A Twitter user sent Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss a direct message to thank her and general manager Rob Pelinka for the trades the team made at the deadline, but she wasn’t happy.
The Twitter user seemed confused as to why Buss wasn’t «grateful» for his praise, but he seemed to have a good reason.
Twitter user @BronGotGame tweeted his thanks with Buss’s response stating:
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Jeanie Buss, co-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, holds up a new team jersey. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
«I’m not sure how you got into my private message area because I don’t follow you, but it seems like it was around the time my account was hacked. Could you be the hacker by any chance? I’d appreciate it if you would stop.» sending me hate messages, but if you do, I’m going to mute your account, so you’ll be wasting your time. We both have better things to do with our time, right? Thanks for your understanding. Best of luck in your future. .»
«I’m crying dude. Jeanie Buss responded to my dm’s and was just thanking her and Pelinka for the trades that closed, thank the lady,» @BronGotGame tweeted, with a screenshot of the trade.
However, Buss pulled out the receipts and shared previous messages the user sent her in prior months, one of which said she would be «the worst owner in sports if she doesn’t make a trade before this season is unsalvageable.»
«Here’s an example of the harassing messages. Like I’ve said before on this platform, everyone is entitled to their opinion, so I’m not arguing about it. I just don’t want my DMs to be full of your fake trading suggestions. from GM BS, that’s all.»
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The Lakers made a few moves leading up to the trade deadline, including a blockbuster to get rid of Russell Westbrook. They acquired D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Rui Hachimura, Davon Reed and Mo Bamba while firing Westbrook, Thomas Bryant, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Damian Jones and Patrick Beverley.
Lakers president Jeanie Buss attends the Rock To Recovery 5t benefit concert at The Fonda Theater on July 9, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)
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The Lakers are currently the 13th seed in the West at 27-32, and are 2.0 players behind the Oklahoma City Thunder for the final play-in tournament spot.