In sports, we love the transactions. We almost love the transactions more than the games themselves. It doesn’t matter what the transaction is, we will blow up NBA Twitter with instant reaction, guessing, and analysis. Fans just want something to discuss. This is evident around the NBA Trade Deadline every year.
Folks on your Twitter timeline who haven’t talked about basketball all year come out of hiding to react to Woj bombs. The NBA media spends more time after the Trade Deadline discussing how these moves impact the offseason, and beyond more so than the here and now.