Sidste år sprang LeBron James og Cleveland Cavaliers holdet i stykker, og tradede alt med en puls for middelmådige yngre rollespillere, der bidrog lige lidt som de forrige.
Efterfølgende sad man med en fornemmelse af, at det simpelthen ikke kunne blive vildere og mere begivenhedsrigt. Dét var vel og mærket indtil i år, hvor selve dagen og dagene op til, gik op i flammer.
I denne version af Fullcourts #Offcourt får du derfor et indblik i, hvordan Twitter reagerede, da Porzingis pludselig var tradet, Tobias Harris blev en Sixer, Gasol en rovfugl og Anthony Davis, mod sin egen vilje, forblev en pelikan.
The Zinger til Doncic’ Dallas
Det her var reaktionen fra hovedpersonen selv. Ingen ord, blot denne video.
👀👀😏 pic.twitter.com/rTCUW6qLzt
— Kristaps Porzingis (@kporzee) February 1, 2019
Der var efterfølgende flere forskellige bud på, hvordan hele forløbet op til det trade havde gået for sig – De fleste reaktioner var ikke på Knicks’ side, for at sige det mildt.
Kristaps: I want out
Knicks: OK.
Dallas: We’ll take him.
Knicks: Should we call other teams?…nah. Easier this way. Let’s get lunch.
— Jawn Gonzalez (@JohnGonzalez) January 31, 2019
Trading the best player the team has had in a decade, a restricted free agent, for cap space seems incredibly stupid but let’s wait and see bc it might be worse than that
— jason c. (@netw3rk) January 31, 2019
LUKA AND KRISTAPS ON THE SAME TEAM THERE IS A GOD ON THIS EARTH I LOVE LIFE I LOVE BASKETBALL THE NBA IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD
— Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) January 31, 2019
Knicks fans would be rioting in the streets right now, but it's too damn cold, and all the torches would just go out immediately.
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) January 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/nitzbluv/status/1091064709690716160
Remember Mike Conley and Marc Gasol? What an innocent time that was.
— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) January 31, 2019
Der var også en tydelig overraskelse at spore blandt NBA’s egne spillere.
🦄 ♥️
— Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) January 31, 2019
Wow.
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) January 31, 2019
— Kev (@KevKnox) January 31, 2019
NBA forstår virkelig at brande sig selv. Det bliver mere og mere en helårs liga, hvor den konstant bliver eksponeret. Dette resulterer også i, at Adam Silver’s baby til tider stjæler opmærksomheden fra andre sportsgrene såsom fodbold og amerikansk fodbold. Selv på to af de største dage om året som fodboldens egen ‘trade deadline’ og NFL’s Super Bowl, stjæler NBA rampelyset.
Stille på handelsgangene i fodboldeuropa, men #nba leverer! https://t.co/QAEq77bqUm
— Kenneth Hansen (@hulle86) January 31, 2019
alright it’s super bowl week, let’s see what’s going on wi—
the NBA: pic.twitter.com/yBPL4zTojA— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) January 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/nitzbluv/status/1091961451080646656
Nikola Jokic > Tom Brady > Jared Goff pic.twitter.com/PQ4G4QRdaQ
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) February 3, 2019
Steve Kerr asked about the Super Bowl: "It just gets old watching the same team win the whole thing…Sorry, that was really arrogant, wasn't it? It was kind of fun to say that."
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 4, 2019
Philadelphias MONSTER-trade
Los Angeles Clippers tradede dagen før deadlinen Tobias Harris og Boban Marjanovic til 76’ers, og det skabte et kæmpe postyr på de sociale medier!
Damnnnnn crazy news!!! NBA people !
— Marcin Gortat🇵🇱 (@MGortat) February 6, 2019
The @sixers obviously won that trade! We now have Mike Scott on our team…AKA MICHAEL SCOTT….#HereTheyCome pic.twitter.com/Uv3BwosGKS
— Austin (@Albatrosstin) February 6, 2019
WAIT I WAS IN THE SHOWER WHAT HAPPENED
— Isaac K. Lee (@IsaacKLee) February 6, 2019
When your life becomes the reverse of the Fresh Prince’s… ⏪⏪ 😂#FreshPrinceOfPhilly #TrustTheProcess pic.twitter.com/qSZ05muDNV
— Boban Marjanovic (@BobanMarjanovic) February 7, 2019
Trade deadline
Ikke alle er ligeså glade for mediernes intense dækning af free agency, heriblandt Warriors’ Kevin Durant.
https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/1093402996459790336
LeBron James var også hurtig til at komme med sit besyv, efter at Dallas Mavericks valgte at trade Harrison Barnes midt under en kamp.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtkT8j1gCU3/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Anthony Davis liked LeBron's post commenting on Harrison Barnes being traded mid-game 👀 pic.twitter.com/55DPx99a14
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 7, 2019
Den amerikanske journalist, Ryen Russillo, ramte også tasterne, da han hurtigt efter KD‘s og LeBron’s udbrud måtte spekulere i deres dobbeltmorale.
