The Golden State Warriors have pulled the wool over the eyes of the rest of the NBA once again, and the Internet is in shambles.
All-Star big man DeMarcus Cousins agreed to a one-year deal with Golden State for the $5.3 million mid-level exception on Monday. He now becomes the fifth 2018 All-Star on the Warriors, and it led to some pretty incredible (and incredulous) reactions from Twitter. Here were some of the best ones:
STEPH, KLAY, KD, DRAYMOND, BOOGIE pic.twitter.com/p3e0IIbrx9
— SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) July 3, 2018
David Stern would’ve stepped in and stopped this Boogie deal
— Aaron Goldhammer (@HammerNation19) July 3, 2018
Boogie to the Warriors pic.twitter.com/UcYddgbbuD
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) July 3, 2018
Boogie Cousins is signing with the Warriors.
Live look at rest of NBA: pic.twitter.com/dq7UDNp3LU
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) July 3, 2018
Why are we even bothering to follow this league anymore?
— Five Reasons Sports Network (@5ReasonsSports) July 3, 2018
BREAKING: LeBron James has just retired from the NBA. He was overheard sobbing "They can't keep getting away with this!" as Chris Bosh consoled him.
— Not Bill Walton (@NotBillWalton) July 3, 2018
Honest pitch: Adam Silver should announce he’s splitting Golden State into two teams — Oakland and San Francisco.
— Alan Yang (@AlanMYang) July 3, 2018
The warriors whole starting 5 are all top 3 at they position
— Lil Woadie (@YeahTeriq) July 3, 2018
The MLE at age 27. pic.twitter.com/g7pkQPMmRI
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) July 3, 2018
WARRIORS
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TEAM USA— nbaayy (@nbaayy) July 3, 2018
The league office needs to step in and force at least one if not both Colangelos on the Warriors for the good of the NBA
— Jawn Gonzalez (@_JohnGonz) July 3, 2018
Even a few NBA players (including Cousins’ new teammate Stephen Curry) had some great reactions as well.
Bro Wut
— Myles Turner (@Original_Turner) July 3, 2018
— Larry Nance Jr (@Larrydn22) July 3, 2018
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE GUYS.!??
— JAE CROWDER (@CJC9BOSS) July 3, 2018
There’s still time to change your mind lol
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 3, 2018
NBA owners might lock us out now!
— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) July 3, 2018
The 3rd splash Brother. Let’s go @boogiecousins
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) July 3, 2018
Cousins is nursing an Achilles tear and likely will not be ready to play until well into the 2018-19 season. But for the already historically loaded Warriors to add a player of his caliber is utterly absurd, and the Twitter reaction to it is even crazier than what we saw when LeBron James signed with the Lakers.
