Social media exchanges between NBA teams are usually awesome.
The one shared between the Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings on Thursday night was no exception.
It was the Hawks who, seemingly by accident, got things started:
[tweet https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/708084165120405504]
Soon after, the Kings slid into their mentions:
[tweet https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/708086184400957440]
Atlanta fired right back:
[tweet https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/708086829954822144]
Sacramento was not to be outdone:
[tweet https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/708087460253736960]
But the Hawks weren’t ready to quit:
[tweet https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/708088524344524801]
Turns out the Kings weren’t ready to power down the Twitter machine, either:
[tweet https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/708092477169754113]
There you have it.
Pointless?
Perhaps.
Awesome?
Absolutely.
Such is life on NBA Twitter: ridiculously amazing, albeit sometimes devoid of any profound meaning.