NBA fans have taken to the Internet in order to make their feelings clear on the recent prisoner exchange involving Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout. Some have even gone far enough to mock this exchange and call it the “worst trade”.
The worst trade in basketball history. US hater Brittney Griner for a russian arms dealer and we left a former US Marine to rot. I think its safe to assume that both the Marine and Russian arms dealer have a higher shooting percentage than her.
— Meme Machine (@Mnt_Rainier) December 8, 2022
The league is changing. How do you give up a shooter and only get back a big??? No draft compensation?? pic.twitter.com/HUbAXl4PnO
— Andrew Green (@AndrewwGreen) December 8, 2022
We know that US president Joe Biden shared a desire to bring Brittney Griner back home and supported the public sympathy for her. He made it a priority to reassure the distressed people that the WNBA star would soon be returned home.
And they couldn’t get Paul also !! Bad deal 👎
Good ol’ Joe does it again 🤥— nature_girl_pt (@nature_girl_pt) December 8, 2022
As a result, fans have even dragged him into the latest memes and shown no mercy. This is despite his holding one of the most reputed administrative positions in the entire world. We should undoubtedly want to know more about these memes.
Brittney Griner memes are creating a storm on social media
Fans are certainly having a field day. While most people were somewhat sympathetic to Brittney Griner’s plight and unfortunate situation, others have made their feelings clear about this. They have done so by referring to this as a bad trade and insisting that the United States got ripped off in this deal.
Brittney Griner great example of leadery https://t.co/GQTEkNucbw
— American Memes (@proudmuricans) December 8, 2022
Gotta love this meme pic.twitter.com/eLTWybP3N6
— Gua_Pi (@Nerd_of_Law) December 8, 2022
In fact, people might have gone a little bit overboard. Some simply claim that the President of the United States is incompetent for letting a dangerous criminal walk free in return for Griner. Additionally, people are always quick to remind us that there is another American prisoner in Russia who has not been released in this whole process.
How did we as a twitter society miss the opportunity to make a million windy memes about the Brittney Griner for Russian war criminal trade? pic.twitter.com/IbmKpBbADc
— Ariel Mardkhai (@arielmard) July 28, 2022
People on Twitter also seem to think that Putin completely dominated Biden in this deal. After all, trading a WNBA star for an Arms dealer and terrorist is a deal that would stun the world. However, the United States had no problem following through on this deal.
Brittney Griner just got released from Russia in a trade for an arms dealer / war criminal.
Here’s a photo of that negotiation: pic.twitter.com/pr8criKWDs— R.Volt24 Memes (@rvolt24_memes) December 8, 2022
brittney griner after 3 months of being back in the US where hamburgers are $15, the queen is dead, and pete davidson is dating emily ratajkowski pic.twitter.com/pWIfaqTulW
— stoolie memes (@StoolieMemes) December 8, 2022
It truly appears that fans have thought about this from every angle. Some of them even claim that Biden rescued Griner over Paul Wheelan as it would fetch him more votes in this upcoming election. Quite a controversial statement to make.
Interesting question in regards to Brittney Griner#murica #USA #memes #memesdaily #dailymemes #merica @MostlyPeacefull @grandoldmemes pic.twitter.com/YVmCwgLtFQ
— American Memes (@proudmuricans) December 8, 2022
1/ A 🧵 on my thoughts:
Half the people angry Brittney Griner for what she said don’t even know what she actually said: She requested in 2020 to have the WNBA stop playing the national anthem b/c of George Floyd.
**Pausing to say I did get a chuckle over this meme** pic.twitter.com/GfUr6Lvj2P
— The OG Devil’s Agvocate 🇺🇸 (aka Michelle) (@MGigger) December 9, 2022
That’s not all. Fans have also made posts claiming that other athletes could have been traded for Brittney Griner. Primarily from the NFL. Josh McDaniels and Baker Mayfield aren’t performing very well at the moment. Therefore, fans are instigating that they should have been traded for the WNBA star.
REPORT: The United States originally attempted to trade Baker Mayfield for Brittney Griner, but Russia declined the offer not wanting him either pic.twitter.com/FIfR33ct03
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) December 8, 2022
Is it too late to include Josh McDaniels in the trade package for Brittney Griner?
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) December 9, 2022
All of this is funny and amusing. However, people should truly wonder whether this trade was all that beneficial. After all, there will be dire consequences for releasing a dangerous man from prison.