Looks like JR Smith wasn’t the only one criticized for his 9/11 tribute post. The Lakers also tried to commemorate 9/11 by posting a photo, but fans got upset & they ended up deleting the tweet/photo and releasing an apology.
Check it out after the jump & let us know what you think…
*PHOTO ABOVE IN GALLERY*
Via PBT:
The picture was of Kobe Bryant, and featured the patch worn on his jersey in remembrance of the tragic event, with the #NEVERFORGET hashtag in bold white letters just above it.
It wasn’t very well-received, some saying it was in bad taste because the photo focused on Kobe/Lakers and not the event, some people believing it was a weak attempt at humor based on Bryant’s hair style at the time. So the team ended up deleting the tweet, and Lakers spokesman John Black issued an apology.
From Sam Amick of USA Today:
“We apologize to anyone who took this differently than we intended and were therefore offended by it,” Lakers spokesman John Black said in an e-mail. “We used a photo of how we commemorated 9/11 in the 2001-02 season, shortly after the tragedy occurred, because we wanted to show our support of what we felt at that time and continue to feel now. Out of respect for the intensely personal nature of how people remember this day, and that we recognize that not everyone understood the intent of our message, we pulled down our tweet and photo. Ultimately, our intent was to honor the spirit of remembering a day that we should all never forget.”
