10 Funniest Tweets About the Pistons Trading Andre Drummond to Cleveland for Absolutely Nothing
By Adam Weinrib
It's a bloodbath out here on NBA trade deadline day, with massive names getting exchanged like...D'Angelo Russell, Marcus...Morris, and Jordan McRae! That's nice!
Amid the chaos, the Detroit Pistons finally offloaded Andre Drummond four years (25 years?) too late, realizing that centers don't exist anymore, and $28 million player options should never happen.
Predictably, the return was sad (Brandon Knight, John Henson, a second-rounder)! And predictably, Twitter had jokes.
BREAKING: The Detroit Pistons have traded Andre Drummond to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a corn beef sandwich, half a Diet Coke and a used sock worn by LeBron in 2015
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) February 6, 2020
See, this is why you keep the LeBron socks! For special moments like this one.
What the Cavs offered the Pistons for Andre Drummond pic.twitter.com/8tsmIPqbGO
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) February 6, 2020
I mean, really, truly...what?
they just traded Andre Drummond for a bag of chips and a roulette spin. god damn.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) February 6, 2020
Come on! Can't have been that bad!
Andre Drummond got traded for a pack of gum & some lint. pic.twitter.com/X6fB0UCdkb
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) February 6, 2020
My man is out here choking.
Pistons: "We're trading you to Cleveland"
— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) February 6, 2020
Andre Drummond: pic.twitter.com/OORuzOirN2
At least Drummond gets to go from one vibrant American city to another!
Andre Drummond when he hears he’s been traded from the Pistons to the Cavaliers pic.twitter.com/YTcP6ctNc4
— Collin Justin (@CollinJustin1) February 6, 2020
Does he still opt in? Does he opt to retire? What happens now?
At the very least, he peaced out in style.
Andre Drummond leaving Detroit like (via @DetroitPistons) pic.twitter.com/Q0MEN25Bg9
— Overtime (@overtime) February 6, 2020
Here's a closer look at Drummond's new home!
Welcome, Andre Drummond pic.twitter.com/kMGrnoXajk
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) February 6, 2020
So, if we're just giving out free stuff, Pistons, what'll it take to get D-Rose, then?
If I'm the Lakers and I see what the Cavs gave for Drummond I'm calling Detroit and offering one of the janitors for Derrick Rose
— NBA RETWEET (@RTNBA) February 6, 2020
Should do it! Are the Pistons the new Knicks? Have the Pistons always been the new Knicks?
Here come the Cavs, though! Look out, right behind you!
“Who is: Andre Drummond?”#JeopardySports #Cavs pic.twitter.com/ZJBL5OMQY5
— Jeopardy! Sports (@JeopardySports) February 6, 2020
That's just the thundering thud of Andre Drummond's massive frame, very slowly advancing in your peripherals.
All in all, was this trade good? No. Does this trade matter? Nah. Sometimes, NBA players from six years ago just, like, move around, and fans have to accept that. Congrats, The Land!