It goes without saying, but the internet can be an extremely weird place sometimes.
The weirdness reared its head on Saturday when a Reddit user posted an NBA conspiracy theory revolving around Jaren Jackson. Basically, the crux of the theory is that the Memphis Grizzlies’ team of stat keepers are fudging Jackson’s numbers to build him a better defensive player of the year case despite him missing the first 16 games of the season following an offseason foot surgery.
The Reddit user put a lot of work into the post. There were stats, videos, theories and so much more. Eventually, the post made its way from Reddit to Twitter. And, of course, it started to spread like wildfire.
An interesting thread about the Memphis Grizzlies’ scorekeeper inflating Jaren Jackson Jr’s stats – I wonder if this will catch on 👀 pic.twitter.com/IwSg9El2vN
— No Please Help (@jo7june) January 28, 2023
People really started buying into this theory that the statisticians at Grizzlies games have some sort of bet on Jackson winning the Defensive Player of the Year award.
But, y’all. Let me be honest. If you’re a new NBA fan? This might make a ton of sense to you. Maybe you just haven’t been around the game or paying attention to the game all that much over the years.
If you’ve been around, though? This stuff isn’t surprising at all to you. You’ve seen this before so many times. It’s nothing new and probably doesn’t have anything to do with any sort of bet.
Let me explain.