The NBA world was turned on its head on the Fourth of July.
Kevin Durant announced he was joining the Warriors, and NBA Twitter exploded. Reactions ran from fans ranged from anger to joy — depending on the fan base — but mostly there was shock. Golden State just assembled the best shooting team in NBA history (they arguably had that already) and the team with 73 wins last season looks like the team to beat for a title now.
NBA players had a lot of those same reactions on Twitter.
The game has really changed. #happy4thofjuly
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) July 4, 2016
Lol they silly
— Jeff Teague (@Teague0) July 4, 2016
Whoa...
— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) July 4, 2016
Sigh
— Ekpe Udoh (@EkpeUdoh) July 4, 2016
Thats crazy!!!! KD in GSW???? .... R they gonna score 200 points a game😂😂
— Marcin Gortat🇵🇱 (@MGortat) July 4, 2016
Sooooo KD really going to the Warriors😂 sick change of events
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) July 4, 2016
Russ about to avg a triple double with 30 😂😂
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) July 4, 2016
I hate seeing y'all bashing KD.At least he cares about winning more than anything and that deserves some respek. Respect his decision or FOH
— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 4, 2016
David Eugene Chappelle... Start planning the next Player Haters Ball
— andre (@andre) July 4, 2016
Welp now we know there's one illegal team on 2k..
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) July 4, 2016
I blame @Marvel and their recent @Avengers reboot.. 😒
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) July 4, 2016