It's NBA Trade Deadline Day and the Internet Is Coping With All the LeBron James Memes
With the trade deadline for the 2018 NBA season looming on Thursday, teams across the league scrambled to seal a flurry of deals in hopes of maximizing their chances for future success.
The Cleveland Cavaliers in particular made a number of notable last-minute switch-ups, sending Isaiah Thomas and Channing Frye to the Los Angeles Lakers, Derrick Rose and Jae Crowder to the Utah Jazz, Iman Shumpert to the Sacramento Kings and Dwayne Wade back to the Miami Heat, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Naturally, the Internet couldn’t help but respond to the news of this roster clean-out by unleashing a whirlwind of memes poking fun at the Cavs’ remaining powerhouse, the one and only LeBron James. As trade reports streamed in, basketball fans took to Twitter to crack jokes about King James’ response to the trade turmoil.
“Ty Lue be like ‘alright everybody, let’s go around the room introducing yourself!,” tweeted Cleveland Sports Talk, referencing Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue. “‘Say your name, where you are from and one thing you like about LeBron.'”
Ty Lue be like “alright everybody, let's go around the room introducing yourself! Say your name, where you are from and one thing you like about LeBron."
— Cleveland Sports Talk (@CLEsportsTalk) February 8, 2018
See a selection of other LeBron-inspired reactions below.
Dwyane Wade: “We should trade everybody”
LeBron: “We???” pic.twitter.com/Q317CvlvxW— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) February 8, 2018
*lebron hits game winner*
Isaiah: “We got it now!”
Crowder: “Hell yeah here we go!”
DRose: “They doubted us but it’s on!”
Frye: “We did it before and we’ll do it again!”
Shumpert: “Old Cavs are back!”
DWade: “We got this...all for one and one for all!”
LeBron: pic.twitter.com/wSKhNu5nBM— Dellavedova Facts (@DellyFact) February 8, 2018
Lebron James said, “Just throw the whole team away” ????
— King Bach (@KingBach) February 8, 2018
“We made LeBron trade his whole team and the Cavs still getting swept in the Finals... the Eastern Conference Finals.” pic.twitter.com/AnUgY2Jzro
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) February 8, 2018
LeBron went into the Cavs locker room today like: pic.twitter.com/OZHHymwE81
— Davie?? (@_SayHeyKid) February 8, 2018
LeBron looking at these trades like ... pic.twitter.com/1g7fXBrlM2
— ESPN (@espn) February 8, 2018
lebron james when he walks into practice tomorrow pic.twitter.com/bzF2Q9SVif
— Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) February 8, 2018
IT: "I want to stay in Cleveland"
LeBron: "Y'all like Brazilian music?"pic.twitter.com/xzQAX41Kbz— LizzLocker (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) February 8, 2018
JR Smith waiting on LeBron to ask him if he’s next pic.twitter.com/WdwbymeR4L
— Astasia Williams (@AstasiaWill) February 8, 2018