twitter.com/hpPnX8MBcP
— 𓋹 (@JustPhilly__) June 10, 2022
Considering Steph is the softest nba player of all time & he play wit him & Jordan Poole is getting there to cuz Steph. Steve Kerr is a big influence to because every time you got Kerr & Steph & then the whole team ever damn shot attempt, every foul given it’s so bad
— Chocolate Chip Coochie 🫶🙌🙏🫶🌰🏟️ (@Devlin65792679) June 10, 2022
First part is after game 2 in 2015
Second part is after Game 4 in 2016
— Tony Clements (@TonyCMKE) June 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/Sportstalk602/status/1534889626376232960
you realize that klay comment was about lebron begging the league to suspend draymond right? happened after game 4 in Cleveland
— stuart (@rellab_23) June 9, 2022
This series is over you don’t complain about the crowd enjoy the next game Klay 🤣🤣
— FPL PISTOLERO 🔫 (@FPL_Pistolero9) June 9, 2022
how is one person saying something after the game, when 90% of the crowd is already gone equate to an entire arena of people chanting “fuck you” lol
should call Stretch Armstrong for this reach right here man, well played.
— Yukon•Sean•Cornelius (@SkylesDavis) June 9, 2022
Klay after seeing this pic.twitter.com/5bhz1gPacJ
— 🐐🐐GOATS (@KINGGOATGOAT) June 9, 2022
That usher telling that woman to watch her mouth like it's gonna do something or like he has any room to say something
— #GJtoStilly (@ColdW0rld10) June 9, 2022
They’d better figure out how to deal with the rude fans—and the Celts—fast, or they’ll be heading back out to the dock of the bay 1-3.
— Geoffrey Randall (@RandallGeoffrey) June 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/MayanGuerrilla/status/1534878253294534664
They know this cry will have the nba assign the right refs to help them game 4.
— Boston Three Party (@CelticPride0) June 9, 2022
Warriors just grasping at straws as to why they’re not as good
— J.C (@LFCJC6) June 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/Mohame_d12/status/1534779279908683776
This is the Finals and we’ll see a lot of fans being passionate about their team. Some people understand this, others don’t, and everybody will do everything to defend their point of view.
