Sports fans know the pain of dealing with the myriad of streaming services required to watch games. It’s not easy out there and many fans take the piracy route to get around bloated streaming prices and regional blackouts.
Of course, given the illegality of pirated livestreams, fans keep said services on the down-low. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, however, had other ideas on Monday night. As the highly-anticipated Game 7 between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics began, Cuban tweeted out a request for NBA fans.
Specifically, Cuban asked NBA fans if they were watching on pirated streams, all for the sake of finding out “how prevalent it is.”
Got a personal question for everyone watching heats vs celts right now. Who is watching on a pirated stream. I'm curious how prevalent it is.
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) May 30, 2023
After the tweet, NBA fans could not help but give Cuban the hilarious nickname “Narc Cuban” for his… curiosity. Even better? The new nickname was even trending on Twitter for a period of time!
Here’s how NBA fans reacted to Cuban and his nickname.
The internet has decided on the nickname Narc Cuban 🫡 https://t.co/73myjHhJx7 pic.twitter.com/NYQpSpvwui
— Kofie (@Kofie) May 30, 2023
this site may be dying but so long as we as a people can come together to tweet “Narc Cuban” at a midrange billionaire the soul still burns
— Alex Navarro (@alex_navarro) May 30, 2023
everyone's making "narc cuban" jokes, but i choose to believe it's because he actually needs a stream pic.twitter.com/HF0Ul4R57v
— matt, an aston villa enjoyer (@MattF15) May 30, 2023
Narc Cuban is funny https://t.co/hv4EPNjje0
— the Old Man Ebro (@oldmanebro) May 30, 2023
I am in a horrible mood and the only thing saving me is the Narc Cuban tweets
— Tanya Ray Fox (@TanyaRayFox) May 30, 2023
https://t.co/V31jyuhsIS pic.twitter.com/nOh5lq2lnX
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) May 30, 2023
also if you could provide the last 4 digits of your social security number that would be great https://t.co/BvUuCqI5Nc
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) May 30, 2023
settle down officer https://t.co/MwJ23TaLj0
— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) May 30, 2023
Bro tryna set everybody up https://t.co/WfC2W4vAdg pic.twitter.com/FcX08Mbxv0
— Echo Shi Huang (@Hyperversal) May 30, 2023
