DeAndre Jordan went back on his verbal agreement to sign with the Dallas Mavericks and decided to remain with the Los Angeles Clippers. Along the way, he took Twitter on a fun adventure, as observers mindlessly followed every single development in the saga. Rarely have I ever seen so many basketball fans addicted to the social media app, rapidly refreshing to see the latest news in the situation.
From emoji wars between opposing players, to rumors of the Clippers holding Jordan hostage, and reports about Mark Cuban losing his mind, the day is one that will go down in social media infamy.
Accordingly, there were hundreds of memes launched from the situation.
Below are some of the best regarding the last developments.
Let’s start with this fantastic DeAndre Jordan/Mark Cuban “Simpsons” mashup made by Nick Pants:
— nick pants (@nick_pants) July 8, 2015
Then everyone’s favorite athlete on Twitter, Blake Griffin, got in on the jokes by cracking one about him barricading the door inside Jordan’s home to keep the Mavs out:
Don't agree with the furniture layout but I'm not an interior designer. pic.twitter.com/23PNgQB88z
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin32) July 9, 2015
Alright everybody goodnight! pic.twitter.com/cME0rFR5LC
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin32) July 9, 2015
Remember that Griffin wasn’t even present for the meeting! He was just cracking jokes based on what he saw was going on over Twitter!
That didn’t stop people from using Blake’s tweet to make their own memes.
Observe:
— Alexander Chernykh (@chernykh) July 9, 2015
Desperate times call for desperate measures @mcuban
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*DeAndre's Doorbell Rings*
"DID SOMEBODY ORDER A PIZZA?" pic.twitter.com/tdOJ5jR6E5
— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) July 9, 2015
— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) July 9, 2015
"What if I told you a Team would do anything to keep a player" #ESPN30For30 pic.twitter.com/EcdtbsN3Be
— ProSportsTalkRT™ (@ProSportsTalkRT) July 9, 2015
Then there were these cracks about Jordan changing his mind:
— SoCal Native™ (@yesitsNEIL) July 9, 2015
Any objections? #DeAndreJordan pic.twitter.com/NKRTIEg4dN
— Ryan (@_ryry66) July 9, 2015
Of course, Mavericks top recruiter Chandler Parsons was not at all happy about what transpired:
I thought I had a good pump fake.
— Chandler Parsons (@ChandlerParsons) July 9, 2015
After learning for certain that Jordan was returning to the team, some Clippers went back to their original emoji games:
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) July 9, 2015
🅰+…🚙➡️🏠…💤💤
— JJ Redick (@JJRedick) July 9, 2015
And if you don’t get JJ Redick’s A+ joke, read this.
Make sure you also see the best memes from when the Clippers were supposedly holding DeAndre Jordan hostage.
