Stephen A. Smith leads condolences for viral NBA spoof site after temporary restrictions: “RIP Centel.”

NBA Centel, a spoof site that caught out veteran journalists such as Stephen A. Smith and many others, has been banned.

Stephen A. Smith leads condolences for viral NBA spoof site after temporary restrictions: “RIP Centel.”

Stephen A. Smith sad to see spoof site NBA Centel banned

In this day and age, social media is an important part of the information everyone receives. The same happens in the NBA as Insiders jostle to be the first to break some news. Along with them are spoof sites such as NBA Centel, whose humor misinformation was to bring humor to the game.

The account has played its part in bringing hilarious situations to life. It grew from nothing in 2022 to attracting 355K subscribers as of today. Its popularity grew after it switched to satire and some of its misinformation tweets had fans rolling on the floor.

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The page even came to the attention of established players such as Kevin Durant, who’s quote ‘You got Centel’d’ became the account’s cover photo. This was because the name was similar to a proper information aggregator, NBA Central, which people referred to.

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Therefore, many folks easily mistook its misinformation tweets to be coming from NBA Central. Stephen A. Smith fell afoul of that and blatantly referred to its tweets during a debate on First Take. He or his producers repeated the same mistake and never clarified.

The most recent example is veteran analyst Colin Cowherd whose reference to an NBA Centel tweet led to an embarrassment. However, journalist Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson revealed that the page has been restricted.

The owner of NBA Centel though started another page with the same name but in capital letters. There he revealed that his original page has been suspended by X for repeated violations of their parody rules. Fans though, are not happy with this news.

Stephen A. Smith and others react to NBA Centel’s ban

When news of this spread, one of the first people to respond to this ban was Stephen A. Smith. After him, other legitimate accounts also started reacting to it, showing how far the page has come. Along with it were fans whose messages brought up a myriad of theories.

Some of them were hilarious, whereas some believe this was intentionally done. Check out examples of such comments below.

NBA Central have had to change their official name to Dunk Central. But they did acknowledge the league did not ask them to do so. Therefore, fans will have to wait for news on why Centel was temporarily banned. Once it is back, expect fans to rejoice.