Taylor Swift's Popularity Hasn't Reached the Brooklyn Nets Locker Room

Taylor Swift might be the biggest pop star on the planet, but if the Brooklyn Nets are any indicator, her reach might not extend to the National Basketball Association (NBA).

On Wednesday, the Nets released a video on X, formerly Twitter, in which they asked players for their favorite song by Swift. And the results were pretty funny.

Star wing Mikal Bridges led things off by claiming the song "23" as his favorite, which confused forward Royce O'Neale.

"It's '22,'" O'Neale said before second-guessing himself. "Ain't it?" (It is.)

Forwards Ben Simmons and Cam Johnson both offered no opinion. Simmons shook his head and smiled, saying nothing, while Johnson said, "Not today."

Center Day'Ron Sharpe may have been the boldest voice in opposition to the question.

"Nobody listens to Taylor Swift, bruh," he told the camera. (Spotify would disagree).

Guard Spencer Dinwiddie hedged in a safer direction.

"I don't know [any of her songs]," he said as he passed the camera operator before stopping to correct the record. "But, sorry, no disrespect though. I know she's like the biggest pop star on the planet, so Swifties, don't kill me."

A couple of Nets players opted to invent a Swift song rather than incur the wrath of her fans.

"Big Truck," Trendon Watford offered.

"I Heard," Cam Thomas said, (which, credit where it's due, does actually sound like it could be a Swift song, but also might be a reference to a song on YoungBoy Never Broke Again's 2023 release Richest Opp).

Guard Dariq Whitehead's favorite Swift song, meanwhile, is "Travis Kelce."

If Swifties are looking for a Nets player to cheer for, guard Lonnie Walker IV knew where she was from (Walker's own hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania), and Dennis Smith Jr. cited her hit "Bad Blood." But Swifties' best option might be rookie Noah Clowney. The former Alabama star started singing "You Belong With Me," trying to remember the name of the song.

"What he said," Jalen Wilson said when Clowney finally came up with it. "I got nothing on that one."

"Taylor Swift is top five, don't do that," Clowney said as the two walked away.

"I'm just saying, off the top of my head," Wilson clarified.

Meanwhile, if the "dads, Brads and Chads" are angry over the National Football League (NFL)'s coverage of Swift need a different sports outlet, they might want to look into basketball. For the time being, the NBA seems to be a blank space from Swift's presence.