Brian Windhorst Says James Harden - Ben Simmons Trade is in 'The Deal Zone' and Twitter is Loving It
Brian Windhorst appeared on Get Up on Wednesday morning to discuss the upcoming NBA trade deadline. On the subject of James Harden and Ben Simmons, Windhorst said that the 76ers and Nets are currently in "the deal zone." This was first relayed to the Internet by Sixers writer Austin Krell and it quickly appeared that he had a viral tweet on his hands as NBA Twitter latched onto their beloved new term and started to have fun.
“We are in the deal zone between Harden and Simmons,” per @WindhorstESPN on @GetUpESPN
— Austin Krell (@NBAKrell) February 9, 2022
“I suspect they are gonna get it done. I can’t tell you they are gonna get it done. But it’s trending in that direction.”
You can watch the full clip on ESPN.com or just listen to this snippet.
DEAL ZONE ACCORDING TO WINDY pic.twitter.com/xg5X23eaBQ
— Tamzid (@tamzid90) February 9, 2022
It's such a simple term. Everyone knows exactly what he means, but it also might have been the first time anyone ever put those two words together in that order and man does the Internet love anything that is slightly different in a harmless way. With that in mind, we entered The Deal Zone and tracked down some of the best tweets about what it was really like inside.
Sixers have been in The Deal Zone for months pic.twitter.com/3RhDJwqgbd
— Patty (@PattyTakes213) February 9, 2022
Physically at my job but mentally in The Deal Zone pic.twitter.com/Kam4BNq8SG
— corey (@c_a_clark_) February 9, 2022
The Deal Zone pic.twitter.com/s9LnNvhWGO
— Zo (@Tweets_By_Zo) February 9, 2022
The Deal Zone™️ pic.twitter.com/FTZ4qLXxg9
— Real Hooper Pilled Trill (@TrillBroDude) February 9, 2022
"The Deal Zone" is giving me huge "a straight to VOD movie starring John Travolta and Bruce Willis as like high-powered rival corporate negotiators who discover they're working for the mob and try to take it down from the inside" vibrations https://t.co/f96Kijn6WG
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) February 9, 2022
"The Deal Zone" sounds like the two-for-$10 DVD bin at the front of Walgreens https://t.co/C0aQjsHMf5
— Bradford Pearson (@BradfordPearson) February 9, 2022
Entering the Deal Zone like pic.twitter.com/1wXGxjyqgZ
— Rob Walton (@TheRobWalton) February 9, 2022
When I’m in the deal zone pic.twitter.com/E3QFlsGSoc
— Kyle Koster (@KyleKoster) February 9, 2022
"The Deal Zone" sounds like a fake NBC show that Jack Donaghy mentions on 30 Rock.
— Kyle Madson (@KyleAMadson) February 9, 2022
tfw you're in the deal zone pic.twitter.com/QzSyKGvTmr
— david (@whaamncheese) February 9, 2022
*Me waiting for Woj notifications when we are in the deal zone* https://t.co/I474uzbYVn pic.twitter.com/ugFRdF3Vz5
— Josh Eberley?? (@JoshEberley) February 9, 2022
Where getting too worked up about finding the Deal Zone can get you pic.twitter.com/wYs5WEglSF
— Jimmy D (@JimmyDonofrio) February 9, 2022
The Deal Zone!