The news has just broken and already twitter is in a frenzy!
BREAKING: Indiana has completed trade of Paul George to Oklahoma City for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis.
Russ and PG13 in OKC! pic.twitter.com/efvL6LOPhe
— Basketball Forever (@Bballforeverfb) July 1, 2017
There was an outpouring of reaction from NBA players:
Playoffs spots are opening up hehehehe #TheProcess
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) 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
đź‘€
— Rudy Gay (@RudyGay) July 1, 2017
Whoaa this about to get wild real quick #nba
— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) July 1, 2017
The west is sick!!!! Best conference in the world!!!!
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) July 1, 2017
And of course, some of the biggest basketball media personalities chipped in too.
This is some rabbit-out-of-a-hat stuff from Presti. Holy crap.
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) July 1, 2017
Very little surprises me after all these years. This is an absolute shocker. Paul George for Oladipo and Sabonis? No disrespect, but…wow.
— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) July 1, 2017
“So…Paul isn’t coming” pic.twitter.com/I0ALo67tdU
— Bleacher Report NBA (@BR_NBA) July 1, 2017
Isaiah Thomas just followed a future first round pick on instagram
— FearTheSword (@FearTheSword) July 1, 2017
DANNY AINGE TRADED THE NUMBER ONE PICK AND LET THE THUNDER TRADE ONE STARTER AND ONE ROTATION PLAYER FOR A TOP 15 PLAYER. GO HOME DUDE.
— Negative Dunks (@negativedunks) July 1, 2017
Checks out pic.twitter.com/Zx0uKDkbDr
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) July 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/fivefifths/status/880972277327724544
https://twitter.com/jasonrmcintyre/status/880970540139151360
Thanks for the tweets reporting the "theft" of Paul George by @okcthunder.
Our investigative findings: totally legal & very savvy.
— Oklahoma City Police (@OKCPD) July 1, 2017