Septet of Trail Blazers Stuck in Emerson Elevator, Social Media Does Its Thing
What happens after seven Portland Trail Blazers are rescued from an Emerson College elevator? Social media has a field day.
By David Ertischek ’01
Sometimes the ball doesn’t bounce your way (or the elevator doesn’t make it all the way).
On Tuesday afternoon, a septet of Portland Trail Blazers were heading back up to the street level after practicing in the gym when the elevator stopped. Online hilarity ensued, starting with the trapped Trail Blazers themselves, who posted videos of their extended stay.
One of the “captives” was center Enes Kanter, whose social media game is at an all-star level. Fellow big man Meyers Leonard shared his take, too, as did all-star guard Damian Lillard and reserve Anfernee Simons had a laugh about it.
Stuck in the elevator with the squad 🤦🏻♂️ 😂 @trailblazers pic.twitter.com/2Yu5zrdFfH
— Enes Kanter FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) February 26, 2019
Approximately 30 minutes after being locked in, the Blazers climbed out and were excited about stairs.
We finally got it. 🙏🏼🔨 pic.twitter.com/elH231WzTa
— Meyers Leonard (@MeyersLeonard) February 26, 2019
The official Trail Blazers twitter handle had a humorous outlook on the ordeal…and the Blazers and Emerson made amends because “no harm, no foul.” We also gave some advice to our hometown and beloved Boston Celtics.
— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) February 26, 2019
All good 👊
— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) February 26, 2019
Thank you for understanding @trailblazers. Note to @celtics — we recommend you take stairs next time you're in Portland. https://t.co/WyZ6llOoOJ
— Emerson College News (@EmersonCollNews) February 26, 2019
And then the Twittersphere took over…
I mean, we’re not an engineering school… https://t.co/JJlYsV9Bsh
— Tim Douglas (@Tdouglas125) February 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/VoiceOfCalabro/status/1100546391863001089
Emerson College:
#1 in the NEWMAC in men’s basketball
Dead last in elevator efficiency https://t.co/SPXOOteGIq
— Mikey McNuggets (@MikeLucasTV) February 26, 2019
Wouldn’t have happened at @Suffolk_U https://t.co/flKXCbgLga
— PJ (@mvpj21) February 27, 2019
Haha: Trailblazers now honorary Emersonians. My #EmersonElevatorHorrorStory was in 120 Boylston. https://t.co/vyFADpbS75
— Rob DeCola (@robdecola) February 26, 2019
The story also got a lot of play across media outlets: The Today Show, The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Yahoo Sports, Good Morning America, ABC News (via Associated Press), Boston Magazine and a lot more.
And come Wednesday morning, the players were back at the gym for practice. Some were spooked by yesterday’s elevator experience and decided to take the stairs., although an inside Emerson source says that several players did take the elevator. It’s working just fine.
**IMPORTANT UPDATE** everybody took the stairs this morning for shoot around. Nobody was willing to risk it 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/OnA4FjatbO
— Meyers Leonard (@MeyersLeonard) February 27, 2019
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