Houston Chronicle · Apr 30, 2015
Rockets dismiss digital communications manager after questionable tweet
A day after the Rockets Twitter account posted, removed and then apologized for a tweet to celebrate the end of the first-round series with the Mavericks, the team dismissed Chad Shanks as its digital communications manager.
A tweet was posted on Tuesday with an emoticon of a pistol pointed at a horse’s head, a reference to the Mavericks’ mascot, along with the message “Shhhhh. Just close your eyes. It will all be over soon.”
On Wednesday, Shanks said on his personal Twitter account that he was no longer with the organization.
“I did my best to make the account the best in the NBA by pushing the envelope, but pushed too far for some and for that I apologize,” Shanks wrote.
