A weird trend has popped up as social media continues to shape what fans think they know about the athletes they root for. It’s reached a point where, honestly, professional athletes are probably better off staying off social media.
Fans can’t help themselves. The potential retweets and likes drive some to stalking.
Most recently, D’Angelo Russell found himself in the middle of one of the year’s dumbest “controversies” after a fan unearthed a tweet Russell liked regarding his potential backcourt mate.
Russell is already one of the league’s most polarizing players thanks largely in part to his Snapchat situation with Nick Young, so you just knew those who already dislike him for whatever reason were going to jump on this latest example of the perceived off-court issues that have supposedly plagued his career.