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Logan Newman

JJ Redick on having to shotgun a beer: ‘NBA Twitter never fails’

After New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick posted a picture to social media that included a Bud Light, a newly formed Twitter page dedicated to re-posting NBA player activity inside the bubble to ask him if he would shotgun it.

Get 10,000 retweets by 5 p.m. the following day, Redick replied, and he would do it.

Before morning rolled around, the 10,000th retweet came through.

“Didn’t exactly expect that tweet to get 10,000 retweets, but, NBA twitter never fails. So, yeah, at about 5:00, I’ll post something,” Redick said when asked about it in an interview that was posted to the Pelicans’ social media account.

NBA players: They’re just like us.

Now, instead of fans judging him for tasks on the basketball court at which he is way, way better than the rest of us, fans can instead judge him on his ability to down a beer.

And Redick might not be the only player doing this. Miami Heat big Meyers Leonard quote-tweeted Redick saying he would shotgun a Coors Light if his own tweet got 10,000 retweets.

Because what else would you do when you’re stuck inside a confined area?

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