The Clippers have basically taken DeAndre Jordan hostage
By Josh Hill
The DeAndre Jordan saga continues to get weirder by the minute, as the Clippers have basically taken him hostage to prevent a meeting with the Mavericks.
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When Wednesday started, it looked like the Dallas Mavericks were just 24 hours away from signing DeAndre Jordan. By the end of the night, Jordan was a hostage of his once soon-to-be former teammates who were holding him captive until he signed with the Clippers.
It was a wicked turn of events that slowly developed all day long and ended in the most bizarre circumstances.
According to Ramona Shelburne from ESPN.com, the Clippers aren’t leaving DeAndre Jordan’s sight until he re-signs with the Clippers at midnight when the free agent moratorium expires.
Clippers believe DJ is returning to LA but I'm told they are staying at his house until he can sign at midnight.
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) July 9, 2015
So, basically, the Clippers aren’t taking ‘no’ for an answer and are holding Jordan hostage until he returns. Seriosuly.
So far, Clippers able to keep everyone else out of house, including Cuban, agents. Everyone. They're in four-corners until midnight Eastern.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 9, 2015
Seriously: what can the Clippers do if/when Cuban shows up at Jordan's door? Tell DJ not to answer the bell? Turn the TV up real loud?
— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) July 9, 2015
Without Jordan, the Clippers are helpless, hapless and hardly contenders. They might as well blow up the roster and forget about playing for a run at the NBA Finals for at least a few years. They have no bigs on their roster to replace DeAndre’s minutes, playing Blake out of position at center is a terrible idea and the team would be in utter shambles.
It’s pretty safe to say we’ve all been duped by the cute little emoji war that erupted on Twitter which was all a cover for this devious plot to hold Jordan hostage.
Sh-t just got very real and we’re all suckers.