Trevor Ariza Told a Fan He Was "On The Way" to Fight Him

Not all DMs are thirsty.

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Here's a story with that hadshades of Temecula.

Rockets forward Trevor Ariza got his his balls busted by a Twitter troll in November and it (apparently) stayed with him all season. Here was the initial shot...:

@TerryLee__ pull up then

— trevorariza (@TrevorAriza) December 1, 2015

...along with Ariza's response:

Flight back to Houston

— trevorariza (@TrevorAriza) December 1, 2015

@SlamStevo you know me way better then that šŸ˜‚

— trevorariza (@TrevorAriza) May 1, 2016

Now that the team has been eliminated by the Warriors, Ariza can finally fit into his schedule the ass beating he's been wanting to apply all season. At least that's what it appeared like after he sent the same fan a DM to make good on his five-month old promise. That fan (@TerryLee__) appeared more than willing to accept the challenge (at least online):

That lil baby dry snitching šŸ¤”

— trevorariza (@TrevorAriza) May 1, 2016

Afterward he gave updates on what appeared to be an extremely bad idea for both men:

The reason we've been using past tense verbs is because wisdom ended up prevailing, as Ariza likely didn't want to catch charges:

Lawsuit averted.

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