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Posturing is everything. Intent is erroneous. You’re probably sexist.
Andre Iguodala found this out recently when he spent his Tuesday night in the bubble tuning in to watch the Washington Mystics take on the Connecticut Sun, a show of support to his professional female counterparts that would backfire in a way I’m still trying to understand.
The game ended in a Mystics W, thanks in large part to a dominant 27 point performance by Michigan State product Aerial Powers.
Shot clock winding down, AP from deep, it's like it was scripted.
Tonight's Play𝘴 of the Game pres. by @CapitalOne pic.twitter.com/LA1VLkqYgD
— Washington Mystics (@WashMystics) July 29, 2020
Stroke.
Iguodala was so impressed with Power’s performance that he tweeted out what used to be considered a compliment to his 1.3 million Twitter followers.
Number 23 from the mystics is nice!!!
— andre (@andre) July 29, 2020
Despite how many times we’ve heard athletes refer to Tom Brady as “Number 12” in interviews, Powers herself viewed this compliment as a personal affront.
Put some respect on my name or keep this tweet to yourself!! https://t.co/xFtU8f7KWp
— LIQUID | Aerial Powers (@aerial_powers23) July 29, 2020
SBNation, whose last post about the WNBA appears to be a week ago, was aghast by the disrespect and determined to be on The Right Side Of History.
SBNation
No word on whether the author of this piece actually watched the game himself, but that’s a moot point because credibility is the direct byproduct of undermining someone else’s.
The exchange devolved from there, with Iguodala offering up a snide remark and Powers dipping into the Cancel Carousel.
…no manners
— andre (@andre) July 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/aerial_powers23/status/1288535815665197057?s=20
https://twitter.com/aerial_powers23/status/1288535815665197057?s=20
Digging up a four-year-old headline out of context to extract the intent of a seemingly complimentary tweet years later is foul play.
Mind you, this TMZ headline is reckless in that the mother of Andre’s daughter made this allegation in a bitter child support battle, among allegations that Iguodala doesn’t bother to even call his daughter on Christmas and saw her for a grand total of nine hours in 2015. Andre allegedly being deadbeat dad doesn’t map on to this situation, try as we may.
Now uknow where he stands sis. Sexism is real. https://t.co/vt6cwhNq8g
— LIQUID | Aerial Powers (@aerial_powers23) July 30, 2020
Safe to say Andre probably won’t be tuning into any more WNBA games, and who can blame him?
Stay woke, folks.