Don’t you love it when your favorite pro sports teams actually have a sense of humor? As ESPN reported, in the wake of the NBA Draft, the Portland Trail Blazers ended up sending guard Tim Quarterman to the Houston Rockets for “cash considerations.” In response, Portland tweeted this out last night:
— Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) June 28, 2017
They followed up the social “welcome mat” to their new “player” by holding a mock press conference for the sack full of money, who said, “This trade is a blessing. I’m ready to grind, Rip City. I think I can make an immediate impact out on the floor.”
“This trade is a blessing. I’m ready to grind, Rip City. I think I can make an immediate impact out on the floor.” — Cash Considerations pic.twitter.com/iRkC5vfwps
— Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) June 28, 2017
The Memphis Grizzlies social media team joined in in the fun.
Ugh we missed the presser is there a link?
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) June 28, 2017
As did popular pro sports statistics company, Basketball Reference, which gave “Cash Considerations” his own mock page.
— Basketball Reference (@bball_ref) June 28, 2017
Even Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies chimed in—less about the joke and more the Trail Blazer’s social strategy.
This is outstanding. Have to think about a content producer actually sitting down and spending time to create this. ?
— #VoteNolan Right Now (@Rockies) June 28, 2017
Then the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks got involved.
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) June 28, 2017
All told, the Trail Blazers’ initial tweet has racked up over 18,000 retweets and 38,000 likes. How about that for viral?
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