92.9 The Game host Mike Bell and Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young have traded barbs on Twitter after Bell mocked an inspirational tweet from the two-time All-Star.
On Sunday evening, Young tweeted “we bound to fall against the odds, we get up & go crazy! Greatness (snow emoji) WeMove”.
In response, Bell tweeted “OK! Just more like last two.”
That is when the shots began, as Young fired back “shut up hoe. I don’t play for you”.
Bell countered by saying he pays for 10 season tickets for the Hawks, so in effect, Young does “play for him”. Young fired back by saying “You PAY to watch me. There’s a difference in an OWNER.”
Young left the exchange at that point. However, Bell marveled at the interaction early Monday morning before alluding to discussing it on Dukes & Bell later this afternoon.
“In my 24 years on the air in Atlanta I’ve been called a lot of names, but never a gardening tool,” Bell joked. “Talk to you at 2 on Dukes & Bell.”
The confrontation between the Atlanta sports station and Georgia sports star is the second in as many months. Earlier this year, 92.9 The Game host Steak Shapiro came under fire after criticizing University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett IV for his conduct during the team’s championship parade. Shapiro eventually apologized while noting he didn’t view the comments as “that inflammatory”.
Shapiro said on Twitter the interactions prove 92.9 The Game hosts are “doing a good job expressing our opinions which is kinda what we are paid to do”.
