Cozum

598 | 7 hours ago

wow, what a controversy

Hidden_Seeker_ | Lakers

83 | 7 hours ago

I’m outraged

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

8 | 4 hours ago

eradicated, obliterated, devastated

imafixwoofs | OKC

21 | 7 hours ago

Yes, release the Epstein files!

prettymuthafucka | Wizards

11 | 7 hours ago

This sub needs everything to be a controversy

jmaca90 | Bulls

6 | 7 hours ago

Cause we need a little controversy

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

5 | 6 hours ago

BeanieGate

Cute-Improvement-384

2 | 6 hours ago

Not really a controversy it’s just a little sad

BushyBrowz | Knicks

3 | 6 hours ago

When will everyone stop being so biased against the Boston Celtics!!

deets23_ | Celtics

3 | 5 hours ago

It’s not a controversy it’s just sad they had to photoshop

Background_Card5382 | Hornets

2 | 5 hours ago

Are people not allowed to call dumb things dumb

killerjags

2 | 5 hours ago

Nico Harrison should be fired for this

TiredMillennialDad | Magic

289 | 7 hours ago

I would bet my life that no one opened Photoshop to do this.

Icy_Statement_2410

55 | 7 hours ago

Yeah I know they use GIMP

Vinst3r | Lakers

12 | 6 hours ago

Bring out the GIMP!

LilHercules | Nuggets

5 | 6 hours ago

The gimp’s sleepin..

Major-Dig655

24 | 7 hours ago

eh it definitely does look like photoship, not ai

BurningFire314

13 | 6 hours ago

I guess they meaned this is lesser than photoshop level Like perhaps MS Paint you know

preed1196

5 | 7 hours ago

Yeah AI would have done a better job unironically lmaooo

sharkflood

29 | 7 hours ago

Some photoshop jobs are supposed to look “bad” though for comedic effect

How i miss them dearly

preed1196

2 | 7 hours ago

I 100% think this is supposed to be that but it’s the initial comment about no one opening photoshop for this which to me implies AI

zzzz_on_me | BOS

21 | 7 hours ago

Most likely an AI replacement

jimalloneword

225 | 7 hours ago

Pretty sure it’s intentionally bad as a joke

EDIT: and engagement bait, which is clearly working

RunDatTriangle | Lakers

20 | 7 hours ago

I can’t believe people take these low effort/obvious jokes so seriously

axecalibur | CHI

5 | 5 hours ago

It’s hehe funny now, but when Cooper inevitably signs with the Celtics it’s going to be even funnier.

soilentgleem

11 | 7 hours ago

That was my first thought, but it looks to me like they’re genuinely trying to make it look real. Who knows though, I don’t care enough to be bothered by it.

Less_Suggestion5901

5 | 7 hours ago

my guy this is the same team that did this

https://youtu.be/OR5JC7bM0X8

the BODY BY LUKA thing and that one overwatch thing too

This is 100% a crappy edit on purpose

soilentgleem

1 | 6 hours ago

That’s obviously satire though. If that’s what they were going for here, they did a bad job of it imo because it looks like someone actually tried to make this look convincing.

I’m not gonna argue about it though, it’s really not a big deal to me.

MarduRusher | Timberwolves

6 | 6 hours ago

Dog why do pro sports teams need to be engagement baiting 💀

Crookz_O | Mavericks

1 | 6 hours ago

Ask all the European soccer teams with English accounts that troll on purpose lol. It’s a brand, it builds.

theskyopenedup | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

Because, as this post shows, it works.

Nails__DeChamp | Magic

1 | 6 hours ago

engagement bait

I don’t follow any of my teams (nba or other leagues) or @nba on social media because there’s so much of that.

Or the @nba posting celebs in the front row of games.

And these accounts all post like 5-10 posts per day on IG, it is just way too much, and clogs up the feed.

Like, do people want all that? I find it all so exhausting.

thecheapseatz | Warriors

1 | 5 hours ago

Except it works better when it’s hand drawn on MS Paint

bd1047 | Mavericks

74 | 7 hours ago

I mean it’s clearly supposed to be a joke

Silly-Sink6138

-20 | 7 hours ago

Everyone’s laughing

bd1047 | Mavericks

10 | 7 hours ago

Weird response

Silly-Sink6138

-4 | 6 hours ago

Damn you got me

HarryTruman | Warriors

1 | 5 hours ago

Flair up, buttercup.

