--- title: NBA Trade Deadline Sparks Flurry of LeBron James Memes description: With the trade deadline for the 2018 NBA season looming, teams across the league—specifically, the Cavs—scrambled to seal a flurry of deals. canonical: https://time.com/5140127/nba-trade-deadline-lebron-james-memes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-08T21:10:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:27.692Z og:title: The Internet Is Full of LeBron James Memes on NBC Trade Day og:description: The Cleveland Cavaliers made a number of last-minute switch-ups og:url: https://time.com/5140127/nba-trade-deadline-lebron-james-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Full of LeBron James Memes on NBC Trade Day twitter:description: The Cleveland Cavaliers made a number of last-minute switch-ups twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # It's NBA Trade Deadline Day and the Internet Is Coping With All the LeBron James Memes  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 8, 2018 9:10 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 8, 2018 9:10 PM UTC With the trade deadline for the [2018 NBA season](http://time.com/5023849/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers-arthur-memes/) looming on Thursday, [teams](http://time.com/money/4087439/nba-tickets-cheap-seats-college-basketball/) across the league scrambled to seal a flurry of deals in hopes of maximizing their chances for future success. The [Cleveland Cavaliers](http://time.com/5104172/cavaliers-warriors-halftime-show-dancing-boy-tavaris-jones/) in particular made a number of notable last-minute switch-ups, sending Isaiah Thomas and Channing Frye to the Los Angeles Lakers, Derrick Rose and Jae Crowder to the Utah Jazz, Iman Shumpert to the Sacramento Kings and Dwayne Wade back to the Miami Heat, according to [ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski](https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/961660720642445312). Naturally, the Internet couldn’t help but respond to the news of this roster clean-out by unleashing a whirlwind of memes poking fun at the Cavs’ remaining powerhouse, the one and only LeBron James. As trade reports streamed in, basketball fans took to Twitter to crack jokes about King James’ response to the trade turmoil. “Ty Lue be like ‘alright everybody, let’s go around the room introducing yourself!,” [tweeted](https://twitter.com/CLEsportsTalk/status/961681367955361792) Cleveland Sports Talk, referencing Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue. “‘Say your name, where you are from and one thing you like about LeBron.'” > [](https://twitter.com/CLEsportsTalk/status/961681367955361792) See a selection of other LeBron-inspired reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/KingJosiah54/status/961677710320836608) > [](https://twitter.com/DellyFact/status/961684136644751360) > [](https://twitter.com/KingBach/status/961669859800051712) > [](https://twitter.com/KingJosiah54/status/961673412430127104) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FSayHeyKid/status/961678091432222726) > [](https://twitter.com/espn/status/961672380937658368) > [](https://twitter.com/mellentuck/status/961661421485461505) > [](https://twitter.com/Lizzs%5FLockeroom/status/961651817741455360) > [](https://twitter.com/AstasiaWill/status/961675963108118529) NBA Trade Deadline Sparks Flurry of LeBron James Memes ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5140127/nba-trade-deadline-lebron-james-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5140127/nba-trade-deadline-lebron-james-memes/"},"headline":"It's NBA Trade Deadline Day and the Internet Is Coping With All the LeBron James Memes","datePublished":"2018-02-08T21:10:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:27.692Z","description":"The Cleveland Cavaliers made a number of last-minute switch-ups","url":"https://time.com/5140127/nba-trade-deadline-lebron-james-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball","viral","NBA","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5140127/nba-trade-deadline-lebron-james-memes/","name":"It's NBA Trade Deadline Day and the Internet Is Coping With All the LeBron James Memes"}}]}] ```