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“It’s a Little Out of Hand”,”Beat They A**”: Stephen Curry’s Teammate Joins Knicks Star and Ex-NBA Veteran in Ridiculing Little Kids

Published 01/18/2023, 9:50 AM EST

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Recently, a New York Knicks star shared a post on social media about little kids showboating on the hardwood during a game. Interestingly, the post went viral on the internet and received comments from the likes of Stephen Curry’s teammate Andre Iguodala and another NBA veteran. Apart from that, it also grabbed the hoops universe’s attention, who further flooded the comment sections of Twitter.

The Knicks guard is none other than the Frenchman Evan Fournier. The 30-year-old is quite active on Twitter and gives a lot of updates relating to the hoopsverse to his fans. Lately, one of his tweets about little kids broke the internet and elicited the attention of notable athletes as well as fans.

Stephen Curry’s teammate and ex-NBA veteran joined Fournier in calling out little kids

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Lately, Fournier shared a clip on his Twitter where 3rd Graders could be seen showboating and recreating celebration styles of notable basketball players, during a game in the T3TV Snowball Classic Tournament. However, the Frenchman was seemingly disappointed with the way the kids celebrated during the game. As a result, he shared the aforementioned clip with the caption, “Smh. We need to set a better exemple for this new generation man”

Surprisingly, Curry’s teammate Andre Iguodala and ex-NBA veteran Rex Chapman also joined in and commented on the issue. However, both of them made fun of the showboating kids. The 38-year-old  forward commented, “Beat they a**” while the 55-year-old veteran commented, “It’s a little out of hand.”

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Notably, two third graders, who played for the team ‘Charging’, recreated iconic NBA celebration styles after draining some 3-pointers into the basket in the tournament. Some of their celebrations included flexing the muscles to the signature ‘too-small’ motion. In other words, the kids were having fun on the hardwood by celebrating after putting on a show.

NBA fans reflected on the kids’ celebrations

The post became instantly popular in the hoops world shortly after it was shared by the Frenchman. Not only athletes reacted to the affair but even the fans reflected on it and shared their opinions. They mostly gave mixed reactions. Some of them suggested that the kids should have fun in their own way while others suggested that they didn’t like the taunting on the court.

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Here are some of the reactions of the fans:

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What are your thoughts on the kids recreating the iconic celebration styles? Did you like it? Please let us know in the comments below.

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Ayush Roy

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Ayush Roy is an NBA writer at Essentially Sports. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Calcutta. Capitalizing his background in finance, Ayush likes to dive deep into the economics of the NBA.
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