- Milwaukee Bucks head coach Jason Kidd was fired on Monday evening in a surprising midseason move.
- On Twitter, it temporarily appeared as though the Bucks were celebrating his departure, as balloons fell over the screen for the Bucks' birthday.
- The comedy of errors was fixed soon after it was discovered, but not before many basketball fans took note of the awkward moment.
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Unfortunate timing made it look like the Bucks were celebrating the firing of Jason Kidd on Twitter
Jason Kidd was fired on Monday, and due to an unfortunate coincidence of timing, it looked like the Bucks were celebrating the decision on social media.
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An unfortunate comedy of errors led some basketball fans to believe that the Milwaukee Bucks were celebrating the firing of head coach Jason Kidd with a post on the team's Twitter account Monday evening.
Kidd was relieved of his duties on Monday in a move that surprised many — even Kidd himself apparently didn't find out he had lost his job before the reports became public. Adding insult to injury for the former Bucks coach was the fact that for a while, the Bucks official Twitter account was dropping balloons, in what appeared to be a celebration of the news.
The move left some fans confused.
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@Bucks why the balloons r y... @ Bobe Kryant
But rather than a jab at the Bucks former coach on his way out the door, the moment was instead simply a case of bad timing. January 22, 2018 happens to be the Bucks' 50th anniversary as a franchise, or 50th "birthday" if you will.
With the Bucks' birthday set on Twitter, any user that came to their profile on Monday would be greeted with balloons in celebration — it just so happened that news less positive in nature happened to break on the same day.
Bad Visual for Jason Kidd. ... @ Steve Klug
that balloons for the bucks... @ kelly cohen
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Adding to the confusion even more was the fact that many Bucks fans were in fact celebrating their coach's departure.
Me when I found out #JasonK... @ Mike Mouchantat
Trying so hard to not use t... @ Giannis is Upon Us
Bucks fans rejoice!!! #FTD ... @ Patrick D
The Bucks removed their birthday from their page soonafter they realized what was happening, presumably in hopes of avoiding any further confusion.
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