It hasn’t exactly been the best of introductions between Larry Nance Jr. and his new team. The Lakers’ first round pick had an old tweet of his from 2012 go viral less than an hour after his new team drafted him. In the tweet, Nance called Bryant a “rapist”.
Seems the Lakers' new draft pick just deleted this old tweet from 2012. Probably a good idea. pic.twitter.com/kC33QuIvPL
— Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) June 26, 2015
A few days later, Bryant addressed the situation, saying that “it’s water under the bridge” and that “we’ve all done things we regret.