Rockets pretend to be Elon Musk to ensure No. 1 pick in 2022 NBA draft
Even after finishing with the league’s worst record, the Houston Rockets have only a 14.0% chance of securing the No. 1 overall pick in the first round of the 2022 NBA draft. That’s due to the league’s recently flattened lottery odds, which are designed to increase parity and decrease “tanking” efforts from losing teams late in each regular season.
Then again, that calculus is based on the NBA’s current draft lottery odds system. What if it somehow changed?
With billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk set to acquire Twitter, the Rockets’ official Twitter account got in on the fun Thursday by briefly changing their name and profile picture to mimic Musk’s account.
From there, they tweeted the following:
After I buy Twitter, I’m going to make it illegal for the Houston Rockets not to get the first pick in the 2022 NBA Draft
Based on the reactions from social media, it seemed that most people enjoyed the light-hearted joke. Scroll on for some of the best replies.
The @HoustonRockets have the best Social Media team in the NBA and it isnt close. #Rockets #LightTheFuse pic.twitter.com/sR4AZW44Hn
— Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) April 28, 2022
This is something we definitely don't have stats for
— Basketball Reference (@bball_ref) April 28, 2022
Incredible troll 😂
— Dylan Limas (@dylanlimas361) April 28, 2022
bro yall actually got me 😭😭😭
— Maxi3☔️ (@playboymaxi3) April 28, 2022
What a banger tweet by the Rockets 🚀 🤣
— Cuz (@CousinHal_) April 28, 2022
Top 10 nba twitter tweet of all time
— WrongPassword🍰 (@wrongpassword23) April 28, 2022
— Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) April 28, 2022
Hall of fame trolling from the rockets
— b$i⚡️ (@bsiwrld) April 28, 2022
goat admin
— 💚🚀 (@FlakkaRockets) April 28, 2022
WWWWWWWWW ADMIN LMAO
— Dev (@DevSportsTalk) April 28, 2022
Thanks for the heart palpitation
— The Forgotten Lolcow (@DUUUVAL17) April 28, 2022
Jesus Christ the rockets account is doing this now 😭 Got my ass
— Jalen Green enjoyer (@DaddyStepback) April 28, 2022
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