Orlando Magic, NBA Teams Show Support For Banned Twitter Parody Account ‘NBA Centel’
NBA Centel [sic], regarded as the greatest sports parody account on X/Twitter, may be done for good.
The news caught everyone by surprise — NBA fans were spiraling over the sudden loss of the ‘fake news’ generator, which has amassed a huge following for its ‘so bad it’s good’ fake news headlines.
On Wednesday, fans posted screenshots of an inactive NBA Centel account on X, with nearly 350K followers on the social network. The tweets weren’t available for viewing, and the account appeared seriously handcuffed. They appeared to break a cardinal sin on X. The question remains: what was it?
To many, losing Centel was the end of an era in sports commentary, akin to the loss of “FIRE JOE MORGAN.”
“Free Centel” started trending on X Wednesday night as the swell of support and mourning joined forces.
NBA teams got involved, with the Orlando Magic and Sacramento Kings posting “Free Centel” and “RIP Centel,” respectively.
When the history books name the grandfathers of sports parody accounts, NBA Centel will definitely have its chapter.
The account did sport a new tag, labeled as ‘Parody,’ which could suggest it was flagged for posting one of its ridiculously improbable headlines.
“Centel’d” is a term coined by the internet that points out media outlets who report their bad news as real news. Merriam-Webster acknowledged the term as an official word in 2024.
READ: Parody NBA Account Somehow Gets Acknowledged By Dictionary Merriam-Webster
X Chief Elon Musk may face his fiercest media pushback if the social network is found guilty of ‘banning’ NBA Centel.
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NBA Fans React, As Do NBA Teams, To ‘Loss of NBA Centel
Is There Hope?
The Entire Internet Is Mourning After Twitter Shut Down One Of Its Most Popular & Beloved Sports Pages
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By Darrelle Lincoln,
NBACentel is used to having the NBA community going crazy, but this time around, it’s because of their shocking demise.
The popular parody page that has fooled thousands suddenly got banned on X, formerly “Twitter.”
That’s what happened on Wednesday, and it sent everyone into mourning.
The popular NBA parody account was removed from X on Wednesday for refusing a “parody” label.
Last month, X officially launched its new “Parody” account labels, which aim to reduce confusion around what’s being shared, and by whom, in the app.
NBACentel was one of many parody accounts that did not add it to their account. They paid the ultimate price by having their account banned.
Fans couldn’t believe it.
“Time to raise NBACentel’s jersey to the Twitter rafters. We’ll never see a talent like this one ever again 🕊️,” one fan said.
“Dad, tell me about NBACentel’s 2024-2025 run,” another fan added.
“can’t believe they packed NBACentel 💔💔,” another heartbroken fan stated.
“dad tell me what happened to nbacentel,” a fan posted with a video of Kevin Durant becoming emotional.
“They finally got Centel. A tragic day in NBA Twitter history,” one final fan commented.
The explosion of social media has impacted sports, including pages that help to send out correct and false information.
The NBA community on X has dealt with misinformation like no other sport since it’s largely welcomed.
X accounts have done their best to fool some fans into believing false rumors.
Nobody has done it better than NBACentel.
Unfortunately, it appears it is all over as various accounts within the NBA community on X noticed Wednesday that the account had a “posts aren’t loading right now” message beneath it.
That is a sign that it is either banned or restricted.
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