C.J. McCollum Clapped Back After Chandler Parsons Burned The Trail Blazers On Twitter

The Internet is a truly magical place when the person behind a pro sports team’s Twitter account can get pro athletes trading digital barbs.

The Portland Trail Blazers played the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, but the real action was taking place on Twitter after Portland’s 112-109 win. During the game, Portland’s team Twitter account posted a video of Chandler Parsons airballing a three.

I probably would have gone with “nothing but net” with a Thinking Face Emoji, but I am not a team’s social media person so what do I know? Either way, the Tweet got under the skin of the guy who airballed the shot, and he came back at them after the game with the burn that gets this thing underway.

Thinking his work had been done, Parsons accepted the praise of thousands in his mentions. Thanks to Blazers guard C.J. McCollum, his victory lasted all of seven minutes.

Oh. Oh my.

Parsons tried to recover by recapitulating on the same theme, but there’s no going back from that burn.

Nope, that’s not good enough. It’s worse than one shooting one bad shot now, buddy. You are not wanted, Chandler. Take the L and move on.

Twitter’s masses quickly declared McCollum the winner here, as they should. Even Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard took notice of the burn as well.

Yeah, that emoji is essentially the “tug at your collar” move of this millennium. Yikes.

Parsons’s Lottery barb doesn’t exactly seem warranted anyway, as Portland is currently ninth in the Western Conference. They’re the 12th worst team in the league currently, which would give them a 0.7 percent chance at winning the lottery. And if they have anything to say about it, they’re still chasing a playoff spot.