On Friday night, just hours before the start of free agency, the OKC Thunder finessed a blockbuster trade by acquiring Paul George for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. It sent the NBA world into a frenzy as players across the league and NBA fans alike weighed in on Twitter to give their take.
Playoffs spots are opening up hehehehe #TheProcess
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 1, 2017
This is Presti also putting a pen in Russell Westbrook's hand and saying "sign here please."
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) July 1, 2017
Allright can we just fusion the east and the west, it's gettin too unbalanced lol
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) July 1, 2017
Checks out pic.twitter.com/Zx0uKDkbDr
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) July 1, 2017
The Thunder really just got (rental) Paul George AND dumped Oladipo's ludicrous contract all for Domantas Sabonis
— Agent of NBA Chaos (@World_Wide_Wob) July 1, 2017
Danny Ainge wyd bro pic.twitter.com/a4AC4uxYTL
Wooooooow!!! Pg to Okc that's wild!!!!
— Ty Lawson (@TyLawson3) July 1, 2017
No interviews, please. pic.twitter.com/W3nXprttW8
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) July 1, 2017
OK Okc!!!
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) July 1, 2017
👀
— Rudy Gay (@RudyGay8) July 1, 2017
“So…Paul isn’t coming” pic.twitter.com/I0ALo67tdU
— Bleacher Report NBA (@BR_NBA) July 1, 2017
— nick (@nick_pants) July 1, 2017
This is some rabbit-out-of-a-hat stuff from Presti. Holy crap.
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) July 1, 2017
OKC bagged Paul George pic.twitter.com/ycflv4htcq
— Jahan (@H00PINATI) July 1, 2017
Although George has made it clear he prefers to head to L.A. when he becomes a free agent in 2018, it seems the Thunder—with their newly-dubbed MVP winner Russell Westbrook—are pushing their chips to the table with hopes to return to their former glory as a legitimate contender in the West.
