Congrats to the Portland Trail Blazers, who just won sports Twitter
As far as NBA trades go, this one was a snoozer.
But the way the Portland Trail Blazers played it on Twitter was downright brilliant.
Portland traded guard Tim Quarterman and his 1.9 points per game to the Houston Rockets for "cash considerations" in a move announced Wednesday.
Now, pro sports teams typically love to introduce newly acquired players to local fans first via social media. So here's what Portland did.
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Then this.
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Slow. Clap. That's how you Twitter, folks.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
