The social media crew in New Orleans had to know this wouldn't end well.
Anthony Davis celebrated his 26th birthday on Monday, so the Pelicans sent out a standard birthday message from the team's official Twitter account. Pretty harmless, right?
Happy Birthday @AntDavis23! 🎊 pic.twitter.com/OkfdbgrVGu
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 11, 2019
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Except for that whole part about Davis requesting a trade and the saga derailing New Orleans' season. That made Pelicans fans fire off some understandably emotional replies.
— Casey Rogers (@Casedillas_) March 11, 2019
— Chandler Brauf (@chandlerbreaux2) March 11, 2019
— Sean Haspel (@SeanHaspel) March 11, 2019
— Jason Pitts (@mluck80) March 11, 2019
— Daniel Abadie Jr. (@deurty_dan_jr) March 11, 2019
Why would we wish happy birthday to a guy that has repeatedly disrespected our city and the people here? I didn't even know 🐍 had birthdays. 👎👎 pic.twitter.com/sBxSMc7Qrh
— ♊Gerard♊ (@gluke94) March 11, 2019
At least take this opportunity to promote the YouTube channel?
Here for the replies?! Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel 👀https://t.co/Z0bE6DAz82
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 11, 2019
The Pelicans also made the mistake of not disabling Instagram comments. Here's a sampling...
Only 13 more games to go! Sorry, Pelicans fans.