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Los Angeles Clippers: DeAndre Jordan Made The Right Decision

By Gerald Bourguet

May 2, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan (6) and guard Chris Paul (3) hug after defeating the San Antonio Spurs in game seven of the first round of the NBA Playoffs against the San Antonio Spurs at Staples Center. Clippers won 111-109. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
May 2, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan (6) and guard Chris Paul (3) hug after defeating the San Antonio Spurs in game seven of the first round of the NBA Playoffs against the San Antonio Spurs at Staples Center. Clippers won 111-109. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 17, 2015; Houston, TX, USA; Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan (6) reacts after a play during the second quarter against the Houston Rockets in game seven of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports /

The Best Day In NBA Twitter History

For a few days, everything looked peachy for the Dallas Mavericks. Rajon Rondo and Monta Ellis were gone, but Dirk Nowitzki was coming back for another go, Wesley Matthews was coming to Big D and the Mavs were about to lock in a 26-year-old center who’s only entering his prime now.

For any Mavs fan over the age of 30 (or any age, to be quite honest), Jul. 8, 2015 represented their personal Red Wedding, while also marking the most moronic day in NBA history. It all started with the news that the Clippers were going to meet with Jordan to try and sell him on reversing his decision and returning to Lob City.

Details were scarce. Chris Paul was off banana-boating with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in the Bahamas. J.J. Redick was just hanging out in Austin. Doc Rivers and Steve Ballmer were coming to meet Jordan, but little was known other than that. Soon the news emerged that the Mavs, sensing a snake in the grass, were going to meet with DJ again as well, which Chandler Parsons confirmed:

Then J.J. Redick responded, letting the world know his intention to drive from Austin to be a part of the meeting in Houston.

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Then Blake Griffin got involved:

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Even Chris Paul, who had been pegged as the biggest reason Jordan wanted a chance of scenery, turned his banana boat around to try and make things right:

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And although Paul Pierce didn’t tweet out a wheelchair emoji that would have blown an already ablaze Twitter to smithereens, even the old man who didn’t know how to use emojis got in on the act by posting a picture of one:

But the Clippers, lovable villains that they are, didn’t stop there. Once they realized the fight for Jordan’s allegiance was over, they remained at Jordan’s house, effectively preventing the Mavs from even meeting with them, just to be safe.

It wasn’t the hostage situation everyone jokingly made it out to be, but the Clippers essentially served as Jordan’s fortress of solitude from having to face Mark Cuban and the Dallas contingent who were suddenly being stonewalled.

But Jordan’s wishy-washiness wasn’t the only cringe-worthy moment of the night for Mavs fans. As Twitter jokes raged about a hostage situation and how Cuban would try to crash the party as a mustachioed pizza delivery man, Griffin got in on the fun and trolled the world:

Then, when the deal had officially been signed, The Truth lived up to his legendary status as one of the NBA’s greatest kick-you-when-you’re-down trash talkers.

Parsons pretty much summed up the feelings of every Mavs fan when he admitted defeat:

The entertainment value isn’t enough to overshadow the way DeAndre Jordan conducted himself…but then again isn’t it kind of enough? Like, at least a little bit? Unless you’re a Mavs fan, yesterday was the greatest day in the history of NBA Twitter. No other sport can boast free agency entertainment quite like that.

Next: What If The Mavs Kept DJ?

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