Less than one week into 2018 NBA free agency, and yet there has been nothing but chaos since it started. The first big splash was Paul George taking a four year max-contract to stay with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
That was followed by the Los Angeles Lakers agreeing to terms with Lebron James and a slew of other free agents. And even after that, the craziest move of the offseason happened Monday.
DeMarcus Cousins agreed a one year, $5.3 million contract with the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors.
This obviously sent shockwaves throughout the NBA, as once Cousins recovers from his injury, the Warriors will be able to play a starting lineup featuring five all stars.
A Warriors lineup of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Cousins could easily go down as the greatest lineup in NBA history.
Many NBA players had a significant reaction to this, as this effectively ends any competitive balance there was left. Check out their reactions below:
Come on bruh! https://t.co/U5FiQ86ZlQ
— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) July 3, 2018
Bro Wut
— Myles Turner (@Original_Turner) July 3, 2018
Seriously???? ????????????????????????
— Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) July 3, 2018
No way brehhhhhh
— Francis Kaminsky III (@FSKPart3) July 3, 2018
Wtf lol
— Bobby BP Portis (@BPortistime) July 3, 2018
WHAT IS GOING ON
— Emmanuel Mudiay (@emmanuelmudiay) July 3, 2018
???????????????????? bruh the warriors clowning.
— Damien Wilkins (@dwilkins3000) July 3, 2018
Bruh. Lol what’s going onnnnnnnnnnnnn
— Shane Larkin (@ShaneLarkin_3) July 3, 2018
5 All-Stars on 1 team…. wow
— Francis Kaminsky III (@FSKPart3) July 3, 2018
— Larry Nance Jr (@Larrydn22) July 3, 2018
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE GUYS.!?? ????????????????????????
— JAE CROWDER (@CJC9BOSS) July 3, 2018
NBA owners might lock us out now! ????????
— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) July 3, 2018
— Sam Dekker (@dekker) July 3, 2018
Would love to see the Warriors vs The Western conference all stars during all star weekend
— Quincy Pondexter (@QuincyPondexter) July 3, 2018
Here comes the new playoff format.
— Lou Williams (@TeamLou23) July 3, 2018
GameOfZones Will be dope????????????♂️.
— Jusuf Nurkić (@bosnianbeast27) July 3, 2018
Perhaps the funniest reaction was that of Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid, who took the Cousins signing as his chance to pry James away from the Lakers:
Well well the NBA is NUTS and also the best league lmao pic.twitter.com/zwtcgq9oZP
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 3, 2018
There’s still time to change your mind lol
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 3, 2018
Let’s pull a DeAndre Jordan and just Trust it
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 3, 2018
And, of course, the only people seemingly happy about this were other members of the Warriors:
The 3rd splash Brother ????????????????????????????. Let’s go @boogiecousins
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) July 3, 2018
Big fella!!!!
— Andre Iguodala (@andre) July 3, 2018
Free Agency is living up to the hype!! #wow
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) July 3, 2018
Wow????
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) July 3, 2018
Yeah man…. crazy!!! Santorini is a blast! ????????????????????
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) July 3, 2018
It’s safe to say that even though Lebron James switched teams, the signing that blew up NBA Twitter the most was Cousins to the Warriors, and it’s not even close.
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