The Nike basketball social media account posted an awfully bone-headed tweet about no more basketball for the next week, and WNBA fans immediately clowned them for it.
The Mavs finally unraveled the Timberwolves on Thursday, which means that NBA basketball will not come on again until June 6. Nike, attempting to capitalize on the seemingly short basketball drought, posted a since-deleted tweet to X (formerly Twitter) to pout over it.
There’s just one problem — there’s plenty of basketball until then. THE WNBA STILL EXISTS. There are actually over 15 games until the Mavs and Celtics play in the NBA Finals, including a Caitlin-Clark, Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso matchup that will likely be absolute cinema.
The tweet was so bad that Under Armour jumped into the conversation and responded with a sneaky good troll job.
And that’s that…another week WITH hoops 😉
— Under Armour Basketball (@UAbasketball) May 31, 2024
Also, as you might imagine, WNBA fans had a field day. Here are some of the best responses we’ve found (Warning: NSFW language):
Literally two posts apart lol#WNBA pic.twitter.com/XGYnGcN5V7
— Geoff Magliocchetti (@GeoffJMags) May 31, 2024
what’s wild is @Nike sponsors the @wnba and gone tweet some shhh like this 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/c9oo1mp8wu pic.twitter.com/zlp41eDOAD
— Detroit Shock Water Girl (@p_to_the_j_) May 31, 2024
Look at the bio and the most recent tweet pic.twitter.com/7ixCRxzC90
— Dallas Jones (@DallasJonesy) May 31, 2024
Are y’all deadass? Got a whole ass roster of Nike athletes in the W including the best player in the world in A’ja and the most celebrated number one pick ever in Caitlin Clark https://t.co/M2JAhp9HWw pic.twitter.com/JRAEf9bi8J
— Chris Williamson (@CWilliamson44) May 31, 2024
.@nikebasketball “Do Better” should be your new slogan.@Nike #WNBA #WelcometotheW https://t.co/dmTzs0mblw
— Laura Bustamante (@LauraBusta) May 31, 2024
the WNBA is RIGHT HERE https://t.co/LTsJKiCFsx pic.twitter.com/o0IqIo2KXn
— Melissaidhuh⁉️ (@MsMeliss) May 31, 2024
Looks like hoops are on tomorrow actually
Including two players you have signature shoes with 🙂 https://t.co/oxoWw1XfGy pic.twitter.com/5Cf3iCJpw6
— Tyler DeLuca (@TylerDeLuca) May 31, 2024
This is so…embarrassing 😒 https://t.co/6vrSDi39uD pic.twitter.com/tHG4tIIiEl
— 𝓙𝓪𝓭𝓪🦂 (@jadanotkiss) May 31, 2024
Nike posted this in the middle of wnba season. 💀💀💀#nike #wnba #nikebasketball @nikebasketball pic.twitter.com/wnZQp4kQKB
— HOT TAKE CITY!! 🤧🤧🥱🥱 (@HOTTAKECITY904) May 31, 2024
Well we have the WNBA. And and we can watch this get dunked on all week, too. https://t.co/jdW7gqddm8
— Jake Madison (@NOLAJake) May 31, 2024
Update: Under Armour reached another level of petty. They released a thread schedule of when all of their WNBA athletes play over the next week.
Our @Wnba sqUAd in action this upcoming week, a thread 🧵
— Under Armour Basketball (@UAbasketball) May 31, 2024
