Remember that weird picture of Adam Levine the Lakers posted Tuesday night to try and lure LaMarcus Aldridge to Los Angeles?
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Well, they had to take it down. As well as all of the other tweets they posted with the #LAtoLA hashtag. Apparently some of the other teams in the league didn't like them, even though the organization had cleared it with the NBA beforehand.
Per league source, Lakers' #LAtoLA tweets weren't deleted out of sheepishness, but rather by NBA request after other teams complained
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) July 2, 2015
Lakers, per same league source, cleared the #LAtoLA tweet plan with NBA legal dept beforehand. But still honored request to delete them.
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) July 2, 2015
Probably for the best. That picture was way too weird.
Here's what some of the other tweets said, per Deadspin:
It's 9:01pm PT and Mitch Kupchak is walking in to meet with @aldridge_12 #LAtoLA [cringeworthy picture of Adam Levine in a backwards Aldridge jersey]
Lakers fans everywhere screaming #LAtoLA pic.twitter.com/yQtFqQ4QXg
It's 9:01pm PT and Mitch Kupchak is walking in to meet with @aldridge_12 #LAtoLA
From Lakers President Jeanie Buss's account:
Please RT #LAtoLA [link to tweet from Lakers account]