A UND President Mark Kennedy tweet seems to have mixed up one NBA star with another that attended the North Dakota university.
Kennedy's Twitter account had a tweet Friday that stated, "It was great to have @myUND alum @lebronjames stop by our reception in advance of @undmyhockey."
It was great to have @myUND alum @lebronjames stop by our reception in advance of @undmhockey… https://t.co/BuVxbX6lyL - Mark Kennedy (@MarkKennedyUND) December 3, 2016
A link to an Instagram post shows a picture of Phil Jackson, a former NBA player and coach who attended UND. The Instagram photo uses similar language as the tweet but replaces @lebronjames with Jackson's Twitter handle.
LeBron James plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers and was drafted to the NBA out of high school. His Twitter handle is @KingJames, and the @lebronjames handle appeared suspended from Twitter.
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In a reply to a Herald reporter's tweet asking if LeBron was a Fighting Hawk, Kennedy said Twitter converted @PhilJackson11 in Instagram to Lebron.
@aprilbaumsaway @myUND @UNDmhockey @SchlossmanGF - twitter converted @PhilJackson11 in Instagram to Lebron?? Maybe he want to be a Hawk! - Mark Kennedy (@MarkKennedyUND) December 3, 2016