Jedifice | Bulls

-20 | 7 hours ago

Trash take. This is the same organization that sincerely played an AI video of Davis holding a gun to his own head. There’s no reason to think they’re smart enough to set this up as a joke

bd1047 | Mavericks

9 | 7 hours ago

Not sure why you’re taking this so seriously haha. It’s a shitty photoshop job, they’re not trying to make anyone believe it’s a real picture

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

5 | 7 hours ago

Wait they did what? I haven’t seen that lmfao

HarryTruman | Warriors

1 | 5 hours ago

Uhhhh link pls?

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-75 | 7 hours ago

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YaBoiiBillNye

24 | 7 hours ago

You’re taking this way too seriously man lol

CheeseburgFreedomMan

20 | 7 hours ago

The obviously Photoshopped Mavs beanie that’s double the resolution compared the rest of the image?

TickTockM

15 | 7 hours ago

Are you dense?

jefe_hook

13 | 7 hours ago

It’s all joke until they trade him to the Celtics.

SteamingHotChocolate | Celtics

-11 | 7 hours ago

No the punchline of the joke will be how little the Celtics give up for him (I will laugh for sure)

Horror_Response_1991 | Magic

-11 | 7 hours ago

That no player grows up liking the Mavs

bd1047 | Mavericks

15 | 7 hours ago

This is coming from a Magic fan!?!?

Horror_Response_1991 | Magic

-7 | 7 hours ago

Are the Magic photoshopping children into Magic gear? We’ve accepted no current players wore Magic gear.

Nice_Cash_7000 | Heat

1 | 7 hours ago

Dwight looked super cool with the 2 color sleeves on both arms tho

staykurrious | Mavericks

2 | 6 hours ago

Very ironic coming from that flair

Horror_Response_1991 | Magic

1 | 6 hours ago

How so? Future players don’t wear Magic gear either. I don’t have to root for a popular team to point out the obvious.

Kahn-Man | Cavaliers

63 | 7 hours ago

Who tf cares

2icecreamsandwiches | Mavericks

19 | 7 hours ago

Celtics fans I guess?

Ill_Intention8150

36 | 7 hours ago

Why are you butt hurt about this lmao.

It’s obviously a joke from their social media team. They knew the Boston shitters would give them free engagement and it’s obviously working.

moby323 | 76ers

11 | 7 hours ago

They act like someone put photoshopped a lakers hat onto Larry bird lol

weekndalex | Lakers

10 | 7 hours ago

damn now we gotta do this just for the reactions

Business_Number8979

29 | 7 hours ago

Someone has to boost team morale somehow, If an 19 year old rookie dropped 50 in his rookie season, I’m doing anything and everything to make him happy

RollGata

2 | 7 hours ago

Who said a couple weeks ago that’s it’s the worst year of his life.

The photoshops shall continue until morale improves

No_Diver_629

-41 | 7 hours ago

And this will make him happy? Shitting on his youth?

haikupoetics2 | Spurs

19 | 7 hours ago

This may be the softest Reddit comment I’ve ever read.

ThinReply2047 | Thunder

15 | 7 hours ago

Ahh yes changing the color and logo on his beanie is surely shitting on his youth

Someonediffernt | PHO

1 | 7 hours ago

They also said New Hampsire is a better place to grow up than Maine and that people born north of Portland only know how to grow potatoes

aareyes12 | Spurs

13 | 7 hours ago

My least favorite part was when they murdered his nan that raised him

AceMcStace | Trail Blazers

26 | 7 hours ago

This is hilarious why are people mad

Necessary-One1782 | Lakers

4 | 6 hours ago

its a celtics fan theyll find anything

BushyBrowz | Knicks

3 | 6 hours ago

It’s so obviously photoshopped too. Did you think they were legitimately trying to fool people?

ImANewRedditor | Nuggets

2 | 5 hours ago

I guarantee a decent amount of people on Twitter are fooled. Have you see the stuff people believe?

