If you’re here and reading this, you probably care quite a bit about sports, the Los Angeles Lakers, or LeBron James. However, there’s is unfortunately an endpoint where fandom can get to where it crosses over into a deeply personal violation. Lakers starting guard Danny Green and his fiance now, unfortunately, have also been victims of this type of violation of fandom.
With the Lakers shutting down practice after Friday night’s grueling Game 5 loss to Miami, they spoke to the media on Sunday morning before Game 6. Green then shared with reporters that he and his wife have gotten death threats on social media, even though he played it pretty cool.
Danny Green says he hasn't been paying much attention to social media, but his fiancee let him know that they're both getting death threats. He says he's not the type to worry about that. "People are emotional. Fans are emotional. I hope people don't take it that seriously."
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) October 11, 2020
Green actually played pretty well for most of Game 5, but he just missed a shot. While Lakers fans have a right to be disappointed the shot didn’t go their way, it’s also a game and something nobody, especially family members, should be threatened to lose their life over.
Game 6 of the NBA Finals is at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday night.
