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Kings video trolls Lakers fans by asking them about rookies that don’t actually exist

In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, the Thomas & Mack Center is shown Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas. The Kings social media team filmed a video asking Lakers fans about fabricated rookies.
In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, the Thomas & Mack Center is shown Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007, on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas. The Kings social media team filmed a video asking Lakers fans about fabricated rookies. Associated Press File

Have you heard anything about Lakers rookies “Ned Stark” and “Shawn Carter”? News flash: they don’t actually exist.

But apparently, some Lakers fans were raving about them during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

On Monday evening, the Sacramento Kings posted a video on their Twitter account, asking Lakers fans about the fabricated rookies. Ned Stark is the name of a character in the popular TV series “Game of Thrones” and Shawn Carter is popular rapper Jay-Z’s real name.

Shahbaz Khan, the person who was the interviewer for the video, walked around the concourse at Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas asking Lakers fans about the two “rookies.”

He got some pretty entertaining responses:

But Lakers fans didn’t hold back on Twitter in their responses to the video.

This story was originally published July 17, 2017 at 7:04 PM with the headline "Kings video trolls Lakers fans by asking them about rookies that don’t actually exist."

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