Good day, NBA fans. The 2023 NBA trade deadline is here, and it’s madness.
After the Kyrie Irving trade shook up the league, the Brooklyn Nets traded Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns early Thursday morning.
The Suns are now serious contenders again, but this is more about the Nets. Despite the fact that they have a better-than-you-think group left, the truth is they once had KD, Irving and James Harden.
Who are they left with from that superteam that so deeply underachieved? It’s … Ben Simmons.
So of course, as usual, Twitter was filled with jokes about Simmons, this time about him being left on this team:
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So many jokes
Ben Simmons waking up in the morning pic.twitter.com/sNnIFkZia8
— House of Highlights (@HoHighlights) February 9, 2023
Ben Simmons – “I think it’s going to be scary playing with Durant and Kyrie.”
KD & Kyrie – pic.twitter.com/7nSa6xab0Z
— JPW (@JWepp) February 9, 2023
Ben Simmons: “Kyrie’s gone, but we can win together!”
Kevin Durant: pic.twitter.com/6NgrapcWF7
— RingerNBA (@ringernba) February 9, 2023
Ben Simmons without Kyrie and KD 😂 pic.twitter.com/IuhJfmZWrk
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) February 9, 2023
Ben Simmons face of the franchise.
— James Kratch (@JamesKratch) February 9, 2023
Ben Simmons tomorrow at practice pic.twitter.com/6wSTgz2iQb
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) February 9, 2023
Kyrie: I wanna go to the Lakers
Nets: Eh, we’re gonna send you to Dallas.
KD: I wanna go to the Suns
Nets: Yes sir. Right away sir.
Ben Simmons: I wanna go to the—
Nets: Nobody wants you. https://t.co/rxrNddn4Tp
— Football (@BostonConnr) February 9, 2023
Ben Simmons leading the Nets team meeting today pic.twitter.com/JUl54hCEwW
— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) February 9, 2023
Ben Simmons watching Kyrie go to Dallas and KD to Phoenix pic.twitter.com/i65dUrQ1yj
— 🎠 (@kp0pkicks) February 9, 2023
this quote is gonna follow Ben Simmons for the rest of his career 😭 pic.twitter.com/sYEYSa8lxh
— Old NBA Tweets (@oldnbatweetz) February 9, 2023
Ben Simmons said, “it's going to be scary,” and then did nothing but be scared and scare everyone off
— Nathan (@nathenmikeuxl) February 9, 2023
Going from *Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden* to *Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving* to *Ben Simmons* with no meaningful wins throughout the whole experience
If I was the owner, I’d just sell the team. Clearly this is not for me
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 9, 2023
