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Rajon Rondo Trade Hoax Sparks Twitter Frenzy Among Celtics Fans

by NESN Staff on Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 5:40PM

For a moment on Tuesday, it appeared that the worst fear had come true for Celtics fans.

Well, for the gullible ones, at least.

A fake account attributed to ESPN's Chris Broussard tweeted Tuesday afternoon that the Celtics had traded Rajon Rondo and the Celtics' two first-round draft picks to the Sacramento Kings for Tyreke Evans and the No. 5 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. The "report" was retweeted more than 1,000 times before most tweeters presumably realized it was a hoax.

Rest assured, Celtics fans. Rondo has not been traded… yet.

Check out several highlights from the confusion below.

[View the story "Rajon Rondo Trade Hoax Sends Celtics Fans Into Frenzy" on Storify]