The NBA landscape continues to change day-by-day.
When the final whistle blew on the 2016/17 season and the Golden State Warriors were crowned NBA Champions, there was a general feeling across the basketball realm that every other NBA team outside of the Bay Area was in for a long 5-year stretch. And then the off-season happened. First Jimmy Butler joined the Timberwolves, then Chris Paul joined the Rockets and now Paul George has joined the Oklahoma City Thunder after being traded in a blockbuster deal on Friday night.
Fans and media members alike were swept away by the news, not just because the Oklahoma City Thunder were never really previously mentioned as potential trade partners, but also because of how little they had to give up to get Paul George. Here are all of the best reactions to PG13 joining Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma!
Always the entertainer, Sixers star Joel Embiid tweeted the message that we're all thinking...the Eastern Conference is losing stars by the day! DeMar DeRozan also reacted to the news, but honestly, we don't know what his choice of emoji means.
Maybe he's just signifying that he's on the web reading the news? Sure, why not, we'll go with that! These reactions from fans are a whole lot clearer, and quite entertaining.
It is rather surprising that somehow both the Celtics and the Cavaliers couldn't get a deal done for George, as they both had rather enticing assets to trade. The Eastern Conference is looking more and more like a ghost town each day...
