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I apologize prematurely for bringing this to your consideration, however it’s the canine days of the NBA offseason when non-news turns into information, so right here’s your weekly dose of non-news: Steph Curry apparently eliminated the Warriors from the bio on his Instagram account.
That’s in keeping with a fan account on X, which posted then and now screenshots of Curry’s bio which exhibits the road “Guard for the Warriors” modified to “Olympic Gold Medalist.”
Steph has modified his IG profile image and in addition eliminated “Guard for the @Warriors” from his bio 👀 pic.twitter.com/QwOleXImhh
— 🌞 (@GameOnSteph_) August 21, 2024
As you’ll be able to think about, NBA followers on social media acted completely regular concerning the small change. And by regular I imply they instantly began choosing new groups for Curry.
And one the preferred locations was the Los Angeles Lakers.
He’s going to the Lakers to workforce up with Bron and AD
— ³⁰ (@StephMuse_) August 21, 2024
It doesn’t take a genius to know why individuals would suppose Curry could be disgruntled and need to workforce with LeBron James in LA. The Warriors missed the playoffs for the third time within the final 5 years final season, then shipped out Curry’s brother in splash, Klay Thompson. He’s 36 on what seems to be a sinking ship. In the meantime, he simply had the time of his life profitable gold as a part of a deadly tandem with James.
To not point out, Curry’s Instagram exercise Wednesday additionally included him collab-posting photographs of himself with James and Kevin Durant, with the caption: “Identical Group…Profitable Group.”
Ooooooo.
OK. Look, I can see how this all seems. However we actually shouldn’t learn an excessive amount of into it. For starters, I can’t even affirm what Curry’s bio mentioned earlier than as we speak. I believe we will belief it didn’t beforehand have a point out of his gold medal contemplating, ya know, he didn’t have one two weeks in the past. On the identical time, this actually means nothing… most likely.
I imply, yeah, positive, Curry might have match each “Guard for the Warriors” and “Olympic Gold Medalist” into his bio. However perhaps he simply wished to bask slightly in the one success he’s more likely to have in 2024. Who is aware of?
What I do know is we’ve been down this highway earlier than with athletes who in the end stayed the place they had been. It’s foolish to learn an excessive amount of into individuals’s social media exercise — even when there’s a extra sinister plot behind all of it.
Reese’s Items are official
Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky seems on throughout the recreation towards the Seattle Storm at Local weather Pledge Area on July 05, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. (Photograph by Steph Chambers/Getty Pictures)
It was solely a matter time earlier than Angel Reese and the Reese’s Items model collaborated on one thing. From the second Reese first revealed that her followers go by the identical title because the sweet, it appeared too good to not occur.
Properly, that second lastly arrived Wednesday. The perimeters introduced an attire deal, and FTW’s Meghan Corridor wrote about it right here:
“Now, per Boardroom, Reese put these good vibes within the environment to work and formally landed an endorsement cope with The Hersey Firm to be a model ambassador with Reese’s. The partnership consists of a number of Reese’s-themed attire gadgets, like tees, hoodies and hats. IT’S PERFECT.”
One of the best form of partnerships are those that occur organically like this. Sensible transfer by Hersey.
Shootaround
— Dijonai Carrington ripped the WNBA over lack of promotion for the Sparks-Solar recreation in Boston
— Anthony Edwards trashed each 90s participant besides Michael Jordan
— Steve Kerr trolled Donald Trump with Steph Curry’s celebration
— Erik Spoelstra is the apparent selection to switch Steve Kerr as Group USA’s head coach
