One of the best subplots of NBA trade deadline day was definitely the reunion between Lou Williams and his beloved Magic City lemon pepper barbecue wings.
Williams was shipped off to the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday in a trade that sent Rajon Rondo to the Los Angeles Clippers. He has a pretty notable connection to the city of Atlanta: Not only did he play there from 2012-2014 and grow up in Georgia, but it’s the home of his beloved Magic City gentlemen's club. The guard infamously stopped by last year while on an excused absence from the NBA bubble, purportedly for his “Louwill Lemon Pepper BBQ wings.”
Naturally, Magic City did not miss the opportunity to welcome Williams on social media, even trolling Buffalo Wild Wings over the competing restaurant’s own welcome.
Williams ultimately accepted the joke. He’ll be hearing a lot about it now — assuming he reports to the team, of course.
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