Social media is usually a darkish and scary place, particularly while you’re an NBA bust.
Because the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics kicked off the NBA season Tuesday evening, Knicks energy ahead Mikal Bridges grew to become the topic of scorn throughout social media as a consequence of his allegedly damaged bounce shot.
Sadly, a former #2 choose of the Charlotte Hornets (then Bobcats) was concerned within the shameful occasion focusing on Bridges.
Bridges has not too long ago been open to the media about his struggles together with his jumper type, and the mechanics definitely appear shaky. Bridges really made just a few pictures in a row by the point the second half rolled round Tuesday, placing a lot of the net hate to mattress.
Bridges received off to a tough begin within the first half, nonetheless, prompting numerous X customers to match his damaged jumper to that of former Charlotte winger Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
Photographs of Kidd-Gilchrist’s disgusting type flooded the timeline in relation to Bridges. Different customers felt that just a few scathing phrases have been greater than sufficient.
Consumer @kiiLkenny was a of those examples, writing: “Mikal Bridges grew to become a Knick and instantly reworked into Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.”
Consumer @Three_Cone rang: “The Knicks traded beginning 5 for Mikal Kidd-Gilchrist.”
It will need to have been a tricky evening for Kidd-Gilchrist, who did nothing to deserve the random vitriol.
Paradoxically, Kidd-Gilchrist’s final NBA motion got here as a short member of the Knicks in 2020 earlier than leaving the crew (and the league) as a consequence of acute chest ache.
A famend defender, Gilchrist suffered accidents all through his profession that prevented him from realizing his potential.
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