Some good-natured trash talk or Spaina general airing of grievances is far from unheard of among pro athletes on social media, but this little beef between two NBA stars got real personal real fast.
Grab your popcorn.
SEE ALSO: The most dad-ass dad sneaker of all time just became even more dadIt all starts with some-good natured ribbing during Friday night's game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies. The Blazers' official account tweeted out a GIF making fun of Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons for air-balling a three-pointer.
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No big deal, right? Well, Chandler took exception after the game.
Portland is on track to miss the playoffs this year, while Memphis is on track to qualify. That's what Chandler is referencing in this comeback wishing the Trail Blazers good fortune in the draft lottery for non-playoff teams.
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Pettiness, thy name is Chandler Parsons. Or is it actually C.J. McCollum?
McCollum, a Trail Blazers guard, fired back at Parsons in a major way.
Parsons considered signing with Portland this off-season, but instead accepted a massive deal from Memphis. He has, however, had a poor season with the Grizzlies. Portland, McCollum said, "hit the lottery" by missing out on their pursuit of Parsons last summer.
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Blazers teammate Damian Lillard seemed to enjoy the burn.
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Chandler tried to get the last word in by referencing his $95 million deal with Memphis.
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But the internet had already declared McCollum this Twitter fight's winner by TKO.
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Portland teammate Evan Turner, meanwhile, was like many of us in that he was grateful just to have witnessed the historic internet fight.
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Trail Blazers president Chris McGowan later released a statement saying the original airball tweet from the official team account that set the whole thing off was "probably a little too close to the line" separating humor and mean-spiritedness.
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Chandler replied that it's all nothing to get too worked up about.
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See? All's well that ends well. But let the record show: Chandler still got burned by McCollum, whose Trail Blazers even picked up a 112-109 win over Memphis on Friday, adding injury to insult.
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