Spare-Shake-2999 | Hornets

20 | 7 hours ago

And this was worth a post?

Parks1993 | Supersonics

19 | 7 hours ago

Ok?

JNerdGaming | Knicks

16 | 7 hours ago

only celtics fans would care about this

MartinJoedegaard | Bucks

17 | 7 hours ago

Thickest skinned Celtics fan.

rcoffers | Thunder

13 | 7 hours ago

How dare they

StefonDiggsHS | Mavericks

11 | 7 hours ago

LOL

WBStylist | Bucks

10 | 7 hours ago

Go touch grass you fuckin weirdo

PixelBy_Pixel | Pistons

6 | 7 hours ago

slow news day huh

quadraticcheese

6 | 7 hours ago

Congrats op, you’re the lowest common denominator that marketing teams know they can bait

Bohmuffinzo_o | Celtics

4 | 7 hours ago

This is hilarious

Alexcox95 | Heat

3 | 7 hours ago

Can’t wait for Jaylen Browns reaction video

Maleficent-Style8507

2 | 7 hours ago

reddit.com

jamiehizzle | Raptors

2 | 7 hours ago

Happened to Kelly Olynk. No big deal

Tylanner

2 | 7 hours ago

Luka who👌

TrillDauterive | Pistons

2 | 7 hours ago

Are Boston fans really this humorless?

RunDatTriangle | Lakers

2 | 7 hours ago

I think that’s the joke/point of that post lol

BatchFloss | 76ers

2 | 7 hours ago

currently clutching my pearls

Spaghettibeach | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

Big news for anyone who has never seen a poorly edited photo

staykurrious | Mavericks

3 | 6 hours ago

Celtics fans are so annoying lol

Tua-Lipa

2 | 6 hours ago

Who the fuck cares lol

jfrodriguez1983 | Mavericks

2 | 6 hours ago

Oh no the travesty!

No_Mammoth_4945 | Charlotte Bobcats

2 | 6 hours ago

I don’t care. In fact, I’m honestly a little happy it’s photoshop and not AI

mybankpin | Celtics

2 | 4 hours ago

They should’ve gone further. Replace the backdrop with a room full of Mavs posters. Give him a Mavs jacket or jersey. Turn the trophy into a Dirk bobblehead.

Ftheyankeei

1 | 7 hours ago

They never should have gone to Street Sets. It’s pointless because you don’t think it’s real.

BrokeAlert_ | Spurs

1 | 6 hours ago

My pearls are clutched

j_cruise | Nets

1 | 6 hours ago

Who cares

mellted_cheese

1 | 6 hours ago

Ok

LilHercules | Nuggets

1 | 6 hours ago

Penalty: Foul. No! Two fouls!!

Yoshinobu_YamaGOATo

1 | 6 hours ago

What are the odds that Bill Simmons bitches about this in his next pod? -800?

Yourfakerealdad | Kings

1 | 5 hours ago

Lmao pretty sure this just supposed to be silly. Why you so upset over it. There’s nothing there to be even remotely upset about.

rnathani91

1 | 4 hours ago

Color change is absolutely unnecessary. I literally own a Mavs green throwback beanie.

zeDragonESSNCE | Nuggets

1 | 4 hours ago

Weirdly enough I think this is too good for an intentionally bad photoshop lmao. It’d be funnier if it’s just a random Mav logo covering the beanie in MS paint

HolidayNick | Mavericks

1 | 4 hours ago

It’s supposed to be just a fun joke. Criticizing the photoshop is so wild man.

krwngld | Supersonics

1 | 3 hours ago

Getting major Connor Roy vibes from this

PrettyBlossom12

0 | 7 hours ago

The intern who did this definitely just used the ‘Generative Fill’ button and called it a day. It looks like the beanie is melting into his forehead. High-level engagement bait right here.

Oceanbreeze871 | Celtics

0 | 7 hours ago

Oh wow an nba player grew up in a different part of the country than where he currently plays and had a favorite local team as a kid.

