Queen’s Gambit fever has hit the Oklahoma City Thunder locker room.
In the middle of OKC’s road trip, big Mike Muscala told media during a Zoom press conference that he joined Chess.com and is starting to play with former Thunder center Steven Adams.
“I created a Chess.com account and just added Steven Adams as a friend,” Muscala said. “He has like twice the rating that I do, so he’s definitely gonna be teaching me some lessons on there.”
Muscala said he remembered Adams talking about chess while in the NBA bubble.
“I hadn’t created an account yet, so I was just playing on the board, but then I remembered him talking so I just texted him,” he said. “So we just started.”
It’s certainly hard to forget about Adams playing chess in the bubble. He excitedly tweeted a screenshot of him winning a game in July.
First Légal mate for the lads! #EZGEGE pic.twitter.com/JaiirQcYSo
— Steven Adams (@RealStevenAdams) July 17, 2020
And then he started to tweet that same screenshot under random NBA tweets.
— Steven Adams (@RealStevenAdams) July 17, 2020
— Steven Adams (@RealStevenAdams) July 17, 2020
— Steven Adams (@RealStevenAdams) July 17, 2020
— Steven Adams (@RealStevenAdams) July 17, 2020
So, good luck to Muscala.
We can’t wait to see what he tweets after beating you.
The Thunder are 1-3 on the road trip entering their final game of the set, a matchup with the Phoenix Suns. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.
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