The NBA world barely had time to recover from Thursday morning's news that Kristaps Porzingis left New York Knicks officials with the impression that he wanted to be traded when the other shoe dropped.
New York has agreed with Dallas on trade that includes Kristaps Porzingis, Courtney Lee, Tim Hardaway Jr., for Wesley Matthews, Dennis Smith Jr. and DeAndre Jordan, league sources tell ESPN. Players and agents are being notified of particulars. Deal may include more draft assets.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 31, 2019
A week before the 2019 NBA trade deadline, The Unicorn was on the move, and NBA players were swift to react on Twitter, embracing the drama along with the rest of us.
Mood pic.twitter.com/oqQWF9YnxS
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) January 31, 2019
Here come the fireworks ! Lol
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) January 31, 2019
Prob a good time to turn on notifications and leave do not disturb mode 🤣
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) January 31, 2019
NBA is the best league!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/Abi2gcAXP1
— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) January 31, 2019
🦄 to the metroplex! I'm here for it!
— Myles Turner (@Original_Turner) January 31, 2019
That's all you got for Porzingis??? Hold up man 🤦🏾♂️ lol
— Jordan Crawford (@jcraw55) January 31, 2019
Knicks center Enes Kanter, who has had his own ongoing drama with the team, responded to the news with a series of emoji-filled tweets that recalled the heady days of the DeAndre Jordan Clippers/Mavs saga. (Coincidentally, Jordan is one of the players reportedly going to New York in the Porzingis deal.)
🦄 ♥️
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) January 31, 2019
🗽 ♥️
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) January 31, 2019
😱🤯
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) January 31, 2019
🤔👀
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) January 31, 2019
🙄🤷♂️
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) January 31, 2019
Kanter was far from the only Knicks player to react to the news that shook up the team's roster.
— Kev (@KevKnox) January 31, 2019
That's the NBA
— Emmanuel Mudiay (@emmanuelmudiay) January 31, 2019
KP , TH, Clee nothin but love brothas
— Emmanuel Mudiay (@emmanuelmudiay) January 31, 2019
And my boy tB
— Emmanuel Mudiay (@emmanuelmudiay) January 31, 2019
DAMN 😳
— Allonzo Trier (@ISO_ZO) January 31, 2019
Then there were the reactions from the young stars of the Los Angeles Lakers, who've been involved in their own trade rumors of late.
Wow!!!!!
— kuz (@kylekuzma) January 31, 2019
Oh my..
— Josh Hart (@joshhart) January 31, 2019
— Ivica Zubac (@ivicazubac) January 31, 2019
As always, when it comes to all things #NBATwitter, Joel Embiid probably summed up the reaction best.
Lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololo
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) January 31, 2019
But it was Porzingis himself who got the last word -- if emojis and a GIF can count as a "word."
👀👀😏 pic.twitter.com/rTCUW6qLzt
— Kristaps Porzingis (@kporzee) February 1, 2019
