NBA players flock to Twitter to marvel at Kyrie-Isaiah swap
The basketball world was rocked Tuesday night when news emerged of a blockbuster trade between the top two clubs in the Eastern Conference.
The Cleveland Cavaliers shipped point guard Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and the Brooklyn Nets' unprotected 2018 first-rounder.
That got players around the league tweeting:
Damn dog, my guy I.T. Deserve better. I understand it's a business but that dude did a lot of the organization. Only going to get better!
— Evan Turner (@thekidet) August 22, 2017
My man also is going to play with LBJ too so it ain't that bad lol
— Evan Turner (@thekidet) August 22, 2017
What else did Boston get outa the deal?
— KingMali (@KingMali23) August 22, 2017
NBA is the most entertaining, dope, lit league in the world
— Jordan Clarkson (@JordanClarksons) August 23, 2017
What a league.
— elfrid payton (@elfrid) August 23, 2017
Wow....
— Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) August 23, 2017
Wow!
— Eric Bledsoe (@EBled2) August 22, 2017
Wooahhhh !! i.e. #GameChangerDeal https://t.co/g9xzXEaBIx
— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) August 23, 2017
Between the IT & Kyrie trade and the Jon Jones suspension (😩😩😩😩😡😡) today has been rough.
— Terrence Ross (@TFlight31) August 23, 2017
— Bam Adebayo (@Bam1of1) August 23, 2017
Crazyyyyy
— Jamal Murray (@BeMore27) August 23, 2017
Get out a movie and my phone going crazy with the Kyrie trade talk...@NBA is easily the best league lol
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) August 22, 2017
There were also plenty of "eyes" emojis ...
👀
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) August 22, 2017
👀...
— Zach LaVine (@ZachLaVine) August 23, 2017
Wow👀
— Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummond) August 23, 2017
wtf 👀
— Jordan Clarkson (@JordanClarksons) August 22, 2017
BLOCKBUSTER 👀👀
— Larry Nance Jr (@Larrydn22) August 22, 2017
👀👀👀
— Bismack Biyombo (@bismackbiyombo) August 23, 2017
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) August 22, 2017
... And more emojis!
😳
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) August 23, 2017
😳😳😳
— Tyler Ennis (@TylerEnnis) August 22, 2017
😧
— Patrick Patterson (@pdpatt) August 22, 2017
☕️
— Joe Ingles (@Joeingles7) August 23, 2017
🤔
— Rudy Gay (@RudyGay) August 22, 2017