LeBron, who would get rid of any teammate to help his own cause is mad the Mavs traded Barnes before the game ended? KD, who signs 1 year deals is mad about FA speculation? I like both guys but when did playing in the NBA become this terrible burden for the player?
— Russillo (@ryenarussillo) February 7, 2019
Udover de to superstjerners skeptiske syn på hele cirkusset, som Trade-deadlinen nu engang er, fik Twitter en masse sjov og spas ud af aftenen. Både menige borgere, eksperter og enkelte spillere:
“I call this little diddy ‘Finding Out You Got Traded To Sacramento In The Middle Of A Game’” pic.twitter.com/R0wduyhHWT
— Mickstape (@MickstapeShow) February 7, 2019
TAKE MY NAME OUT THIS DUMB ASS TRADE!!!! 🤦🏽♂️ @ESPNNBA https://t.co/rF2ZjDtSAy
— Dejounte Murray (@DejounteMurray) February 6, 2019
On some real if I get traded today ima be so mad LOL… It’s my birthday they wouldn’t do me like that. At least the cavs waited until the day after my birthday last year LOL
— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) February 7, 2019
I’M ON SUCH A HIGH FROM THIS, IS THIS WHAT HARD DRUGS FEEL LIKE
— Isaac K. Lee (@IsaacKLee) February 7, 2019
Robin Lopez just said he feels bad for Nikola Mirotic because Mirotic has had the “superior” experience of playing with him and now has to play with Brook.
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) February 7, 2019
… Joe Ingles had two coffees this am league source tell Ricky 🤪
— Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) February 7, 2019
jonas valanciunas, terrence ross and demar derozan became marc gasol, serge ibaka, danny green and kawhi leonard. im good with that.
— William Lou (@william_lou) February 7, 2019
Kawhi before and after he heard Marc Gasol was traded to the Raptors pic.twitter.com/8X94qvau2k
— #RingerNBA (@ringernba) February 7, 2019
Fultz will be a perfect fit on the Magic, they’re used to seeing four missed free throws in a row.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) February 7, 2019
Traded right in the middle of practice smh we wish Markelle Fultz nothing but the best in Orlando pic.twitter.com/vPsjnHN4In
— Mickstape (@MickstapeShow) February 7, 2019
If you came into my mentions yesterday and proposed:
A) Bradley for Temple and Green
and/or
B) Muscala for Zubac and BeasleyI would have told you that this isn't 2k and the Clippers FO can't put on "Force accept trades."
But, apparently they can.
— lucas (11th year covering LAC edition) (@LucasJHann) February 7, 2019
The Lakers have an open roster spot after trading Ivica Zubac and Michael Beasley to the Clippers 😏 pic.twitter.com/VdqqZaSC0U
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) February 7, 2019
Maybe it’d be easier to tell us when Nik Stauskas is not involved in a trade.
— #Kyle Madson (@KyleAMadson) February 7, 2019
Dagen, hvor Anthony Davis ikke blev tradet
Til mange Lakers-fans store skuffelse, forblev Anthony Davis en Pelicans-spiller og det var på trods af, at der i dagene op til havde været mange rygter, der ellers sendte The Brow til Englenes by.
“… and drive you to New Orleans.” https://t.co/hYvgqkWuyN
— jason c. (@netw3rk) February 4, 2019
The Lakers' "godfather offer" is the squad that lost to the Knicks and Cavs 2 weeks ago. https://t.co/feAhZsDIDK
— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) February 4, 2019
https://www.instagram.com/p/Btl-zh-BZ0R/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
LeBron in the Lakers locker room after he tried to trade the whole team 💀 pic.twitter.com/un0THY4wRg
— Yahoo Sports NBA (@YahooSportsNBA) February 7, 2019
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