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Steph Curry meets BTS member Suga at Warriors practice in Japan

The Warriors were joined by a special guest at practice in Japan.

On Wednesday, the Golden State Warriors landed overseas in preparation for a pair of preseason games against the Washington Wizards in Japan. Prior to the Warriors’ trip, Steph Curry exchanged a social media interaction with K-Pop star Suga from BTS.

Suga posed with a custom Warriors No. 3 jersey, and Curry responded with a shout-out message on Twitter saying, “See you soon.” On Thursday, the pair of superstars met in person at Warriors practice in Japan. SUGA stopped by Golden State’s practice in Tokyo, meeting several members of the team, including Curry, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala and Klay Thompson.

Curry presented Suga with a signed jersey and the duo took a selfie together.

Via @warriors on Twitter:

Via @warriors_jp on Twitter:

The Warriors will open the preseason against the Wizards on Friday at 3 a.m. PT at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.

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¿Fue por un tuit de una estrella del K-Pop que Andrew Wiggins será titular en el All-Star de la NBA?

Los fans de la NBA está un poco desconcertados. Andrew Wiggins está teniendo una temporada maravillosa: 18.1 puntos por partido, 4.2 rebotes por partido, y una efectividad de 41.2% en tiros de distancia; pero nada de eso hubiera sugerido que debería …

Los fans de la NBA está un poco desconcertados.

Andrew Wiggins está teniendo una temporada maravillosa: 18.1 puntos por partido, 4.2 rebotes por partido, y una efectividad de 41.2% en tiros de distancia; pero nada de eso hubiera sugerido que debería ser el TITULAR de los Golden State Warriors en el Juego de las Estrellas.

Entonces… ¿cómo fue que pasó?

Bueno, recordemos que el 50% de la votación está conformado por el voto de los fans, 25% por el del panel de los medios y el otro 25%, por el voto de los jugadores.

Y hubo un tuit que pudo haberle dado MILES de votos a Wiggins: el de BamBam, la sensación de K-Pop del grupo GOT7.

Vean las cifras en este tuit del 7 de enero de BamBam:

Traducción: ¡Es el mejor momento para empezar el 2022! ¡Él es uno de los mejores jugadores completos!
Wiggs merece ser un All-Star, voten por Andrew Wiggins para el 2022 NBA All-Star Game… no puedo esperar para conocerlos pronto.

 

Casi 37,000 retuits, 68.4 mil likes y más de 3,000 citas a su tuit. ¡Y él tiene casi 10 millones de seguidores!

The Athletic indagó un poco y Anthony Slater reportó lo siguiente:

Incluido como una pequeña parte del vasto alcance del negocio de los Warriors en el último año, formaron una alianza con BamBam, un cantante tailandés que radica en Corea del Sur y quien es una mega estrella en el mundo del K-Pop, y quien además es fan de Steph Curry y, por relación basquetbolística, de los Warriors…

Vayámonos al 7 de enero. El equipo de redes sociales de los Warriors seleccionó estratégicamente ese día para publicar el tuit de BamBam #Wiggins AllStar. El mensaje de BamBam, fijado y enviado a sus 9.6 millones de seguidores, se multiplicó en el muy activo mundo del K-pop y se convirtió en el trending topic no. 1 y generó el ruido suficiente como para impulsar a que Wiggins terminara en la tercera posición de más votos recibidos en la liga del Este.”

Como menciona Slater, puede que esta no haya sido la ÚNICA razón por la que Wiggins abrirá el partido. Draymond Green está lesionado y también menciona a “Rudy Gobert y su obvia falta de popularidad”.

Aún así, ese tuit pudo haber tenido mucho que ver. Es impresionante.

 

Artículo traducido por Ana Lucía Toledo

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The spamming of police and right-wing hashtags by K-pop stans, explained

Explaining the bizarre deployment of K-pop stans, who are overwhelming pro-police and right wing hashtags.

Welcome to FTW Explains: a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world.

This week we saw massive protests across the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, who died after a police officer in Minneapolis sustained pressure to Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes. The officer, Derek Chauvin, has now been arrested on third-degree murder charges.

One of the more bizarre subplots of the week has been the activation of K-pop stans on the internet for progressive causes during the protests. The story is very of the internet and a bit confusing even for people who spend Way Too Much Time Online, so we’re here to explain it all for you.

Let’s dive in:

OK, so who is involved here?

K-pop stans.

What is K-pop? And actually, uh, what are stans?

K-pop is shorthand for a genre of popular music based in South Korea. Stans = devoted fans. The name which is derived in part from an Eminem song about a fan who crosses the line into obsession.

K-pop stans are devoted fans of pop bands in the genre such as BTS or BLACKPINK.

K-pop stans have gotten known in internet circles for peculiar, some might argue aggressive ways of expressing their extreme fandom. One way they show their devotion to these bands is by taking over hashtags and posting dozens, if not hundreds, of videos and GIFs of the bands, even if the hashtag is completely unrelated to the band itself, or even K-pop generally.

Got it. What does any of this have to do with the protests?

Some members of the K-pop community have basically chosen to weaponize their intense, collective fan power to overwhelm hashtags that are typically reserved for content that is either pro-police or pro-right wing.

They’ve also started inundating apps that were built by police departments to allow citizens to report crimes.

What do you mean by “overwhelm” and “inundate?”

Basically, a hashtag is only as effective as the content that is organized under it. We saw unintended consequences of that very this this week with the #BlackoutTuesday movement that saw the #blacklivesmatter hashtag, which normally serves as a way for protestors to communicate and share information, overwhelmed with all black squares. Anyone who usually used the hashtag to keep informed on the movement couldn’t use it — there were just black squares everywhere.

K-pop fans have taken that power to the other side. Hashtags or apps that authorities may try to use to track protestors is now unusable, as it’s just packed to the gills with videos of Korean pop stars or memes.

Where have they deployed their spamming?

One place they activated was against the Kirkland, Washington police department, which asked users to use the hashtag #calmkirkland to report incidents “related to public rioting or looting.”

This is just a glimpse at posts tagged with the #calmkirkland hashtag on Wednesday morning:

K-pop fans have also inundated the #bluelivesmatter hashtag, as well as an online portal the Grand Rapids police department set up to report picture or video evidence of “unrest.”

This all seems very complicated and confusing.

Welcome to 2020!

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