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Just a Joke: How I accidentally became the focal point of Miami Heat Twitter

Portland's Damian Lillard and Miami's Davion Mitchell were not amused
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Feb 23, 2025; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard (0) drives for the basket between Miami Heat guard Davion Mitchell (45) and guard Tyler Herro (14) during the second quarter at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images
Feb 23, 2025; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard (0) drives for the basket between Miami Heat guard Davion Mitchell (45) and guard Tyler Herro (14) during the second quarter at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images | USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect

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Ever make a joke a few people think is funny but then others do not even realize it is a joke? No one knows this more than me, especially now. I have always believed you make jokes for yourself then if other people laugh it is a plus, but what if other people threaten you? Then what?

Anyone that knows me knows I like to have fun and never take anything too seriously. Sometimes that backfires. This is what I had the pleasure of finding out when I made what I thought was an obvious sarcastic joke about Davion Mitchell working out with Giannis Antetokounmpo in Greece.

Now I am not going to sit here and explain the joke that is not the point of this, but man did this joke not land with 90% of NBA X (formally Twitter). I especially did not expect the attention it received.

Somehow Damian Lillard saw this post, and it seems took it as a personal shot at him. I can understand how he would think that so first, sorry to Lillard if he thought the post was an attack at him. It was not meant to be and hope there are no hard feelings.

This is where the fun started, suddenly I was the sole focus on thousands, if not millions of eyeballs. This is something I do not recommend in this context, but it did lead to an entertaining few hours.

After Lillard’s first reply, I thought it was a great opportunity to have some fun and continue joking around. This was apparently the wrong choice. Lillard made that known when he responded yet again.

I am officially getting cooked by Lillard for the whole world to see. This was not the end though as then Davion Mitchell chimes in. Look I get what it became but in no way was my intention to “start drama” like Mitchell says, it happened but that was not the plan.

Since then, it has been a wild ride being the focus of so much attention. First, I do not think I could ever step foot in Portland as the number of threats I have received is astonishing. They certainly feel the need to back up their legend.

Somehow this has turned into a semi national story with Jeff Teague mentioning the exchange on his podcast, X putting it in trending sports, and national outlets writing articles about it. Even friends have texted me about it laughing at the interaction.

To all the people saying I should have doubled down, well unfortunately there was truly nothing to double down on. I am sorry to disappoint everyone, but it really was a misunderstanding on a dumb joke that caught the attention of one of the greatest basketball players of All-Time.

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Major Passons has covered the Miami Heat for the Five Reasons Sports Network since 2022, and regularly appears on their lead podcast, Five on the Floor. He has also specialized in coverage of the G League. X (formerly Twitter) handle: @Major_Passons.

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