You won’t find a more connected sports league out there than the NBA. I mean, think about it. They do everything possible to put their games in your face, right?
They just slashed the price of League Pass this year — thankfully. The league’s highlights are also always widely available on social media platforms, so anybody can check out the action from the previous night at any time.
I’m thankful for all of that. Truly, I am. It’s been this way for a while and it’s helped me and so many others become more passionate fans of the game.
But you know what I didn’t ask for? This new feature the league is adding to their NBA app.
Apparently, you can scan yourself and literally put yourself in the game. Honestly, describing it doesn’t do it justice. You have to see it for yourself
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver unveils streaming experience of the future via the NBA App – and you can be in it! pic.twitter.com/FKYJvskf0H
— NBA (@NBA) February 17, 2023
Y’all. Adam Silver really just dropped Ahmad Rashad into Talen Horton-Tucker’s body. That’s a real sentence I just typed.
Uh, this is cool, I guess, if you’re into this sort of thing. You basically create your avatar and you copy and paste it onto someone else’s body. So if you ever wanted to watch yourself dunk, I guess this is your time? This is going to work really well for the 10-year-olds out there who really just want to be LeBron James for a night.
Hate to tell you this, NBA, but no one asked for this. If I wanted to dunk the ball with Talen Horton-Tucker, I’d just play NBA 2k. I’m sorry.
Everybody on the internet made this into a meme. And rightfully so. Again — nobody asked for this. Not a soul. So what else is there to do with it? Exactly.
we just want refs to make the right call
— Travonne Edwards (@Travonne) February 17, 2023
if this is anything like 2k's face scan, the body dysmorphia bout to be insane
— prince j. grimes (@pgprincej) February 17, 2023
Me betting on myself: pic.twitter.com/ihR1ECRuse
— Playmaker Betting (@playmakerbet) February 17, 2023
— Pat Egan (@Pat_Egan) February 17, 2023
there’s about to be a new era of cap https://t.co/HEy0FfJo23
— Mike Rotch (@mrmikerotch) February 17, 2023
Me after I dunk on AD https://t.co/VRtX2umQKp pic.twitter.com/VFNUsCNcJw
— Pat (@patmanskoop_) February 17, 2023
Lebron after I hit a game winner on him https://t.co/G5zRv5rZl3 pic.twitter.com/XM8uvilDxH
— Daivon Hodges (@DaivonHodges) February 17, 2023
me after swatting iggy during the finals https://t.co/GutfoM2X7T pic.twitter.com/Q8YqN9iSy9
— LBJ ʰᶦᵐ (@KiLBJJ) February 17, 2023
If Jacque Vaughn won’t put Cam Thomas in the game I will. https://t.co/LulmikIYqi
— Leb 🦋 (@PlayboiLeb) February 17, 2023
Imagine making yourself Isaiah Stewart chasing LeBron man 😂 https://t.co/GIiMcN1Fm5 pic.twitter.com/cu1BpyvjR3
— OKC Skittles 🍬 (@OKCskittles) February 17, 2023
LeBron when he sees me check inpic.twitter.com/7ZqklGFJLS https://t.co/sWnOlad2Vf
— Buttcrack Sports (@ButtCrackSports) February 17, 2023
This one right here, though. This is the tweet.
DAWG WE JUST WANT Y’ALL TO FIX LEAGUE PASS AND THE LOCAL AREA BLACKOUTS https://t.co/TqJnkyXGm1
— Miles Sanders Before The Game🫣 (@TerranovaNoah) February 17, 2023
BOOM. DASSIT. Please, NBA. Get it done.
