Kevin Durant traded to Suns in stunning late night move: Best memes and tweets

Kevin Durant decided not to let NBA Twitter sleep with news of a blockbuster trade between the Suns and Nets dropping in the middle of the night.

The eve of the NBA trade deadline was already hectic enough with the Lakers dumping Russell Westbrook to pick up De’Angelo Williams and others from the Timberwolves.

Then a surprise Kevin Durant trade appeared.

It wasn’t just an unexpected development. It was also a late-night bombshell that will make the Western Conference look even more stacked.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Nets are sending Durant and TJ Warren to Phoenix for Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four first-round picks and a 2028 pick swap.

Bridges basically summed up how every NBA fan felt when they heard the news:

“Omygod lol,” he tweeted.

Best memes and tweets after Kevin Durant trade

Here’s how the rest of Twitter took the news.

https://twitter.com/_Talkin_NBA/status/1623565259536564224

The Nets fulfilled Kyrie Irving’s wish to be traded over the weekend, sending him to the Mavericks to team up with Luka Doncic. Despite sending one star away, there was still a sense that Durant would stick it out in Brooklyn for the remainder of the season as the team sought more talent to put around him.

However, reports suggested the Suns were interested in dealing for Durant should he become available. It seems their offer turned Durant’s head enough for a deal to get done before the deadline.

Now, Durant and the Suns look like a contender in the Western Conference, especially because they held onto Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton. They’re going hard after a title.

Meanwhile, the Nets were roundly criticized online for not getting more in return having traded their superstars away. They are in rebuild mode now. And their fans aren’t happy about that.