On Friday night, Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen did what Grayson Allen does and took Alex Caruso to the floor with a hard foul. Allen was assessed a Flagarant 2 and was ejected but it led many to highlight his dirty play throughout his collegiate and pro career. It was reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Caruso has a “fractured right wrist” and he’ll “likely need surgery.”
The Chicago Bulls were less than thrilled last night but the Bucks are defending their player. One thing the Bucks did was they posted a video featuring Allen that is promoting tonight’s game against the Sacramento Kings.
Good morning. pic.twitter.com/SB9yxg1tLQ
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) January 22, 2022
The Bucks’ social media department had to have been well aware this would get a reaction, good or bad, from many and that’s kind of the point. They’re trying to promote tonight’s game and even though most people who aren’t Bucks fans are going to see this is and believe it’s in poor taste, many Bucks fans are probably going to appreciate it and those are the people most likely to tune into tonight’s game.
Case in point, that tweet has over 3,500 likes, 400 retweets, 1,800 quote tweets, and has over 300,000 views. Their clip from yesterday promoting last night’s game has 820 likes, 65 retweets, 11 quote tweets, and has around 8,000 views. No matter how cringe this looks, there’s a reason the juice is worth the squeeze. The tweet got the attention and engagement that the team wanted and had a wide range of reactions.
Seriously???
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) January 22, 2022
This is literally so weird
— Bulls Talk (@NBCSBulls) January 22, 2022
Seriously? Really? Hmmmm https://t.co/T4D2i4mXQM
— chuck swirsky (@ctsbulls) January 22, 2022
Delete this @Bucks https://t.co/TF05HF7whD
— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) January 22, 2022
Bucks are 2-for-2 in blatant cheap shots in less than 24hrs. Bad look. https://t.co/Ja8HQ5yyBJ
— Silvy (@WaddleandSilvy) January 22, 2022
This is truly not necessary, let me tell you https://t.co/0UFBlaTd6M
— Alec Sturm (@Alec_Sturm) January 22, 2022
tweeting video of this particular player was a choice you didn't need to make https://t.co/09NdSfv6Lk
— katie dzwierzynski (@kdzwierzynski) January 22, 2022
One of the weirdest most bizarre things i have ever seen as an NBA fan. Im still mad about the whole thing but now i’m speechless. https://t.co/VwNnsge5aa
— Patrick Williams Stan (@big_baller_bob) January 22, 2022
Love the tears 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/CYSytvXB02
— Don't Fire Bud 🇬🇷🦌 (@nikos2711) January 22, 2022
He’s the new Bill Laimbeer only without the rebounding title, All-Star Games and championships. https://t.co/eA9nItXrLS
— Jack M Silverstein (@readjack) January 22, 2022
i can’t imagine what they’d be doing if someone did that to one of their players lol https://t.co/11aT5v49Zf
— 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙮𝙖𝙣 (@AaryanS19) January 22, 2022
A+ trolling https://t.co/svUqSH1GWP
— Math (@BigMEMath) January 22, 2022
