In an unexpected move, the Oklahoma City Thunder acquired All-Star forward Paul George from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. The trade surprised the entire NBA community, especially players like Joel Embiid and Rudy Gobert. But while players around the league were shocked, the city of Oklahoma City had a much different reaction.
Never wanting to miss out on an opportunity to go after Kevin Durant for leaving the Thunder to join the Warriors, the city of Oklahoma City’s official Twitter account tweeted out a gif directly aimed at the NBA Finals MVP:
— City of OKC (@cityofokc) July 1, 2017
If you don’t recall, the gif is from when Russell Westbrook confidently told Durant, “I’m coming!” during a heated Feb. 11 game between Golden State and Oklahoma City. The Thunder actually lost the game, but that moment between Westbrook and Durant was a highlight of the season as it showed how the two were no longer friends, but heated rivals.
But since this is the internet, Warriors fans instantly snapped back at the city of Oklahoma City’s Twitter account with reminders that Durant is a champion now:
— Corey Huddleston (@coreyhuddleston) July 1, 2017
— HI MY NAME IS JARED (@Irishfootball11) July 1, 2017
Despite the saltiness of the city of Oklahoma City’s Twitter account towards Durant, overall this is just some solid tweeting by all of the parties involved. And it seems like most of the official departments in the City of Oklahoma City have excellent social media managers working for them because the OKC police department tweeted this after the Thunder acquired George:
Thanks for the tweets reporting the "theft" of Paul George by @okcthunder.
Our investigative findings: totally legal & very savvy.
— Oklahoma City Police (@OKCPD) July 1, 2017
Just simply amazing.