The NBA trade deadline as a whole didn’t see star players make a move, but the Phoenix Suns did add some depth in acquiring Royce O’Neale in a three-team deal with the Grizzlies and Nets.
It turns out that O’Neale is going to fit in just fine with the fellas.
When Devin Booker broke out as a franchise star for the Suns, fans inevitably dove into Booker’s Twitter/X account where they found some delightfully uneventful tweets from his high school days. Back in 2012, Booker tweeted that he was “thinking Hooters tonight with the fellas.” And the rest was history.
I'm thinking hooters tonight with the fellas.
— Book (@DevinBook) May 9, 2012
Fast forward to Thursday’s trade, and O’Neale was on the same page with Booker back in 2011.
Bout to eat at Hooters
— Royce O'Neale (@BucketsONeale00) June 25, 2011
Of course, Suns fans had to check if O’Neale had ever tweeted about Hooters. And they must have been so pumped to see that he in fact did. Suns fans were quick to celebrate the trade based on that tweet alone.
This was how Twitter reacted
welcome to the Phoenix Suns https://t.co/JIQg7tfiO8
— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) February 8, 2024
He’s a fella https://t.co/UCa5EMieKM
— L1BRO (@sunsfella) February 8, 2024
https://t.co/FFcdV0jTBX pic.twitter.com/shPlkFh3cp
— CantGuardBook (@CGBBURNER) February 8, 2024
@DevinBook https://t.co/VCCDxZKmSP pic.twitter.com/EjFU0hq8Hw
— Xin Varlock (@XinNBA) February 8, 2024
https://t.co/YQbBDMMrz7 pic.twitter.com/7ARtW3q4GZ
— Suns Are Better (@SunsAreBetter) February 8, 2024
Perfect match in Phoenix https://t.co/BnPecMafQQ
— Max (@phillzcoffee) February 8, 2024
HES A FELLA https://t.co/WARTw7fhQ2
— cooper (@coopurr_) February 8, 2024
Welcome to the party 🫡 https://t.co/5IlhOoJWvT pic.twitter.com/D46QgoWEhN
— jessie marie ♛ (@jesstopian) February 8, 2024
Every time. https://t.co/2VeGQWBP32
— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) February 8, 2024
Another fella is born https://t.co/V6MvZkffDA
— aaron. (@ayroned) February 8, 2024
We got a SQUAD https://t.co/gYwC6qrPkP pic.twitter.com/Z8HOQ1gisV
— 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭 🇲🇽 (@alex7xr) February 8, 2024
It was written. https://t.co/WOE7W8YctS
— Serg (@SergingSuns) February 8, 2024
Talk about a perfect culture fit for the team.
