Dwight Howard asks for trade, draft predictions 9 minutes before trade to Hornets
Nine minutes before news broke that Atlanta Hawks center Dwight Howard was part of a trade with the Charlotte Hornets, Howard asked his Twitter followers if they had any thoughts about NBA trades or the upcoming NBA Draft.
The news that Howard and the Hawks’ 31st pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft would be traded for Hornets’ Miles Plumlee, Marco Belinelli and the 41st overall pick in the 2017 Draft broke at 9:04 p.m. by The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Sources: Charlotte is sending Miles Plumlee, Marco Belenelli and 41st pick to Atlanta for Dwight Howard and 31st pick.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 21, 2017
Just before Wojnarowski’s tweet, Howard— who as of Wednesday morning already has a Hornets’ themed cover photo and profile picture on Twitter— asked fans if they had any opinions about roster moves at 8:55 p.m.
🤗 pic.twitter.com/Nl6lQFVvBN— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) June 21, 2017Ok Twitter Fans ,, give me your thoughts , trades or otherwise & Remember 2B-Nice
Fans immediately took to Twitter to comment on the Howard trade:
📸🍾 (@ShooterJones_) June 21, 2017Dwight Howard face answering questions then scrolling up to see he got traded pic.twitter.com/39SmKnN0ou
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Dwight Howard spoke on 92.9 The Game less than nine hours ago of how badly he wanted to win a championship for Atlanta
— Mike Conti (@MikeConti929) June 21, 2017
Dwight Howard: "I'm gonna try to work on my 3 point shot."
— Ryan Belk (@rbelk_94) June 21, 2017
Atlanta Hawks: pic.twitter.com/0Wl4Lw4oJK
Dwight Howard just got traded by his hometown team. Welcome to the NBA offseason.
— Kevin Richardson (@ItsKrich) June 21, 2017
Dwight Howard's hometown team just traded him for a glass of water. That makes me feel a little better today.
— LakeShowTalk (@Lakeshowtalk) June 21, 2017
Dwight Howard out here getting traded for a carton of cigarettes and a 12 pack of Natty Light.
— BeatinTheBookie.com™ (@BeatinTheBookie) June 21, 2017
Good luck to @DwightHoward once a hawk always a hawk #TrueToAtlanta
— Yo Pierre (@HeirJourdan) June 21, 2017
We basically gave up 3 basketballs and a $5 dollars off coupon at McDonalds for Dwight Howard and the 31st pick in the draft. I'm all in!
— Koozie (@OldRowKoozie) June 21, 2017
🙄— Jose Correa Botello (@jcorrbo) June 21, 2017Next year: Hornets trade Dwight Howard for two water boys and a gatorade
