NBA Star’s Daughter Escorted Out by Security After Viral Screaming
The word “fan” is derived from the much more negative term “fanatic” — and a recent controversy in the NBA reminded the world of those ugly etymological origins. On Wednesday night, the Chicago Bulls completed a…
The word “fan” is derived from the much more negative term “fanatic” — and a recent controversy in the NBA reminded the world of those ugly etymological origins.
On Wednesday night, the Chicago Bulls completed a stunning 19-point comeback to beat the Toronto Raptors and eliminate them from the play-in tournament.
The Bulls’ 109-105 win was due in no small part to the fact that Toronto shot 18-for-36 from the free throw line, an absolutely putrid 50 percent clip. For comparison, the two worst free throw-shooting teams this year were the Milwaukee Bucks and Memphis Grizzlies — and they both shot free throws at about a 75 percent rate.
One possible explanation for the Raptors’ free throw-shooting woes? Bulls All-Star DeMar DeRozan’s 9-year-old daughter, Diar.
The younger DeRozan went viral for screaming her lungs out every time a Raptors player went to the charity stripe.
In the below clip, you can hear Diar’s ear-piercing screams when Raptors guard Fred VanVleet takes a free throw.
It was all in good fun in the moment, with even the ESPN announcers laughing at Diar’s antics. But some Raptors fans, apparently, felt that her actions were beyond the pale and responded by… threatening a 9-year-old girl.
NBA reporter Chris Haynes broke the news on Friday that Bulls security escorted Diar out of the arena after the league notified the team of “severe online threats” made against her.