Jordan started talks to return to Clippers via Doc son's Snapchat
It's amazing how modern technology can change things.
Example: DeAndre Jordan agreed to terms with the Mavericks when he was a free agent back during the first week of July. He changed his mind a few days later and agreed to sign with the Clippers.
We all know this part. Cut and dry, right? Wrong.
How did Jordan first reach out to the Clips to tell them he was having second thoughts? He apparently snapchatted Doc Rivers' youngest son to tell his dad to give him a ring. Seriously.
Here's more from Sports Illustrated:
“DeAndre thought about leaving, but right away, he knew he wanted to come back,” said Rivers. “He even Snapchatted my youngest son Spencer. He had told two or three people he’d made a mistake [after signing the offer sheet with Dallas], but the Snapchat said, ‘Tell your dad to call me.’”
Despite verbally committing to the Dallas Mavericks on July 3, the deal could not be made official for another week. In the interim, Jordan dealt with second thoughts about leaving Los Angeles.
“Once he wanted to come back, we had to figure it out,” said Rivers. “That was the day with the emojis [on July 9]. We were just sitting in his house, his mom was making food, and we were watching the Summer League games. I didn’t know about any of that emoji stuff, or that Blake had one with a chair blocking the door, but at the end of the day, DJ changed his mind.”
Modern technology is strange. The millennials are antisocial. Just give the dude an old-fashioned phone call on a landline and be done with it, D.J.
(h/t Sports Illustrated)