The Miami Heat didn’t take too kindly to the Phoenix Suns’ recent attempt to trash them on social media.
After the NBA released the 2024-25 schedule earlier on Thursday, the Suns’ social media team seized the chance to mock every team’s fanbase on X by starting a thread.
“Every team we play this season but as their fanbases,” the thread goes.
The thread saw the Suns’ social media team analogize the Toronto Raptors fans with singer/rapper Drake, New York Knicks fans with director Spike Lee, Orlando Magic fans with Disneyland visitors, Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs fans with the movie “Cowboys and Aliens,” among others.
But when it came to the Heat, the thread showed a collage showing an empty stadium, people in a club, and DJ Khaled, perhaps insinuating that people don’t watch the games in Miami.
The Heat’s social media team responded in turn, sharing a graphic of the NBA’s 2024 attendance report that lists Miami as the fourth-best team with an attendance of 19,749 fans on average, while Phoenix is at No. 25 with only 17,071.
“Interesting. Check in when you climb into that 24th spot, Suns,” the Heat’s X account retorted with a winking emoji.
The recent social media spat is simply a surefire sign that the NBA is returning soon.
Both teams are similar such that they both have two established players that can help them contend for a spot in the playoffs. However, they both got taken out of the 2024 NBA playoffs too early, being eliminated in the first round.
Miami Heat was a ‘dream team’ for Phoenix Suns star
Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker recently revealed that he hoped to be drafted by the Miami Heat in the 2015 NBA Draft.
In an episode of “The Backyard Podcast” released last week, Booker recounted his encounter with Heat president Pat Riley to D’Angelo Russell and Logan Linkmeyer.
“‘Cause Miami was my best workout, then I remember Pat Riley came and did the interview, and he’s like, ‘We’re looking for a Klay Thompson-type player we need to up our shooting.’ I just shot 40 in college. I’m like, ‘Oh, yeah.’ I’m looking at spots down there by the arena,'” the four-time NBA All-Star recalled.
It would have been interesting how Booker’s career would play out in Miami, but he still became a star in Phoenix. He also recently became a two-time Olympic gold medalist, helping Team USA maintain its top spot on the world stage in the recently ended Paris Olympics.
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