Twitter reacts to Knicks missing out on Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant in free agency

Jacob Janower

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NBA free agency opened with a bang on Sunday with the news that Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant plan to team up and sign with the Brooklyn Nets.

While both players will obviously be huge additions to a young Nets team — even with Durant's likely season-ending injury — another big story from the confluence of events was the Knicks striking out on their two biggest targets.

It was widely speculated throughout the season that New York would sign at least Durant or Irving. The ripple effect is that the Knicks have arguably lost their long-held status as the top basketball team in New York, with an already limited roster not likely to get much of a boost. 

Social media hardly ever disappoints when there is big NBA news, and of course Sunday was no exception. As you can imagine, very few people on Twitter were kind to the Knicks — who are nearly assured to come out as the biggest losers of NBA free agency less than half an hour after it began. 

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Here are some of the best Twitter reactions from Sunday after the Knicks struck out in free agency. 

Jacob Janower