A few hours before the Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Hornets’ trade was announced, the teams’ Twitter accounts engaged in a mock trade.
On Tuesday evening, news broke that the Hawks traded veteran center Dwight Howard and the 31st overall pick in Thursday's 2017 NBA Draft for Hornets' Miles Plumlee, Marco Belinelli and the 41st overall pick in the 2017 Draft.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Hawks responded to fans suggestions on who Atlanta should trade. The Hornets responded with a “bruh. same,” then engaged in a mock trade with the ESPN trade machine.
Here’s the thread:
According to our mentions, we should trade for everybody.
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 20, 2017
bruh. same.
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 20, 2017
We'll trade you today's tweet for tomorrow's tweet and an unprotected future tweet.
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 20, 2017
Does that work on the ESPN trade machine?
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 20, 2017
The Los Angeles Clippers even got in on the action.
the trade machine says this works so u should definitely do it pic.twitter.com/GHCxCk0qAP
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) June 20, 2017
The Clippers are correct...ESPN trade machine says okay: pic.twitter.com/r1eLa5dptV
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 20, 2017
Throw in a snap with the puppy filter and we’ll talk.
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 20, 2017
Counter offer: pic.twitter.com/f77z3vmU7w
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 20, 2017
🤝— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 20, 2017Add a future second round Instagram post and we have a deal
You drive a hard bargain, Hornets. You're lucky the trade machine still accepts. Deal! pic.twitter.com/7Jl7unR0oI
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 20, 2017
🙌 Great doing business with you fellas. Looking forward to seeing how this pans out over time.— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 20, 2017DONE
🤔— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 20, 2017Can't wait to see how the writers grade this trade tomorrow
Charlotte gets a Bee+
— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSports) June 20, 2017
Hawks get an A-town
😜— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 20, 2017We see what you did there
The Hornets officially welcomed Howard on Twitter later in the evening.
In his season with the Hawks, Howard averaged 13.5 points per game, 12. 7 rebounds per game and 1.4 assists per game.
🙌 OFFICIAL 🙌 Welcome to #BuzzCity @DwightHoward!
Press Release: https://t.co/L2fcv1ZZGH pic.twitter.com/MotCVkY7Nl— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) June 21, 2017
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