NBA Twitter went insane today

In case you (somehow) hadn’t heard, DeAndre Jordan is reportedly reconsidering his verbal commitment to the Dallas Mavericks in free agency. As a result, the L.A. Clippers were granted an 11th-hour meeting with the center at his offseason home in Houston Wednesday. Not only were Doc Rivers and Steve Ballmer scheduled to meet with D.J., but several of his would-be Clipper teammates were also summoned to Texas from various spots around the globe. I like to think Rivers blew into a conch shell to notify the team to assemble.

Mark Cuban, surely stunned to hear that his big offseason prize may leave him at the altar, immediately flew into H-Town to try and figure out what was afoot. Chandler Parsons, the Mavs’ recruiter-in-chief, also felt the need to get in on the fracas. He then tweeted his plans:

Not to be outdone, J.J. Redick, who lives in nearby Austin, confirmed himself that he, too, was heading to Houston. Just three hours away, it made sense that J.J. would opt to travel by road rather than by air:

Jordan’s closest teammate, Blake Griffin, tweeted an update this morning from his vacation in peaceful Hawaii:

However, Griffin’s weeklong adventure apparently had to be put on hold. He was needed back on the mainland, and he gave us a glimpse of his complicated travel schedule:

We heard that perhaps the main reason for Jordan’s decision to leave the Clippers in the first place was his supposed rift with Chris Paul. CP3, in an apparent attempt to get away from it all, was photographed Tuesday hanging out with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony in the Bahamas. Paul, James and Wade were also spotted riding a banana boat along with Wade’s wife, Gabrielle Union. Because what else do you do in the Bahamas?

With his team suddenly applying the full-court press to attempt to retake Jordan, though, Paul had to cut his vacation short, as well. How’d Paul get from the Bahamas to Texas? Well, by banana boat, of course.

Not only were Rivers, Ballmer, Griffin, Paul and Redick slated to try and re-woo D.J., but so, too, was the team’s newest addition, Paul Pierce. The soon-to-be 38-year-old is heroically returning to his hometown for his final season (or three) in an attempt to win another title alongside Doc. How was Pierce going to get to Houston? By rocket, naturally.

Of course, this is just a screenshot of the rocket emoji. Not an actual emoji. Leave it to Gramps Pierce to not know how to use emojis. C’mon, man.

Clipper assistant Mike Woodson, whose Twitter account is presumably run by his wonderful mustache, got in on the fun, even though he may not have even been going to the meeting:

In summary, NBA Twitter is the best Twitter, and there is no argument to the contrary.