Well-known NBA and basketball outlet Clutch Points revealed it has placed Warriors beat reporter Mark Haynes on “indefinite leave” following the emergence of old tweets.
NBA reporter Mark Haynes deleted his Twitter account on Sunday (22 May) after a number of problematic tweets resurfaced.
Haynes, who is the brother of TNT sideline reporter Chris Haynes, was later put on “indefinite leave” by one of his employers.
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Fans react to Mark Haynes’ comments about Steph Curry
On Saturday night (21 May) Mark Haynes, a beat reporter covering the Golden State Warriors, appeared to anger a number of Golden State Warriors fans during a podcast.
During a Twitter Spaces, Haynes appeared to imply Warriors superstar Steph Curry was ‘front-running’ – only playing well and celebrating when his team was in the lead – at the end of Game 2 vs the Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals.
At first there was a bit of confusion about what Haynes actually said about Curry:
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Mark Haynes’ old tweets resurface
Whatever he said, his comments angered some Warriors fans and a number of Mark Haynes’ tweets began to resurface. Deadspin reports the resurfaced posts “involved a number of inappropriate tweets that cover homophobia, racial slander and sexism”.
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Those old tweets were shared on Twitter and quickly started circulating on the platform. A number of people created a thread of the most egregious tweets.
We won’t include them here but a quick Twitter search will reveal the nature of Mark Haynes’ alleged old tweets.
Per Deadspin, Haynes deleted his Twitter account amid backlash.
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Haynes placed on ‘indefinite leave’
Following the backlash, Clutch Points, one of Haynes’ employers, released a statement.
The publisher stated it was “aware of a number of derogatory, insensitive and inappropriate tweets by our Warriors beat writer Mark Haynes” and added it had put Haynes on “indefinite leave” while the company assessed the situation.
Read the full statement below:
The Focus has reached out to Mark Haynes for comment.
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