Welcome to For The Win Explains, our little feature where we get you caught up on things going on in the world. Today we’ll do our best to explain a controversy that engulfed NBA Twitter — even Kevin Durant got involved — on Monday night.
Whew, buddy. What a night, er, uh, morning on Twitter. Just when you think things are starting to get a little tame on the internet, they go crazy again.
Last night, NBA Twitter collectively lost it when they realized they might be getting catfished by Lakers fan and podcaster Vivian Flores, who supposedly went missing. When she was found a short time later, it ignited a discussion of whether she actually exists in the first place.
That right there is … a lot. It doesn’t make a ton of sense and the story feels a bit like that meme of Charlie from Always Sunny in Philadelphia connecting the dots.
Don’t worry, though. We got you. Here’s the play-by-play on this absolutely ridiculous story.
