OT- DeAndre Jordan Hostage Crisis/Sleepover
Long story short: So a couple days ago Clippers free agent center DeAndre Jordan said he was going to sign a contract with the Mavericks.
Then today the Clippers decided they really wanted him back. So Doc Rivers and a few of the Clippers players came over to DeAndre's house...and are staying with him until midnight tonight when the free agency deadline ends (or something, don't know).
Which is basically a hostage situation to prevent Mark Cuban/the Mavs from stopping by. Or a friendly slumber party with your old (and future?) teammates. Weird. The NBA is really weird.
Also this tweet is pretty funny:
Don't agree with the furniture layout but I'm not an interior designer. pic.twitter.com/23PNgQB88z
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin32) July 9, 2015
Edit: Further updates as events warrant
Alright everybody goodnight! pic.twitter.com/cME0rFR5LC
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin32) July 9, 2015
Sources: Cuban is beside himself. Driving around downtown Dallas begging (thru texts) Jordan's family for address to DeAndre's home
— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) July 9, 2015I wonder if they're going to play 7 minutes in heaven?
Well they could always play spin the bottle instead.
the best night in NBA (Twitter) history.
It's been quite an interesting 2 days between this NBA fiasco and NFL players blowing off their fingers with fireworks.
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the tweet to fully appreciate. IS funny.
Don't agree with the furniture layout but I'm not an interior designer. pic.twitter.com/23PNgQB88z
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin32) July 9, 2015
edit, whatever now the main post showed up.
Jordan's agent is very close with Cuban and also represents Dallas' Parsons. The facts are beginning to suggest that the agent may have been adding fire to the alleged Paul and Jordan beef and playing up the fact that the Clips weren't interested in order to get Cuban his prize center. Very bad faith.
This brings a bit more context to the situation because I was confused as to why he'd take $30 million fewer dollars to go to a lesser team. I mean, Devin Harris vs. Chris Paul feeding you... Really?
All said, he still signed for more money with a better team. However, it's clear that LA is where his heart was. That what matters most.
1. Another reason for the $8 million difference is that the Clippers could offer 7.5% annual raises whereas the Mavs could only offer 4.5% annual raises.
2. The impact of no state tax in Texas is partially diminished due to taxation of nonresident athletes in other states. Plus, if Deandre kept his home in LA, he could still be determined to be a CA resident, in which case he would pay CA tax on his entire income.
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DeAndre is actually now fast asleep. Paul read him Madeline of Paris and tucked him in and the rest of the Clippers crew broke into his 30-year-old Glenmorangie and are playing pinochle. When he wakes up tomorrow and he's still a Clipper he is going to be PISSED.
I'd like to see how it goes in the end.
The Clippers went from a Western Conference contender to a 7th seed mighty quickly.
I thought 1 year of Pierce with DJ would get them over the hump. Without DJ they were doomed.
If I was Jordan, I would've just signed a 1 year deal with the Clippers to shoot for that ring and then next year when the market is bigger I would've left regardless of whether they won it or not.
Doc Rivers is an overrated coach.
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idk, they were injured last season when they beat the clippers in the playoffs. They added Dekker and Harrell as well. Houston isn't going anywhere.
No doubt.
Clippers are behind all those teams. They should have just moved on and went another direction.
He can back out after 3 years. CP3 & Griffin's are free agents in 2 years. He probably didn't want to be a free agent as the same time as them. Besides, that gives them 2 years together for sure and hopefully (for them) Duncan will retire by then. Otherwise, Spurs are still the favorite in the West.
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Reason #2345465 why the NBA is the best sports league ever. This type of shit only happens in the NBA. This is comedy of the highest order.
The Clippers have literally barricaded themselves in DeAndre Jordan's house and are keeping him locked in there until midnight, which is the point where he can officially sign a contract. Meanwhile, Mark Cuban and the Mavs are frantically circling about DeAndre's house trying to find a way in to talk to him.
It is a real life fucking tower defense game in a sports league. I can't stop laughing just thinking about it.
I'm imagining Mark Cuban stacking lawn furniture, attempting to climb up onto DeAndre's 2nd story balcony while Doc Rivers tries to knock him down with a broom.
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People love the NFL, but it's boring as shit. It's called the No Fun League for a reason.
The NBA is not the same league as it was in the 80s and 90s where you would get hit if you drove to the net.
NFL games really don't matter week to week. It's a well orchestrated PR campaign that prevents individuals from really carving out an identity.
CFB is and will be for the foreseeable future the most entertaining American sport.
I'm not talking about the product on the field. I'm talking about the league in general. The NFL is boring as shit. It's everything that's wrong with American sports.
It's corporatized to the gills, all of the players and coaches are robots who rarely ever do or say anything interesting (if they do the NFL beats them down with fines and penalties). It's all just boilerplate, assembly line, mush.
The NBA always has some weird, whacky shit going on where you couldn't make this stuff up. Whether it's the DeAndre Jordan hostage sleepover pizza party, "taking my talents to south beach," or KMart nearly murdering JR Smith over popcorn. It's always something.
Just look at Inside the NBA on TNT, with Charles, Shaq, Kenny, and Ernie. The NFL would never allow that sort of unleashed insanity on their official pre or post game shows. It's just sensible chuckles (Terry Bradshaw called Jimmy Johnson old, and Jimmy called Terry bald! What banter!) and horrifically cringeworthy Frank Caliendo (or some other awful comedian's) sketches.
You'd never see this on any sort of official NFL thing in 2015...
I think it says something about the NBA and the NFL that even though the NFL is orders of magnitude more popular than the NBA in this country, the most popular athletes always tend to be basketball players.
Edit: If this...
...would have been an NFL player, Roger Goodell would have personally sniped him before he could make his way through the curtain.
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Well, sports aren't serious business. They're meaningless entertainment, meant to be enjoyed for fun. I think that too many people lose sight of that.
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It seems like you're projecting. I'm just giving my opinion.
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The Clippers are afraid to move on and actually build a team that can contend.
Two important questions need to be answered: what movies did they watch during the sleepover, and what flavors of ice cream did they have? Also, did DeAndre's mom make them eat healthy snacks, or did she order pizzas for all his friends?
True story.
DeAndre's mom ordered pizza for the boys and they played video games all night while twitter/the NBA community burned.