Scandal.

daboys765 | Celtics

-1 | 7 hours ago

Guess we’ll have to photoshop it back when they trade him to us for Derrick White in 5 years

EscpFrmPlanetObvious | Celtics

-1 | 7 hours ago

We’ll see who’s laughing when free agent flagg declines his mavs extension and joins the Celtics

OddEffect9397 | Spurs

2 | 6 hours ago

Why would he do that?

WTFAnimations | Pacers

-2 | 7 hours ago

They wanted to recreate the image of a young Wemby wearing a Spurs jersey 💀

2icecreamsandwiches | Mavericks

3 | 7 hours ago

I mean there is a legit image of young cooper in a Mavs t-shirt. This one was just a troll for Celtics fans.

jackaholicus | Mavericks

1 | 5 hours ago

No, this is a reference to a tweet about a baseball player.

yeetmxster420 | Minneapolis Lakers

-5 | 7 hours ago

Cooper Flagg going to Boston will have the same chance that Tatum will come to the Lakers

it’s not happening

holyyguava | Hornets

11 | 7 hours ago

Those aren’t the same thing. Tatum grew up a laker fan because of 1 player. Cooper and his entire family were/are huge Celtics fans, from the area.

Not saying Cooper is going to Boston. Way too early to even say that.

Business_Number8979

-1 | 7 hours ago

Curious I need to ask a hornets fan this question, what are your thoughts on Pj Hall? Has he been good for you guys during the season or do you want him to be traded off his two way contract?

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-1 | 6 hours ago

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holyyguava | Hornets

1 | 5 hours ago

Did you read my comment wrong? I didn’t say I think he’s going to the Celtics.

UpvoteIfYouAgreee | BOS

2 | 7 hours ago

home town teams getting consideration is way different imo

OddEffect9397 | Spurs

2 | 6 hours ago

Ya you’re right, they generally don’t because most players don’t like playing in their hometown and having 5000 people begging for free tickets every day. Plenty of players have said so

UpvoteIfYouAgreee | BOS

3 | 6 hours ago

that happens too yeah, but theres always a Kawhi that really wants to play at home too

OddEffect9397 | Spurs

0 | 5 hours ago

No there isn’t always a kawhi there is one kawhi and even then the money and the team competitiveness had to be right.

UpvoteIfYouAgreee | BOS

1 | 5 hours ago

Did Fox not partly demand the Spurs because hes a Houston guy?

OddEffect9397 | Spurs

0 | 4 hours ago

Wouldn’t he just demand Houston?

Money and team situation will always be 1 and 2 in free agency. Hometown is at best a tie breaker and to a lot of players a detractor

UpvoteIfYouAgreee | BOS

2 | 4 hours ago

i mean i never said it was THE deciding factor i literally called it a consideration.

ar_yuri

1 | 4 hours ago

LeBron surely counts?

OddEffect9397 | Spurs

1 | 24 minutes ago

He dressed it up as coming home but that was by far the best basketball situation for him.

The heat were falling apart, the Cavs had gotten their third first overall pick pick in 4 years, had kyrie and the assets to trade for a star. The money to max LeBron. No other team that offseason could have given him a max and put as good of a team around him.

If you think LeBron goes to Cavs if the money isn’t max or the contending isn’t guaranteed idk what to tell you

Outside-Sector9818 | Kings

1 | 7 hours ago

But what if no Boston type winning happens for him in Dallas? Maybe he does a Durant lol. Idk 🤷🏽‍♂️

Afraid-Department-35 | Mavericks

6 | 7 hours ago

No one knows but he has said that he really likes it here in Dallas and the org has been great to keep morale up despite all the losing. In a recent podcast he said that during the lottery when SA, Dallas and Philly were in the top 3 he was excited at the possibility of not paying state income tax lmao.

UpvoteIfYouAgreee | BOS

3 | 7 hours ago

yeah Tatum winning and getting drafted to the Lakers biggest rivals is why he wont end up on the lakers if he was losing on the Pelicans ive no doubt hed end up in piss yellow

Outside-Sector9818 | Kings

3 | 7 hours ago

Hell, if the rest of his Celtics teammates were trash in another reality, he might have tried to push for it who knows. lol. Not just on the Pels. But winning solves a lot issues though

midnight-mc | Celtics

0 | 7 hours ago

Quietly hoping he doesn’t become eligible for a super max

Tech_Quest8

0 | 7 hours ago

If Luka can get traded, anything is possible

Temporary_Quote5566 | Celtics

-8 | 7 hours ago

I’m not counting on anything, but there is a notable difference:

Tatum is playing for a franchise with a competent front office that has set him up with the opportunity to compete for titles each season since he entered the league.

