Twitter is an incredibly fertile field for the cultivation of NBA hot takez. However, some of those loud, obnoxious voices have apologized for things they got wrong.
Chances are if you’re an NBA fan on Twitter you have encountered a hot take or two. The platform is perfect for arguing and the most frustrating thing can be when a stubborn buffoon gets it wrong and refuses to acknowledge a counter argument, or any additional information that might change their mind.
Arguing about basketball on Twitter can seem like a Sisyphean task but we are not all granite boulders. Over the past year, some basketball fans actually fired off a hot take and then apologized when it turned out they got it wrong. For posterity, I collected 15 examples of people stepping up and eating crow for their bad takes. Bask in civilized humanity.
Most of these Tweets have since been deleted so we have to resort to screenshots.
15. Matt from Minnesota loves the Timberwolves
Listen, we all got excited about the Minnesota Timberwolves this year. They added Tom Thibodeau, a legendary defensive coach. Those young kids were all going to take the leap. Karl-Anthony Towns was going to be Kevin Garnett! Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine were going to like, play defense, and get rebounds and assists and stuff! 50 wins was in reach. The playoffs were so close we could taste it. Matt from Minnesota even went so far as to write it down.
It turns out that the Timberwolves were still short on experience and ultimately, results. Towns was a monster, but the defense was bad, Wiggins and LaVine did not get rebounds or assists as promised, and Minnesota finished at 31 wins, well out of the playoff picture.
Matt clearly felt bad about all the pressure his unreal expectations put on the Timberwolves. In the wee small hours of the morning, after the Timberwolves finished their season with a loss against the Houston Rockets (their sixth in a row), Matt made his mea culpa.
Not sure if Matt’s apology ever made it’s way into the Minnesota locker room but they’ll probably all pass it around at some point this summer. It will be nice for Towns and company to enter next year knowing that Matt’s in their corner no matter how many wins they finish with.