Knicks Star's Wife Tweets to Rival: 'You on the Bench for a Reason'

By Sam Laird2013-05-03 17:28:37 UTC

Vines, subtweets and over-the-line insults. This Knicks-Celtics NBA playoffs series was made for the Internet.

Players talking trash on the court, or even Twitter, is obviously not unheard of. But players wives talking smack to opponents via Twitter? That's next level.

Here's our dramatis personae for this entertaining bit of beef between the Knicks and Celtics, who meet again for the sixth game of their series on Friday night:

Carmelo Anthony: Knicks star. Big ego.

La La Vazquez: Anthony's wife. MTV personality and reality star.

Jordan Crawford: Celtics benchwarmer. His ego outpaces his talent.

Kevin Garnett: Aging Celtics star. Fierce competitor and major trash talker.

At the end of Friday night's Game 5, Crawford and Anthony got into a little dustup and had to be separated by teammates. Crawford, by all appearances, said something rhyming with "that mothertrucker pucked your wife," and Anthony tried to go after him. Here's a Vine of the situation, taken by Sean Dutton:

Crawford was, of course, referring to Vazquez, who then on Thursday morning responded with a stinging subtweet that belittled his lack of playing time (The Instagram reads, "Strong women only intimidate weak men."):

Try again. You on the bench for a reason. instagram.com/p/Y0QM3-xjT5/

— LA LA(@lala) May 2, 2013

And because this is the NBA, where amazing happens, the little tiff gets even better once you're filled in on the backstory. The "He" Crawford was (apparently) referring to was Garnett. Anthony and Garnett nearly fought during a January Knicks-Celtics matchup, then Anthony tried to confront Garnett in front of the Celtics bus post-game, after Garnett reportedly talked some out-of-bounds trash during the game. Vazquez, Garnett apparently told Anthony, "tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios."

Yes, Honey Nut Cheerios.

So ... yeah. Friday night's Game 6 should be highly entertaining.

Photo by Donald Bowers/Getty Images for Samsung Galaxy S III

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