Flagg is playing for the Mavs.

EDIT: Mavs fans, I will leave this comment up and accept your downvotes as I believe you deserve an outlet to express your frustration. That said, don’t front like you have faith in the Mavs’ ownership and front office to make the right decisions in the years to come.

OddEffect9397 | Spurs

1 | 6 hours ago

Ya f the mavs, no great player has ever spent their entire career on that team. That team has never had any playoff success

Temporary_Quote5566 | Celtics

2 | 6 hours ago

The original comment was made in jest.

But to the point you’re trying to make … the current Mavs ownership has not won anything notable or proven themselves to be the least bit competent. They were handed a team that was capable of contending for titles, and they thoroughly fucked it up. They had a star player prepared to spend his career with them, and they traded him for pocket lint.

Do I think Flagg is coming to Boston? Fuck no. He’s loyal as hell and I’m sure he would love to stay and win in Dallas. Do I think there’s a good chance they inadvertently do to him what the Cavs did to LeBron in his first stint through sheer incompetence? Yes, I do.

OddEffect9397 | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

Lol I return jest with jest and receive a wall of text.. never change reddit

staykurrious | Mavericks

1 | 6 hours ago

3rd highest win percentage since 2000 btw

makkenzier222

-5 | 7 hours ago

The Mavericks’ social media team clearly used the same ‘budget’ for this photoshop as they did for the defense in the 4th quarter.

heavy-rain123

-7 | 7 hours ago

Someone just used chatgpt; a celtics media intern would never

Not-JustinTV

-6 | 7 hours ago

The Mavs KARMA fo trading Luka…Flagg leaves in free agency for pennies

MissSeductive22

-9 | 7 hours ago

The Mavericks social media team really thought they could just hit the bucket fill tool and call it a day. That beanie looks like it was rendered on a calculator. If this is the ‘elite’ scouting and recruitment effort we’re seeing, Cooper’s already got one foot back in Boston just to find someone who knows how to use a layer mask.

jrtasoli | Nets

-9 | 7 hours ago

Seems like a weird but great way to alienate your star player you picked #1 overall.

You know, again.

ottespana | Thunder

-10 | 7 hours ago

I just think putting pictures of kids into AI models is weird as fuck - and yes it odds are higher on AI rather than Photoshop. Even then, in general, editing pictures of kids is something we can go without.

But it’s absolutely a nothing burger for the rest

Kahn-Man | Cavaliers

8 | 7 hours ago

He’s not a kid. He’s an adult. There’s a massive difference doing this compared to an actual current child. Take your fake rage elsewhere weird as fuck.

Apex--Redditer | Spurs

-7 | 7 hours ago

The picture is of him as a kid dumbass

Kahn-Man | Cavaliers

5 | 7 hours ago

No shit idiot. But he’s not a kid anymore. Can you read? Dumbass.

Apex--Redditer | Spurs

-5 | 7 hours ago

Feeding pictures of children into AI itself is the issue. It doesn’t matter that he’s an adult now, the issue with the database having photos of children that can then be used still exists.

OddEffect9397 | Spurs

2 | 6 hours ago

I actually agree but not just kids. I frown at the idea of putting images of anyone into AI models

Horror_Response_1991 | Magic

-16 | 7 hours ago

Yeah someone has to be fired for that. Not the person who did it, the person that decided it should be done.

gogglegump

37 | 7 hours ago

Goddamn Redditors are the biggest dorks on the planet

TheUsualQuestions

12 | 7 hours ago

Nah it’s fun lol

dec92010 | Bulls

7 | 7 hours ago

Fired? Should kill em!!!

/s

The Dallas Mavericks official twitter account photoshopped an image of a young Cooper Flagg, replacing his Celtics beanie with a Mavericks one.