If you think the NHL rumour mill is nuts, then you clearly haven't been paying attention to the NBA.

Ever since Saturday night when the 76ers traded with the Celtics for the first overall pick, rumours have been swirling and blockbuster trades have been made.

 

Tuesday night, not one, but two big trades blew the minds of basketball fans, one of which involved Brook Lopez.  The other trade also involved a big-name center.

After one season in Atlanta, Dwight Howard was dealt to the Charlotte Hornets.

 

The best part about the trade, though, was it happened minutes after Howard asked fans on Twitter to tweet him about trades.

As expected, the replies to his tweet were incredible.

Howard actually answered one fan's question about Paul George and that led to even more people reacting to the trade he was involved in.

We've never seen a player tweet about trades before being traded before, but there's a first time for everything.

And yes, Howard knows he's been traded, he changed his Twitter picture to a Hornets logo to further confirm that.

(H/T: FTW)