Miami Heat forward Andre Iguodala was watching a WNBA game during his stay in the NBA bubble when he decided to take to Twitter, setting off an unexpected beef.
Iguodala thought he was paying Washington Mystics star Aerial Powers a compliment by tweeting about her game:
Number 23 from the mystics is nice!!!
— andre (@andre) July 29, 2020
As it turns out, that compliment wasn't too well-received by the Mystics shooting guard:
Put some respect on my name or keep this tweet to yourself!! https://t.co/xFtU8f7KWp
— LIQUID | Aerial Powers (@aerial_powers23) July 29, 2020
Or her followers:
Anyone BLACK should understand what #SayHerName means to this community. Add him to the cancel list and keep it moving. He can't stay on any given team. He's expendable in his league. She is not @aerial_powers23 wear your crown high queen! ✊🏽
— DrDopeCope (@DrDopeCope) July 29, 2020
People are really surly these days. THANK YOU for supporting the WNBA! Her name is Aerial Powers. #TeachableMoment
Practice kindness people until it's a habit…
— Evelyn M. Douglas (@EvelynMDouglas) July 29, 2020
Powers was not having it, even if the disrespect wasn't intentional. The Heat veteran was seemingly annoyed by the response:
…no manners
— andre (@andre) July 29, 2020
But Powers wasn't done yet, airing out Iguodala's dirty laundry on her timeline:
We deal with disrespect on the daily so for someone like you @andre to tweet that off the same device u could have looked me up on is unacceptable. Mind you commentator said my name. Would it have been the same if I was a guy?Look at the pic. I didn’t forget . I SAID WHAT I SAID! https://t.co/hl0qYJNjI4 pic.twitter.com/2kPTbJPScP
— LIQUID | Aerial Powers (@aerial_powers23) July 29, 2020
This was from an early 2016 TMZ Sports article in which Iguodala's daughter's mother made that allegation when seeking to triple the amount of child support.
A few in the comments used the internet for more than merely looking up dirt:
“so says his baby mama (who was tryna get child support raised from $16K to $58K) in a bitter court case.” imagine using a tmz headline with 0 context
— 🅱️randon (@b_wilkinson25) July 29, 2020
Nevertheless, Powers' followers were irate at the Heat swingman:
https://twitter.com/AllysnCarpenter/status/1288498659580092417
So were her Mystics teammates:
SHE SAID WHAT SHE SAID. https://t.co/K628RBTN64
— Natasha Cloud (@T_Cloud4) July 29, 2020
Powers had a tremendous outing, putting up 27 points and shooting an impressive 10-of-14 from the floor while canning 4-of-6 from deep.
It's unfortunate that this rift with the 36-year-old Heat veteran blew up to astronomical levels, getting real personal and real fast due to a lack of social media decorum. NBA players like LeBron James, Trae Young, and many others have vouched for the WNBA product, and a host of stars repped orange WNBA hoodies to commemorate the start of the new season.
Let's just hope this was a misunderstanding and that amends will be made between the two parties.
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