There were a lot of things going on last night. LeBron officially returning. LeBron officially bringing back the chalk toss, LeBron officially getting his first bucket back in Cleveland, Gatorade being poured into a Powerade bottle, LeBron having an average game, LeBron’s cringey new Nike ad.
Notice the outlier? I know right! LeBron had an average game!
No. I’m joking. The reason why I put “Gatorade being poured into a Powerade bottle” was because that caught Twitter’s eye. Everybody was talking about the ball boy pouring Gatorade into a Powerade bottle. Turns out it’s a big deal for the Cleveland Cavaliers and now, according to TMZ, the Cavs are launching an investigation on it. Yes people. “BottleGate” is in full effect.
The Cleveland Cavaliers tell TMZ Sports … they have NO IDEA why a ball boy was serving players Gatorade masked in a Powerade bottle last night — but they’re gunning to find out why.
Twitter EXPLODED last night during the Knicks-Cavaliers game when a TV camera caught a Cavs ball boy making the switch behind the Knicks bench.
Now the Cavs — who have a sponsorship deal with Gatorade — tell us they’re investigating why their official drink was poured into a competitor’s bottle.
“We are looking into why the Powerade bottles were used. We’re trying to figure out what happened.”
The team made sure to clarify that the incident did not occur on their bench — however. it was a Cavs employee who made the switch.
So what the hell happened? “That’s what we’re trying to figure out.“
Is anybody else shaking their head right now? Or is it just me?
Don’t they have bigger things to deal with. Maybe a player asked to have Gatorade in their bottle. Chill out Cleveland!
