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Reggie Jackson almost slept through the NBA trade deadline:
Just woke up from my nap a #Piston #DETROITBASKETBALL!!!
— Reggie Jackson (@rjOKCson_15) February 19, 2015
#ThrowbackThursday to that time Jackson wore a Detroit Bad Boys hat ... last week:
Let the Reggie Jackson to Detroit rumors fly. Sporting a "Bad Boys" hat at the Sprint Celebrity Game. pic.twitter.com/aZfTAfjulr
— Dylan Buckingham (@DylanBuckingham) February 14, 2015
Andre Drummond was the first to welcome his new teammate:
Welcome to the family bro @rjOKCson_15 ! Let's make this push.
— Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummondd) February 19, 2015
Kevin Garnett's going back to Minnesota, Tayshaun Prince returns to Detroit ... what else is next?
Lindsey Hunter’s staring at his phone RT @tomshea: ::Chauncey Billups steps off ESPN set, pulls off snapaway suit revealing Pistons jersey::
— Detroit Bad Boys ☠ (@detroitbadboys) February 19, 2015
Pistons re-sign Allen Iverson, trade him for Chauncey Billups.
— Justin Rogers (@Justin_Rogers) February 19, 2015
Hearing Pistons may still flip Prince to bring Bill Curley back home.
— Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) February 19, 2015
Darvin Ham is still waiting for his Pistons reunion.
— Joshua Henschke (@JoshuaHenschke) February 19, 2015
OK, maybe not. But still, I'm with Anthony Tolliver:
This has been one of the craziest trade deadlines in recent memory! A lot of moves being made around the league #NBAlife
— Anthony Tolliver (@ATolliver44) February 19, 2015
How crazy was it? Consider this:
By my count, 36 players out of a possible 437 rostered NBA players were traded today. That's 8.2% if you're scoring at home.
— PBenedictNBA (@PBenedictNBA) February 19, 2015
This pretty much sums up the entire afternoon:
Trade Deadline day in the age of twitter is like an mass orgy in a pitch black room. I don't know who's doing what to who.
— netw3rk (@netw3rk) February 19, 2015
The strange part is how everything fell into place at the very last minute -- it even caught Drummond off guard:
#Pistons Andre Drummond said around 2:30 p.m. that he didn't expect any trades. Said team had pieces to make playoffs this year.
— Tony Paul (@TonyPaul1984) February 19, 2015
Last but not least, J.J. says goodbye:
Ill write more later but THANK YOU detroit!
— Jonas Jerebko (@JonasJerebko) February 19, 2015