Conspiracy theorists think an injured NBA player is another victim of Pizzagate

One of the top posts on a subreddit for Donald Trump supporters is purporting that Dallas Mavericks center Andrew Bogut is being benched due to his opinions on Pizzagate.

Bogut, who has tweeted about Pizzagate in the past, was injured in a December 5 game and expected to miss between 10 days and a month.

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This doesn't add up to reddit's Pizzagate conspiracy theorists, however. A post by a user named WhiteGenocideXLV claims there's a deeper story to Bogut's knee injury.

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Commenters claim Bogut's very real, well-documented injury and his expected time off are fabrications created by Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. They believe Bogut is being punished for tweets expressing mild support of Pizzagate theories.

If only 1% of this #pizzagate scandal is true, all people involved deserve life in prison (or worse). #sick

— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) November 24, 2016

The injury-prone Bogut, who is averaging a career low 3.4 points per game this season, played 22 minutes in a Dec. 29 win over the Lakers. However, he will be benched again for the Dec. 30 game against the Warriors.

Pizzagate theorists believe this is proof of a liberal conspiracy against Bogut (of course) but the center was expected to sit out either the 29th or 30th in an effort to monitor his recovery.

Andrew Bogut #6 of the Dallas Mavericks sits on the court after a injury during play against the Charlotte Hornets  on December 5, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. Credit: Getty Images Andrew Bogut #6 reaches down to his right leg after suffering an  injury in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Dallas. Credit: AP

Anyway, that's the update on the Pizzagate people, if you thought maybe they'd chilled out.